Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
James 2:19
You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!
Belief is the acknowledgment of existence.
John 3:16 “Believe” Greek Word 4100 “Pisteuo”
Put my trust in, my commitment to, surrender in.
Faith is the persuasion or confidence to receive what I believe.
Hebrews 11:1 “Faith” Greek Word 4102 “Pistis”
*Persuasion Of His Will ( 1 John 5:4)
Matthew 8:10, 9:2, 9:22, 9:29, 15:28, 17:20, 21:21, 23:23
Phil 3:12
12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.“Obtain” “Lambano” - A passive word, “to receive”
Matthew 14:18 “took the loaves”
Matthew 19:29 “receive”
“Lay hold” “Katalambano” = “to take eagerly or to seize”
John 8:38 “Woman caught in adultery
Romans 9:30 “Attained righteousness”
I Cor 9:24 “You May Win”
Hebrews 6: 11-12
11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, 12 so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.Eph 2:8
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
*The question for the church and for us isn’t do we believe, the question is do we have faith? *
Rom 12:1-3
I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.Gifts of Grace
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
1. Divine Enlightenment
2. Divine Enablement
3. Divine Impulse
Hab 2:1-4
I will take my stand at my watchpost
and station myself on the tower,
and look out to see what he will say to me,
and what I will answer concerning my complaint.
2 And the Lord answered me:
“Write the vision;
make it plain on tablets,
so he may run who reads it.
3 For still the vision awaits its appointed time;
it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, wait for it;
it will surely come; it will not delay.
4 “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
but the righteous shall live by his faith.
The Body Of Christ.
1. Recognize The Faith You Have
Romans 12:3
3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.
2. Recite The Word Of God
Romans 10:14-17
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?” 17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
3. Remember Your Victories
Story Of Noah
Genesis 7: 1, 7, 16
8:1, 20-22
I John 5:4
4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
I Cor 15:57
57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
Romans 8:37
37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
4. Reach Out For The Impossible
Jeremiah 32:17
‘Ah, Lord God! It is you who have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm! Nothing is too hard for you.
Matthew 17:20
20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
2 Cor 1:12-21
12 For our boast is this, the testimony of our conscience, that we behaved in the world with simplicity[a] and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you. 13 For we are not writing to you anything other than what you read and understand and I hope you will fully understand— 14 just as you did partially understand us—that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you.
