Great Faith | Looking For A Sign
Looking for a Sign: “Great Faith”
Looking for a Sign: “Great Faith”
John 5:30, 6:38-40, 12:49-50, 14:10-14
CIRCUMSTANTIAL Faith: Trusting in God and believing in God based on my ability to FIND God in my CIRCUMSTANCES.
The foundation of our faith is something that happened in our HISTORY and not in our LIFETIME.
FAITH is CONFIDENCE that God IS who He says He is, and that He will DO what He PROMISED to do.
The BRIDGE between Hope and Faith is always the PROMISE of God.
JESUS was also called to live His life by FAITH.
Real faith can be a bit SCARY for us.
Great FAITH is great SURRENDER.
“By myself I can do NOTHING, I judge only as I HEAR and my judgement is just for I seek NOT to please MYSELF but HIM who sent me. “ John 5:30
“I did not SPEAK on my OWN but the FATHER who sent me COMMANDED me what to say and HOW to say it.” John 12:49
“I know that HIS command LEADS to eternal LIFE. So, whatever I say is just what the FATHER told me to say.” John 12:50
“For I have come down from heaven NOT to do MY will, but to do THE WILL of HIM who SENT me.” John 6:38
“My FATHER’S WILL is that EVERYONE who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall HAVE eternal LIFE and I will raise them up at the last day.” John 6:40
“The WORDS I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father living in me, who is doing HIS WORK.” John 14:10
Broken people call Jesus’ name and He ANSWERS.
Questions:
1. What do you think: Are we all victims of fate? Or do we determine our own futures?
2. Re-read John 12:49-50. If we believe this is true, how does this impact us surrendering control to our Heavenly Father?
3. No matter how long you’ve been following Jesus all of us have parts of our life we struggle to give up control over. What types of things do you struggle to do this with the most.