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*Title: *The Works of Faith
*Text: *Hebrews 11:1-12:2
*Theme of Passage: *Faith in God is not a new idea, many have had it, and you must too!
*Interrogative: *Do you have faith that is mentioned in Hebrews 11?
*Proposition: *You must have faith in God if you are going to do anything for him!
Great is the reward for those that seek God by faith!
Do not seek the temporal reward in foolishness; instead, seek the eternal reward in faith.
*Introduction*
Ok, so it’s mission’s conference.
What does it take to be a good missionary and witness for God?
Well, the same things that make a good missionary make a good Christian.
These are the things that missionary’s need: Good looks, a great voice, the ability to preach like Paul, great fundraising skills, a great missionary display, funny jokes, great health, and amazing talent.
Ok, so those might be good things, but they are NOT what make a good missionary or a great Christian!
Let me tell you what makes a man great in God’s eyes- FAITH!
Do you want to be considered great in the eyes of men or in the eyes of God? Whom do you want to please?
Only through faith can you be a person that pleases and honors God.
Let’s look at a brief overview of Hebrews 11 to see how we are to have faith in God.
First, we must define faith.
*~~Faith is: the substance of things hoped for.
Verse 1*
Faith is not based on uncertainty.
The word “substance” is referring to something that is actual or real.
It is talking about the reality.
Christ is the “reality” of our faith unlike the “shadow” which was the Old Covenant.
*Ill**: *It is similar to a check or bankcard.
You give your bankcard to pay for a purchase.
The bankcard is basically the “substance or reality” of the money in your account.
Imagine if Bill Gates came to you and said, “I want to buy your car.”
If he gave you a check or his bankcard to make the purchase, you would not question whether he has the money.
That check is as good as money.
*~~~~*Faith is the evidence and reality of that which we cannot see but we know will happen.
It is believing that Christ did and will do what the Bible says.
*~~Faith is: the evidence of things not seen.*
The second part of verse one is very similar.
The word evidence is also translated certainty, conviction.
It is the inward conviction from God that what He has promised He will perform.
This is talking a little more about the action.
When we believe God and have this faith, then our actions will prove our faith.
So we have faith in God even though we don’t see him.
We have faith that he will give us a reward, even though we have not seen the reward.
So let me give you the definition of faith that I think this passage is giving: *Faith is an internal certainty of an unseen reality.
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~~So what does this faith do?
Why is it so important to have faith as a Christian and as a missionary?
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*1. **By Faith- You Please God** v.
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*Abel *Abel’s offering was a lamb from his flocks, but his brother Cain, the farmer, offered things from his crops.
Able offered an animal sacrifice to God in faith.
In the passage in Genesis 4, there is not an indication whether or not they knew what offering to bring to God, however, because of Abel’s faith, the sacrifice was counted as “more excellent.”
*Appl**: *This is faith begins, with a sacrifice for sin.
It begins with believing God that we are sinners, that we are worthy of death, that we need His forgiveness, and that we accept His revealed plan for our deliverance.
That is the beginning of the life of faith.
This was the faith that made Abel present his sacrifice to God.
It was because of such faith that Abel’s sacrifice was acceptable and pleasing to God.
He was willing to have faith and worship God how God wanted to be worshipped.
*Enoch verse 5- *Enoch did not die because he was found faithful.
Enoch walked with God.
His life was lived so close to God in faith that God took him.
We know from Jude 14-15 that Enoch preached for God, but it was his faith that God honored.
He did not die.
God took him because of his faith.
His life “/pleased God/” because he walked by faith.
*Verse 6 tells us how to please God by faith.*
*a. **Come to Him*
First, you must come to him.
Hebrews 4:16 says to come *boldly* to the throne of grace.
You have to come to God in faith.
God wants you to come to him and he allows you to come to him.
To please him, you must come to him.
*b.
**Believe that he is.*
Look at verse 6 again.
We must believe two things about God when we have faith.
Our faith must have these two things: believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
We must believe that he is, believe that God is truly who he says He is.
We must believe that God /exists.
/As John 1:18 says, “No one has seen God at any time.
The only begotten Son...He has declared Him.”
We must believe what Christ said about his Father.
Many have doubted God and said that He does not exist, but faith believes what the Bible says about God.
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**Believe that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.*
We must believe that God is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
You should believe that God is a loving and true God.
He is an honest God that will reward and fulfill what he has promised.
We must believe that God rewards those that seek him.
God wants men to seek him and God WANTS to reward you.
Your deeds or good works will never do enough to please God, but you faith in him and what he says does please God.
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*2. **By Faith- You Obey God*
*You obey when told to do the unheard-of.
Noah- verse 7 */Genesis 6:22 //Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.
/God commanded Noah to build an ark.
God gave Noah the descriptions on how to make it, the instructions on what put in it, and the covenant to fulfill it.
Look at verse 7, “/Being divinely warned of things not yet seen/.”
He had not seen rain, he had not seen a flood, he had probably never built a boat, yet, he had faith in the words of God.
He obeyed by faith and built a boat.
Noah had faith and obeyed, so God rewarded him.
*Illustration: *Faith is idle when circumstances are right, only when they are adverse is one’s faith in God exercised.
Faith, like muscle, grows strong and supple with exercise.
/Faith is like muscle which grows stronger and stronger with use, rather than rubber, which weakens when it is stretched./—J.
O. Fraser, missionary to China
*You obey when told to do the inconvenient- Abraham- v. 8 *
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