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A Confident Christian life.
Hebrew 11:4-7
INTRODUCTION:__________________________________________________________________________
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* Quote: “Faith doesn’t make things easy, it makes them possible.”
3 definitions of faith,
“Faith is taking hold of God.”
“Faith is holding on to God.”
“Faith is not letting go!”
1. ________________ with the ____________________ _______________________. (V.4)
* Quote: Spiritual formation “an intentional Christian practice that has as its goal the development of
spiritual maturity that leads to Christ-likeness.” *
* Formation essentially gives us this idea of being raised up a certain way. *
Genesis 4:1-8, “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a
man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain
was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the
ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat
thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he
had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the LORD said unto Cain, Why
art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if
thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over
him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain
rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
A. God’s _______________________________.
Hebrews 9:22, “almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission.”
Romans 3:23-25, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his
grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
(sacrifice) through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;”
* Quote: John Philips, “Cain’s religion that was to refined to kill a lamb, was not to refined to murder
Abel.” *
B. A _________________ for ____________________.
*Quote: "if you want to get to the heart of the issue you must examine the issue with the heart.”
What are ways that we may be challenge to adjust our doctrine?
2. ________________ with the right ________________________. (V.5)
* Quote: R.B. Ouellette “Faith is 1% more than doubt.”
* NOT the Enoch of Hebrews 11:5 *
Gen. 4:17, “And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called
the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.”
* The Enoch of Hebrews 11:5 *
Gen 5:22 “And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons
and daughters:”
Jude14-16, “And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord
cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are
ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. These are murmurers, complainers, walking
after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in
admiration because of advantage.”
CONCLUSION:
*Illustration: Joe Dimaggio "The Yankees were comfortably ahead in the pennant race, when Joe
DiMaggio was asked why he continued to play so hard. He said, “Because there might be somebody out
there who’s never seen me play.”
Bethel Baptist Church * 463 Ypres St. Duncan, BC. V9L 3T7 * www.bethelbc.ca * 250-746-7432