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Explore the importance of faith in pleasing God, as stated in Hebrews 11:6. Discover evidences of God's existence and provision, and understand how faith impacts our relationship with Him and our ability to bear fruit.

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Song Numbers

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  2. Without Faith • Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Without Faith

  3. Without Faith • 1. That God is • God does not argue His existence... • Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Without Faith

  4. Without Faith • 1. That God is - He has already proved His existence by His deeds. • Ps 86:8 There is no one like Thee among the gods, O Lord; • Nor are there any works like Thine. • 9 All nations whom Thou hast made shall come and worship before Thee, O Lord; • And they shall glorify Thy name. • 10 For Thou art great and doest wondrous deeds; Thou alone art God. Without Faith

  5. Without Faith • 1. That God is • Ps 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. • 2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. • 3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.KJV Without Faith

  6. Without Faith • 1. That God is • Jesus gave His deeds (the deeds of God) as the basis of believing. • John 10:37 "If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; • 38 but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father. " Without Faith

  7. Without Faith • 1. That God is • Jesus gave His deeds (the deeds of God) as the basis of believing. • John 14:11 "Believe Me that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; otherwise believe on account of the works themselves. Without Faith

  8. Without Faith • 2. God is rewarder: suggests, provider • Matt 16:8 But Jesus, aware of this, said, "You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? • 9 "Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? • 10 "Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets you took up? Without Faith

  9. Without Faith • 2. God is rewarder: suggests, provider • Matt 6:28 "And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, • 29 yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these. • 30 "But if God so arrays the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more do so for you, O men of little faith? • 31 "Do not be anxious then, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'With what shall we clothe ourselves?' Without Faith

  10. Without Faith • 2. God is rewarder: suggests, provider • Ps 37:25 I have been young, and now I am old; • Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, • Or his descendants begging bread. • 26 All day long he is gracious and lends; • And his descendants are a blessing. Without Faith

  11. Without Faith • 2. God is rewarder: Implication: Faith in the word of God • Acts 27:25 "Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God, that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. • 1 John 5:10 The one who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the witness that God has borne concerning His Son. Without Faith

  12. Without Faith • 1. It is impossible to please God. • Most obvious reason, Faith pleases God • Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. • Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, … Without Faith

  13. Without Faith • 1. It is impossible to please God. • Objective: Pleasing God • Col 1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; • 1 Thess 4:1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that, as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you may excel still more. Without Faith

  14. Without Faith • 1. It is impossible to please God. • Rom 8:5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. • 6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, • 7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so; • 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. Without Faith

  15. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns • John 16:8 "And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin, and righteousness, and judgment; • 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; • 2 Thess 2:11 And for this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they might believe what is false, • 12 in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. Without Faith

  16. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns • Satan’s temptation of Eve: He questioned faith in what God had said. • Gen 3:4 And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely shall not die! • 5 "For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." Without Faith

  17. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns; but with faith, people obey God • Heb 11:7 By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, • Heb 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. Without Faith

  18. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns; but with faith, righteousness rules • Gen 39:9 … How then could I do this great evil, and sin against God?" • Dan 1:8 But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. Without Faith

  19. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns; but with faith, righteousness rules • Heb 11:24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; • 25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin; • 26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. Without Faith

  20. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns • Num 20:12 But the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." Without Faith

  21. Without Faith • 2. Sin reigns; therefore, without faith, you will die in your sins. • John 8:24 "I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you shall die in your sins." Without Faith

  22. Without Faith • 3. Prayers go unanswered • Mark 11:24 "Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they shall be granted you. Without Faith

  23. Without Faith • 3. Prayers go unanswered • Luke 11:9 "And I say to you, ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. • 10 "For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it shall be opened. Without Faith

  24. Without Faith • 3. Prayers go unanswered • 11 "Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? • 12 "Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? • 13 "If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" Without Faith

  25. Without Faith • 3. Prayers go unanswered • James 1:6 But let him ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. • 7 For let not that man expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, • 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. Without Faith

  26. Without Faith • 4. Good (and great) things become Impossible • Heb 11:5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. • 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. Without Faith

  27. Without Faith • 4. Good (and great) things become Impossible • Matt 14:30 But seeing the wind, he became afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" • 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" Without Faith

  28. Without Faith • 4. Good (and great) things become Impossible • Mark 11:22 And Jesus answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. • 23 "Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it shall be granted him. Without Faith

  29. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • Add to faith virtue. • 2 Peter 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; KJV • Without faith; nothing to which to add virtue. • Virtue: Manliness… valor… moral excellence! Without Faith

  30. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • Mark 4:36 And leaving the multitude, they took Him along with them, just as He was, in the boat; and other boats were with Him. • 37 And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. Without Faith

  31. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • 38 And He Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" • 39 And being aroused, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. • 40 And He said to them, "Why are you so timid? How is it that you have no faith?" Without Faith

  32. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • 1 Sam 17:8-11 • 8 And he stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. … • 11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. Without Faith

  33. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • 1 Sam 17:36 Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." • 37 And David said, "The Lord who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Without Faith

  34. Without Faith • 5. There is no courage. • Dan 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter. • 17 "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. Without Faith

  35. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Heb 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. • Hope of the reward • Rewarder = Misthapodotes (Gr); a remunerator, one who pays wages. • God pays wages (Rom 6:23) Without Faith

  36. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Future Reward (wage) produces hope • Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. • Heb 6:11 And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, • 12 that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. Without Faith

  37. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Future Reward (wage) produces hope • Heb 6:17 In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, • 18 in order that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have fled for refuge in laying hold of the hope set before us. Without Faith

  38. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Future Reward (wage) produces hope • Heb 6:19This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, Without Faith

  39. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Wages of faith • John 4:34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work. • 35 "Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. Without Faith

  40. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Wages of faith • John 4:36 "Already he who reaps is receiving wages, and is gathering fruit for life eternal; that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. • 37 "For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows, and another reaps.' • 38 "I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labor." Without Faith

  41. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • 1 Peter 1:8 and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, • 9 obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls. Without Faith

  42. Without Faith • 6. No basis for Hope • Heb 11:39 And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they should not be made perfect. Without Faith

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