Faith & Life.
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“Peace be with you.”
“Let’s pray: Father may your will be done. Jesus may your word be proclaimed. Spirit may your work be accomplished in us we pray, Amen.”
I. Faith by Grace.
I. Faith by Grace.
A. Faithless:
A. Faithless:
1. Claiming to see they haven’t seen.
1. Claiming to see they haven’t seen.
36 “But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.
2. Claiming they know they don’t know.
2. Claiming they know they don’t know.
42 They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”
B. Faithful.
B. Faithful.
1. Initiated by the Father.
1. Initiated by the Father.
44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
It is the father who draws people to believe in his Son. There is no one who accidently falls into faith in Jesus. Only those who the Father draws come to believe.
How does the Father Draw us?
Like a boy who’s love has been awakened.
This isn’t the first time we learn of this: John has written about it in chapter 3:
8 “The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
The Father draws us by His Spirit in our hearts, so that we can come to know Jesus for who He truly is. Then The Father instructs us with the Word.
2. Instructed by the Father.
2. Instructed by the Father.
45 “It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.
After our hearts have been opened, it is filled with revelation of Jesus. To See that He is not one who simply is born of man but come from Heaven. That He is more than a prophet who performs signs and wonders but is the very Son of God.
A Letter to my future wife.
3. Illustrated by the Son.
3. Illustrated by the Son.
46 “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.
The Father does this to us without being seen. But we come to know it is the Father because the Son makes it known to us.
A. The Son reveals the Father.
A. The Son reveals the Father.
18 No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
B. The Bride reflects the Father.
B. The Bride reflects the Father.
12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
II. Life by Faith.
II. Life by Faith.
Having been given this faith by grace we now come to believe in the Son Jesus Christ; and in believing in Jesus Christ, He declares to us two promises:
40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”
A. To be Raised up on the Last Day- Resurrection.
A. To be Raised up on the Last Day- Resurrection.
1. All die and face judgment.
1. All die and face judgment.
27 And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment,
2. Those who have faith will not be condemned.
2. Those who have faith will not be condemned.
1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
3. Those not condemned with be raised up on the last day.
3. Those not condemned with be raised up on the last day.
And they will be ushered into the presence of their King and they will enjoy the peace, and joy, and overwhelming love of Jesus while they await for Him to usher in the new heavens and new earth which you will get to experience in a glorified body and with a sinless heart. Equipped with a glorified body to experience the forever eternal reign of Christ forever!
1 Corinthians 15:53 (NASB95)
53 For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
This leads to the second promise…
B. Eternal Life.
B. Eternal Life.
3 “This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
You will dwell in the presence of God all your days, you will behold his Glory, you will enjoy the benefits of feasting at his table, the peace that comes from a sinless life, and you will become drunk with His lovingKindness. You will shower Him with praise and Honor him with your lips.
It is more than you can think or imagine.
Application.
Application.
All eternity for Hell or Heaven hinges on Jesus.
It is not based on what you do or don’t do it is all how you spend eternity hinges on whether you have believe and trusted in Jesus or not.
Those who are being drawn, awakened by God, move forward with faith!
Those who have faith, be drawn deeper into Christ.
18 but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
Lastly, enjoy the dance.
8th grade Dance.
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.
We are invited into the Divine Dance of the Triune God! I can’t make you get excited about any of this but those who have been born again, draw to Jesus by God the father, and illuminated by His Word, There is no greater thing!!!