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And as love and hope form important parts of life so does the spiritual dimension. Now faith isn't a key that is made of metal like these keys on my key ring, but it may be the most important key, because it is the key that unlocks the power of God. Sermon Outline Series. Sometimes God pulls me out of self, and it's just like pullin' a bag of trash out the garage. There is both "legal" guilt and "emotional" guilt a. Every body has some type of faith, people have faith in many different things, when we get into our car we have faith that it will crank and get us to our destination, we have faith that our doctor knows what he or she is doing, every body has this mindset of faith of some kind or another.

Matthew Believes - pre. Rate this sermon from 1 to 5 'stars' with just a click, then close. Nor is faith just a matter of getting a good idea and expecting God to bless it.

There is a false faith and many have it. While faith and hope are different, they are related and they are complementary. Because your obedience is an act of faith. Our faith is the key to unlock the door to certainty and eternity.

The life of faith is all about learning to give up control of those things we never really controlled in the first place. Our sermon ideas on Faith in God will help you preach a powerful message. True faith involves believing God's Word and doing what it says. Not because I saw someone else do it. Usually I only make such a large file available on CD. The Bible declares that without faith it is impossible to please God.

This is the food of faith. These sermons on faith will inspire you as you craft your own sermon on this topic. In chapter 3, verse 15, he said to Timothy that the Scriptures "are able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

Faith is trust without reservation. The documents on this page are to be used as "seed thoughts" for sermon and study ideas.

Sometimes the word faith is used for the feeling of trust in Christ. Not Sight" 3 2. James Thus also. These are the seedlings that must be grown in the privacy of your own study. Faith provides evidence that what is unseen is absolutely real.

Faith Bible Church N. Knowing the U nknowable. Introduction God is love. They were. Wilson, professor of leadership formation and the director of the doctor of ministry program at Golden. Not just have faith, but have faith in God, havin' faith in God.

Using Saving Faith Works! This morning, the sermon is going to be on an issue that is foundational to the Christian life. But, I have since pondered his question many times and I have sought to answer it. We need to be cautious that we don't lose a firm grip on our faith, for if we do we will find ourselves really floundering with an unproductive spirituality.

It is not living by feelings or emotions. Faith is setting your heart on the object of your hope and your confidence. Developing a Heart for God - 1 Samuel David Jeremiah Dr. Unless God opens our spiritual eyes, we cannot see the spiritual realm.

Hebrews Chapter 11 lists out the heroes of faith: GOD says of them — They were men and women of real faith. Faith is trust without reservation. What we believe determines our choices in life. Faith makes things possible; it does not make them easy. Chastity which is the purity of soul; in preaching, it means to be real and authentic. Blount Table of Contents 1. Copeland Faith Is The Victory! Jesus, is our response to God.

Is faith alone sufficient to be saved or should faith be accompanied by works? On October 29, In order to find happiness, we must believe the right things. David Jeremiah "Groaning and Glory": - Dr.

But, I have since pondered his question many times and I have sought to answer it. Jesus is preparing an eternal home for us.

Assuring Your Knowledge of God - Hebrews 6. The faith is the trust and belief in this God who sends Jesus into the world to save sinners. Let's take a look at God's Word. Some think that faith is believing something to be so. With faith, God is the initiator. Above All Dr. The title of this book suggests that living by faith is an incredible journey, and that is certainly true. This morning I want to preach to you about the only two people in the Gospels that the Lord Jesus Christ said had great faith.

The Object of Faith 1. Visit any Living Faith Church closest to you and fellowship with the church. They have set an Example in Faith for us to follow. Faith makes the things hoped for as real as if we already have them.

Let me tell you, I have faith in God when I don't have faith in me. Not beause it makes sense. 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 diligently seek Him. But that's not real faith - real Bible faith is a gift of God - it is spiritual. Hungering for the Righteousness of God - Matthew 5.

There is both "legal" guilt and "emotional" guilt a. Faith comes by hearing the word of God Romans Intro: Genuine, biblical faith is a miracle! Faith in God is something we do not possess naturally. PDF 1 — 10 of items. On his final Sunday in his church, he preached a sermon and talked openly about his impending death. Faith declares what the senses cannot speak, sees what the eyes cannot see, hears what no one else can hear, and leans on what seems so foolish.

Human reasoning and faith are not always compatible. But before my sermon I want to speak to you for a few moments, by way of exposition, on the subject of Biblical faith. This is the food of faith. Instead of being angry with God and giving up on his faith, I want you to notice the kind of attitude that he exhibited towards God.

Faith is the confidence in the worthiness and ability of someone or something. Without faith it is impossible to please God. When Faith Is Tested. With these Jews and God-fearers Paul appealed to the Scriptures as text and basis apo of his ideas.

Cleon Rogers on dialegomai - to reason, to argue, to dispute, to revolve in the mind, to teach w. The prep. Dialogue Webster - A conversation or conference between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conversation in theatrical performances; also, an exercise in colleges and schools, in which two or more person carry on a discourse. TDNT - dialegomai. From the basic sense "to converse," we go to a.

In Josephus dialegomai means a. Discussion is not at issue in the NT, where 1. Acts ; , 19 the public lectures Paul gave, and 3. Liddell-Scott - to pick out one from another, to pick out, to converse with, hold converse with, to discuss a question with another, to argue with one against doing, to discourse, argue, to use a dialect or language.

Dialegomai - 13x in 13v - NAS Usage : addressed 1 , argued 1 , carrying on a discussion 1 , discussed 1 , discussing 1 , reasoned 2 , reasoning 4 , talking 2. Mark But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. Acts And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, Comment : The idea of dialegomai is not a formal sermon but a discussion "give and take" , during which one fields questions from the hearers.

Beloved, an effective witness includes the ability to be able to give an answer to questions about what we believe. Do you feel confident in this "job description? Acts And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

Acts And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God.

Comment : The idea of dialegomai is not merely lecturing but of responding to one's questions and challenges. Acts On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight Acts "Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot Comment - The utterance of Scripture is treated as the voice of God conversing with men!

Jude note But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you! Moulton and Milligan have this example - "you know how I conversed with you about the sesame" These instances will suffice to show that has in the vernacular the use seen in Mk Elsewhere in the NT, as Bp E.

Hicks points out in CR i. Jack Arnold - Paul did not depend upon human reasoning or sentimental emotionalism to win his hearers but on the Bible alone.

Paul did not throw out the intellect but he reasoned from the Scriptures, showing the logic and consistency of the Christian position over against Judaism and the pagan Greek and Roman philosophies and the mystery cults of that day.

Paul appealed to the heart and the conscience through the mind. He knew people had to have right information before they could make an intelligent commitment to Christ. Reasoning with them from the Scriptures - This is more than just reading or quoting Messianic prophecies.

Reasoning requires logical argumentation, graciously presented, based on thorough study of the Word of Truth, a firm persuasion in the divine authority of the Scriptures on the part of both speakers and hearers, and a full filling with your Paraclete, your Helper, the Holy Spirit, Who alone can enable natural men to carry out such supernatural work for the glory of the King.

Three Sabbaths - We do not know exactly how long Paul remained in Thessalonica, but it was long enough to receive financial help twice from the church in Philippi Php , note. It was not a long ministry, but it was an effective one. During the week Paul apparently labored as tentmaker "by trade they were tent-makers" Acts for in his first letter to the Thessalonians he reminded them For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

We do not know how long Paul remained in Thessalonica, but it was long enough to receive financial help twice from the church in Philippi. And you yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I departed from Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone 16 for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs.

Phil , note. Paul was careful to give evidence of the Messiah's suffering and resurrection which is the heart of the gospel see 1Cor , 2, 3, 4, 5 Not surpringly the sermons in Acts place great emphasis on the Resurrection. John Stott wrote that "Christianity is in its very essence a resurrection religion The concept of resurrection lies at its heart. If you remove it, Christianity is destroyed.

The majority of the NT uses refer to the Old Testament writings in a general sense of the whole collection when the plural. So shame on those like Andy Stanley who seek to minimize the importance of the Old Testament in the church today. The Bereans Acts below would have very likely have left a church like Andy Stanley's! Just a speculative thought! Paul would certainly have argued strongly to the contrary as the OT Scriptures were the foundation of his preaching and teaching!

And that is not speculative! CSB explaining and showing that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead, and saying: "This is the Messiah, Jesus, whom I am proclaiming to you. ESV explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ. KJV Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ.

NET explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ. NIV explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. NLT He explained the prophecies and proved that the Messiah must suffer and rise from the dead. He said, "This Jesus I'm telling you about is the Messiah. YLT opening and alleging, 'That the Christ it behoved to suffer, and to rise again out of the dead, and that this is the Christ -- Jesus whom I proclaim to you.

While Luke does not state it, clearly Paul was appealing to the Old Testament Messianic prophecies which like a blinking red neon sign point to one Person in history, the Jewish Messiah named Jesus. As explained below as Paul opened the Scriptures, the Spirit opened the hearts of some of the Jews to hear Lk at the same time opening their hearts to believe the Good News of Jesus their Messiah.

Notice that in this single passage Christ or Jesus is mentioned three times! What a pattern for all of us! Be filled with the Spirit and you will not be afraid to speak the Name "Jesus! Bob Utley - The Bible is divine revelation, not human discovery. Spiritual truth is a gift from God to blinded, sinful humanity. Thomas Constable observes that "Luke described Paul's method of evangelizing in Thessalonica as reasoning Gr.

Acts ; , 19; ; from the Scriptures, explaining dianoigon , giving evidence proving, paratithemenos , and proclaiming katangello. These terms imply that Paul dealt carefully with his hearers' questions and doubts. He showed that the facts of gospel history confirmed what the Scriptures predicted. His subject was Jesus whom Paul believed was the Christ.

His Jewish hearers needed convincing that their Scriptures taught that Messiah would suffer death and rise from the grave cf. Acts ; , 34; Luke ; 1 Cor. Jack Arnold - Paul took no other books but the Bible, for he believed in the inspired Bible and so did the Jews, and they would recognize no other authority.

Today we need more preachers who will expound the Scriptures verse by verse to people so they can understand the meaning of the text and get a grounding for some kind of biblical and systematic theology. There is not one pulpit in a hundred in America which seeks to teach books of the Bible in a verse by verse method.

It was very tempting. I prayed about it. God definitely spoke to me the fact that He had called me to Grace Church and my work was not finished here. He also spoke to me about the fact that at that time there was no church in the Valley with an expository, verse by verse ministry of the Word, and Dallas had all kinds of these preachers and teachers.

Dianoigo can speak of opening one's understanding to what before had been hidden or closed to their intellect. To open the sense of Scripture and thus to explain the Scripture.

To thoroughly disclose or cause one to thoroughly understand. Albert Barnes says dianoigo "means to explain what is concealed or obscure. It is used by Mark to describe the miraculous giving of hearing by Jesus Mk , The remainder of the NT uses are by Dr. Lk , cp Lk , the opening of heaven to Stephen so that he could see Jesus Acts , the supernatural opening of Lydia's heart to receive the Gospel preached by Paul Acts We see an OT parallel when Elisha prayed for his servant's spiritual eyes to be opened and given "supernatural vision.

The KJV translates dianoigo in Acts as "opening," which is more literally correct. The present tense pictures Paul as continuing opening the truths of the OT Scriptures to them. The Jews in the Synagogue had the Scriptures Old Testament , but the true meaning of the text remained closed until Paul enabled by the Spirit "opened" the familiar passages that revealed that Jesus was the Messiah.

Read Mt John Trapp says "Man's heart is naturally locked up and barricaded against God, till he, by his mighty Spirit, make forcible entrance, beating the devil out of his trenches, 2Cor.

Thayer says dianoigo is "occasionally in secular authors from Plato Paul speaking but his words were went forth in the power of the Spirit as Jesus had promised in Acts In the Septuagint Lxx , dianoigo is used to describe Sheol "opening wide" it's mouth a dramatic picture of it being unavoidable or inescapable!

This stresses the divine element essential in Bible teaching. Only Christ could open the eyes of the Emmaus disciples so they would know that He was the One with them Luke Only Christ could open the Scriptures to them so they would appreciate them and know their meaning Luke Only Christ could open the minds of His disciples so they could understand the Scriptures Luke One cannot refrain from saying that such exposition of the Scriptures as Jesus and Paul gave would lead to more opening of mind and heart.

Dianoigo was used occasionally in secular authors from Plato, et al, meaning to open by dividing or drawing asunder dia , to open thoroughly what had been closed ;.

Mark and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He said to him to the deaf man - Mk , " Ephphatha! Comment : Dianoigo is used somewhat literally because the uterus has to "open" the cervix has to dilate in order to allow passage through the birth canal for the newborn male, specifically the firstborn male.

As you know, this was originally written in Greek. The word opened is a translation of a particular Greek word. There were two different Greek words that could be used here. One is anoigo. One is dianoigo. The little word dia is the word for through. Anoigo means to open something like a door, something that already has a latch, something that already has a provision for opening.

You use the Greek word anoigo with a door. It means to break open. It means to bust open. It means to break in. You use the word dianoigo with something like a mountain. Two different Greek words. Which one do you think Luke uses? You can just take a guess. He will not talk about the human mind or the human soul like a door. He talks about the human mind or the human soul like a mountain: layers and layers of obstacles to the truth, impenetrable.

What Luke is saying is the natural human mind, until Jesus gets to it, is spiritually blind. What does that mean? One illustration you can use is you think of the eye itself. Very often, as a person gets older, something develops on the eye called a cataract. A cataract is a clouding up or a misting up, an opaqueness that develops where there should be transparency.

God made the human soul with a transparency. We are different than the animals. We are different than the plants. The Bible says naturally, because of sin, there is an opaqueness over top of our soul so that it has to be broken through. Another way to put it is we have cataracts on our soul. You can rub your eye all you want. That will not get rid of cataracts. You can rub it and rub it and rub it. You can wash it and wash it and wash it.

There needs to be a medical intervention. There needs to be a surgeon. You think all you need is the truth. You need eyes. You need someone to take the opaqueness off. What is it? I like that. I believe it. The opaqueness is not an inability to comprehend. Jean Piaget talks about the various operations that develop as a kid gets older. You have sensorimotor development, six stages of it.

You have concrete operations and abstract operations. The problem with that word is, in English, appreciate is a fairly wimpy word. This is the heart of what this opaqueness is and what spiritual blindness is. The word depreciate means something loses its value.

Therefore, it loses its economic power. It loses its clout. It loses how much it can influence. You can get things done with it. You have a diamond, and you can go places. You can do things. You can get things for it. When something depreciates, it loses value. When something appreciates, it gains value. The word appreciate, in the English language, can also mean what increases is your realization of the value of something, your realization of the power of something, your realization of the influence of something.

Last year, I saw. One day, last year, I realized what Jesus did for me is the thing I need most of all. It revolutionized me when I realized it. This is the root of all my problems.

That kind of language means the cataracts have come off. Suppose I could send you back in a time machine. Just go back five years, ten years, whatever. You start to read the stock stuff. I will do everything I can. They go down all these little lines, and one of the jumps out at you. It says Microsoft.

You can appreciate it. You know the value of it. You know the influence of that information. Nobody else can see what it means. Nobody else can see the significance of the information. Nobody can see that knowing that will make all the difference. What does it mean to become a Christian? How could I have never seen the power of this? How could I have never seen the meaning of this? How could I have never seen the value of this?

You have no idea what that experience is like. You need to have someone break through. Break through, dianoigo, open. Some years ago, there were two women I was counseling back in my first church in a little town. They both came to me within a week of each other, and they had the same problem. They were facing a very devastating loss in their lives. They came to a pastor. Actually, there were no counselors in town. People came to pastors back then because there was nobody else to talk to about their problems.

They came in at various times. In both cases, I laid out a passage of Scripture and then I gave them a book. Same passage, same book, same basic theme.

Maybe a month later, I saw both of them. The other woman, same age, same situation, same Bible passage, same book. I guess I believe it. She was broken, from what I can tell, permanently. What was the difference between them? The same truth, but the one woman was able to appreciate the truth. She was able to see the value of the truth. She was able to sense the power of the truth. The other woman did not. Let me tell you what illumination means. Do you want to overcome guilt? Do you want to overcome worry?

The truth of how good he is has to break through. Do you want to deal with boredom? The truth has to break through, and so on, and so on. What a welcome home after being stoned to death! Comment : The implication of Paul's explaining is that it was accomplished supernaturally, not naturally, a good pattern for all who would seek to proclaim the Living Word in power and in the Spirit cp this "dynamic" [ dunamis ] combination in 1Thes note. So the Levites shall be Mine. Numbers for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel.

Proverbs Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. Isaiah Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it.

Lamentations All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it. Ezekiel "Into his right hand came the divination, 'Jerusalem,' to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall.

Ezekiel 'On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Hosea "Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope Lxx uses dianoigo to translate as "to open her understanding". And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Habakkuk You pierced with his own spears The head of his throngs. They stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret. Zechariah "In that day," declares the LORD, "I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness.

But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. LXE In that day, saith the Lord Almighty, I will smite every horse with amazement, and his rider with madness: but I will open mine eyes upon the house of Juda, and I will smite all the horses of the nations with blindness.

Zechariah "In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity. Giving evidence is the idea of placing beside so what Paul was doing was presenting persuasive evidence to the listeners. The food for example would be set beside the guest, since the tables were at their side!

Here Paul is setting beside his audience a veritable banquet of truth from the Scriptures which were the Old Testament! The apostle was setting before them one Old Testament proof after another present tense that Jesus is the Messiah Jn Larkin writes " Proving paratithemi was "demonstrating by setting evidence side by side"—God's authoritative Word such as Ps 2; 16; ; Isa 53 next to the premise that it was the divine plan that the Christ must suffer and rise from the dead compare Lk , 44; ; ; , 46; Acts ; ; Paul's argumentation aimed to overcome Jewish preconceptions about the Messiah as a victorious king with an eternal reign who neither suffers nor rises from the dead.

G Campbell Morgan on giving evidence paratithemi - literally placing beside - The word paratithemi does not mean stating dogmatically. It means setting out in order, and displaying. Paul took up the Scriptures, and opened them, and explained them; and he did so by a sequence of arrangement, laying out before them the relation of this part to that, and of that to the other; of the law to the prophets, and of the law and the prophets to the hagiographa, the psalms, or devotional writings. Paul's approach is an excellent pattern for leading to Christ if they already believe in the God of creation and accept the Bible as His inspired word.

For those who are skeptical a different approach is seen when Paul preached to pagan Greeks in Athens Acts G Campbell Morgan - Two facts he declared in that synagogue. Taking up the Old Testament, he showed them that their own Scriptures declared that their own Messiah must die and rise again. That was the first burden of his teaching. With the ancient prophecies in our hands, with the one prophecy of Isaiah for instance, it seems as though it were impossible for men ever to have studied them without seeing that the pathway of the Servant of God toward His triumph must be that of travail; but the Jew had failed to see it.

Paul's work was now to declare to these Jews that the Scriptures taught that the Messiah must suffer, and that He must rise again. One wonders what particular passage he took, whether the prophecy of Isaiah, or those still more mystic and profound words in Hosea. Acts of the Apostles. Christ had to suffer - Had is dei which speaks of necessity. He must suffer! Why was it necessary?

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