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 |
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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.'
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...
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)
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
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!'
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
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
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