things but it could not lift man to where God wanted man to live. So one of those words is faith. [Music]

praise the lord we're glad that we can come around his word again last sunday we were looking at the marks of true faith and we saw that the first of those marks was that a person keeps a good conscience

you in that line particularly in the New Testament in the New Covenant in the old Covenant there was not much emphasis on faith in fact Faith was not he hardly ever mentioned in the

holy as much as we have faith for David in the macabre a beacon of until number Cora which must endure love a three window at the Torah Windham buddy within the province a tomorrow we can picture faith like a vessel and we keep outside

you know that nowadays we hear a lot about faith there's a whole movement called the word of faith movement and i have serious questions about it because it emphasizes only

praise the Lord this is a day the Lord has made and every day is the day the Lord is made so we rejoice and are glad in it so today I want to begin a series on the marks of true faith see faith is

that in verse six without faith it is is impossible to please God whatever else you may do you may do 101

when we think of faith we think of what we believe in our mind i've understood these truths and i believe it but it doesn't seem to bring the power of god and it goes on to say that in this gospel the righteousness of god is revealed

yourself over others and God gives his grace to the humble uh we must believe that it is God's will when we speak about faith

midway through Jesus three and a half year Ministry if so Jesus had already been with his disciples for a year and a half or so and within that time he expected them to have faith

Another picture of faith that's helped me a lot is the branch that is in a tree that say in Jesus used use the example of the vine because that is the most common thing there. Today we can use the example of apples or oranges

we're thinking our subject is you know discipleship and faith the reason I chose that subject was because those are the two most important things that Jesus spoke about if you read the Gospels he

Zac Poonen the true grace of God you'll hear both those messages there. The second important word is in the New Testament is faith. There is not very little about mentioned in faith about faith in the Old Covenant even though they lived by faith as we read in

that's very important and you know in the new testament in hebrews 11 it says it's by faith that abel let me show you that verse and then we'll come back here in hebrews chapter 11 it says by faith

would be very difficult to find on the earth is faith. He said that in Luke chapter 18. When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? Luke

A couple of Sundays ago I'd spoken here on faith. Before that for two Sundays I'd spoken on grace. Now the reason for that is these are two of the most important words in the New Testament.

but it must sink into our hearts and that's why I felt a burden to speak about it again without faith verse six it is impossible to please God for he who comes to God must

women can bear children, and if they continue in faith and love and sanctity and self-restraint, they can bring those children to salvation and lead them up to be godly young men and women for the next

true it's a heart that God sees then he accepts our offering that's very important and you know in the New Testament in Hebrews 11 it says it's by faith that Abel let me show you that verse then we'll come back here in

the sincere faith which was first in your grandmother Lo and your mother Uniki. So the grandmother was a god-fearing woman and tried to bring up her daughter in a good way but somehow she had married a great man and but anyway she repented and so she

day the sixth day it's very good now the question is whether you have faith for it when you look at the wrong things you did in your life and we all have done wrong things first of all we must believe that