Foundational Teaching

Believing Sets Results In Motion!

Believe: To accept something as true: to feel sure of the truth of.

LTW: faithfulness, assurance; faith, confidence; what is believed, teaching.DBL Greek: what can be believed; trust; trustworthiness; Christian faith; doctrine; TLNT: faith, confidence, fidelity, guarantee, loyalty. TDNTACDWGTHB : persuasion; credence; conviction; religious; reliance; constancy; truth; assurance; belief; believe; faith; fidelity, trust; faith

Example: Gasoline fuel

*********************Hebrews 11:1 ***************

“Now faith is( Heb3:6 )confidence( rest assured) in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. (2Cor4:18)”

note/defined: Now (dictatates when because of Christ) Substance ( DBL Greek: substance; trust

TLNT: substance, firmness, confidence, collection of documents establishing ownership, guarantee, proof

webster: The essence, physical matter, central meaning, wealth

Note *****For this reason rewards given: Hebrews 11:2 “This is what the ancients were commended for.” Heb11:4, 39)

2. As a matter of Fact: Hebrews 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

3. James 4:7 “Submit ( ὑποτάσσω hypotassō subject: ὑποτάσσω hypotassō subject;

DBL Greek: obey, be obedient; bring under control, TLNT: to make subordinate, submit, append, attach , Webster: To present for consideration; to surrender

4. How to submit and Instructions given!

Ephesians 4:27 “and do not give the devil a foothold.”

Ephesians 6:11 “Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.”

1 Peter 5:6–9 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time (a promise of safety). Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. Be alert and of sober mind (commit your ways (Ps 37:5, Mat6:25) Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith (who, what, when where and how and the why), because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” yourselves, then (the order of your action/ result of your action) to God (the who/what). Resist DBL Greek : be hostile toward; stand against; oppose; resist; withstand)

Warning!! Ephesians 4:27 (NIV) and do not give the devil a foothold.

the devil, and he will flee from you.”

Note: Its not enough just to know God! (Rom1:21)

Power given to those who are obedient to instructions of the Lord: Isaiah 59:19 When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him. The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982)