The Life of Faith (Part 2)
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The Life of Faith
The Life of Faith
20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
When you have done it right
When you have done it right
This man
++Should have felt safe
++Should have felt secure
++Had done what was expected
++Was still missing something
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Everything has a beginning
Everything has a beginning
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
God created all things
God created all things
With spoken Word God said
Let there be _And it was_
God made the world
God made the world
24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men’s hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
God made it all
God Gives life
God Gives life
God is the source
++He places us where he wants us
++His word determines the time we have
++He has placed in in the right place at the right time.
For one purpose
That we should seek him
Make that divine connection
Know that he is
That he is closer than we think
The Life of Faith is more an a moment
The Life of Faith is more an a moment
The Bible is marked by faith moments
++Abels Offering
++Enoch’s Testimony
++Abraham’s test
++Peter walks on the water
The Life of Faith is
++Not measured by a moment
++Not a one time act
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Faith is
++Substance
++Evidence
Faith gives hope a body
Makes our hope a reality.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Without Faith
++We only see the temporary
++Our view is limited to the natural
++There is no connection to hope
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
The Life of faith is an understanding
The Life of faith is an understanding
Natural Worlds
Natural Worlds
Natural worlds include
++Race and ethnicity
++Social-Economic Realities
++Were we live
++Work ethic
The natural world is perceived in 5 senses
To see, to touch, to taste, to hear, to smell
5 senses help us to connect to the natural world
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Spiritual Worlds
Spiritual Worlds
Realms of the Spirit
++Principalities
++Powers
++Rulers of the age
++Spiritual wickedness
The Life of faith is a walk
The Life of faith is a walk
1 Blessed is the man That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, Nor standeth in the way of sinners, Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, That bringeth forth his fruit in his season; His leaf also shall not wither; And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
The blessing is
++Not in the walk
++Not in how you stand
++Not in where you sit
The life of faith is one of recognition
The life of faith is one of recognition
The power of being
++More than Doing
++More than Possessing
6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
The blessing is the walk
The blessing is the walk
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.