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2006 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2006
Expounding the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 - with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15

Strong Faith Yet the Wrong Faith

Matt Lauer / Oprah / Dr. Phil, etc. always walk about folks having 'faith.'
Westboro Baptist - KJV, yet they say God is punishing all / at hands of angry God / God will bless or curse you depending on your works.  These people who die all deserve to die!
Shameful media coverage and news about Christianity, yet they all talk about those individuals 'with faith.'


"Faith" is one of the great ecumenical words!

The Christian Faith - whatever a Christian is at the time
The Catholic 'Faith' - church / wafer & wine / priest / Mary / saints, etc.
The Mormon 'Faith' - Joseph Smith / President Modern Prophet / priesthood authority / their books
The Protestant 'Faith' - baptism / scholars / 'against' Catholic church, however not really anymore today...
The Lutheran 'Faith' - baptism / communion / confession / creeds
The Baptist 'Faith' - church / history / Greek & Hebrew / bibles / creeds
The Amish 'Faith' - creeds / unwritten rules of ritual and behaviour / separation / simplicity / OT & Gospel strict interpretation
Hindu, Bi'nai, Islam, etc.
'faith in general' - in your job; in yourself; in food to not get poisoned; in government; in America; in parents; in teachers; highway signs; your car to work properly at scary times...


Other Ecumenical Words

Spirit
with you in 'the spirit' - Colossians 2:5 - For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
Man or God's?

Word of God
in water
through Spirit in your heart
priesthood, pastors, etc.
book or books

Church
holy, local, earthly, spiritual?
center
worship house - prayer house - 'fun' house
Christian and/or Catholic
Bride - who is in, how to get in, stay in?
when did it begin
where in Bible?

Music
worship
kinds
God hears it all - some - none?

Salvation
sacraments
eucharist
baptism
evidence
physical / spiritual baptism

Final Authority
many, no single one
priest
pastor
one's own self
feelings
education
Scholars / professors
church denominational teachings
creeds / covenants

Born Again
saved?
Gospels only?
join church

Christian
believer
saved
school / denomination

Apostasy
falling away of gospel
falling away of church
falling away of world

Cease from Sin
physical
spiritual
inside / outside
possible?
I John 3

Jesus
'the Christ'
Christ
Lord Jesus Christ, etc. combinations
earthly prophet
Messiah
Saviour
Savior
God manifest in the flesh?
alive and risen?

Love
(more on this later)


Rightly Divide Faith

Various attempts at rightly dividing...??
OT // NT
OT // Gospels
Garden / Law // Gospels
OT // Gospels / Revelation
OT // Gospels / Peter / Revelation
Garden / Law // Gospels - Tribulation books
Garden / Law // Gospels - Acts 1-8 / Paul's Epistles / Tribulation books

Garden / Law // Gospels - Acts 1-8 / Paul's Epistles to specific folks / Tribulation books / Revelation


Old Testament
Galatians 3:23,24 - shut up unto the faith
Habakkuk 2:4 - live by their own faith - "his"

God was faithful
Deuteronomy 7:9
Isaiah 25:1
Lamentations 3:23
Psalm 36:5

His people were suppose to be faithful
II Chronicles 19:9
Psalm 31:23
Psalm 101:6
Psalm 106:3

Some of his people were:
II Chronicles 34:12
Nehemiah 7:2
Most of his people were not:
Deuteronomy 32:15-28
Psalm 106:12,13; 24,25; 34+

Faithfulness was rewarded:
Proverbs 13:17
Proverbs 25:13
Proverbs 28:20

Tell others about God's faithfulness
Psalm 89:1
Psalm 89:5

Galatians 3:25 - schoolmaster to lead them to Christ

We are no longer talking about;
'my faith'
'his faith'
'their faith'

We are talking about 'the faith!'


Gospels
carry on with faithfulness, but now HE is here!
Faith in that He was THE / THAT Christ!
The Christ - 16x; That Christ - 6x
I John - the Christ - 2x

Faith 29x
Faithful 8x

Faith in Him that He was THAT Christ then gave miracles, which led to Acts doing the same thing - early Acts, that is.
Remember what that faith was - that He was THE / THAT Christ!
Matthew 9:29 - according to your faith be it unto you
Matthew 15:28 - O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee even as thou wilt.  And her daughter was made whole...
Mark 4:40 - ...how is it that ye have no faith?
Luke 18:42 - And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

Miracle faith
Acts 3:16 - faith made him strong - miracle and healing - (as opposed to Phil 4:23 - all things...)
Acts 6:7 - obedient to the faith - vs 8 - miracles and wonders
Acts 6:8 - Stephen was full of faith - more miracles and wonders


Paul - Romans to Philemon

We are still to be faithful!
I Corinthians 4:2 - Stewards must be faithful
I Corinthians 4:17 - Timothy / pastors / parents, etc. (I Timothy 1:12)
Ephesians 1:1 - all of us
II Timothy 2:2 - faithful men
I Timothy 3:11 - wives of deacons
Titus 1:6 - faithful children

The Book is faithful
Titus 1:9


Hebrews to Jude
Sure - the faith still had to exist...
James 2:1
I Peter 5:9
Jude 3
but...
works will be included!
Revelation 13:10
Revelation 14:12

But the key difference is:
"THE FAITH"
It is not OUR faith now.

Yes, the just shall live by faith.
Romans 1:17 - For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Romans 3:28 - Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Romans 3:30 - Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
Romans 4:5 - But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Romans 5:1 - Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:

Law of faith - Romans 3:27,28

Romans 3:30
justified by faith - Jews
justified through faith - Gentiles

More on His Faith in part II - The Faith


We have gone from "THE" CHRIST to "THE" FAITH by reading "THE" HOLY BIBLE
Only ONE Christ, Only ONE faith, ONLY one Holy Bible!