THROUGH FAITH
(Transcribed
Message)
Sunday Morning: July 22, 2001
Text:
Ephesians 2:8
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is the gift of God:"
1 Thessalonians 3:10 "Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your
face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?"
Matthew 8:26
"And
he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? .
. ."
Matthew 14:31
". . . O thou of little
faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?"
Luke
17:5-6
"And
the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
6. And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine
tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the
sea; and it should obey you."
PUT AWAY FAITH
1 Timothy 1:19 "Holding faith, and a good
conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have
made shipwreck:"
1
Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and
doctrines of devils;"
WAS THE JAILOR SAVED BY FAITH?
Acts
16:31
"And they said, Believe [aorist tense] on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."
YOU CAN’T PUT AWAY OR
DEPART FROM “BELIEVE”.
Ephesians 2:8
“For by grace through faith ye endure, having been saved, and that grace
is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 3:7 “the gift of the grace of God”)
FAITH DEFINED
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen."
Romans 8:24-25 "For we are
saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man
seeth, why doth he yet hope for? 25. But if we hope for that we see
not, then do we with patience wait for it."
Romans 10:17
"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God [Christ, (gospel of Christ, Meat and
not Milk)]."
Romans 1:16-17
"For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ (is the word of
the kingdom): for it is the power of God unto salvation (of the
soul) to every one that believeth [present tense]; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17. For therein is the
righteousness of God (which is by faith) revealed from
faith to faith: as it is written, The just
shall live by faith."
Hebrews 11:6 "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."
Galatians 2:16
"Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law,
but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed
[aorist active
indicative]
in
Jesus Christ (salvation), that we might be justified by
the faith of [genitive, from] Christ (after salvation),
and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified."
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen."
1
Peter 1:3-5 "Blessed be
the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his
abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4. To
an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
WORKING FAITH
5.
Who
are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time."
1 Peter 1:8-9
"Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye
see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable
and full of glory: 9. Receiving the end of your faith, even the
salvation of your souls."
HOPE
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
Galatians 5:5
"For we through the Spirit wait for the hope
of righteousness by faith."
Colossians 1:27
“To whom (the saints v.26) God would make known what
is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you (by
faith), the hope of glory:"
CHRIST IN YOU BY FAITH
Ephesians 3:17 "That Christ
may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
being rooted and grounded in love,"
Titus 3:7
"That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
according to the hope of eternal (kingdom age) life."
Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence
of things not seen."
Hebrews 11:6 "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."
James 2:18
"Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: show me thy
faith without thy works, and I will show thee my faith by my
works."
WORK WITHOUT MURMURING
Philippians 2:13-14 "For it is God
which worketh in you both to will and to
do of his good pleasure. 14. Do all things without
murmurings and disputings:"
CONTENTMENT
1
Timothy 6:6 "But
godliness with contentment is great gain."
1 Timothy 6:10 "For the love of money . . . which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and
pierced themselves through with many sorrows."
STEADY AND UNMOVEABLE
1
Corinthians 15:58 "Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the
Lord."
Hebrews 10:38 “Now the just shall
live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him.”
EXAMINE
YOURSELVES
2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine
yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own
selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is
in you, except ye be reprobates?"