Sermon Tone Analysis

*The Life of Faith*

*Hebrews 11:6-7*

/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.

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/7 //By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.

By his faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

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* A Living Faith*

Obstacles or problems \\ Of a conscious existance.

\\ May impede my progress \\ But it does not decay \\ The embedded righteousness \\ Desired within my heart \\ Nor the sacrifices of my living

For within every obstacle \\ Is a reward.

\\ And to every problem \\ There is a success.

\\ A rose remains a rose \\ A fountain is still a fountain \\ And life is still living.

\\ \\ Nothing should be impossible \\ For it is Thought \\ That gives life to the mind.

\\ And A Living Faith \\ Justifies itself \\ By living today \\ In tomorrow’s dreams

 

 

 

 

 

 

Think in your faith... \\ Talk in your faith... \\ See things in your faith... \\ Listen in your faith... \\ Learn in your faith... \\ Walk in your faith... \\ Live in your Faith.

\\ \\ A Living Faith that stands.

\\ \\ So Live in the faith of how you think \\ Live in the faith of how you talk \\ Live in the faith of how you see \\ Live in the faith of how you listen \\ Live in the faith of what you learn \\ Live in the faith of how you walk \\ For you are A Living Faith.

\\ \\ *Cecelia Weir*

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*I.

Faiths Reward*

As we read the text one might assume that we are rewarded for the works that a life of faith produces

Or the he rewards those who seek him with material possessions

If the exercise of faith is pleasing to God, does this signify that it is a thing merit?

If it is there is a conflict with pure grace

And what is the doctrinal force of the next verse?

Does the case of Noah teach salvation by works?

If he had not gone to so much expense and labor in building the ark, would he and his house have escaped the flood?

Was his becoming “heir of righteousness’’ something that he earned by his obedient toil?

On the contrary he does reward

*/But He is the reward/*

*/Gen 15:1/*/ After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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There is a threefold “coming to God”: an initial, a continuous, and a final.

The first takes place at conversion, the second is repeated throughout the

Christian’s life, the third occurs at death or the second coming of Christ.

To come to God signifies to seek and have fellowship with Him.

It denotes a desire to enter into His favor and become a partaker of His blessings in

this life and of His salvation in the life to come.

It is the heart’s approach unto Him in and through Christ.

But before there is a conscious access to Him, God has to be diligently sought

And /how /does God “reward” the diligent seeker?

By offering Himself graciously to be found of them who penitently, earnestly, trustfully approach Him through the appointed Mediator.

By granting them access into His favor:

The faith seeker is not alone is his or her search

Scripture implies that God is searching too.

*/For the eyes of the LORD range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to him.”/**/

/**/2 Chronicles 16:9 (NIV)/*

*V.7 Faith Witnesses*

I.

The life of faith is a witness (example)

The person living the life of faith is a witness (testimony)

a.     Noah Heard the voice of God

Faith comes by hearing;

He was sensitive to the promptings and leading of God

b.

He warned (revealed the message of God /hebrew/).

He witnessed

c.

He obeyed the voice of God

Matthew Henry says, “Faith first influences our affections and then our actions.”

Privilege and duty are inseparably connected, yet duty will never be performed where faith is absent.

His life was a living epistle~/example of the benefits of obeying the voice of God

II.

The life of faith removes the fear of risk taking

a.     God assumes all the risks

III.

7b.

The life of faith ushers you into uncharted territory~/new horizons

God wants to take you places you’ve never been

He wants to show you things you’ve never seen

IV.

The life of faith set you apart

V. 7c.

The life of faith puts God in His place (reverential fear /hebrew.)/

VI .7d,

e Faith has its own reward built in

a.     Salvation

b.     sonship