Expectant Faith PT 1

1 Corinthians 12: 3

Romans 8: 26

Romans 8: 17

Hebrews 13: 8

1 John 3: 20

Hebrews 6: 18

Galatians 5: 22-23

Colossians 2: 6- 7

Hebrews 11: 1-6

Romans 14: 23

1 John 3: 8-9

2 Corinthians 5: 17

Matthew 28: 19-20

Deuteronomy 30: 19-20

Joshua 1: 8

Proverbs 18: 21

Luke 6: 45

Romans 10: 17

• Where is faith to be used?

  2 Corinthians 5: 17

  17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.[a] The old has passed away; behold,

  the new has come.

  -we are in Christ, all things have become new all of the time!

  -We are to live and breathe in and by faith. It’s like a fish swimming in water.

  – Faith in action happens in places from our stillness in prayer alone with God, all the way out

  into the world, in the face of evil.

  Matthew 28: 19-20

  19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in[a] the name of the

  Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have

  commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

  -It is to act where the weak are.

  -Where the suffering lament.

  -Where the oppressed languish in bondage.

  -Where tyranny rules.

  -Where sin dominates.

  -Where hopelessness looms.

  -New line where fear is in control.

  -Where doubt influences.

  -Where love is unknown.

  -Where tribulations are reality.

  – We must remember that Jesus and the early church existed in a world completely hostile to Christians. Everywhere they went people worshipped other gods.

  How is faith to be used?

  John 1: 1-5

  1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in

  the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any

  thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

  5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

  – The spiritual realm is the parent source of all things physical and much more powerful.

  Everything in the physical is driven by the spiritual, good and bad.

  -We discipline ourselves to choose life.

  Deuteronomy 30: 19-20

  19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and

  death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may

  live, 20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your

  life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your

  fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”

  -Study in his word daily. Meditate on it day and night.

  Joshua 1: 8

  8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it

  day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For

  then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

  – Be sensitive to the spiritual things happening around us at all times. Be Kingdom minded.

  -Proclaim the power, promises of God and testify to all that you have seen.

  -Speak truth to lies. The power of life and death are in the tongue.

  Proverbs 18: 21

  21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

  and those who love it will eat its fruits.

  -It is a matter of the heart. From the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

  Luke 6: 45

  45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil

  person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his

  mouth speaks.

  – We must choose either faith or fear.

  They are the substances of our existence and the

  message of good and evil.

  – The heart is a vessel. If it isn’t filled with the word, it will be filled with the world. Faith comes by hearing the word of God.

  Romans 10: 17

  17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.