F.I.G. Faith in God
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Secular:
Athiest - no faith
-starts car- works
-drives to work- traffic laws
-parks in a spot - not towed
parks
-pushes elevator button- comes
-pushes floor button- goes there
-sits in office chair- holds him up
Who needs faith?
Personal:
Do you live by faith? What is your faith in? What separates true faith? How is your faith in God directing your life today?
Biblical:
Christian church had to walk by faith not by sight
Disciples had to walk by faith not by sight
Subject:
What lessons does Jesus teach about true faith?
Textual:
What lessons does Jesus teach about true faith?
6 “And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8 The Lord God,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
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What lessons does Jesus teach about true faith?
(11-20) True faith produces.
Jesus observes the temple
Fig tree a symbol of the temple
Fig tree fails - judgement
Not season for figs - fruit present but not ripe
Temple fails - judgement
Isaiah
6 “And the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord,
to minister to him, to love the name of the Lord,
and to be his servants,
everyone who keeps the Sabbath and does not profane it,
and holds fast my covenant—
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
8 The Lord God,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
“I will gather yet others to him
besides those already gathered.”
Withers from the root - SOILS - rocky soil had no depth of root
Christmas lights - test
(21-22) True faith is in God alone.
Fig tree - symbolic of temple
Have faith in God
not in the temple
not in the religious system
sorting buttons - through a mirror
(23-24) True faith believes.
Belief overcomes the impossible (mountains)
Belief displayed in communal prayer
fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD
called to be who God purposed them to be
praying God’s will not our will
Plane ride - i will be there at...
(25)True faith forgives.
pray always - forgive always
Lord’s prayer -
magnet attraction - just what it does