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*Lasting in Faith*
7~/10~/2004 and 7~/11~/2004
*Introduction*
I have been talking about hearing the voice of God and prayer.
We have been doing it on Wednesday mornings and Wednesday nights.
Prayer is essential but also it is important to be in the presence of God.
Sometimes he speaks to you.
Sometimes you are just still in His presence.
Either way what you are looking for is *revelation.
*Sometimes it is just the revelation that He is there.
The word for *reveal* in Matthew 16 with Jesus and Peter is apokalupto- one of the meanings is to make known what was unknown.
It becomes hidden to us that God is with us.
Revelation might just be a reminder that He is there.
This past week I was just sitting still before the Lord in my basement.
I thought and just said to myself later;
*“You are no closer to saving yourself now than you were 26 years ago (almost 27 when I received salvation).”*
* *
That might sound trivial to you but it was a settling and a reminder in my heart.
This is by faith.
Religion tries to systematize your spiritual life and take out the freshness.
You have to be reminded constantly; this is a Jesus thing.
Your part is to respond to Him.
Romans 1
*/16 /**/I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile./*
*/ 17 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, a just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”
b *[1]* /*
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*/“The person in right standing before God by trusting him really lives.”*[2]*
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-I discovered that I needed to take the pressure off of my ability to;
· Try harder
· Believe more
· Do more
· Or whatever
-The point of this is to trust God.
-Jesus didn’t say try harder.
He said */“HAVE FAITH IN GOD/*.”
-I have gone to a Chiropractor to get an examination and adjustment.
He might crack your neck but then it feels great.
-We need to have a self examination and adjustment in our faith.
2 Corinthians 13
*/5 /**/Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves.
Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?
6 And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.
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*/ /*
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**What Do You Do When a Storm Arises?*
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Luke 8
*/22 /**/One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let’s go over to the other side of the lake.”
So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep.
A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
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*/24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” /*
*/He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.
25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.
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*/In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this?
He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”/*[4]
*/ /*
*/-These men were with Jesus the Son of God and the storm became bigger to them than He was./*
*/-Is your problem bigger than your God?/*
*/-Is terrorism, the economy, your sickness, or whatever?/*
*/ /*
-Jesus said “I will be with you until the end of the age”.
-Notice that Jesus said; “Where is your faith?”
-He didn’t say they didn’t have faith.
He just asked them where it was.
-I have to ask myself that often times.
Where is my faith?
Is it in?
· */Myself/*
· */My Christian friend /*
· */A well-known minister/*
· */My Christian record/*
· */My past/*
*/ /*
-My faith has to be refocused to GOD ALONE.
-You are saved by God through Christ.
-You have to look away from all of your efforts or failed efforts; good bad or ugly.
-You have to turn away from your good works as well as your bad ones.
-We are tempted to go back and measure.
Especially when we have been doing good.
-We don’t want to do that as an unbeliever.
But as a Christian with 20 years plus behind us we want to stack them up against each other,
-Our best efforts are */“filthy rags.”/*
/ /
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**What Do You Do When You Fail?*
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-You have to develop a faith in God’s mercy that is bigger than the guilt of your sin.
-This is a very big area because most of us would say we don’t have a problem with God.
We just have a problem with ourselves.
-God knows your frame.
James 5
*/16 Therefore, aconfess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be bhealed.
cThe effective 1prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much./*
*/17 /**/Elijah was aa man with a nature like ours, and bhe prayed 1earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for cthree years and six months.*[5]*/*
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*/17/**/ Elijah was as human as we are,/*
*/ /*
Watching a trapeze show is breathtaking.
We wonder at the dexterity and timing.
We gasp at near-misses.
In most cases, there is a net underneath.
When they fall, they jump up and bounce back to the trapeze.
In Christ, we live on the trapeze.
The whole world should be able to watch and say, "Look how they live, how they love one another.
Look how well the husbands treat their wives.
And aren't they the best workers in the factories and offices, the best neighbors, the best students?"
That is to live on the trapeze, being a show to the world.
What happens when we slip?
The net is surely there.
The blood of our Lord, Jesus Christ, has provided forgiveness for ALL our trespasses.
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