Principle of Faith

points

1. disunity - at the foot of the mountain Mark 9:14-29 there is a boy with an evil spirt in the center of confusion

2. debacle - vs. 17-18 father brings boy possessed by evil spirit to Jesus to be healed. the disciples are there not Jesus and they fail to produce the healing the father was looking for

3. doubt - vs 19 Jesus addresses all doubt

4. discovery - vs. 21-22 Jesus asked the father how long this has been going on

5. demand - vs 28 the disciples demand an answer from Jesus as to why they were unsuccessful in driving the demon out ( vs. 19 Faithless Generation )

Breakthrough or Deliverance lies solely in the power of GOD

Mathew 7:22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?

1 Corinthians 1:18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

2 Timothy 3:5 having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

The word proceeds faith

Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

you don’t just have faith outside of knowledge, experience or relationship

faith plays a intrical part to unlocking the power of GOD to perform a miracles, breakthrough & deliverance in your life ...

GALATIANS 3:5 Does he who supplies the Spirit to you and works miracles among you do so by works of the law, or by hearing with faith— 6 just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”?

GOD performs miracles in my life not predicated on my works , but my faith

The word precedes faith

Joshua 1:8 LEB

The scroll of this law will not depart from your mouth; you will meditate on it day and night so that you may observe diligently all that is written in it. For then you will succeed in your ways and prosper.

EXPLAIN!!!

Joshua is Moses’ successor (not by happenstance)

in vs’s 1-7 God just told Joshua “I’m going to help you conquer the promise land

Vs 8. God says if you want to be successful in this “listen to what i say”

Joshua 6:2-

English Standard Version Chapter 6

2 And the LORD said to Joshua, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. 3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. 4 Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5 And when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.”

Joshua 9:3

English Standard Version Chapter 9

3 But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai

Jesus

how does Jesus stand so poised in the presence of Herod and Pilate when he knows death is eminent?

Mark 15:2 LEB

And Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and said, “You say so.”

Psalm16:10

The New International Version Psalm 16

10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,

nor will you let your faithful one see decay.

WHO GET’S FOUGHT IN TAKING IN THE WORD

DISTRACTIONS

LAZINESS

INCONSISTANCY

Experience Promotes Faith

Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we boast in the hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; 4 perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5 And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

When we encounter a series of struggles we believe that God has abandoned us.

When life goes on without any interuptions we should be nervous.

1 Samuel 17:32 And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33 And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of war from his youth.” 34 But David said to Saul, “Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, 35 I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I caught him by his beard and struck him and killed him. 36 Your servant has struck down both lions and bears, and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”

David understood something about the Principle of Faith

That the same GOD that delivered him in the past will deliver him again

David’s past experience promotes faith

Prayer Stimulates Faith ‘

Mark 1:35And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed

Philippians 4:6–7 LEB

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

1 John 5:14–15 LEB

And this is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him.

1 Kings 18

English Standard Version Chapter 18

30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that had been thrown down. 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, “Israel shall be your name,” 32 and with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD. And he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two seahs of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood. And he said, “Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood.” 34 And he said, “Do it a second time.” And they did it a second time. And he said, “Do it a third time.” And they did it a third time. 35 And the water ran around the altar and filled the trench also with water.

36 And at the time of the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. 37 Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The LORD, he is God; the LORD, he is God.

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