The Christian Faith

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The Christian Faith

• Romans 1 vs. 8 to 15
• Inverkeithing Baptists Church
• 8th July 2007

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Introduction
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Introduction
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Introduction

• Faith wraps itself in the righteousness of
  Christ
• Thomas Brooks

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Introduction

• We cannot force ourselves to have faith, we are
  as much in need of this as everything.
• Faith can only originate in the soul of man by
  the gift of God.
• Marcaus Loane

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Introduction

• Im not skilled to understand
• What God has willed, what God has planned
• I only know at his right hand
• Is one who is my saviour
• I take him at his word indeed
• Christ died for sinners this I need
• for in my heart I find a need
• of him who is my saviour
• Dorothy Greenwell

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Introduction

• Saving faith is the hand of the soul- the eye
  of the soul- the mouth of the soul- even the foot
  of the soul.
• Bishop J. C. Ryle

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Introduction

• For it is by grace you have been saved, through
  faith-
• and it is not from yourselves, it is the gift
  of God
• Ephesians 2 vs. 8

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Introduction
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1/ At its simplest Faith means loyalty

• 2 Thessalonians 1 vs.4

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2/ Faith means belief

• 1 Corinthians 15 vs. 17

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3/ Faith means the Christian Religion

• Romans 1 vs. 8

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4/ Faith is the indestructible hope

• 2 Corinthians 5 vs. 7

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5/ Faith is total acceptance and absolute trust

• I believe in God, but even if I woke in hell, I
  would still believe in him
• Robert Louis Stevenson

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Closing thought

• I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is
  the power of God for the salvation of everyone
  who believes
• Romans 1 vs. 16