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The Necessity of Faith | Section 02 Episode 10

The Necessity of Faith | Section 02 Episode 10

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 SECTION 2 In this next section I would like to look at the necessity of faith for God says without faith it is impossible to please Him. If that is what God says then we need to understand exactly what faith is and how it applies to our relationship with Him. These next episodes will give you some practical ways to apply faith to all you have learned so far. LESSON 10 ─ The necessity of faith Bible References: Hebrews 11:1 (1) Hebrews 11:6 (2) Good morning and welcome to another Lesson From The Tent. This is our tenth lesson and by now we have learned enough about the kingdom that it is time to apply the concept of faith to these lessons because faith is absolutely vital to everything we learn about God. Let me read what it says about faith from the Bible – Here is what it says. “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.”(1) “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.”(2) This gives us a good starting point for explaining how to apply faith to the promises of God that we have learned about. I would like to start with the words – without faith it is impossible to please God because this shows how absolutely necessary faith is to the kingdom of God. There is no pleasing God without it. And God defines faith here in some very practical terms. The first thing He says is faith is the assurance of things hoped for. Now assurance is a pretty easy thing to understand. We actually use this concept numerous times every day. This word has to do with a firm trust in something. Not just any trust, but a firm trust; one that is unshakable. Let me give you an example; whenever you sit down to eat at a table, you pull out a chair and never question if that chair will hold you. You don’t examine it at all; you just immediately sit down in the chair with no concern about it. This is firm trust, and this is exactly what God wants you to have in Him and His promises. An assurance, or firm trust that doesn’t doubt He can and will do everything He says. Next God says faith is the conviction of things you can’t see. Conviction is all about confidence and the strength of this confidence is almost arrogant. You are so convinced of something that nothing can change your mind, even though you can’t see it. I played a lot of sports growing up and baseball was my favorite. After several years of playing, I had developed a confidence that if the game was on the line and we needed a hit to win, I knew if I could come up to bat, the game was already over. I was absolutely certain I would get a hit, and we would win. Was that arrogance? Well, there probably was a dose of that in there, but it wasn’t something that I ever boasted about. I just went out and did it, because I had the conviction this would happen before I even stepped up to the plate to hit. This is the confidence God wants us to have concerning what He says He will do. Once again ─ “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and the conviction of things not seen.” This is the type of faith that God says ─ without it, it is impossible to please Him. But God explains more about faith by giving us two additional concepts concerning how someone with faith should act. He says the person who comes to God must believe that God is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.” These are two essential ingredients that must be a part of faith because, as it says here, faith must believe. The original word for faith is a noun while the original word for believe is that same noun conjugated into a verb, which then means, since believing is a verb, it refers to some sort of action in regard to your faith. What God just said is that the type of faith He is looking for must have appropriate actions connected to it. And God even identifies what those actions are. Faith must first have actions of believing in the fact that God is. But faith must also respond to the fact that God is a rewarder of those who seek Him. And there we have it – two very practical ways that describe the actions God is looking for to validate a person’s faith. Now let’s look at these two actions ─ what does it look like to respond to the fact that God is? This is much easier to understand than you may think. For example, you have never seen an electrical current. But even though you cannot see it, you do believe in it and that is seen by your actions that you will not grab ahold of a bare wire that you think has a few hundred amps of current running ...
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