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Intro: I have always heard that a Christian lives by faith, but What does it really mean to live by faith?
Does it mean to never have doubts or fears?
Does it mean to always ignore your circumstances and blindly trust?
There are certainly times when it is harder to live by faith.
Sometimes we think we know things that we really don’t know.
Napoleon Bonaparte was not short.
Or well, tiny.
He was 5’7’’, which was more or less standard height in 1821.
Waking sleepwalkers does not harm them.
They may get disoriented for a bit, but it can’t hurt them.
Letting them walk around a house asleep, on the other hand, could harm them pretty good.
Bulls can’t see the color red as any different from any other bright colors.
It does not enrage them.
Rather, the aggressive posturing of the matador is what causes them to charge.
Hair and fingernails do not continue growing after people die.
Rather, the skin cells surrounding the nails and hair follicles die and shrink away, giving the perception of growth.
George Washington never had wooden teeth.
His dentures were made of gold, hippo ivory, lead, and human teeth.
Mary Magdalene was not a prostitute.
Mary Magdalene is never identified as a prostitute in the Bible.
We often act on things we think we know until it goes side ways and we are left wondering what happened.
[finding the grain in steak so that I can cut cross grain].
Living by faith is one of those things in life that most people I know don’t really understand.
We learn by comparison, so Abraham stands as an example of what it means to live by faith.
And because of this, Paul says that he is the father of our faith.
In chapter 4, Paul has made one primary point: Abraham (the father of the Jews) is every believer’s father because he was saved not by being Jewish or keeping the Law, but through faith.
And he has shown us that that faith is a matter of timing and location.
But Paul has one more thing to say about faith.
Romans 4:16-17
Romans 4:16-17
Notice the last part of verse 17: Romans 4:17
Most of us would have no problem saying that God can do anything He wants.
We believe that intellectually but not rationally or emotionally.
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Abraham’s faith is “hope against hope” Romans 4:18
Romans 4:18
Romans 4:19-22
Romans 4:20-21
Hebrews 11:1
Hebrews 11:8-12, 17-19
Romans 4:23-25
We exercise faith in all areas of our life:
drive your car
eat at resurrants
buy insurance
take medication
Why do we feel good about these things?
experience
testimony
garuentees
consequences
benefits
All of these are true with God.
So what is the difference?
Immediate perception.
what we see, feel, hear, etc. is what is real
what we can reason as an outcome from what we see, feel, hear, etc. is what is going to happen
what the world around us tells us about reality is real
So we need to change our focus:
God’s power & Purpose
practice God’s presence
“Practicing the Presence of God”
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Challenge: Throughout every day this next week, deliberately think “God is here in person.”
Talk to Him throughout the day in your thoughts.
Talk about what you are doing, what you are watching, what you are hearing, what you are saying.
Two things will happen: you will see change in your everyday life
and you will become more aware of God in your life.
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