Dave Riddle • May 26, 2024 • Hebrews 11:20-31
Abraham's Faith
Paul Trulock • May 19, 2024 • Hebrews 11:8-19
What is Faith?
What is Faith?
Dave Riddle - 5/12/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 11:1-6
Faith is the reality of what is hoped for
- Hebrews 11:1
- Hypostasis: Reality, assurance, support, strong foundation
- Not a wistful longing, but an absolute certainty.
- “I hope the weather is nice this afternoon”
Faith is… the proof of what is not seen
- Hebrews 11:1
- Proof, conviction, evidence
Faith is the thing by which we are approved
- Hebrews 11:2
- Witnesses of faith
By faith we understand that God created everything
- Hebrews 11:3
- By faith we believe
Faith recognizes, worships, and obeys
- Abel
- Hebrews 11:4
- Genesis 4:4
Faith believes and draws near
- Enoch
- Hebrews 11:5-6
- Genesis 5:21-24
- Jude 14-15
We are people who are called to live by faith
- Are we people who walk by faith?
- Or are we people who walk by sight?
- Do we live by what we think is best, or do we live by what God says is best?
We His People - We Believe
We His People - We Believe
Dave Riddle - 9/3/2023
Key Passage: John 3:14-16
You may have heard “Hope is not a strategy”
There is some truth to that popular saying.
But hope IS an essential part of our faith.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Hebrews 11:1-3
Romans 15:13
We Believe
We are people of faith.
John 3:14-16
Ephesians 2:8-9
Saved by faith though grace.
Romans 5:1-2
Faith and hope
We often struggle to live by faith
So often, we walk by what we see, know, and feel, rather than walking by faith.
Galatians 2:20
2 Corinthians 5:7
walk = peripateo (Greek: περιπατέω) literally: to tread all around, walk at large. Figuratively: to live, to make one’s way, to regulate one’s life, to conduct oneself
Are you living in a manner consistent with your confident belief in God’s promises?
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
We do not focus on what is seen!
On what our whom do you set your eyes?
What/who are you chasing?
Are we people who live by faith?
Romans 8:24-25
The Canaanite Woman’s Faith
Matthew 15:21-28
Great faith is powerful
The Disciples failure to heal
Matthew 17:14-21
Little faith is powerful
The Fiery Furnace
Daniel 3
We have faith even if God doesn’t answer our prayers.
We have faith even in death.
Do you believe?
John 11:25-26
Make Your Life Count For The Kingdom
Make your life count for the Kingdom
Paul Trulock - 5/28/2023
Key Passage: Matthew 25:14-30
What is the Kingdom like?
Matthew 25:14-30
The Master
God. The creator and sustainer of all things.
Sovereign over all things.
The Servants
You and me.
Entrusted with responsibility
The Talents
The responsibilities God has entrusted us with.
Time
Talent/Gifting/Spiritual Gifts
Treasures (material resources)
Matt 25:14 - all things belong to God and have been given to us to steward.
First & Second Servants
Matthew 25:15 - …according to their ability.
Luke 16:10 - faithful with little…
They took what they were given and “Immediately put it to work”
Delayed obedience is disobedience
Third Servant
Matthew 25:18 - He dug a hole and hid his money.
Our lives will never count for the kingdom if we live a hidden life.
First & Second Servants Received:
Praise
Praise for their faithfulness, not their fruitfulness.
The fruit is the product of the Holy Sprit.
Our job is to be faithful. The results are up to God.
More responsibility
Invitation of special fellowship
The Third Servant
Matthew 25:25 - I was afraid
The opposite of faith is not doubt. God can work with our doubt. The opposite of faith is fear.
Hebrews 11:6
He is described as: Wicked, Lazy, Worthless.
Attend your own funeral
Galatians 2:20 - Die to self. Live by faith.