Sermons About Faith.
Where does the Story Begin?
I want us to think together about the beginnings of our faith. I am not referring to the historical start of Christianity two-thousand years ago. Rather, I am thinking of a more personal beginning, of the start of our own walk of faith, our own belief in Jesus Christ. * * * I can tell you that whatever challenges you face today. Whatever confusion you face; whatever emotions rage within you; your awareness of God’s activity in your life may have only begun recently, when you, for the first time confessed your faith in God through his Son Jesus Christ. However, while that may be the beginning of your awareness of the reality of God in your life it is not the beginning of God’s activity in your life. God’s purposes for you, his activity in your life, did not begin when you first affirmed your faith in Jesus Christ. It did not begin when you first began attending church. It did not begin in Sunday school or as a child or when you were baptized. It began in the very heart and purpose of God, before the world was founded.
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The Perils of Pride
Why is pride such an abomination in the sight of God? Pride glorifies self not God, pride divides people. The law of faith- in Christ the law is fulfilled. Jesus became accursed for us so that we can be free from the curse. Why is faith so important? Faith kills pride. We're to boast in the Lord. We don't have anything that we didn't receive from God.
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