FAITHFULNESS VS FAITHLESSNESS!!!
Read supporting scriptures: Hebrews 11:1-8 &
Mathew 25:1-13
What is faith to you?
This is the world's definition
of faith:
1)Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
2)Strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
God's def of faith:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is a gift from god by grace in-order that we can have relationship with him through his Son Jesus Christ, who paid for our sins on the cross at Calvary. It is the obedience God requires from us in order for his Holy Spirit to work in us by cleansing and restoring our temples by his righteousness to the same standard of holiness Adam once stood, in the garden.
Does everyone have faith? Explain...
Can a person of faith experience faithlessness?
If so, how?
Let's read examples of Faithlessness & Faithfulness
Faithfulness
Matthew 8:5-12
Why was Christ so amazed of the faith of a soldier?
What was so unique about the Centurion's character?
Faithlessness
Mathew 17:15-20 (mustard seed)
Why was Christ disappointed in the disciples?
Luke 12:28
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Stories
Matthew 25:1-30 (10 virgins/ proverb of ten talents)
Why did God bless the men with more talents.
Why did God reject the man that held on to 1 talent, after all he didn't lose what was given to him and saved it for his master.
Please note our gifts and talents were not given for ourselves but for others to see the kingdom of heaven in us by our kingdom thinking and unconditional love towards them.
Jonah 1
How do we know Jonah was a prophet?
Who else in the bible was sleeping, while the seas and the skies were storming?
Who else was in the belly of the deep 3 days & 3 nights… Mathew 12:40
Exodus 3:1 (Moses)
Was Moses faithful or faithless?
Daniel 6:28
How did Daniel show faithfulness?
Paslm 23 (Process of Trial, Testing & Proven)
Whatever is deposited in us by The Holy Spirit MUST
be Tried, (situations in life) Tested (opportunity to act)
Proven (To act in the obedience of the word and prevail
in victory. God doesn't tempt us only Satan uses enticing tactics of the flesh.
Foundation of Faithfulness
Obedience to the word
Peace-self control
Selflessness-kindness-peace-love
Confidence & trust in Jesus Christ, knowing he is the word, the truth, the way, the love, the life and the resurrection.
Spiritual strength in humility
Empowerment
Eternal life
Allowing God's healing
Foundation of Faithlessness
Doubt or unbelieving
Fear
Self-preservation
Rebellious toTruth(Rejection of Jesus Christ)
Spiritual Death leading to eternal death. (Hell)
All forms of faithlessness are disobedience to God but through God's grace he gives us time to work out our salvation. Although God leaves unbelievers over to their reprobate minds, he still gracefully allows them to turn around through repentance. In a believers life he/she grows from faith to faith and realizes the process of growing is through Testing, Trials & Proven. In January we learned about God's faithfulness and it is the foundation of every relationship. Faith is a person, who is the Holy Spirit. When we hear the word and believe, he resides in us and guides, loves & strengthens our souls for kingdom work. The greater our faith grows, the greater the Holy Spirit is relevant & evident in our lives.
In our walk of salvation we are continually improving our Christ like character. Let us look at topics Christian's struggle with: Self-preservation, (vanity, greed & pride) tithing, being rich, helping the poor, gambling. physical development, war, arms or weapons, ministering to homosexuals, criminals or prostitutes, abortion, spiritual warfare, healing, existence of hell, angels, demons or miracles, the word being true & it's history, government affairs as a worker or politician even political groups), hunting of animals & death penalty laws.
Not everyone starts off the same but everyone is given a measure of faith which increases from a smaller place, to a greater place of believing. And the faith of unbelievers, self-preservation will increase further into darkness. For everything seperated from God fades
Mathew 25:1-13
What is faith to you?
This is the world's definition
of faith:
1)Complete trust or confidence in someone or something.
2)Strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof.
God's def of faith:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith is a gift from god by grace in-order that we can have relationship with him through his Son Jesus Christ, who paid for our sins on the cross at Calvary. It is the obedience God requires from us in order for his Holy Spirit to work in us by cleansing and restoring our temples by his righteousness to the same standard of holiness Adam once stood, in the garden.
Does everyone have faith? Explain...
Can a person of faith experience faithlessness?
If so, how?
Let's read examples of Faithlessness & Faithfulness
Faithfulness
Matthew 8:5-12
Why was Christ so amazed of the faith of a soldier?
What was so unique about the Centurion's character?
Faithlessness
Mathew 17:15-20 (mustard seed)
Why was Christ disappointed in the disciples?
Luke 12:28
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Stories
Matthew 25:1-30 (10 virgins/ proverb of ten talents)
Why did God bless the men with more talents.
Why did God reject the man that held on to 1 talent, after all he didn't lose what was given to him and saved it for his master.
Please note our gifts and talents were not given for ourselves but for others to see the kingdom of heaven in us by our kingdom thinking and unconditional love towards them.
Jonah 1
How do we know Jonah was a prophet?
Who else in the bible was sleeping, while the seas and the skies were storming?
Who else was in the belly of the deep 3 days & 3 nights… Mathew 12:40
Exodus 3:1 (Moses)
Was Moses faithful or faithless?
Daniel 6:28
How did Daniel show faithfulness?
Paslm 23 (Process of Trial, Testing & Proven)
Whatever is deposited in us by The Holy Spirit MUST
be Tried, (situations in life) Tested (opportunity to act)
Proven (To act in the obedience of the word and prevail
in victory. God doesn't tempt us only Satan uses enticing tactics of the flesh.
Foundation of Faithfulness
Obedience to the word
Peace-self control
Selflessness-kindness-peace-love
Confidence & trust in Jesus Christ, knowing he is the word, the truth, the way, the love, the life and the resurrection.
Spiritual strength in humility
Empowerment
Eternal life
Allowing God's healing
Foundation of Faithlessness
Doubt or unbelieving
Fear
Self-preservation
Rebellious toTruth(Rejection of Jesus Christ)
Spiritual Death leading to eternal death. (Hell)
All forms of faithlessness are disobedience to God but through God's grace he gives us time to work out our salvation. Although God leaves unbelievers over to their reprobate minds, he still gracefully allows them to turn around through repentance. In a believers life he/she grows from faith to faith and realizes the process of growing is through Testing, Trials & Proven. In January we learned about God's faithfulness and it is the foundation of every relationship. Faith is a person, who is the Holy Spirit. When we hear the word and believe, he resides in us and guides, loves & strengthens our souls for kingdom work. The greater our faith grows, the greater the Holy Spirit is relevant & evident in our lives.
In our walk of salvation we are continually improving our Christ like character. Let us look at topics Christian's struggle with: Self-preservation, (vanity, greed & pride) tithing, being rich, helping the poor, gambling. physical development, war, arms or weapons, ministering to homosexuals, criminals or prostitutes, abortion, spiritual warfare, healing, existence of hell, angels, demons or miracles, the word being true & it's history, government affairs as a worker or politician even political groups), hunting of animals & death penalty laws.
Not everyone starts off the same but everyone is given a measure of faith which increases from a smaller place, to a greater place of believing. And the faith of unbelievers, self-preservation will increase further into darkness. For everything seperated from God fades
further and further away even though life seems the same.
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