sf793 - FAITH FOR THE FAMILY - 8 of 16 DEVELOPING A FAITH THAT LASTS (Hebrews 11 23)

Hebrews 11:23

INTRODUCTION

Does my faith affect anyone else?

Can my faith make a difference in the lives of others?

How important is my faith to my family?

Background

Exodus 2:1-10

Why did God include Amram and Jochebed in his Hall of Fame?

1A. Faith’s Vision

1B. Faith sees people through the eyes of God’s grace.

A beautiful child = proper, unique

They saw the value and sanctity of human life.

Ø How many little babies have been murdered in USA? 1.5 million every year.

A Case Study

*Mother, TB; Father, Syphilis; 4 children: 1 blind, 1 deaf, 1 dead, 1 TB pregnant - Beethoven

Ø More protection for eagles than for unborn babies.

They saw the potential of one life.

Ø Amram and Jochebed were praying people and people of God and His Word;

Ø They knew it was almost time to go.

Ø They believed that Moses would be used by God to fulfill Genesis15: 13-14.

2B. Faith sees events through the eyes God’s providence.

God's providence saved Moses

What they saw what they saw by faith!

Ø Faith sees what God sees!

Ø They did not have their eyes on natural facts, they had their eyes on the supernatural facts!

How can you tell the difference between real faith and wishful thinking? (John 10:25-30)

2A. Faith’s Venture

1B. Faith steps out. (James 2:17)

Faith is to be shown.

Ø They hid Moses for three months.

Faith will change your life! If your religion has not changed your life you need to change your religion.

Ø They did not practice fatalism

Ø They did not practice fanaticism

Faith is to be shared. (Proverbs 22:6)

Ø Training is more than teaching. Teaching can be untaught. Training means to prepare someone for a contest, to instruct by exercise, to drill, to discipline for use.

Ø It is more than education.

"When you educate a man in mind and not in morals you create a menace to society." Th. Roosevelt

2B. Faith stands firm – “they were not afraid...” (Exodus 1:22)

They refused to be intimidated by the world.

How are you training your children?

Houston Police Department - 12 rules for raising a Juvenile Delinquent

1. Begin with infancy to give a child everything he wants, he will grow up believing that the world owes him a living.

2. When he picks up bad words laugh at him, he will think this is cute and will pick-up other words that will one-day embarrass you.

3. Do not give him any spiritual training, wait until he is 21, and let him decide for himself.

4. Avoid the use of the word wrong, it may develop a guilt complex. This will condition him to believe later when he is arrested for stealing a car that society is against him and he is being persecuted.

5. Pick up everything he leaves around, do everything for him so he will be experienced in throwing all responsibility on to others.

6. Let him read any printed matter he can get, be sure the forks and spoons are clean, but let his mind feed on garbage.

7. Fight frequently in the presence of your child so that he will not be shocked when the home is broken up later.

8. Give your child all the spending money she wants never let him earn his own.

9. Satisfy his every craving, denial may lead to harmful frustration.

10. Take her part against neighbors, teachers, and policemen after all they are all prejudiced against your child.

11. When he gets into real trouble, apologize for yourself by saying, "well I never could do anything with him."

12. Prepare for a life of grief you are apt to have it.

4A. Faith’s Victory

1B. Faith will produce a saved life. (11:24)

2B. Faith will produce a separated life (11:25-26)

3B. Faith will produce a successful life. (11:27-29)

Acts 7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.”

Faith honors God, therefore God honors faith

Application

Where did Moses get his faith? (11:1)

God saw to it that his mother raised him

Mom had trained him in the way he should go.

Where shall I place my faith?

Place your faith where God places your sin, on the Lord Jesus Christ!

Romans 5:1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,

FAITH FOR THE FAMILY
Developing A Faith That Lasts – 8 of 16
Sunday, October 25, 1998 - Hebrews 11:23

1A. Faith’s ______________________

1B. Faith sees people through the eyes of God’s _____________.

They saw the value and __________ of human life.

They saw the __________________ of one life.

2B. Faith sees events through the eyes God’s __________________.

What they saw what they _______________ by faith!

How can you tell the difference between real faith and __________________ thinking?

(John 10:27 NKJV) “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. My sheep will know my voice..." and He will confirm it!”

2A. Faith’s _____________________

1B. Faith _________ ______________.

(James 2:17 NIV) “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.”

Faith is to be _________________.

(Proverbs 22:6 NKJV) “ 6Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

2B. Faith ____________ _________________.

(Exodus 1:22 NIV) “ 22Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: Every boy that is born you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.”

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