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WHAT IS FAITH #9
Faith is a Life-Style
Foundation Texts: 2 Thess. 3:2, Rom. 12:3, Heb. 11:1,
Rom.1:17,10:17, Mark 11 :24, 2 Cor. 4:18, John
15:7, Psalm 37:4, Matt. 6:33
1) FAITH INVOLVES RELATIONSHIP!
The Bible teaches that not all have faith ... there are those who
have no faith! 2 Thess. 3:2, Deut. 32:20
But born-again believers have A MEASURE OF FAITH! Romans 12:3
This measure can be used and YOUR FAITH CAN BE GREATLY ENLARGED!
2 Thess. 1:3
2) FAITH IS A LIFE-STYLE!
Only the just can live the faith life-style! Romans 1: 17
The proud are headed for judgment ... James 4:6, Hab. 2:4, Isaiah
2:12, Mal.4:1
The religious person without God is cursed ... Gal. 3:10,11
The backslider is headed for destruction ... Hebrews 10:38,39
Jesus said in Mark 11:22 "HAVE FAITH IN GOD". Therefore it must be
possible to have faith in other things! Jesus would not be just and
fair if He told us to have something which was not possible for us
to have or do!
FAITH COMES FROM THE LIVING WORD (JESUS) THROUGH THE WRITTEN WORD!
Romans 10:17, Hebrews 12:2
As we live by faith and keep our eyes fixed on Jesus every day
(Psalm 1, Joshua 1:8), He is not only the author of faith but THE
PERFECTER OF FAITH. The faith of other believers can inspire us
but we must look to Jesus as our example of faith!
It is only by a confident trust in the all-powerful Christ that you
can live in victory and be superior to circumstances, resisting the
devil and all the evil forces that would seek to destroy you.
FAITH - that SUPERNATURAL FORCE that releases the power of God in
our situation - IS A CONFIDENT ASSURANCE GIVEN THROUGH GOD'S SPIRIT
TO OUR SPIRIT & ENABLES US TO BELIEVE IN OUR HEART WHAT GOD HAS
SAID AND TO ACT OUT WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN OUR HEARTS TO DO.
Hebrews 11:1, James 2:17-26..
3) FAITH CAN BE NEUTRALISED BY...
WORRY... 1 Peter 5:6,7; Matthew 6:26-33
FEAR... Matthew 8:26
PAYING ATTENTION TO CIRCUMSTANCES ... Matthew 14:30
(the way to sink in life!)
BAD ATTITUDES, e.g. "Holier than thou" Isaiah 65:5
WRONG SPEAKING ... James 3:2-6, Prov. 18:21,
LIP SERVICE... Isaiah 29:13, Ezekiel 33:31
MATERIALISM... Matthew 16:8
4) FAITH CAN BECOME GREAT!
Your faith can become "great faith", if you will
BE HUMBLE Matthew 8:5-9 The centurion came without
selfishness (he could have let his servant
suffer but HE CARED)
Felt he was not worthy for Jesus to "come
under his roof"! Had right attitudes and right
priorities!
BE PERSISTENT Matthew 15:22-28
Don't give up on the Word of God!
Train yourself to persevere under trial!
God keeps His Word!
BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT ... Eph. 5:18, Acts 6:5
It is one thing for you to have the Holy
Spirit indwelling you but DOES THE HOLY SPIRIT
HAVE YOU? To be filled with the Spirit means
you are
Spirit-possessed, Spirit-empowered, Spirit-led
and Spirit-controlled! 1 Cor. 6:19,20
5) FAITH CAN BE ACTIVATED!
BY SPEAKING Proverbs 12:13,14; Matthew 9:21; Luke 17:6
BY ASKING Mark 10:52
BY OBEYING Luke 17:19
2 Corinthians 4:18 tells us to "look not at the things which are
seen, but to look at the things which are not seen; for the things
which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are
eternal.:
In Mark 11:14 we read that Jesus spoke to the fig-tree and His
disciples were listening.
When Jesus spoke to the tree, He was not speaking to the seen but
to the unseen! Verse 20 tells us that the disciples saw the fig
tree withered from THE ROOTS up! Jesus spoke words out of His mouth
to the tree not to the leaves, etc. which could be seen but.to the
very life of that tree .. THE ROOT SYSTEM!
Jesus said WHOEVER SAYS ... and DOES NOT DOUBT IN HIS HEART THAT
WHAT HE SAYS IS GOING TO HAPPEN .... SHALL HAVE! Mark 11:23
JESUS TAUGHT BY EXAMPLE THAT YOU AND I MIGHT KNOW HOW TO WORK THE
WORD!
Don't say "I can't do that! Jesus is in a different class to me!"
JESUS SAID WHOEVER SAYS .... WHOEVER SAYS .... WHOEVER SAYS - that
person SHALL HAVE if he does not doubt in his heart that It will
happen!
6) FAITH'S FORMULA
a) HAVE A SCRIPTURE covering your need.
b) BELIEVE GOD'S WORD and confess it!
c) PAY NO ATTENTION TO CIRCUMSTANCES
d) LIVE DAILY IN PRAISE FOR THE ANSWER until it comes to pass.
ROM.4:17-24
Every believer will discover that POSITIONALLY you "call those
things that be not as though they were" but EXPERIENTIALLY (by
contact with facts and events), you remain in faith and wait with
patience (persevering on the Word), until those things are
manifested! Romans 4:17, Hebrews 10:36