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Text - Hebrews 11.17-19
Title - Faith And Reason
Series - Ever-Increasing Faith
Human arguments
Faith and reason are incompatible - there is no place for faith iwhen people think logically
Faith is belief in something for which there is no proof
Definition
Faith - belief and trust in God
Reason - the power of comprehending or thinking in orderly rational ways; the proper exercise of the mind
reasonable - in Grk is ‘logikos’
reason - Grk. ‘logos’
reason is God-given
since the time of Adam, reason has been limited by man’s fallen condition
human reasosn generally depends on the senses in order to arrive at a conclusion
Main Point
Faith and reason cannot be separated.
In fact, faith and reason build on each other.
If you want your faith to increase, make proper use of your God-given, Spirit-guided reasoning!
God invites man to reason with Him
To reason with God means to compare views with Him
God went to Cain to reason with the young man
Faith is reasonable and logical
Faith uses reason to weigh things between material and spiritual, etc.
Faith may sometimes be “unreasonable”
Faith declares things that may not be reasonable to human senses
Why?
because faith is not based on physical senses.
It is based on the Word of God
Reasonable is subjective - it depends on who is making the observation
Jews, Greeks and the called have different take on the gospel
Faith is aided by the Holy Spirit
without the Holy Spirit, human reason cannot comprehend the things of God
Faith is based on facts
The accounts of the Bible are true accounts
the gospel account were true accounts
John wrote his epistles to help believers know
You can strengthen your faith with the proper use of reason
Abraham’s faith
he did not consider his own body…
he concluded that God was able to raise Isaac back
IF YOU WANT TO STRENGTHEN YOUR FAITH -
STOP MAKING CONSIDERATIONS ON YOUR BODY
CONCLUDE/CONSIDER WHAT GREAT THINGS CAN DO IN YOUR LIFE!
Young David’s faith
he concluded that God will do the same thing to Goliath
Apostle Paul’s faith -
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