THE LIFE OF FAITH

HEBREWS 11:23-27

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. FAITH SHOULD BE A FAMILY-LIFE THING [v. 23]

1. The Cooperation of a Family's Faith [Psalm 84:11]

For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

2. The Courage of a Family's Faith [Joshua 24:15]

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

3. The Consequences of a Family's Faith [Jer. 35] Will Rice, Bill Rice, Bill Rice III, Wil Rice IV, etc.

II. FAITH SHOULD BE A LIFE-CHANGING THING [v. 24-26]

1. The Refusal of Faith [v. 24, Romans 8:7, James 4:4]

Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

You cannot say "Yes" to God without saying "No" to the world, the flesh, and the Devil!

2. The Choosing of Faith [v. 25, 1 Kings 18:21]

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

Faith choices are rarely easy choices, but they are always wise choices.

3. The Respect of Faith [v.26, Mark 8:36]

For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?

Faith respects the true lasting value of people, places, and things.

III. FAITH SHOULD BE A LIFE-DEFINING THING [v. 27]

1. Faith defined His Past - he rejected it! [By faith he forsook Egypt]

2. Faith defined His Present - he faced it! [not fearing the wrath of the king:]

3. Faith defined His Future - he lived it! [for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.]