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Intro: Tell the Story of Abraham Sacrificing Isaac (Gen 22:1-19)
Point #1: To Be Saved Do I Have to Just Believe in Jesus or Do I Have to Believe and Follow Jesus?
Believe and Follow!
James puts it like this?
What good is it if I say I am a Christian, but I don’t reflect Jesus to others and I don’t care for and help people?
Can faith like that save us?
James doesn’t believe so!
It’s not enough to believe the right things about Jesus if you don’t obey Him…if you don’t do what He says!
Belief/Faith doesn’t mean mental ascent (just believing it), it means that you believe it so fully that it changes your behavior!
I believe flossing is the right thing to do- but I don’t floss- I haven’ put my faith in it!
Belief to John, Paul and James weren’t just brain things they were full life things.
Think about family exile and societal persecution with converting to Christianity- It wasn’t just an opinion it was a change of everything about you.
It is true that that all you have to do is believe- but if you don’t live it out you don’t really believe it!
-Grant Combs
Point #2: The Kingdom of Heaven is Not a Matter of Talk but of Power! (1 Corinthians 4:20)
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO HELP?
ARE YOU LOOKING AT OTHERS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE OKAY?
*Do you know someone who doesn’t have enough food?
*Do you know someone that doesn’t have clean water?
*Do you know someone who doesn’t have clothes or shoes to keep them warm?
*Do you know someone who is sick and needs help?
*Do you know someone who is lonely that you could visit?
Point #3: Don’t Tell Me, Show Me!
There’s an old saying that people would rather see and sermon then hear one!
As Christians we are called to show people what we believe by what we do!
When our belief and our actions line up its called having integrity!
The demon’s knew the truth about God but chose to disobey Him!
The reason they shudder is because they know the truth about God and they are terrified of Him, they are God’s enemy!
Point #4: Faith Without Works is Dead!
God promised Abraham that he would have a child in his old age...
God promised Abraham that his descendants would become a great nation and that all the nations of the world would be bless through them!
God told Abraham that this would happen through Isaac!
If God asks Abraham to sacrifice Isaac and Abraham refuses, does Abraham really trust God?
Abraham believed God but Abraham also trusted God!
We have to believe and follow God he same way!
Our belief in Jesus has to come with action that cares for and helps people!
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