Transcript VICTORY THROUGH FAITH - Bsj Christian Seminars Inc

FAITH
THE AMEN FACTOR ©2002, 2004
Brenda Simuel Jackson, M. of Divinity, Ph.D.
BSJ Christian Seminars
Member: New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church
STUDY OBJECTIVES
Provide an Understanding of Biblical and Divine
Faith
 Provide the ability to recognize the Power of Faith
 Provide an understanding of Exercising Faith in
Today’s World
 Compare the Victorious Faith of Ancient Saints
and Present Day Believers
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GUIDING SCRIPTURES
NASB, NIV, AMPLIFIED
 Hebrew 11:1-40
 James 1:2-4
 John 3:15-18
 Psalm 89:1-4
VICTORY
 DEFINITIONS
• OLD TESTAMENT
– Firmness or Truth an Attribute of God
– Nourish, to be true, to build
• ENGLISH DICTIONARY
– Allegiance
– Belief and trust and Loyalty to God
– Firm belief when there is no proof
VICTORY
 DEFINITIONS - Continued
• NEW TESTAMENT
– To give credit
– To have mental persuasion
 DERIVATIVES
• Words of Wisdom which confirm a true friend
• The establishment of God’s servant as a sure
“peg driven into a secure place
VICTORY
 Derivative
 /M@A* - AMEN, VERILY, TRULY
• Affirmation of what has been said
• A term of Faith
• Used by Paul
– Hebrews 13:25
– Philemon 25
– Titus 3:15
VICTORY
 DERIVATIVES - Continued
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To be confirmed, to be successful
God is faithful in promises
God is as a nurse caring for His child
Pillars supporting the Door of the Temple of the
Lord
MINI-FAITH INVENTORY
• Pick one to three items that best describe your
active faith
– To be firm in God - Proverb 27:6
– To have the truth of the triune God - Romans 9:20-21; 10:9-10;
John 16:18; John 24
– To be Nourished by God - Numbers 11:12; Lamentation 4:5; Ruth 4:16
– To be Established - Isaiah 22:23
– To be loyal - Isaiah 25:1; 2 Timothy 2:2
– To have belief with no proof - Hebrew 11
MINI-FAITH INVENTORY
Continued
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To Give Credit - Matthew 8:13
To Be mentally persuaded - 2 Corinthians 5:7
To be a Secure Peg - Isaiah 22:23
To be a Pillar - 2 Kings 18:16
To be Assured - 2 Timothy 3:14
VICTORY
 POWER OF FAITH
• Kierkegaard- being an obedient response to
the Word of God
• Voluntary belief in the Word of God
• The Bible the true knowledge from God
– God’s Word reveals who He is (Acts 14:14-17; Rom
1:18-21, Ps 19:1-6)
– Spoken or written word rhma
– The Living Word, logos
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 POWER OF FAITH - Continued
• The Author and Fulfillment (Finisher) of the
Word. (Hebrew 12:2)
• Without Faith it is impossible to please God
• Help in the time of spiritual/physical distress
(Matt 9:28; Mk 11:23)
• Conscious realization of salvation
VICTORY
 DOUBT A POWER ROBBER (James 1:2-8)
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Doubt is instability
Doubt leads to confusion
Doubts means to be without a way (John 14:6)
Doubt is to be without resources (Matt 6:25-33; Phil
4:13)
• Doubt believes the Lies of society
• Doubt leads to discouragement, Faith gives hope
(Romans 4:18-21)
VICTORY
 FAITH AND WISDOM
• God gives measure of faith
• Lies of Satan and the World cause uncertainty
• Not exercising Faith blocks theassistance God
promises
• There is assurance of answered prayers
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 POWER OF FAITH
• Faith is Stability in Jesus Christ
• Faith Results in stability in His wisdom to
sustain through all situations
• The Power of Faith is Proverbs 3:5
• Faith gives Hope (Romans 4:18-21)
VICTORY
 EXERCISING FAITH (Hebrew 11)
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Makes real what is unseen
Faith is the reality of things
Obedience is an exercise in Faith
Faith a causal factor with a genuine effect
 Peter’s Reality Walk (Matt 14:27-31)
FAITH AND PRAYER
 FAITH LEADS INTO PRAYER
• Certainty in requests
• God commands us to use the power of prayer
• Rewards of Faith
FAITH PROVIDES A BOLD WITNESS
 Faith Results in Good Works - Titus 3:8; James 2:14-17
 Faith Drives Away Fear - Mark 5:36
 Faith Gives Victory - Galatians 2:20
 Faith Provides Healing - Matthew 9:22,29; James 5:14,15
RESULTS OF EXERCISING FAITH
 Fruits of the Spirit
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Calms the Body - peace
produces relaxation-joy
Sense of well-being-love
Gives the ability to Cope-longsuffering
RESULTS OF EXERCISING FAITH
 Answered Prayers
• managed pain
• relieved stress
• reduced the number of congestive heart
failures
• reduced cardiac arrest
• reduced number of pneumonia episodes