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Week 7 - Faith

How would you define “faith”? What would you say is the opposite of faith?

What are some reasons that having faith can be difficult at times?

Questions

John 1:12But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.

Galatians 3:14So that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we might receive the promised Spirit through faith.

Faith – Believing and Receiving

Romans 1:16-17

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith

Hebrews 11:1-3

1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

Assurance about What We Do Not See

2 Corinthians 5:7

7 For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Walk by Faith, not Sight

Ephesians 2:8-9

8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— 9 not by works, so that no one can boast.

Faith – It is the Gift of God

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.

Fruit of the Spirit – Faith

Galatians 2:20

20 I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Faith OF the Son of God

Hebrews 12:1- 2

1 And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, 2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith.

The Author and Perfecter of Our Faith

Matthew 17:19-20

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Mustard Seed Faith

Romans 10:17

So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

Mark 4:20

And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”

Hebrews 4:2

For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard.

Faith Comes by Hearing and Accepting

1 John 5:4-5

4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

The Victory that has Overcome the World

Jeremiah 32:17

‘Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You.

Example of Faith Praying