Pray for More Faith

OUTLINE:


The Simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – 7/15/22
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is very simple to understand. The Gospel is Jesus Christ. He is the good news. He is Lord and Savior. Anyone who chooses to believe in Him will be saved. It’s that simple. Let’s not complicate what God has made so easy to understand.

Modern Palatable False Gospel (example)
Man is the center and cause of his own salvation, where faith is something man is able to manufacture in the absence of God’s divine intervention. Of course, this runs contrary to Biblical revelation – e.g. Eph 2; Ro 9.

Eph 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ro 9:15-16
For he says to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy.

Modern Palatable False Gospel (example)
Man is the center and cause of his own salvation, where faith is something man is able to manufacture in the absence of God’s divine intervention. Of course, this runs contrary to Biblical revelation – e.g. Eph 2; Ro 9.

Is 14:14b
“I will make myself like the Most High.”
- Satan

Text from Congregant
Just reading psalms and how the Lord said David was a man after His own heart. In my opinion you are like that also. Even though you've gotten criticism and we lost some people you stuck to what God wanted you to teach. I'm very glad you're my pastor. Thank you for all you do.

The Simplicity of the Gospel of Jesus Christ – 7/15/22
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is very simple to understand. The Gospel is Jesus Christ. He is the good news. He is Lord and Savior. Anyone who chooses to believe in Him will be saved. It’s that simple. Let’s not complicate what God has made so easy to understand.

Pr 16:18
Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Self-Esteem – 7/22/22
Turn away from the mainstream concept of self-esteem – it’s a death-trap. Turn towards Christ and you will have, in effect, turned your back on the bondage of pride…
Pride is nothing more than self-esteem on steroids. Pride kills anything good: love, relationships, health, you name it.

Diet Coke – 7/29/22
Satan and the kingdom of darkness are relentless in pushing counterfeit doctrines. For example, a key ingredient in the recipe for spiritual growth is faith, arguably among the greatest counterfeited of all. However, there is no substitute for faith. To substitute something like human rationalism for faith is to displease God.

Faith Leads to Deliverance
God has never promised to give us all the answers; but, He has promised to give us faith that saves/delivers us (ala Positional, Experiential, and Ultimate Sanctification).

God’s Sovereign Will – 8/5/22
If you read the Book of Genesis once through, quickly, you’ll see that God’s sovereign will is what keeps His salvific plan on track, nothing else. Without God’s direct intervention at every stage of human history (e.g., if man were left to his own devices), man would self-destruct, and we’d all end up in Hell. That’s a fact.

Pharaoh’s Hardened Heart – 8/19/22
With all of this evidence (ten verses establishing God’s sovereign will to harden Pharaoh’s heart and ten verses revealing Pharaoh’s human will to harden his own heart), what shall we conclude? Simple. Both concepts are true!...If you lack [faith] still…do as the apostles did…pray for more faith.