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White Hot Faith
Definition of Fire
Definition of Fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.
Slower oxidative processes like rusting or digestion are not included by this definition
When something burns, it will catch other things on fire.
It is the same material that is subjected to an intense process of heating and movement.
There are five elements of a movement
White hot faith
Commitment to a cause
Contagious relationships
Rapid mobilization
Adaptive methods
Faith is the relational energy between ourselves and God
We cannot please God without faith.
“And it is impossible to please God without faith.
Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.”
(, NLT)
Jesus constantly looked for faith and when he found it, he responded.
“Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!
For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word.
Then his disciples urged him to send her away.
“Tell her to go away,” they said.
“She is bothering us with all her begging.”
Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!” Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
“Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great.
Your request is granted.”
And her daughter was instantly healed.”
(, NLT)
21 Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
22 A Gentile woman who lived there came to him, pleading, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David!
For my daughter is possessed by a demon that torments her severely.”
23 But Jesus gave her no reply, not even a word.
Then his disciples urged him to send her away.
“Tell her to go away,” they said.
“She is bothering us with all her begging.”
24 Then Jesus said to the woman, “I was sent only to help God’s lost sheep—the people of Israel.”
25 But she came and worshiped him, pleading again, “Lord, help me!”
26 Jesus responded, “It isn’t right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs.”
27 She replied, “That’s true, Lord, but even dogs are allowed to eat the scraps that fall beneath their masters’ table.”
28 “Dear woman,” Jesus said to her, “your faith is great.
Your request is granted.”
And her daughter was instantly healed.
Faith is the most powerful substance in the world
““You don’t have enough faith,” Jesus told them.
“I tell you the truth, if you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it would move.
Nothing would be impossible.””
(, NLT)
So God responds to the level of our faith.
Small faith can hinder God’s work in our lives
“When Jesus had finished telling these stories and illustrations, he left that part of the country.
He returned to Nazareth, his hometown.
When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”
Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas.
All his sisters live right here among us.
Where did he learn all these things?”
And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”
And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.”
(, NLT)
How do we gain faith?
53 When Jesus had finished telling these stories and illustrations, he left that part of the country.
54 He returned to Nazareth, his hometown.
When he taught there in the synagogue, everyone was amazed and said, “Where does he get this wisdom and the power to do miracles?”
55 Then they scoffed, “He’s just the carpenter’s son, and we know Mary, his mother, and his brothers—James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas.
56 All his sisters live right here among us.
Where did he learn all these things?”
57 And they were deeply offended and refused to believe in him.
Through repentance.
“From Miletus, Paul sent to Ephesus for the elders of the church.
When they arrived, he said to them: “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I came into the province of Asia.
I served the Lord with great humility and with tears and in the midst of severe testing by the plots of my Jewish opponents.
You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.
I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.”
(, NIV)
Then Jesus told them, “A prophet is honored everywhere except in his own hometown and among his own family.”
58 And so he did only a few miracles there because of their unbelief.
Through concrete steps of obedience.
“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”
(, NIV)
8 By faith Abraham, when he* was called, obeyed to go out to a place that he was going to receive for an inheritance, and he went out, not knowing where he was going.
9 By faith he lived in the land of promise as a stranger, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs of the same promise.
10 For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
11 By faith also, ⌊with Sarah⌋, he received ⌊the ability to procreate⌋ even ⌊past the normal age⌋, because he regarded the one who had promised to be faithful.
12 And therefore these were fathered from one man, and he being as good as dead, as the stars of heaven in number and like the innumerable sand by the shore of the sea.
“By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.
And so from this one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.”
(, NIV)
Through gaining strength as we find God faithful in life.
“God is not human, that he should lie, not a human being, that he should change his mind.
Does he speak and then not act?
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