Walking in a Life of Faith

Hebrews 11:1–6 NRSV

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith he still speaks. 5 By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death; and “he was not found, because God had taken him.” For it was attested before he was taken away that “he had pleased God.” 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

WALKING IN A LIFE OF FAITH

OUR TEXT THIS MORNING IS WHAT SOME CALL ... THE HALL OF FAME FAITH. MANY SCHOLARS REFER TO THIS CHAPTER AS THE FAITH CHAPTER, AND THE LIST IT GOES ON AND ON, ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF NAMES AND TITLES HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THIS WONDERFUL CHAPTER.

BUT……. I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS AN HONOR ROLL OF OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS.

NOWADAYS PARENTS PUT BUMPER STICKERS ON THE BACK OF THEIR CARS THAT SHOW HOW PROUD THEY ARE OF THEIR CHILD’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR MAKING ... HONOR ROLL.

BUT I BELIEVE THAT GOD ALSO RECOGNIZES HIS CHILDREN’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND HAS PLACED EACH OF THEIR NAMES NOT ON THE BUMPER OF A CAR …...BUT IN A BOOK. YES, THE “BOOK OF LIFE”

LET ME SUGGEST …..THAT EVERYONE MENTIONED HERE THIS CHAPTER RECEIVED AN “F” AS THEIR FINAL GRADE.

YOU LOOK CONFUSED ... SO ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN...

YOU SEE, I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT THE “F” THAT THESE OT SAINTS RECEIVED DOES NOT STAND FOR FLUNKING ... NO…. IT STANDS FOR FAITH.

IN FACT THIS IS THE ONLY GRADING SYSTEM THAT I KNOW OF WHEREBY THE GRADE “F” IS A GOOD THING.

YOU SEE ... ONE OF THESE DAYS, WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE GRADED AND I’M LOOKING TO GET ... NOT AN “A” BUT AND “F.”

YOU SEE, I DON’T WANT AN “A” BECAUSE AN “A” STANDS FOR APATHY, AND APATHY MEANS IMPASSIVE OR INDIFFERENCE, AND THAT IS NOT A POSITION THAT I WANT TO FIND MYSELF IN WHEN IT COMES TO ME AND GOD.

APATHY IS NOT A GRADE THAT WILL GAIN YOU ENTRANCE INTO HEAVEN.

YOU SEE, I DON’T WANT AN “A” BECAUSE AN “A” REPRESENTS APOSTASY.

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS….APOSTASY IS THE ABANDONMENT OR DEFECTION FROM WHAT YOU USE TO BELIEVE.

YOU SEE APOSTASY IS GOING BACK TO YOUR OLD TIME WAY.

NO NO…. I DON’T WANT AN “A.”….. WHY

BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO BE CONSIDERED AN APOSTATE …….. A TRAITOR; A RUNAWAY; AGAINST GOD’S WILL OR WAY.

LISTEN CHURCH......LET ME SAY HERE.....THAT A FALSE TEACHER - SOMEONE WHO TEACHES FALSE DOCTRINES....AND HERESIES IS JUST AS BAD AS AN APOSTATE.....

YOU SEE THERE ARE FALSE TEACHERS OUT THERE SPREADING A FALSE GOSPEL......AS A MATTER OF FACT THERE IS SOMEONE THAT USED TO BE A MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL HERE IN BADIN....THAT IS NOW FALSE TEACHER.....SHARING A FALSE MESSAGE TO THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY AND POSSIBLY WITH SOME OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS.

HE IS WRAPPING THESE FALSE DOCTRINES AND UNBIBLICAL TEACHINGS AROUND SCRIPTURE ....PRETENDING TO BE PROCLAIMING THE TRUTH.....

BUT I TELL YOU NOW.....THAT I REBUKE THAT IN THE NAME OF JESUS......AND I URGE YOU TO BE ALERT AND BE CAREFUL WHO YOU LISTEN TO.....

THE BIBLE TELLS US IN 2 PET 2:1

2 Peter 2:1 NRSV

1 But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive opinions. They will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.

YES MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS......

I’M LOOKING TO GET AN “F” …..YOU SEE ONE OF THESE DAYS, WHEN THIS LIFE IS OVER, I’M LOOKING FOR JESUS TO SAY TO ME...

WELL DONE, MY “FAITHFUL” SERVANT. FOLKS TALKED ABOUT YOU. CALLED YOU EVERYTHING BUT A CHILD OF GOD. THEY SAID THAT YOU WOULDN’T AMOUNT TO ANYTHING. BUT I CALL YOU MINE.

WELL DONE, THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT: THOU HAST BEEN FAITHFUL OVER A FEW THINGS, I WILL MAKE THEE RULER OVER MANY THINGS: ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF THY LORD. (MATTHEW 25:21)

WALKING IN A LIFE OF FAITH

SO LETS US EXAMINE OUR TEXT... HEBREWS 11:1

NOTICE THE FIRST WORD IN (V.1) NOW. SMALL WORD YET IT IS SIGNIFICANT, IF IT WERE NOT SO, IT WOULD NOT BE HERE. SO LET EXAMINE IT SHALL WE.

THE GREEK WORD FOR NOW IS DE, PRONOUNCED (DEH) ... AND THIS WORD SERVES AS A MARKER OF A SUMMARY STATEMENT. (REPEAT)

SIMPLY PUT ... WHAT FOLLOWS THE WORD NOW (DEH) SUMMARIZES WHAT WAS JUST STATED BEFORE IT.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WILL NOT FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT COMES AFTER THE WORD NOW UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT PRECEDED THE WORD NOW.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT PLAIN….

HOW ABOUT THIS ... YOU AIN’T GONNA UNDERSTAND WHAT I’M ABOUT TO SAY UNLESS YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WRITER OF HEBREWS HAS ALREADY SAID.

WELL, WHAT PROCEEDED THIS SUMMARY STATEMENT? WHAT CAME BEFORE THE NOW?

WELL I’M GLAD YOU ASKED…….IF WE WERE TO PUT IT INTO CONTEXT,

WE WOULD NOTICE THAT THE AUTHOR OF HEBREWS GOES THROUGH GREAT LENGTHS IN THE FIRST TEN CHAPTERS OF THIS BOOK TO DESCRIBE THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST.

YOU SEE ... MANY OF THE JEWISH BELIEVERS OF THAT DAY, HAVING STEPPED OUT OF JUDAISM INTO CHRISTIANITY WERE STRADDLING THE FENCE.

SOME WANTED TO REVERSE THEIR COURSE IN ORDER TO ESCAPE PERSECUTION.

SO IN THE FIRST 10 CHAPTERS THE WRITER OF HEBREWS EXHORTS THEM TO “PRESS ON” TO MATURITY IN CHRIST.

HIS APPEAL IS BASED ON THE SUPERIORITY OF CHRIST OVER THE JUDAIC SYSTEMS.

THE WRITER OF HEBREWS POINTS OUT TO HIS READERS THAT

• CHRIST IS BETTER THAN THE ANGELS, FOR THEY WORSHIP HIM.

• CHRIST IS BETTER THAN THE PRIESTHOOD, FOR HIS SACRIFICE WAS ONCE FOR ALL TIME.

• CHRIST IS BETTER THAN THE LAW, FOR HE MEDIATES A BETTER COVENANT.

• IN OTHER WORDS…….. THE AUTHOR TELLS HIS READERS THAT THERE IS MORE TO BE GAINED BY SUFFERING FOR CHRIST ……..THAN BY REVERTING TO JUDAISM. SO….

• HE ENCOURAGES THEM TO PRESS ON ... AND REMINDS THEM (10:38) THAT THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.

I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT APATHY AND APOSTASY ARE STILL REAL IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY.

YOU MAY NOT BE ON THE VERGE OF REVERTING TO JUDAISM,

BUT SOME OF US ARE ON THE VERGE OF REVERTING BACK TO OUR OLD WAYS.

AND

THAT’S WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ENCOURAGED TO KEEP THE FAITH...

SO NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE WHY ... LET US EXAMINE QUICKLY THE WHAT OF OUR TEXT.

WHAT IS FAITH? WELL SCRIPTURE TELLS US IN (V.1) THAT FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT SCRIPTURES IN THE BIBLE.

WE RECEIVE THE DEFINITION OF WHY WE BELIEVE WHAT WE BELIEVE.

LET’S EXAMINE IT (V.1)

NOW (DE, DEH). WE NOW KNOW THAT WHAT IS ABOUT TO FOLLOW IS A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS JUST SAID.

FAITH GREEK WORD: PIS-TIS: ASSURANCE; ASSURE; ASSUREDLY; BELIEF; BELIEVE; BELIEVERS; FAITH; AND FIDELITY

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS GREEK WORK PIS-TIS IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD PEITHO (PI-THO): PERSUASION, CREDENCE; MORAL CONVICTION (OF RELIGIOUS TRUTH, OR THE TRUTHFULNESS OF GOD OR A RELIGIOUS TEACHER), ESPECIALLY RELIANCE UPON CHRIST FOR SALVATION.

SO WHAT IS FAITH?

WELL, I THINK THAT IT IS SAFE TO SAY FROM THIS THAT FAITH IS THE

• ASSURANCE

• BELIEF

• PERSUASION

WHY: DEH (NOW)

WHAT: PIS-TIS (ASSURANCE) AND PI-THO (THE ABSOLUTE RELIANCE ON CHRIST FOR SALVATION)

LET US NOW EXAMINE THE WHERE

(V.1) NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.

FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OR SHOULD I SAY CONFIDENCE OF MY SALVATION.

AND WHERE DOES THIS CONFIDENCE COME FROM ... WELL, MY CONFIDENCE COMES FROM MY FOUNDATION AND MY FOUNDATION IS JESUS CHRIST, MY HIGH PRIEST, WHO AFTER HE HAD OFFERED ONE SACRIFICE FOR SINS FOREVER, SAT DOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD.

LET ME SUGGEST THAT THE REASON WHY SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY ARE FILED WITH DESPAIR, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT HAVE TRUE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FAITH IS.

I BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE OFTEN FIND THEMSELVES PERPLEXED AND TROUBLED ... BECAUSE THEY HAVE PLACED THEIR FAITH IN THE WRONG THINGS.

...AND THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR FAITH ARE NOT STABLE AND UNSURE

SOME PLACE THEIR FAITH IN FRIENDS AND FAMILY, WHILE OTHERS FIND FAITH IN THEIR OCCUPATIONS OR THEIR ABILITIES.

BUT THE QUESTION IS ... WILL FAITH IN THESE THINGS DELIVER YOU IN TIMES OF TROUBLE?

YOU SEE ... I AM A BELIEVER THAT THERE IS GOING TO COME A TIME WHEN YOUR FAITH IS GOING TO BE TESTED.

IN FACT ... A FAITH NOT TESTED IS A FAITH NOT TRUSTED.

AND IN THIS LIFE YOU WILL BE TESTED.

AND WHEN THIS TEST COMES, IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS DOING. ON THAT DAY, WHEN YOU ARE TESTED IT WILL NOT MATTER WHAT SOMEBODY ELSE HAS PROMISED YOU.

YOU SEE ... WHEN THAT DAY COMES, WHEN YOUR BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL....

• HUSBAND CAN’T SAVE YOU ...

• THERE IS GOING TO COME A DAY WHEN THE ONLY PERSON THAT YOU CAN DEPEND ON IS ... JESUS!

AND

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THIS MORNING THAT MAN, AND WOMAN, OCCUPATION, STATUS, AND RICHES WILL SOMEDAY FAIL YOU.

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT ... ONLY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST IS SUFFICIENT TO UPHOLD US THROUGH LIFE’S TRIALS!

IT IS ONE THING TO SING THE SONG ...

WE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH, YET IT IS ANOTHER WHEN THING WHEN YOU ARE IN THE STORM.

THE QUESTION IS WILL YOUR FAITH HOLD YOU WHEN TROUBLE RISES.

OR DO YOU GO BLAMING OTHER PEOPLE FOR WHAT THEY DID OR DIDN’T DO?

WHEN CONTRARY WINDS ARE BLOWING, WHEN THE BILLOWS OF LIFE SEEM TO BE RAGING ... I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT YOUR FAITH IN JESUS, BECAUSE HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH.

WELL ... WHAT IS YOUR HOPE? WHAT DID YOU HOPE FOR?

MY HOPE IS:

• IN GOD. PS 39:7; 1PE 1:21.

• IN CHRIST. 1CO 15:19; 1TI 1:1.

• IN GOD’S PROMISES. AC 26:6,7; TIT 1:2.

• IN THE MERCY OF GOD. PS 33:18.

• IN THE WORK OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. RO 15:13; GA 5:5.

• OBTAINED THROUGH

O GRACE. 2TH 2:16.

O THE WORD. PS 119:81.

O PATIENCE AND COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES. RO 15:4.

O THE GOSPEL. COL 1:5,23.

O FAITH. RO 5:1,2; GA 5:5.

WELL ... THAT BRINGS US TO THE VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION OF HOW.

HOW DO I KNOW? LET’S EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE, SHALL WE...

(V.1) NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.

EVIDENCE HERE IN OUR TEXT IS THE GREEK WORD WHICH SIMPLY MEANS ……A PROOF THAT BY WHICH A THING IS PROVED OR TESTED; A CONVICTION.

WALK WITH ME BACK TO (V.2)

(V.2) SAYS… FOR BY IT (FAITH) THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT.

WELL ... WHAT ABOUT YOUR REPORT.

WILL YOU GET AN “A” FOR APATHY AND APOSTATE OF WILL YOU GET AN “F” FOR FAITHFUL.

WELL ... LET’S EXAMINE MY REPORT……BECAUSE

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEE IT…. JUST BELIEVE IT

YOU SEE….. ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN GOD FORMED THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.

BUT, THE FOUNDATIONS OF MY FAITH TELL, ME THAT GOD SPOKE, AND OUT OF DARKNESS CAME LIGHT.

……THE GRADE OF FAITH

WELL ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN ABEL OFFERED A BETTER SACRIFICE THAN CAIN... BUT I AM SURE OF THIS ONE THING, THAT IT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF HIS FAITH THAT CAUSED HIM TO DO SO.

WELL ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN ENOCH TOOK A WALK WITH GOD. BUT THE FOUNDATIONS OF MY FAITH TELLS ME ... THAT ONE OF THESE OLD DAYS, I AM GOING TO BE WHERE ENOCH IS ....WALKING AROUND HEAVEN ALL DAY

MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS……YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE IT... WE GOT TO HAVE FAITH.

WELL ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN THE EARTH WAS FLOODED. BUT MY FAITH TELLS ME TO BELIEVE IN THE EVIDENCE OF FAITH.

YOU SEE EVERY TIME I SEE A RAINBOW, I CAN’T HELP BUT TO BELIEVE THAT IT DID IN FACT RAIN 40 DAYS AND FOR 40 NIGHTS.

YOU SEE ... I WAS NOT THERE TO SEE IT RAIN BUT MY FAITH (PIS-TIS, PI-THO) TELLS ME THAT…… I DON’T NEED TO SEE IT….TO BELIEVE IT.

WELL ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN JOSHUA MARCHED AROUND JERICHO FOR SEVEN DAYS ... BUT MY FAITH TELLS ME THAT ONE OF THESE OLD DAYS, I WILL BE THERE ... WHEN WE SHOUT THE VICTORY

IS THAT RIGHT? PAUSE

NOW ... THESE PEOPLE’S NAMES MAY NOT BE LISTED HERE IN THE HALL OF FAITH ... YET, I STILL BELIEVE THAT IT WAS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THEIR FAITH THAT KEEP THEM.

YOU KNOW ….LIKE JOB ... A MAN THAT I NEVER MET ... BUT I AM SURE THAT IT WAS HIS FAITH, HIS FOUNDATION, HIS ASSURANCE, HIS BELIEF IN GOD THAT MADE HIM SAY ... “ALL THE DAYS OF MY APPOINTED TIME WILL I WAIT, TILL MY CHANGE COME” JOB 14:14

THE GRADE OF FAITH...

NOW ... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN JOB WAS BEING TESTED, BUT MY FAITH TELLS ME THAT IT WAS HIS PI-THO, THE FOUNDATION OF HIS FAITH THAT CAUSED HIM TO SAY “THOUGH HE SLAY ME, YET WILL I TRUST IN HIM:” (JOB 13:15)

I NEVER MET THE PSALMIST THAT PENNED PSALM 30, BUT I AM SURE IT WAS THE FOUNDATION OF HIS FAITH THAT CAUSED HIM TO DECLARE THAT “WEEPING MAY ENDURE FOR A NIGHT, BUT JOY COMETH IN THE MORNING.” (PSALM 30:5)

FBC... I WAS NOT THERE WHEN KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR HAD HANANIAH (SHADRACH), MISHAEL(MESHACH); AND AZARIAH (ABEDNEGO) THROWN INTO THE FIERY FURNACE. BUT MY FAITH IN THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH OF GOD’S HOLY WORD TELLS ME THAT HE DID.

YOU SEE, YOU DON’T NEED TO SEE IT…..JUST BELIEVE IT…. AND I AM SURE THAT IT WAS THE FOUNDATIONS OF THESE THREE HEBREW BOYS FAITH THAT CAUSED THEM TO SAY ... “IF IT BE SO, OUR GOD WHOM WE SERVE IS ABLE TO DELIVER US FROM THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE, AND HE WILL DELIVER US OUT OF THINE HAND, O KING.” (DANIEL 3:17)

FBC ... I NEVER MET A LEPER, AND I NEVER MET THE WOMEN WHO HAD AN ISSUE WITH BLOOD FOR 12 YEARS ... YET, MY FAITH IN GOD’S WORD, TELLS ME THAT THE SAME GOD THAT HEALED THE LEPER; IS THE SAME GOD THAT HEALED THE WOMEN WITH AN ISSUE OF BLOOD, AND IS THE SAME GOD THAT CAN HEAL YOU AND ME.

NOW, I NEVER MET PAUL, WHO WAS ONCE CALLED SAUL. BUT I GOT FAITH ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THE SAME GOD THAT KNOCKED HIM OFF HIS HORSE ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS IS THE SAME GOD THAT CAN PUT REPENTANT SINNERS LIKE YOU AND ME ON A STREET CALLED STRAIGHT

I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE PROBABLY SAYING, WELL PASTOR NEAL YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND, I’M GOING THROUGH SOME STUFF. I HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH THIS THING ... FOR A LONG TIME.

WELL ... I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I’M GOING THROUGH ... IN FACT WE ARE ALL GOING THROUGH SOMETHING. I’M A BELIEVER THAT ... IF IT AIN’T ONE THING IT IS ANOTHER.

BUT

I WANT TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW THAT YOU ARE IN GOOD HANDS NOW. I’M TALKING ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE; I’M TALKING ABOUT LIFE ASSURANCE WHICH IS A PROMISE THAT CAN ONLY BE FOUND IN FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST.

FBC.. I’VE NEVER SEEN THE INVISIBLE GOD. BUT MY FAITH TELLS ME THAT THE SAME GOD THAT SPOKE THIS WORLD INTO EXISTENCE ... IS THE SAME GOD THAT SENT HIS SENT HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON TO DIE ON THE CROSS FOR YOU AND FOR ME.

MY FAITH ... .MY PIS-TIS; TELLS ME THAT JESUS DIED ONE FRIDAY NIGHT.

YOU SEE ... I NEVER SAW JESUS, BUT MY FAITH, MY PI-THO, TELLS ME THAT EARLY ONE SUNDAY MORNING HE GOT UP WITH ALL POWER IN HIS HAND.

MY FAITH ... MY

• ASSURANCE

• BELIEF

• PERSUASION

• IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS THAN JESUS’ BLOOD AND RIGHTEOUSNESS

• I DARE NOT TRUST THE SWEETEST FRAME, BUT WHOLLY TRUST IN JESUS’ NAME.

I NEED TO LET SOMEBODY KNOW TO STAND.

1. WHEN TROUBLE RISE ... STAND.

2. WHEN THE CONTRARY WINDS BLOW ... STAND

3. WHEN FAMILY OR FRIENDS FORSAKE YOU ... STAND….. WHY SHOULD YOU STAND….

• ON CHRIST THE SOLID ROCK I STAND, ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND; ALL OTHER GROUND IS SINKING SAND.

• WHEN DARKNESS SEEMS TO HIDE HIS FACE, I REST ON HIS UNCHANGING GRACE.

• IN EVERY HIGH AND STORMY GALE, MY ANCHOR HOLDS WITHIN THE VEIL.

• HIS OATH, HIS COVENANT, HIS BLOOD, SUPPORT ME IN THE WHELMING FLOOD. WHEN ALL AROUND MY SOUL GIVES WAY, HE THEN IS ALL MY HOPE AND STAY.

• WHEN HE SHALL COME WITH TRUMPET SOUND, OH MAY I THEN…… IN HIM BE FOUND. DRESSED IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ALONE…….FAULTLESS TO STAND BEFORE THE THRONE.

FIRST BAPTIST ... WHEN YOU HAVE DONE ALL THAT YOU CAN ... STAND

STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD, BECAUSE HE WILL SEE YOU THROUGH. THE SAME GOD

• THE STOPPED THE MOUTH OF LIONS

• RAISED THE DEAD ... IS THE SAME GOD THAT CAN RAISE YOU FROM YOUR SITUATION.

I DON’T KNOW HOW? I DON’T WHEN ... BUT THIS ONE THING I KNOW ... SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY, THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK OUT.

• I KNOW SOMEHOW

• I KNOW SOMEWAY

• WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT

• NO MATTER WHAT THE TEST

• WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY

• WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT

• WITH JESUS ON OUR SIDE

• THINGS WILL WORK OUT FINE

• WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT

• WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT

• I KNOW SOMEHOW

• I KNOW SOMEWAY

• WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT

• NO MATTER WHAT THE TEST

• WHATEVER COMES OUR WAY

WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT

• WITH JESUS ON OUR SIDE

• THINGS WILL WORK OUT FINE

• WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT

• WE’RE GONNA MAKE IT

SO WHAT KIND OF FAITH PLEASES GOD?

• WORSHIPPING FAITH ... LIKE ABEL

• WALKING FAITH ... LIKE ENOCH

• WORKING FAITH ... LIKE NOAH

• BUT ALSO A WAITING FAITH LIKE ABRAHAM, SARAH, ISAAC, JACOB AND JOSEPH

THIS IS THE KIND OF FAITH...

A. IN THOSE WHO BELIEVE TO THE SAVING OF THE SOUL (HE 10:39)

B. IN THOSE OF WHOM “GOD IS NOT ASHAMED TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD” (HE 11:16)

MAY THE LORD GRANT US GRACE AND MERCY TO DEVELOP THIS KIND OF FAITH!