FAITH WORKBOOK

 

LESSON FOUR

 

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Use and Misuse of Faith

 

The proper use of faith is to make it your servant. That is its job. Make it work for you. Don’t ever let it rule over you.

 

 

NOTE: Homework-

Give me the reference where Christ likens faith to a servant. (p. 47 in text)

Read the scripture in your KJV and click the correct answer in the following list.

Lk 7:15-25    Lk 17:5-10    Lk 5:17-25    Lk 7:5-11    Lk 5:7-14


NOTE: This will be a test question.

Find the correct answer from the textbook and then memorize it for the Final Test.

Faith is to be a master 

 servant 

 dictator 

 king 

 war lord

to do your bidding, not a servant 

 king 

 dictator  

 master  

 warlord  

to rule over you.

 

 

Use and Misuse of Faith

The use of faith-

Natural faith- Use your natural faith to make your life easier. 

Always be prepared for the possibility that your natural faith may not be rewarded. Keep this thought when it happens and someone fails you, "Well, what more could I expect from a fallen and fallible creature." Then use their failure as an opening to help the one that let you down.

Two things you should do when someone in whom you have placed your natural faith fails you:
(Pick the two answers from the textbook. You may not go on until you have found both right answers.)

kill them quickly so they don't suffer

if they are already saved, then restore them

have them put in jail

turn them over to the devil

lead them to the Lord if they are lost


Spiritual faith- This faith can only be exercised toward:
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  Allah 

  the Pope 

  God

  the Pastor

  the Deacons 

 

The misuse of faith-

Natural faith

No Parachute - Misuse of natural faith is when your                     or peace of mind depends on this type of faith being rewarded.
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  health

  happiness

  family

  life

  good fortune

  sanity

 

Spiritual faith- Spiritual faith can              be misused. As long as your faith is really spiritual.
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  easily

  often

  never

  always

  unintentionally

  safely

 

 

Examples and Rewards of Faith

(An odyssey of faith)

Of Natural faith- Faith in __________ instead of the Creator.
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  things

  family

  people

  myself

  the world

  the creation

 

Music business-

I had been serving God for nearly two years, but up until that Sunday evening I had been lost and trying to serve God by                    not spiritual faith.
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  natural ability

  myself

  natural works

  going to church

  being good

  natural faith

 

God’s providence and Sovereignty-  

Not a change of faith but a change in the             and                   of my faith.

(Pick the two answers from the textbook.)

  leap

  object

  zeal

  depth

  direction

  intensity

  soundness

 

This was enough to keep me hanging on, sometimes by my fingernails, but still, hanging on. And God was faithful; His Word is true. And we would save ourselves a lot of worry and heartbreak if we would just believe it and Him.

Job 17:9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he
       that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

 

       Ps 37:23-24 The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he
                 delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast
                 down: for the LORD upholdeth [him with] his hand.

What are the other two scriptures given in the textbook besides these two?
(Pick the answers from the textbook.)

  Prov 138:6-8

  Ps 138:6-8

  Ps 6:8-15

  Jn 3:16-22

  Prov 15:4-11

  Jn 15:4-11

  Jn 11:4-15

 

Spiritual faith- Faith in the Creator instead of the creature.

Even the tough times helped make me stronger. In fact, in retrospect, those tough times were what made me the                 .
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  greatest

  strongest

  boss

  most discouraged

  meanest

  kindest

 

 

Going to College in Texas- I prayed and surrendered to God to be His                .
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  preacher

  servant

  pastor

  man

  tool

  friend

 

Training in faith-

When, by faith, you tell God you’ll wash toilets, you’d better be sure you mean it. Because it might not be quite the way you think.  Sometimes those toilets are                         .
(Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  dirty ones

  smelly ones

  spiritual ones

  messy ones

  natural ones

  outdoor ones

 

 

In Butte, Montana, God was teaching me that I must place my faith in _____, not in people.  (Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  things

  myself

  gods

  angels

  friends

  Him

 

Living in the bus-

I find it is most ____ to live by faith, spiritual faith, when there is not much around in which to exercise your natural faith.  (Pick the answer from the textbook.)

  rewarding

  hard

  lazy

  foolish

  easy

  spiritual

 

NOTE: This will be a test question. 

The lesson that God was teaching me, and through me, teaching you, is that we must wait on _____ timing and not our own.

(Find the correct answer from the textbook and then memorize it for the Final Test.)

  pastor's

  God's

  best

  perfect

  the owner's

  other's

 

 

Leaving ****** for a New Land-  

The gospel can ______ be delivered to the wrong address.  (Find the correct answer from the textbook.)

  easily

  possibly

  refuse to

  always

  oft times

  never

 

Some of my preacher brethren tell me that’s not the way to start a new work for God. They say it’s not right to just up and go without God unmistakably giving you a goal. Well, my problem is that I keep thinking about Abram (__________).   (Find the correct answer from the textbook.)

  Isaac

  Abraham

  Adam

  Paul

  Adonijah

  Herod

 

   I think we just slaughtered one of
those "sacred cows"  that I mentioned
in the introduction.

 

 

NOTE: These will be test questions. 
   (Find the correct answers from the textbook and then memorize them for the Final Test.)

1. We must have faith, and ____ tie God’s hands by telling Him how He is going to work in our lives.

  not

  always

  sometimes

  purposely

  often

  help

 

2. We must believe, by faith, that _________ in our lives is for our benefit.

  some things

  everything

  nothing

  few things

  one thing

  God

3. Remember, everything is either    caused

approved

  tried

  placed

  brought

  shown

by God or   caused

arranged

  allowed

  stayed

protected

  saved

by Him.

 

 

NOTE: Homework-

Give me the reference that states that all things work together for our good, if we love God.

  Acts 8:28

  Eph 2:8-8

  Ro 2:8

  Ro 8:28

  Isaiah 2:6

  Jn 3:17

 

 

 

The odyssey ends-

Remember, faith in God will _______ be rewarded.   (Find the correct answer from the textbook.)

  never

  sometimes

  always

  soon

  best

  perhaps

 

 

 

NOTE: Homework- Complete this saying: (p. 57 of textbook)

3. Remember, everything is either    caused

approved

  tried

  placed

  brought

  shown

by God or   caused

arranged

  allowed

  stayed

protected

  saved

by Him.

 

 

 

Next week: The odyssey begins anew-

 

 

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