FAITH WORKBOOK
LESSON FIVE
The odyssey begins anew -
Again, for both my wife and myself, our faith was
rewarded, "exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think."
In your King James Bible, find what verse that phrase
is from and click that answer in the yellow box.
Read your textbook along with the workbook and click the correct answers in the yellow boxes.
| God expects us to never | rebel | but to continue onward and upward, by faith. |
The
gift of FaithNow, on to another subject. What is the
Bible really talking about when it refers to faith as a gift?
| It is not faith for salvation but faith for | rebellion | that is being talked about. |
The two references that some use to erroneously teach that faith is a special gift of God for salvation are I Cor 12:1 & 4; Ro 12:3
If you study the context of these scriptures you will find that it does not teach that faith is a special gift for salvation. All scriptures must be studied in context in order to gain a proper understanding of them. To do otherwise will cause confusion.
NOTE: This will be a test question.
| Remember, "A text without a context is a | retest." |
Summary-
By faith, we can
claim the promise that,
Ro 8:28 "And we know that all things work
together for good to them that
chapter three
What Does God Expect Us To Do With Faith?
| In our minds | is where
protection, strength and guidance are. Outside is where tribulation, pain, doubt, failure, and the drains upon us are. |
It is easier for us to live by spiritual faith if we keep in mind that everything that happens to us is either: caused by God or it is allowed by God!
Summary- It is obvious that exercising spiritual faith (faith toward God and the things of God) was necessary as a channel for God’s grace for our salvation. It is also just as obvious that we are to exercise that same spiritual faith in order to live godly, productive lives of service for God after we are saved. Trust Him and live by spiritual faith NO MATTER WHAT COMES OUR WAY!
The Faith chapter of Hebrews - Chapter Eleven
Concerning the devil- an action of good brings an equal and opposite reaction from the devil, he reacts with evil. If, however, we do something evil then he reacts with something good, a blessing or a lack of opposition.
From God, we can decide the direction of God’s force in our lives.
Gal 6:7-9 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he ___________
(click the correct answer below)And because this is a law of God then the devil automatically wants the opposite and works the opposite in our lives. He will bless when we do evil and bring evil when we do good.
Divisions of Hebrews chapter
Eleven-In this section we will use Pink’s threefold division of the chapter.
| I. The |
falacy epitome uselessness excellency exersize |
of faith. (verses :1-3) |
| II. The |
feeling death life frailty fruitlessness |
of faith. (verses :4-7) |
| III. The | acceptance losses achievements altercation faithfulness |
of faith. (verses :8-40) |
We will begin, however, with a description of the context of the chapter and then an exposition of the Bible definition of what faith is.
Context
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For the context of Hebrews chapter eleven it is necessary to go back to the previous chapter.
According to Pink, "[_________] really forms the text of which Heb. 11 is the sermon."
One must, however, remember that Pink is a Calvinist and believes in predestination of heaven or hell for the soul strictly at the discretion and planning of God and leaves no place for free will or choice. Being aware of this will allow us to filter the words of this undeniably brilliant writer through that particular preconception and reach the truth of what he says minus the theological error of his Calvinistic thinking and teaching.
Division One- The ________ of faith.
What Faith
is -Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped
for, the evidence of things not seen.To them seeing is believing. To us, believing is ________.
These two realities, the physical and the spiritual, are both ____.
Our spiritual faith in God gives us assurance of, and current substance to, our _______.
Their natural faith in a decaying physical reality can only lead to decaying hope, which becomes ____________________.
| ailments
and healings contest and success anxiousness and hope work and play hopelessness and despair |
NOTE: This will be a test question-
Faith in God is completely ________.
The great cloud of witnesses -
Heb 12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed
about with so great a cloud of witnessesWe will jump ahead for just a moment to see the _______ of chapter eleven.
God’s
approval - :2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.God tells us first that the elders (the O.T. saints) received His approval because of their exercises of their _____.
Heb 11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]...
Creation - 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
The unsaved believe in an effect without a cause, which is contrary to observable facts in the physical reality, and deny the possibility of a spiritual reality. While we, on the other hand, believe in a prime cause, God, for _____ of the realities, physical and spiritual. Which to you is more logical?
Our faith is not in "it," the creation, but in "____," the Creator. The one that, "calleth those things which be not as though they were." (Ro 4:17b)
This finishes the section on "The excellency of faith."
Next week we will start on The life of faith."
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