A Matter of Faith

A Matter of Faith (Study Notes) Pastor Kevin T. Brown / Naalehu Assembly of God March 1, 2020 Read: Hebrews 11:1,6 What is Faith? Faith is __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ The most important element of a believer’s life is Faith What will Jesus be long for when He returns? Read: Luke 18:8 _______________ Faith is the return on God’s investment What did God invest? Read: John 3:16 _______ __________ God’s investment _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ What is the result of His investment? Read: Ephesians 2:8 _______________ God invested the only thing that _____________________________ _____________________________ What did Jesus do that nothing else could? Read: Hebrews 10:1,4, 12, 14 ______________________ ______________________ ______________________ What did Jesus come to do? Jesus came to __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ What was the message of Jesus? What mad it good news? Matthew 4:17, Romans 13:11 _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Why is faith so important? Other scriptures: Habakkuk 2:4, Romans 1:17, Romans 5:1–________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ ________________________________ Does having faith mean we won’t have challenges? Read: Acts 20:22–23 What happened to Paul? What are the things He knew? He knew _________________________ _________________________ __________________________ __________________________ What did Paul mean by “I am bound in the spirit”? Typically to be bound denotes • Captivity • Bondage How did Paul see this bondage differently? His bondage _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ Read: Deuteronomy 29:29 How did God address secret and revealed things? _______________________________________ _______________________________________ What are some questions that Paul had? Thing’s He didn't know ___________________________ ___________________________ What was the Spirit telling him about his journey? __________________________ __________________________ Why Go? In life’s difficulty faith speaks How did Paul react to the opposition? Read: Acts 20:24 _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Paul was all in This type of commitment impossible • For the image driven • A people without faith Paul lived a disciplined life How do we know this? Read: 1 Corinthians 9:26–27, Ephesians 6:19–20, Philippians 1:21; Galatians 2:20 _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ What others saw are suicide mission, He saw a finish line This He Knew _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ The role of the Spirit is _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Read: 1 Corinthians 2:9–10 Our Reward Sometimes our greatest reward • Reside in the tough places • Rest in challenging situation • Response in crisis 2 Timothy 4:6–8, Hebrews 10:35–36