The Promises of God
are the basis of our hope!
 

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth
in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

The purpose for this study is to get back to the basics,
and I have designed this study ( I hope) to be an
interactive study. The basic study will be given here
then once a week we can meet to discuss the topic
I will include study questions that you can
respond to for the purpose of deepening and familarizing
ourselves with Gods word.

It seems that the churches today are teaching more on the
"gifts" and the rewards of a relationship with God,
then our need to be in worship with our divine creator.
Though, the gifts and rewards are important and should
have thier place in our lives and churches
Salvation, and the working out of that salvation
is the basic hope.
For it is the rock upon which I build all things concerning
my walk with him!
 

Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine,
and doeth them, I will liken him unto
a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matthew 7:25 And the rain descended, and
the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house;
and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Matthew 7:26 And every one that heareth
these sayings of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand:
Matthew 7:27 And the rain descended,
and the floods came, and the winds blew,
and beat upon that house;
and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Our first study:
Faith.
Of course most of us know the most
popular verse on the subject of faith:

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.

Look how faith becomes an important
part of our walk and our ministry:

Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is
impossible to please him: for he that
cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.

Faith just became a do or don't criteria!
If you have it you please God,
if you don't...well you get the idea!
Why do you think that faith is so important?
Can't God just take our realtionship with him at face level?
The truth of the matter is, everything we do is based
on a measurement of faith:
I expect the chair to hold my weight.
I expect the car to stop when I apply the brakes
I expect the coffee to be hot when I pour the first cup.
This is faith. It is an expectancy. And it is the same
with God.

Look at the faith Jesus said was ours!

Matthew 17:20 And Jesus said unto them,
Because of your unbelief: for verily I say
unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
seed, ye shall say unto this mountain,
Remove hence to yonder place; and it
shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

Did anyone see that besides me? Nothing shall be
impossible to me? With Faith! Now that is big
news! Nothing?! Now my friends,
I am a guessing but I would venture to say
that we all have alot of NOTHINGS standing in our way
that a simple grain of mustard seed of faith could
remove!
So...what stops us from being victorious?
I think I may know:

Matthew 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord,
if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
Matthew 14:29 And he said, Come. And
when Peter was come down out of the
ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
Matthew 14:30 But when he saw
the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and
beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Matthew 14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth
his hand, and caught him, and said unto him,
O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Yeah, I saw that too...He stopped looking at Jesus
just in time to start going under...fear gripped him
and doubt filled his heart...Remember without faith, we
can't please him, no wonder Jesus said Peter was of little
faith...Funny how Peter sounds a lot like Terri!

The Questions!
1.How do we please God?

2.Why do we fall short in pleasing God?

3.Find two more verses on Faith.

4. What is one thing that you can do this
week based soley on faith in Jesus?

5.What is the purpose for OBH?

I hope you enjoy this study and PLEASE
feel free to send in suggestions, topics and
rebukes if you think I have gone off
track!
In His Peace!
 
 

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