Great Bible Statements about Faith
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SUBJECT: Salvation
TITLE: Great Bible Statements about Faith
PROPOSITION: In this lesson, we will notice four lessons about faith from the Bible.
OBJECTIVE: Each hearer should be able to state the four point regarding Bible faith.
AIM: To increase each person’s knowledge of Bible faith and what the Bible says about faith.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: Romans 1:16, 17
2. About the Text:
1) Paul speaks about the power of God, which is the gospel.
2) That gospel is God’s plan for man’s salvation.
3) God’s righteousness is revealed in the gospel.
4) God’s righteousness is from faith to faith.
5) It was revealed from those who believe so that others may believe.
6) The righteous live by faith.
7) Paul has already discussed that the gospel was given for obedience of faith (Romans 1:5)
8) And we know from his other epistles that the Christian is to walk by faith (2 Cor.5:7).
9) It is mandatory, therefore, that we as Christians understand faith.
10) What does the Bible say about faith?
3. Ref. to S, T, P, O, and A.
DISCUSSION:
I. Faith comes by hearing the word of God (Romans 10:17).
1. Read Romans 10:12-17
2. Faith is conditional.
1) It is conditional upon the existence of God’s word.
a. Jesus came to give us those words (John 6:68).
b. The apostles were told to preach “all the words of this life” (Acts 5:20).
2) It is conditional upon our listening to that word with a view toward obedience.
a. One may hear the gospel and reject it (Matthew 7:24-27).
b. One may hear the gospel and partially believe it, but be lost–Felix (Acts 24:25).
c. We must hear ALL of the words of God to be saved. (Matt.4:4)
3. The faith that comes by hearing God’s word is a faith that obeys (vs.17).
4. Faith is more than mere acceptance.
II. Faith without works is dead (James 2:14-26).
1. James 2:14-16, the Text
1) The Common Sense Argument (James 2:14-18).
2) The Argument from Emptyness (James 2:19, 20).
3) The Argument from Scripture (James 2:21-26).
2. For faith to be living.
1) It must be obedient (Romans 16:26).
2) It must be active (Hebrews 11:).
III. Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
1. Faith doesn’t just look back, it looks forward.
1) Faith is the foundation of things hoped for.
2) Faith is confidence in things not seen.
2. Notice all that are described in Hebrews 11 who lived by faith.
3. Compare Romans 4:16-22 and note:
1) Faith trusts God when it appears as if God is wrong (vs.17, 28).
2) Faith places confidence in the promises of God as if they were reality (vs.19-22).
IV. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4).
1. The world hates those who believe God (John 15:19 “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”).
2. The world places obstacles before us to cause us to fall. (1 John 2:16)
3. Those who believe God, however, will not let those obstacles overcome them.
1) They recognize that those things are not of God.
2) They recognize that those things are just temporary.
4. True faith overcomes, because true faith…
1) Hears all of God’s word.
2) Obediently acts upon that word.
3) Counts God’s promises as already real and lives accordingly.
CONCLUSION:
1. The Christian walks by faith; the Christian lives by faith.
1) Faith comes by hearing God’s word.
2) Faith without works is dead.
3) Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
4) Faith is the victory that overcomes the world.
2. Invitation