Luke 18:8 “I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes,...

Always Faithful

Luke 18:8

“I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless,

when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the

earth?”

What does it mean to be Faithful to God?


1. Living without lust, getting victory over sinful habits?


1. Living without lust, getting victory over sinful

habits?

2. Bible reading—prayer—giving— church attendance?.


1. Living without lust, getting victory over sinful

habits?

2. Bible reading—prayer—giving— church attendance?.

3. Doing good deeds—abstaining from bad behavior?

I Cor. 13:3—

• Right things must be done the right way.

I Cor. 13:3

• Right things must be done the right way.

“ And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it

profits me nothing”

What does it mean to be faithful?

What does it mean to be faithful?

• Hebrews 13:1-6

Hebrews 3:1-6

1Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the

Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2 who was

faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house. 3 For this One has been

counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the

house has more honor than the house.

Hebrews 3:1-6

4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.

5 And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward, 6 but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

I. Don’t Allow Unbelief to Take Root— v.9-12

Hebrews 3:9-12

9 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were

righteous, and despised others: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a

Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other men—extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all

that I possess.”

I. Don’t Allow Unbelief to Take Root—v.9-12

A. Evil heart of unbelief=hardening of heart—v.7-11

Don’t Allow Unbelief to Take Root—v.9-12


1. Israel—Deut.1:7-8, 25-32

Deut.1:7-87 Turn and take your journey, and go to the

mountains of the Amorites, to all the neighboring places in the plain, in the

mountains and in the lowland, in the South and on the seacoast, to the land of the

Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the River Euphrates. 8 See, I have set the land before you; go in and

possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give to them and their descendants after

them.’

Deut.1:25-32

25 They also took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and

brought it down to us; and they brought back word to us, saying, ‘It is a good land which the Lord

our God is giving us.’26 “Nevertheless you would not go up, but rebelled against the

command of the Lord your God;

Deut.1:25-3227 and you complained in your tents, and said, ‘Because the Lord hates us, He has

brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy

us.28 Where can we go up? Our brethren have discouraged our hearts, saying, “The people are greater and taller than we; the cities are great and fortified up to heaven; moreover

we have seen the sons of the Anakim there.”’

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them

Deut.1:25-32

29 “Then I said to you, ‘Do not be terrified, or afraid of them30 The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, 31 and in the wilderness where you saw how

the Lord your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you

went until you came to this place.’ 32 Yet, for all that, you did not believe

the Lord your God,



1. Israel—Deut.1:7-8, 25-322. Disciples—Mark 16:9-14

Mark 16:9-14

9 Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe.

Mark 16:9-14

12 After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as they walked and

went into the country. 13 And they went and told it to the rest, but they did

not believe them either. 14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at

the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did

not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen.

I. Don’t Allow Unbelief to Take Root

• “Unbelief will destroy the best of us. Faith will save the worse of us.” CHS


• “Unbelief will destroy the best of us. Faith will save the worse of us.” CHS

• Hebrews 4:1-2

Hebrews 4:1-2

1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well

as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not

being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

II. Don’t listen to lies of the enemyHeb. 4:9-13

Heb. 4:9-13

9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he

who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works

as God did from His. 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to

the same example of disobedience.

Heb. 4:9-13

12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the

division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the

thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden

from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom

we must give account.

II. Don’t listen to the Lies of the Enemy

A. Uses most subtle, convincing lies against

those determined to enter God’s provided rest.




Place of :




Place of :1. Total trust in His Word




Place of :1. Total trust in His Word2. Stopped striving to achieve salvation by

own efforts


A. Uses most subtle, convincing lies against those determined to enter God’s provided rest.

Place of :1. Total trust in His Word2. Stopped striving to achieve salvation by own

efforts3. Learn dependence on Holy Spirit


B. Just when you think you are making spiritual progress…


B. Just when you think you are making spiritual progress…C. Lies



1.” You are not making spiritual progress”




2. “You are too weak for spiritual warfare”.




2. “You are too weak for spiritual warfare”.

3. “God is not with you”-Deut. 4:29


C. Lies1.” You are not making spiritual

progress”2. “You are too weak for spiritual

warfare”. 3. “God is not with you”-Deut. 4:29

“29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. ”

III. Access the Throne -Heb.4:14-16

Heb.4:14-16 14 Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through

the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find

grace to help in time of need.

III. Access the Throne

A. Two great provisions to encourage faith.



1. Word



1. Word2. Ministry of Christ our Great

High Priest


A. Two great provisions to encourage faith.1. Word2. Ministry of Christ our Great High Priest

B. V. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who

cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

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