Sermon Tone Analysis

The *word* *“Avails”* in *this V means* *“Have power or has Power.”**

*So what *Paul’s saying* is that *circumcision doesn’t Have Any Power*, *uncircumcision doesn’t Have Any Power*, But *what does Have Power is faith,* *faith in God*, *Faith in* the Lord *Jesus* Christ, *Faith in the Word* of God.  

*I.

**Faith is powerful.*

*Faith** **sees* the *invisible**,* *hears* the *inaudible**,* *touches* the *intangible**,* it *moves* that which is *unmovable**, *and *accomplishes* the *impossible**.*

*Unfortunately**,* *some faith* is *all talk* and *never* really *gets down to action*.

*True faith** is **active*, *powerfully active.*

*A.  **Many people* are *missing it by saying* *“I’m believing** for **this** and I’m believing for **that**.”*

*1.  *It *doesn’t matter* if you’re *believing** for* a *personal* a *need*, *or* *for* *someone else*.

*a)  *There’s *something missing* *when you say you* *are believing* for this or that.

*We **need** **to be** **believing God** **for different things*.

*B.  **When* the *faith message* was *1st** **revealed* to us *from the Word* of God, *people* began to *try* to *believe** God for things* that are *outside the Word*.

(Something that was *not promised* by God or *not in His Word*.)

*1.  **People* are *doing **something** **similar** **today*, just not as extreme.

*2.  *Often people say that *they are **believing God* for something *but* all too often *it’s **not** really **in their heart*.

*C.

**MARK 11:23 *

*1.  **Notice* *the part* in this *V that says* *“And shall not doubt in his heart.”*

*2.  **Faith* *does **not** come **from** the **head* *it comes **from the **heart*.

*(1Pet 3:4 Hidden man of the heart) (Rom 10:9 talks about believing in your heart)*

*D.

**There are times** we* are *trying* to *believe** God with the **head* and *not** the **heart*.

*1.  **We might **hear** a **sermon* that *talked* *about* the *promise* we are in need of.

*a)  **Or* we might have *read it* in someone’s book.

*2.  **That **can** **cause** **head faith*, but that’s *not* the kind of *faith** **that** **works**.*

*3.  **We have to** **know** God’s **Word** **for ourselves *and* meditate on it*.

*E.  **Many** times people* have *forgotten** the **meaning** of* the *phrase* *“I’m believing God**/ /**for this and that.”*

*1.  **We **need** to **get back** to **Believing God’s Word* *and* *His promises** to me **from His Word*.”

*2.  **God’s** **Word** is **written to you**.

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*3.  *You need to *go to God’s word* and *find the promise** you need*.

*4.  *Then *go over it*.

*(LIKE)* *God said, **by Jesus stripes I am healed**.*

*(1PE 2:24)* *Make** the **Word** **personal**.*

*II.

*The *Apostle **Paul** **said in Gal 5:6*, *“FAITH WORKS BY LOVE”* Or *“Through love” (NKJV).*

*Before** I can **get into the love part** **of faith*, I want to *look at **some** **examples of faith*.

*A.

**1st* of all look at *HEB 11:1-3, 6*

*1.

*In this *V** (verse **6**)* he says, *“Believe that God is.”*

*2.

**But* *also* *he says* that *we need to believe** that **God is a rewarder* *to **those** **that** **DILIGENTLY** **seek** **him**.*

*B.

**HEB 11:8*

*1.  **Abraham** **heard* the *Lord tell him to go*.

*a)  **Keep* your *finger in* *(HEB)* and *turn* with me *to* *GEN 12:1-3*

*(i)  **Notice* *(V 3)* *“I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you.”*

*(ii)  **Those** that **bless you*, *God will bless*, but *those** that **do harm** to you* are *in **danger** of God’s **judgment**.

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*b)  **So, **Abraham** **left by faith;* *not seeing the land*, and *not knowing the land*.

*Not blind faith.*

*(i)  **Abraham* just *went** **on God’s Word*.

*(ii)  **That’s** **what faith is based on**.

The Word of God*.

*2.  **Turn* back with me *to* *HEB 11:11 *

*a)  **The **NIV** has it a **little different*, *“By faith Abraham, even though he was past age, and Sarah herself was barren, was enabled to become a father because he considered him faithful who had made the promise.”*

*(i)  **(NOTE* *NIV* phrase *“become a father”* so it must be talking about Abraham.

However, most *commentators say*, *“yes Abraham is the subject* and *he became a father*, *but it was through Sarah’s faith* that she conceived.

*(ii)  *I believe that *Sarah* also *had faith*, in *(ROM 4:19)* it says that *Sarah’s** **womb was dead*.

*She needed faith to be healed.*

*b)  **But what I **wanted you to see* *from* the *NIV* *is that* *IT WAS BY FAITH* *that **ENABLED ABRAHAM** to **BECOME A FATHER**.*

*(i)  *The *NIV* *says* *again*, *“By faith Abraham was **enabled** to become a father.”*

*c)  **Going **back to the NKJV**, the word **“Strength”** is the **Greek** word **“Dunamis”** & it literally **means** **“power** **superior force”** and **in the Bible** it usually is in **reference** **to** **the power of God** **or** **from God.*

*(i)  **(Wuest)* Says, *“**By faith** Sarah herself also **received power**.”*

*d)  **What** was **Abraham’s faith?* *What* was *Sarah’s faith?* *What** did they **have faith in?*

*(i)  *He had *faith in **God’s Word*.

*(ii)  *In *(V 11)* He’s *telling us* that *she believed God to be faithful when He promised.*

*3.  *All right, let’s go down to *HEB 11:30*

*a) *In *(JOSH 6:2)* *Look at it.*

The *Lord** **said** to Joshua*, *“I have given Jericho into your hands.”*

*b) *The *Lord said that before* the *walls* ever *came down*.

*(i) **How did they come down?*

By *Faith in God’s Word.*

*III.

**In these examples* that I just gave you *and* *there are **many more*, *“The faith had to come 1st before they saw it happen.”

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*A.

**We need** to do the **same thing*.

*Have **Faith in God’s Word*, *then what ever He promised* *will come to pass*.

*1.

**(Mark 11:24)* Says, *“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.”*

KJV

*a) *He’s saying, *“When you pray*, *believe that you receive** **1st** **then you’ll have it.”*

*b) **Of course*, what you’re *asking God* for *and believing Him* for *must be in line with the Word* of God.

*IV.

**Getting back* to our *main text* which said, *“Faith works through love.”*

*(GAL 5:6 NKJV)* *or* *Faith works BY love.*

*A.

*The *only way* that our *faith* is *going to **work** **is **if we’re **walking in love** toward* our *brothers* *and* *even* our *enemies*.

*1.  **1COR 13:1-8; 13*

*2.  *Let me *read it* to you *from* the *AMP** **translation, *

*B.

*(*1COR 13:4-8*) “*Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy; is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily {Proud, superior, lofty, presumptuous, arrogant, disdainful, insolent, and overbearing}.

(5) It is not conceited - arrogant and inflated with pride; it is not rude (unmannerly), and does not act unbecomingly.

Love [God’s love in us] does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it - pays no attention to a suffered wrong.

(6) It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail.

(7) Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances and it endures everything [without weakening].

(8) Love never fails*.”

*1.  **Can we be described as this kind of person*.

*a)  **If not* *maybe* there are some *areas of our life* that *need* some *changing*.

*b) **If we want Faith to work* in our lives then *we must walk in love.*

*2.  **1JOHN 3:14*

*V.   **MATT 22:31-32; *

*A.

**He’s not** **saying that he is **not** **the** **God** **of **those** that** **have died physically**, **He is saying that** **He is the God** **of** **those** that are** **spiritually alive** (Those **that will have** **part of the resurrction**).