HE CALLS US TO FAITH LIVING

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HE CALLS US TO FAITH LIVING!
Why Is FAITH Important?
Hebrews 114-7
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Hebrews 116....
And without faith it is impossible to please
God, because anyone who comes to Him must
believe that He exists and that He rewards those
who earnestly seek Him. (NIV)
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INTRODUCTION
FAITH
does not make you a survivor but a SUCCESS!
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FAITH
is having
confidence
in God.
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Why is FAITH important?
2 Areas why FAITH IS IMPORTANT.
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MAIN POINTS
I. FAITH Pleases God
Hebrews 116a.
And without faith it is impossible to please
God. (NIV)
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It is impossible to please God without faith.
It doesnt say it is improbable.
It doesnt say its difficult.
It says it is IMPOSSIBLE!
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With FAITH you will always please God.
Without faith it is impossible to please Him at
all.
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What kind of FAITH are we to have that will
please God?
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FAITH That Believes God EXIST
Hebrews 116b....
because anyone who comes to Him (God) must
believe that He exists (is).. (NIV)
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God will not settle for your mere
acknowledgement of His existence. He wants a
personal, dynamic, life-transforming
relationship with you.
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FAITH That Believes God REWARDS
Hebrews 116c....
and that He (God) rewards those who
earnestly seek Him. (NIV)
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What is the reward to those who diligently
seek God?
Righteousness and Gods care in this life,
Deliverance from death unto eternal life.
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What is the reward of faith?
GODS APPROVAL!
Approval of God means that God fulfills all of
His promises to us.
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II. FAITH Builds Us Up
Faith caused Abel to Worship God
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Hebrews 114....
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice
than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a
righteous man, when God spoke well of his
offerings. And by faith he still speaks even
though he is dead. (NIV)
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Faith caused Enoch to Walk with God
Hebrews 115....
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that
he did not experience death he could not be
found, because God had taken him away. For
before he was taken, he was commended as one
who pleased God.
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The walk that Enoch experienced was of
deepening intimacy with God.
The hallmark of Enochs life was that he
pleased God.
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Faith caused Noah to Work for God
Hebrews 117....
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet
seen, in holy fear build an ark to save his
family. ...righteousness that comes by faith.
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Noah was a man of faith and his life
continually showed his faith.
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CONCLUSION
A little faith will bring your soul to heaven
a great faith will bring heaven to your
soul. (Spurgeon)
Faith is not believing that God can, but that
God will.
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Faith is to believe what we do not see
the reward of this faith is to see what we
believe.
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2 Things we must remember WHY FAITH IS IMPORTANT
Faith Pleases God.
Faith Builds Us Up.