We Walk By Faith

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We Walk By Faith

• 2 Cor. 57
• Has man landed on the moon? Is there a city in
  China named Shanghai? Was Julius Caesar real?
• Prove It.

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We Walk By Faith

• Many things are a matter of FAITH.
• Getting your car fixed.
• Medical treatment
• Restaurant food
• Other drivers
• Judicial system
• Everything, except what we personally experience
  and remember, is accepted by FAITH.
• Major lesson 1 Do not feel embarrassed or
  ashamed for believing things religious.

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Questions

• Does God exist?
• Was the universe created by fiat (spoken into
  existence out of nothing)?
• Is the Bible the Word of God?
• Is Jesus the Son of God, our Savior and Mediator?
• Do you and I have a spirit or soul? (Matt. 1028
  1 Cor. 211)
• When we die, do we continue to exist? (Eccl.
  321)
• Is sin real?

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Questions

• Is forgiveness granted at baptism?
• Are our prayers really heard by God?
• How can I know I have been added to the church?
• Do Jesus, the Father, and the Holy Spirit dwell
  in me?
• Heaven or hell eternally awaits every human
  being. True or False?
• Major lesson 2 True religious faith is not at
  all blind, but well founded on solid evidence.
  (Heb. 111, 6 2 Tim. 112)

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Importance Of Faith

• We are saved through it. (Eph. 28)
• Christ dwells in our hearts through it. (Eph.
  317)
• It is our defense against the devil. (Eph. 616)
• Through it we inherit the promises. (Heb.
  611-12)
• We are to live by it. (Heb. 1038)
• Ultimate victory over the world is through it. (1
  John 54-5)
• It enables us to do everything required of us by
  God. (Heb. 11)

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Some Last Words

• Who Has Seen The Wind?
• Who has seen the wind?
• Neither I nor you
• But when the leaves hang trembling,
• The wind is passing through.
• Who has seen the wind?
• Neither you nor I
• But when the trees bow down their heads,
• The wind is passing by.
• Christina Giorgina Rossetti
• John 38 2 Cor. 418 57

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Conclusion

• The faith we need for religious purposes is
  produced by Gods Word. Rom. 1017 says, So
  then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the
  word of God. So we must hear it often to
  maintain our faith and increase it.

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