“THE FAITH” IS

ACTS 3:16, 6:7, 13:8, 14:22, 16:5, 24:24

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

I. “THE FAITH” IS SIMPLE

1. We Earned a Wage [Rm. 3:23, 6:23]

- For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

- For the wages of sin is death;

2. Christ Paid The Debt [Rm. 6:23, 5:6-8]

- For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

- For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

3. Christ and His Payment Must Be Received [Rm. 5:11, Jn. 1:12, Heb. 4:2]

- And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

- But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

- For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

 

II. “THE FAITH” IS SATISFYING

1. God is Satisfied [1 John 4:10]

-Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

2. The Debt is Satisfied [1 Jn. 2:2]

-And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

3. The Debtor is Satisfied [Psalm 17:15]

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

 

III. “THE FAITH” IS SURE

1. The Faith is Made Sure by the Promise [Heb. 6:17]

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

2. The Faith is Made Sure by the Attributes of God [Heb. 6:18-19]

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

3. The Faith is Made Sure by the Completed & Continuing Work of Jesus Christ [Heb. 6:19-20]

 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.