Biblical
Faith: a new dimension
Session 25
Read
Hebrews 11 (message translation)
Heb 11:6 “Without faith
it is impossible to please God.”
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Living by faith is not
just for missionaries or ‘super Christians’, but all believers.
So,
what is faith? How do you get it? What militates against it? What are its
benefits?
2 Books:
Pierce and Heidler ‘Restoring your shield of faith’ (Regal)
Yaconelli ‘Dangerous Wonder’ (Navpress)
4
forms of faith in the Bible:
1.
The Christian Faith (The faith, or the historical faith)
(1
Cor 15:3ff), Apostles creed. The
basic tenets of historical faith that describe and define what Christians
believe. A set of beliefs about God based on fact.
M.O.T 88 Have we truly discovered the truth of the Christian
faith?
2.
Saving Faith
Rom
Saving
faith is the appropriating of the historical faith. It is the difference
between knowing about God and knowing God. It is the means by which we connect
with the grace of God.
M.O.T 89. Have we personalised ‘the faith’ and made it
a saving faith?
3.
The Spiritual gift of Faith
1
Cor 12:9. A
supernatural impartation for a specific reason. Read the healing and
deliverance miracles of Jesus and see this gift in operation.
M.O.T 90. Are we prepared to receive and use the gift
of faith in the church at PBC?
4.
Childlike faith
Luke
10:17-21
Has
our faith become to complicated…or cynical…or banal…or
sanitised…or anesthetized…or adult.
Childlike
faith is the (only) way of connecting with the living Jesus.
M.O.T 91 Childlike faith – are you too sensible to miss it?