FAITH. Holding on for God or Letting Go?

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1 FAITH Holding on for God or Letting Go?

2 HEBREWS 11 God s Hall of Faith

3 IMPORTANCE Luke 18:8 Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

4 EVERYBODY S HANGIN ON FOR DEAR LIFE

5 WHAT IS IT? Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. Romans 1:20 the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made

6 WHICH IS IT?

7 FAITH IS OBEYING GOD AND Hebrews 11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. ACCEPTING THE RESULTS.

8 FAITH IS OBEYING GOD AND Hebrews 11:39-40 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better things for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. ACCEPTING THE RESULTS.

9 FAITH IS obeying God and accepting the results. Synonyms: trust, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, dependence, faithfulness, hope, reliance, sureness, surety

10 HOW IT OFTEN FEELS Mark 9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. :24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. :25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

11 BALANCE Faith without the Word is Dangerous. Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

12 BALANCE Faith without Works is Deceptive. James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? James 1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

13 BALANCE Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

14 HOW GOD SEES FAITH Hebrews 6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: :18 That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: :19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

15 HOW GOD SEES FAITH

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17 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD

18 OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD 2 Peter 1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, :3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Romans 10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

19 Psalms 116:5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous Deut. 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect Psalms 129:4 The LORD is righteous OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GOD Psalms 145:17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works.

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21 NEGLECT

22 SOUND FAMILIAR? Job 23:8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: :9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: :10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. :11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. :12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

23 DISCUSSION QUESTION What do you think faith is the victory means? 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.