Faith That Pleases God Hebrews 11:110

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Faith That Pleases GodHebrews 111-10
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Introduction - Hebrews 111-3

• Faith is confident assurance for that which we
  hope
• Hebrews 112 - Examples from the ancient fathers
• Two relationships of faith
• The future - A hopeful outlook
• The unseen - The evidence of their reality
• Four things tonight that deal with Faith That
  Pleases God

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A Worshiping Faith

• Offers sacrifice
• His faithful worship (sacrifice) showed his
  righteousness
• Three kinds of sacrifice are expected from the
  Christian
• Hebrews 1315
• Romans 121-2
• Philippians 418
• His influence continues - Genesis 410

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A Walking Faith

• Enoch walked with God in a day when others were
  walking away from God
• This kind of faith has the power to form
  character, and does not fear death
• Revelation 118
• Many places where a Christian is not to be found
• His life was pleasing to God

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A Working Faith

• What did Noah do?
• Noah prepared an ark for the saving of his
  family from the flood
• Noah worked as God directed
• His obedience to faith shows his righteousness
• The faith that pleases God is a faith that
  prepares us for the great day of judgment

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A Willing Faith

• Left his home country
• Made his dwellings temporary
• He looked for a heavenly city
• The faith that pleases God is the faith that
  obeys
• John 1415
• Hebrews 58-9

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What Kind Of A Faith Do You Have?

• Hebrews 116
• The writer had defined faith - Verses 1-3
• Examples given of men of great faith, and what
  their faith did to please God
• Just assenting to the intellectual truths of the
  Bible is not enough

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What Kind Of A Faith Do You Have?

• In order for our faith to please God it must be
• A WORSHIPING faith - That worships according to
  God's directions
• A WALKING faith - That transforms character and
  lives the way God wants
• A WORKING faith - That will prepare oneself for
  God's great day of judgment
• A WILLING faith - That will obey God's every
  command and look beyond this world