“The Faith That’s Real”
Sunday Morning July 8, 2012
scriptures: Hebrews 3, Hebrews 10, Romans 5, Hebrews 11, Romans 8
keywords: faith, unbelief, hardened, sin, heart, peace, temptations, trials, careful
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Hebrews 3:4-19 A lot of times when you go through trials, you think things are trying you but you are being tried by God to see if you are for real.
Hebrews 3:10 God wants to know if you are for real. He wants to know where your heart is. Verse 11- God told them that they were not going to enter into his rest because they were being mean to God.
People will be nice to you while you are doing exactly what they want. Verse 12- Be careful when you do not care for the things of God that is when your heart is not right. Verse 13- We have to keep one another in on track daily- daily we have to do this. Sin can come and get under things and you get hardened. Sin will deceive you and make you think that you are right. You will argue things because you
think that you are right when you are not. You got to be open to correction- God will use other people to come to you and talk to you. Verse 15-19 when you don’t trust in God to take care of you in what you are doing then you have unbelief, then become hardened and will not be in God’s favor.
Hebrews 10:24-39 When people don’t want to be right then people don’t want to be at church. People plan a “sincation” and plan to sin and figure they will not be at church or that they will repent later. Don’t ignore the things of God. Verse 36- sometimes you need patience and need to wait. Some people don’t wait because they want to give in. Verse 39 God hates people who don’t stick to it and they want to give in. If you made a decision in God that you are supposed to make then stick to it.
Romans 5:1 You can have peace with God when things are right with him. Verse 2- How many of you praise God for what he has done? A Christian will not get mad at the same things a non-Christian will. If something does not go your way and you act the same way as the world you are no different than them.
Hebrews 11:6 Without faith the things that you do don’ t mean anything. You have to know that the things that you are doing are for a purpose or benefit. You will never be a Christian if you think being a Christian doesn’t matters.
Romans 5:3-4 As a Christian you are suppose to be strong during temptations. God does not cause you to be tripped out over stuff. You have to believe that God will take care of you. You have to believe in God, hope in God and wait on God.
Romans 8:24 We are saved by hope. You have to stick to it in God.
What are you trusting in God for right now? You have to be right in order to have real faith. Trusting God for something when you don’t do right is not faith, but a fantasy.