Persevering Faith Parts 3 & 4 Panel

Persevering Faith Part 3 & 4 Panel

Noah

Hebrews 11:7 NKJV

7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

3 Points of Noah’s Persevering Faith

Noah’s Life (Genesis 6-9)

Persevering Faith must have something to believe

A warning from God as well a request from God

Our Faith is only as good as what we place it in

What has God called of me in this time?

Persevering Faith must obey what he believes (Noah moved with Godly Fear)

Noah did all that God commanded him to do. (Genesis 6:22)

Either our faith will conquer our fear or our fear will conquer or faith

Noah’s obedience was not out of fear of consequences but out of reverence towards God

find a creative way to make it about others - that was Noah

Am I on the move for Jesus today?

What Challenges our faith? Human reasoning does - our feelings does as well. Fear!

Do I focus on the circumstances or on God?

Persevering Faith is consistent

It took Noah 120 years to build the Ark

Persevering Faith leaves a witness

Noah’s Faith Saved his household

How Noah lived his in a way that everyone around him knew what he believed and they knew he believed it with all his heart

2 Peter 2:5 NKJV

5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;

Genesis 6:8–9 NKJV

8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. 9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

The results of persevering faith was that his household was saved

Romans 1:16–17 NKJV

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”

Romans 3:21–22 NKJV

21 But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, 22 even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference;

What kind of influence is my faith having on those I love?

Am I living my life that God’s judgement is coming?

Matthew 24:37–40 NKJV

37 But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, 39 and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. 40 Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left.

Abraham

Hebrews 11:8 NKJV

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

7 points to Abraham’s Persevering Faith

Persevering Faith obeys God’s Word

Faith and Obedience are in separable in mans relationship with God

Abrahams faith packed up his family and set out to a place he had not even seen yet

Persevering Faith holds on to the promises of God

Abraham had an immediate act of obedience towards the word of God

This is the kind of faith that blesses God

Deny self and forsake all and follow God’s word - this is the Cross -

The cross is supposed to be an instrument of death in our lives

Abrahams Life (Genesis 12 - 25)

Nehemiah 9:7–8 NKJV

7 “You are the Lord God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham; 8 You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give the land of the Canaanites, The Hittites, the Amorites, The Perizzites, the Jebusites, And the Girgashites— To give it to his descendants. You have performed Your words, For You are righteous.

Galatians 3:6–7 NKJV

6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” 7 Therefore know that only those who are of faith are sons of Abraham.

James 2:23 NKJV

23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.

Genesis 12:1–5 NKJV

1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” 4 So Abram departed as the Lord had spoken to him, and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. 5 Then Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they departed to go to the land of Canaan. So they came to the land of Canaan.

Joshua 24:2–3 NKJV

2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Your fathers, including Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, dwelt on the other side of the River in old times; and they served other gods. 3 Then I took your father Abraham from the other side of the River, led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac.

Hebrews 11:9 NKJV

9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

2. Persevering Faith Remains Faithful to God

a.Abraham never set roots in this world or the world never laid roots in him- he dwelt in a tent

b. Dissonance - lack of harmony

c. Abraham was not anticulture but counter culture

Hebrews 11:10 NKJV

10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

3. Persevering Faith Always Looks up!

a. He is never home until heaven

1 Peter 2:11–12 NKJV

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul, 12 having your conduct honorable among the Gentiles, that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may, by your good works which they observe, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Philippians 3:20 NKJV

20 For our citizenship is in heaven, from which we also eagerly wait for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

1 Peter 1:3–4 NKJV

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,

Abraham and his family looked like foreigners wherever he was - not living in harmony with this world

Hebrews 11:11 NKJV

11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Hebrews 11:12 NKJV

12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.

4.Persevering Faith is Patient

a. Abraham and Sarah were 99 and 90 when they got pregnant with the son of promise

b. Persevering Faith requires patience - Faith asks how shall this be not how can this be?

Hebrews 11:13 NKJV

13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Hebrews 11:14 NKJV

14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

Hebrews 11:15 NKJV

15 And truly if they had called to mind that country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return.

Hebrews 11:16 NKJV

16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

5. Persevering Faith finishes Well

a. Abrahams lived by faith up until his dying breath when the promise was not fully seen

b. they embraced God’s promises

Colossians 3:1–4 NKJV

1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4 When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

This Verse will help us to finish well

The important thing is not what we live in but what we live for

Hebrews 11:17 NKJV

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

Hebrews 11:18 NKJV

18 of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,”

Hebrews 11:19 NKJV

19 concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.

6. Persevering Faith trust God even when it does not make sense.

a. Abraham knew Isaac was the promise son and he knew it was God’s problem

Hebrews 11:20 NKJV

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

Hebrews 11:21 NKJV

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

Hebrews 11:22 NKJV

22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones.

7. Persevering Faith produces a Godly Legacy

Faith looks to the greater promises of God.

Joseph knew where he belonged that is why he gave instructions for his bones

Ephesians 2:8–9 NKJV

8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.