Faithfulness

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Faithfulness

• A person who lives his life by faith will live a
  life of faithfulness to God

For we walk by faith, not by sight.
2 Corinthians 57
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control.
Against such there is no law. (Galatians 522-23)

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A Person Who Livesby Faith

• Is Faithful to God
• Is dependable and reliable towards the things of
  God
• He is trustworthy to the cause of Christ
• He can be counted on to obey the word of God
• On the other hand, unfaithfulness in life shows a
  lack of faith in God

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Faithfulness

• Faithfulness in the Little Things
• Luke 1610 (ex MaterialLittle/SpiritualGreat)

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Luke 1610

• He who is faithful in what is
  least is faithful also in much and
  he who is unjust in what is least
  is unjust also in much.
• (11) Therefore if you have not been faithful in
  the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your
  trust the true riches?

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Faithfulness

• Faithfulness in the Little Things
• Luke 1610 (ex MaterialLittle/SpiritualGreat)
• Faithful Servants
• Matthew 2445-47 48-51 (Faithfulness is a matter
  of loyalty to Christ!)

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Matthew 2445-47

• Who then is a faithful and
  wise servant, whom his master
  made ruler over his household, to give them food
  in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant whom
  his master, when he comes, will find so doing. 47
  Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him
  ruler over all his goods.
• Faithful servant rewarded for his loyalty with
  greater honor and responsibility

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Matthew 2448-51

• But if that evil servant says in
  his heart, My master is delaying
  his coming, 49 and begins to beat
  his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with
  the drunkards, 50 the master of that servant will
  come on a day when he is not looking for him and
  at an hour that he is not aware of, 51 and will
  cut him in two and appoint him his portion with
  the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and
  gnashing of teeth.
• Unfaithful servant
  condemned

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Faithfulness

• Faithfulness in the Little Things
• Luke 1610 (ex MaterialLittle/SpiritualGreat)
• Faithful Servants
• Matthew 2445-47 48-51 (Faithfulness is a matter
  of loyalty to Christ!)
• Faithfulness in Families
• 1 Pet. 31-2 5-7 (not abuse, abandonment,
  infidelity)

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1 Peter 31-2

• Wives, likewise, be submissive
  to your own husbands, that even
  if some do not obey the word, they,
  without a word, may be won by the conduct of
  their wives, 2 when they observe your chaste
  conduct accompanied by fear.
• Faithfulness is seen in the wife doing what God
  requires of her in respect to her husband.

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1 Peter 35-7

• For in this manner, in former times,
  the holy women who trusted in God
  also adorned themselves,
  being submissive to their own husbands, 6 as
  Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose
  daughters you are if you do good and are not
  afraid with any terror. 7 Husbands, likewise,
  dwell with them with understanding, giving honor
  to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as
  being heirs together of the grace of life, that
  your prayers may not be hindered.
• Both wives and husbands have specific duties
  required by God to be faithful.

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Faithfulness

• Faithfulness in the Little Things
• Luke 1610 (ex MaterialLittle/SpiritualGreat)
• Faithful Servants
• Matthew 2445-47 48-51 (Faithfulness is a matter
  of loyalty to Christ!)
• Faithfulness in Families
• 1 Pet. 31-2 5-7 (not abuse, abandonment,
  infidelity)
• Faithfulness at Work
• Titus 29-10 (not insubordination, stealing, etc.)

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Titus 29-10

• Exhort bondservants to be
  obedient to their own masters, to
  be well pleasing in all things, not
  answering back, 10 not pilfering, but showing all
  good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine
  of God our Savior in all things.

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Faithfulness

• Faithfulness in the Little Things
• Luke 1610 (ex MaterialLittle/SpiritualGreat)
• Faithful Servants
• Matthew 2445-47 48-51 (Faithfulness is a matter
  of loyalty to Christ!)
• Faithfulness in Families
• 1 Pet. 31-2 5-7 (not abuse, abandonment,
  infidelity)
• Faithfulness at Work
• Titus 29-10 (not insubordination, stealing,
  etc.)
• Faithfulness when Tempted to Sin
• 1 Pet. 58-9 1 Jn. 54 (needed to resist
  temptations)

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1 Peter 58-9

• Be sober, be vigilant because
  your adversary the devil walks
  about like a roaring lion, seeking whom
  he may devour. 9 Resist him, steadfast in the
  faith, knowing that the same sufferings are
  experienced by your brotherhood in the world.

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1 John 54

• For whatever is born of God
  overcomes the world. And this is
  the victory that has overcome the
  world--our faith.
• If we are faithful, we overcome the world. We
  are not overtaken by it, but victorious over it.
  The proof of our faith is our faithfulness!

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Conclusion

• Being faithful calls for all our energy to be
  directed toward heaven

If then you were raised with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where Christ is,
sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind
on things above, not on things on the earth. 3
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ
in God.
Colossians 31-3
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Conclusion

• To err is humanto forgive, Divine.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your
Father in heaven is perfect.
(Matthew 548)