Springs Article 2022-04 (2)

John 1:1-3
Hebrews 11:1-3
1 John 1:1-3

What is faith?

  • Faith is assurance; Faith is conviction!
  • Hebrews 11:1, ESV
  • Your convictions reflect your belief system
  • Your values reflect your belief system

What is faith in God?

  • Faith is the assurance of God’s realities
  • Faith is the conviction of God’s realities
  • No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known, John 1:18, NIV
  • The Word of God reveals the realities of God
  • Jesus Christ is the living Word of God, John 1:1-3
  • Faith is conviction about spiritual realities; God is a Spirit
  • Spiritual realities produce material realities!
  • The spiritual realm is much greater than the physical realm

Where does the assurance/conviction of God’s realities come from?

  • The Word of God, John 1:1
  • The Word is Truth, John 17:17
  • The Word created everything, John 1:3
  • The Word is the seed that produces the harvest, Luke 8:11

What is the substance/evidence of my faith in God?

  • The Word of God; the Word is Truth!
  • The Word of God reveals to you the realities of God
  • The evidence of your paid salary is your Bank Statement
  • The evidence of faith is your God Statement
  • Your God statement is the Word of God applied to your life

What is the foundation of my faith in God?

  • The Word of God; the Word is Truth
  • Your Bible is the written Word of God
  • Your Bible is the basis of your faith 
  • Your Bible is the true account of what God has said and done throughout the ages (~4,000 years of human history)
  • Your Bible reveals who God is and what you can expect from Him; it reveals the laws of the spiritual that govern the laws of the material
  • Your faith increases as you give your attention and priority to the Word

2022: A Year of Fruitfulness

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