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Three Lessons In Biblical Faith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you ever wonder why so many Christians have a mild case of Christianity?" I think the answer is an inadequate and fuzzy view of faith. We tend to have a sloppy, spongy view of this critical subject. Hebrews 11 says, "Without faith it is impossible to please God." Faith is not unique to Christianity, God wove it into all of life. It is impossible to live without faith.

 

Mark 4:35-41 is a wonderful, simple yet delightful story. Two wonderful truths are obvious; If Jesus is in your boat, it will never sink and the storm will not last forever. Learn that there's only one worthy object for faith, and his name is Jesus. Discover that God is interested in developing your faith, and that he's the perfect educator. Know that He's going to bring some problems into your life because he loves you. He accepts us as we are, but loves you too much to allow you to remain that way.

 

He has a wonderful plan to conform you to the image of Jesus Christ.

 

 

 

 

THREE LESSONS IN BIBLICAL FAITH
Mark 4:35-41
"Without faith it is impossible to please God."

I. Learning Faith in the Marketplace

 

They had heard the lectures on faith by the world's greatest teacher.

 

You don't learn faith by a lecture, you learn it in life.

 

On the sea, if the storm stops, the sea continues often times for days.

 

Here is a two-fold miracle. The wind stops and the waves stop.

 

II. Three Lessons in Biblical Faith

 

A. Biblical Faith Depends Upon Its Object.

You can have little faith in thick ice, and you survive. You can have great faith in thin ice, and you drown.

 

It's not the amount of faith it's the object in which you place it.

 

Jesus' miracles and his works, always confirm his word. The more we get to know God, the more faith grows.

 

B. Biblical Faith Is A Developmental Process.

God is not simply interested in solving problems He is interested in developing your faith.

 

Most Christians know only two things:

 

• The Cross, in the past, he died on the cross
• The Future, in the future Jesus Christ is coming.

 

What about in between? Why were we left here?

 

As a Christian you are growing old or growing up?

 

C. Faith Has Problems

God brings storms into our lives because faith develops in crises.

 

A Christian is a person who has the problem solver living within.

 

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.1 Corinthians 10:13.

 

III. Look to God.

In Numbers 13 two men, Joshua and Caleb knew they were small, but they also saw God as big.

 

The ultimate issue is not whether you have problems but whether you know anyone who can do anything about them.

 

Where is your focus?

 

Conclusion: The storm will not last forever.