WHAT BIBLE FAITH CAN DO

HEBREWS 11:1-6

 

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. BIBLE FAITH ENABLES US TO OBTAIN A GOOD REPORT [v. 1-2]

 

1. By Believing the Word of God [v. 13, Rm. 10:17]

 

So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

 

2. By Believing the God of the Word [v. 7, 1 John 5:10]

 

He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

 

3. By Living By the Word of God [v. 8, 39, Romans 6:17]

 

But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

 

II. BIBLE FAITH GIVES US A GOOD UNDERSTANDING [v. 3]

 

1. Bible Faith Gives Us A Good Understanding of Creation [v. 3, 2 Pet. 3:3-5]

 

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:

 

2. Bible Faith Gives Us A Good Understanding of the Creator [v. 3, Ps. 19]

 

3. Bible Faith Gives Us A Good Understanding of What He Expects of Us [Eph. 4:18, 5:17]

 

Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

 

III. BIBLE FAITH ALLOWS US TO PLEASE A GOOD GOD [v. 6]

 

1. Enoch Did [v. 5-6, 13:15-16]

 

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

 

2. Christ Did [Mt. 3:17, 12:18, 17:5]

 

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

 

3. We Can [2 Tm. 2:1-4]

 

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.