Sunday, 11/15/20

FaithFULL - The Finishing Work of Your Faith

Hope in Suffering - Part 4

1 Peter 1:8-12

• No matter what’s going on - Jesus is still Lord

• One day every knee will bow & every tongue will confess… (Philippians 2:10-11)

• Romans 15:13 – God is our source of Hope

• It’s only when we’re FaithFULL that we can truly experience a rich and rewarding relationship with our Lord, Jesus Christ

• Religion vs. Relationship
• I have to vs. I want to
• obligation vs. love

• You cannot know Jesus without knowing His Word

• Impossible to please God without faith (Hebrews 11:6)

• No Faith, No Favor

• Faith = being sure of what we hope for and do not see (Hebrews 11:1)

• Faith = the assurance, the confidence, the conviction, the certainty in the one and only true God without actually seeing Him
• Hebrews 12:2
• 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

HOW TO BE FaithFULL:

1.    HAVE PERSPECTIVE

• It’s how we look at things; our frame of reference
• “wisdom is looking at life from God’s Point of View” – Adrian Rogers
• John 16:33, 1 Corinthians 4:8-10

2.    EMBRACE PERSEVERANCE

• Examples - Clement of Rome & Polycarp of Smyrna

3.    TRUST HIS PROMISES  

• Stand on the Word of God
• The power to overcome is in His promises
• God’s delays are not necessarily God’s denials
• Deuteronomy 7:9, Numbers 23:19, Joshua 21:45

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