Sermon Tone Analysis

Spiritual Journey is 4 Steps:

(from Growth Tracks 101)

Know God

Sin separates us from God and causes us to live outside His will.

God has done His part to restore our relationship to Him.

Now it’s up to us to do our part.

2. Find Freedom

3. Discover Purpose

4. Make a difference

Notes:

· What is faith?

Strong's #4102: pistis (pronounced pis'-tis)

from 3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:--assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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pistis

1) conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man' s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it

1a) relating to God

1a1) the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ

1b) relating to Christ

1b1) a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God

1c) the religious beliefs of Christians

1d) belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same

2) fidelity, faithfulness

2a) the character of one who can be relied on

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: from G3982

Citing in TDNT: 6:174, 849

· Simple definition

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

§ Faith is the substance of hope.

§ Substance in Greek means, “a standing under” faith stands under our hope, the foundation of our hope.

§ : For in this hope we were saved.

But hope that is seen is no hope at all.

Who hopes for what they already have?

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

For in this hope we were saved.

But hope that is seen is no hope at all.

Who hopes for what they already have?

But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.

§ Faith is the title deed or pledge to things hoped

: For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end.

§ Faith is the assurance of things not seen.

· By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

§ Faith accepts the unreasonable

(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”[) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”[) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.

· How is faith used?

o Acknowledgement of God’s existence personal

, Assurance of things hoped for conviction of things not seen

Assurance of things hoped for conviction of things not seen

Assurance of things hoped for conviction of things not seen

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o Work or conduct inspired by surrender or mental acceptance.

§ Faith is seen just as repentance is seen

(repent)

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faith shown by works

faith shown by works

§ Faith is obedient

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word spread, many become obedient

word spread, many become obedient

§ Faith is an action

§ faith through love

faith through love

, work of faith

, work of faith

work of faith

§ imitate their faith

imitate their faith

o Trust or Trustworthiness

§ Greek work pistis

, - faithful servant

faithful servant

faithfullness of God

stewards must be faithful

stewards must be faithful

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1 cor 15 17

if Christ is not raised, faith is worthless

§ - faith is greatly enlarged

faith is greatly enlarged

o How do we get faith?

things written so you may believe

things written so you may believe

o Not just faith

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§ John 14:42-43

The word faith is found 19x in

v4: Abel gave God his best

v5: faith pleases God

v7: God will show us things other people like he did Noah.

He also gained an inheritance.

Saved his family

v8: Faith leads us to our inheritance

v11: God is faithful to his promises

v 17: Abraham was so obedient that he gave up the very thing God promised as an act of obedience

v 19: Abraham believed the dead could be raised, that was faith enough to receive Isaac back from death

v 25: faith is choosing suffering over comfort

v 39: These were commended for their faith, yet NONE of them recieved what was promised

Would you still be faithful, even if you never recieved what was promised?