A Sermon on "Faith" - February 25th, 2018

Below please find the video of this past Sunday's (February 25th) sermon over the verses found in Romans 4:13-25.  It is a sermon about faith and in the promise that God has made to us.  Our faith in God isn't about everything being all 'peachy' and 'keen' here on Earth but rather that Christ has defeated death and that through Him all of us will be reunited with our Creator once our earthly bodies give out for one reason or another.

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In His Grace & Glory,
Roy

Romans 4:13-25  New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
God’s Promise Realized through Faith
13 For the promise that he would inherit the world did not come to Abraham or to his descendants through the law but through the righteousness of faith. 14 If it is the adherents of the law who are to be the heirs, faith is null and the promise is void. 15 For the law brings wrath; but where there is no law, neither is there violation.

16 For this reason it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his descendants, not only to the adherents of the law but also to those who share the faith of Abraham (for he is the father of all of us, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”)—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18 Hoping against hope, he believed that he would become “the father of many nations,” according to what was said, “So numerous shall your descendants be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was already[a] as good as dead (for he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah’s womb. 20 No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 being fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 Therefore his faith[b] “was reckoned to him as righteousness.” 23 Now the words, “it was reckoned to him,” were written not for his sake alone, 24 but for ours also. It will be reckoned to us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, 25 who was handed over to death for our trespasses and was raised for our justification.

Footnotes:
a) Romans 4:19 Other ancient authorities lack already
b) Romans 4:22 Gk Therefore it

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Psalm 119:30 = I have chosen the way of faithfulness; I have set my heart on your laws. 

Matthew 5:18 = For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.

Ephesians 3: 14-17  = For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your inner being with power through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, as you are being rooted and grounded in love.  

Mark 11:24 = Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.

Hebrews 11:1 = Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.

2nd Corinthians 5:7 = For we live by faith, not by sight.

Romans 15:13 = May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

James 1:6 = But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 

Hebrews 11:6 = And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. 

1st Peter 1:8-9 = Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 

John 11:40 = Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”

James 1:2-4 =  My brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of any kind, consider it nothing but joy, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance; and let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking in nothing. 

John 11:25-26 = Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” 

1st Timothy 6:11 = But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. 

1st John 5:4 = For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. 

Mark 9:23 = “‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.”

John 6:35 = Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” 

Mark 10:52 = “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Romans 10:10 = For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. 

Hebrews 11:11 = And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise. 

John 3:16 = For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

Galatians 3:26-27 = So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

Romans 1:17 = For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”

1st Corinthians 13:2 = If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.

The Ten Commandments:
1. You shall have no other gods before Me.
2. You shall not make idols.
3. You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.
4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
5. Honor your father and your mother.
6. You shall not murder.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
8. You shall not steal.
9. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

10. You shall not covet.