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I. Intro.
A. Coming to church this morning was a matter of faith.
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You had faith that the church doors would be open for you to come into the church.
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You had faith that the chair you would sit in would support your weight.
B. Everything you did this morning to get to church was a matter of faith.
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You had faith that your cloths would fit this morning.
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You had faith that your car would run.
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You even had faith that the other cars on the road would stay in their lane.
C. We all exercise some type of faith everyday of our lives.
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But is our faith being placed in the right things, places and people?
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Where should our should our faith be placed?
3. To that that question we must ask another question.
II.
What is faith?
Which brings us to our text.
A. Definition
1. Faith makes things hoped for as real as if we already have them.
2. Faith provides evidence that what is unseen is absolutely real.
3. Faith is confidence in the worthiness and ability of someone or something.
4. Faith is setting your heart on the object of your hope with confidence.
B. The object of faith.
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But there are inadequate objects of faith that are misleading and not trustworthy.
2. Such as science and technology.
3. False gods like—money, security, wealth and even people and ourselves.
4. The only adequate object of faith is God.
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The Bible Exposition Commentary says—
“The world fails to realize that faith is only as good as its object, and the object of our faith (that is Christian faith) is God.
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And it goes on to say that—
Faith is not some ‘feeling’ that we manufacture.
It is our total response to what God has revealed in His Word.”
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So what we’er going to learn from this passage of scripture is that faith is what pleases God not feelings.
C. So, what is proper faith in God?
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The proper faith in God is quite simple, Heb.
11:6 says—
2. Believe that He exist.
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And believe that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
4. That’s proper faith in God!
5. It’s your faith that pleases God not your feelings.
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Your feelings are a secondary product of your faith that is unintended but inevitably produced as you live by your faith in God.
7. If you never feel anything (of which I doubt it), God will still be pleased with you because you chose to live the rest of you life by faith in Him.
III.
Examples of Faith
A. Our passage of Scripture gives us two examples of faith.
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The first one is Able (Heb 11:4).
2. Gen 4:2-5 tell us that both Cain and able gave an offering to the Lord.
3. God rejected Cain’s offering but accepted Abel’s offering.
4. Why?
5. Heb.
11:4 says—Abel gave his offering to God by faith.
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It was a matter of the heart (a heart of worship).
7. Cain offered some fruit of the ground, not the “first fruit” of the ground or harvest.
8. Showing his heart to God that it was not a heart of faith.
9. Able offered the first in faith, showing his heart.
10. 1 Samuel 16:7 says
1 Samuel 16:7 (KJV 1900)
“for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.”
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Cain made sure Cain was taken care of, so he kept the first of the crops, and then gave to God.
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In other words, Cain’s faith was in Cain.
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Abel gave off the top.
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Because he had hope and confidence in God the God would take care of what came afterwards.
B. So, what can we learn from Abel?
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Well, we first learn that faith is a matter of the heart.
a. Cain knew God existed.
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