If God Said it, Act on it -2
The Righteous Live by Faith • Sermon • Submitted • Presented
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Acting on the Word
Acting on the Word
How does God reveal Himself?
Through His word
He Speaks to use through His Word
That is why You can read this and something catches your heart, even though you might have read it a thousand times, yet in this one moment God speaks to your heart
Jesus is revealed through the Word
Jesus the Word made flesh reveals the Father
The Bible is a Revelation of God and His will for mankind
God fulfills His will through man
God uses His people to usher in His Kingdom
How do people Do that?
Through obedience to His Words
and obedience flows through Faith and trust
Trusting the Lord
Trusting the Lord
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
and do not lean on your own understanding.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
and he will make straight your paths.
The Word trust is translated Security-
batach (בָּטַח, 982), “to be reliant, trust,
1053 I. בָּטַח (bā·ṭǎḥ): v.; ≡ Str 982; TWOT 233—LN 31.82–31.101 (qal) trust, rely on, put confidence in, i.e., believe in a person or object to the point of reliance upon
King Hezekiah trusted the Lord-
And He proved God was trustworthy:
And he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done. He removed the high places and broke the pillars and cut down the Asherah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had made offerings to it (it was called Nehushtan). He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel, so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who were before him. For he held fast to the Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses. And the Lord was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and would not serve him. He struck down the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city.
Trusting in the Lord- Goes beyond what we see and what we feel
Faith is addressing the issue with the promises of God
Hezekiah became King when Judah was subject to Assyria
Yet He acted on the Word and the Promise of God
And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,
This is the Promise of God
Trusting in times of Bad Reports
Trusting in times of Bad Reports
Who has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
Whose Report will you Believe?
Abraham had a report- “Your to old, your wife is to old”
God had spoken to Abraham long before the promise of a Child came to be
Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
So Abram went, as the Lord had told him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
It took 25 years to see the promise of God become a reality in the physical
But whose report will you believe?
Who believes the message of God’s Hope and Salvation
Who believes the message of God’s Hope and Salvation
By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.
Abraham believed the message
It was evident in His actions of obedience to God’s Word and God’s promise
To Whom had the arm of the Lord been Revealed?
To Whom had the arm of the Lord been Revealed?
The Arm of the Lord symbolizes the earthly manifestation of the God’s Power
IT IS GOD WORKING FOR YOUR GOOD AND FOR HIS GLORY!
ABRAHAM SAW THE ARM OF THE LORD
By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.
God gave the power to Sarah to conceive
Nothing is impossible for God
Even if it feels like it is past time, Nothing is impossible for God
AND GOD IS WORKING ALL THINGS TOGETHER FOR YOUR GOD
And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
YOU WILL SEE THE ARM OF YAHWEH (THE LORD)
FAITH IS ACTION AND DEED
FAITH IS ACTION AND DEED
So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
FAITH ALWAYS RESPONDS WITH OBEDIENCE
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.
BECAUSE FAITH IS BASED ON GOD