Parkway Baptist Church
Parkway Family Gathering - 10.02.2022
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Parkway Baptist Church
8508 Beaver Bridge Rd, Moseley, VA 23120, USA
Sunday 8:00 AM
Sunday 9:30 AM
Sunday 10:00 AM
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https://www.parkwayfamily.org/this-weekJesus Gives Better Faith: Faith Defined - Hebrews 11:1-6
What faith is NOT:
● Saving faith is not faith for faith’s sake.
• It is not blind optimism (Somewhere over the rainbow).
• It is not conjured up feelings (The sun will come out tomorrow).
• It is not feelings divorced from GOSPEL TRUTH.
● Saving faith is not believing without evidence (superstition).
• It is not a leap in the dark.
• It is not accepting something to be true apart from the evidence.
• It is not “I believe” because “I believe.”
● Saving faith is not positive thinking.
• It is not faith in yourself.
• It is not faith in your job.
• It is not pumping yourself up
Saving Faith starts with GOD, the object of faith. Romans 5:1-2
What faith is: (Heb. 11:1-6)
● Saving faith is active dependence on what can be known about God through Christ.
• Faith starts with knowledge of God. (11:3, John 17:3)
•• HOW?! God shows Himself in creation. God shows Himself in the Bible. God shows Himself in Jesus.
• Faith continues in assent to and belief in gospel truth. (11:1, 1 John 5:1-5, James 2:19)
• Faith is sealed in trusting and acting on that gospel truth. (11:2, 4-6, Matt. 11:28-29)
What faith causes:
● Commendation from the Lord
● Believers to draw near to God
What faith is NOT:
● Saving faith is not faith for faith’s sake.
• It is not blind optimism (Somewhere over the rainbow).
• It is not conjured up feelings (The sun will come out tomorrow).
• It is not feelings divorced from GOSPEL TRUTH.
● Saving faith is not believing without evidence (superstition).
• It is not a leap in the dark.
• It is not accepting something to be true apart from the evidence.
• It is not “I believe” because “I believe.”
● Saving faith is not positive thinking.
• It is not faith in yourself.
• It is not faith in your job.
• It is not pumping yourself up
Saving Faith starts with GOD, the object of faith. Romans 5:1-2
What faith is: (Heb. 11:1-6)
● Saving faith is active dependence on what can be known about God through Christ.
• Faith starts with knowledge of God. (11:3, John 17:3)
•• HOW?! God shows Himself in creation. God shows Himself in the Bible. God shows Himself in Jesus.
• Faith continues in assent to and belief in gospel truth. (11:1, 1 John 5:1-5, James 2:19)
• Faith is sealed in trusting and acting on that gospel truth. (11:2, 4-6, Matt. 11:28-29)
What faith causes:
● Commendation from the Lord
● Believers to draw near to God
October Memory Passage:
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
- Hebrews 11:6