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God
demands
that
we
each
be
faithful
as
stewards
of
the
mysteries
of
God
.
The
mysteries
of
God
are
in
the
gospel
that
we
are
to
take
to
the
entire
world
like
pastor
preached
this
morning.
God
brought
persecution
on
the
Jerusalem
church
because,
while
they
obeyed,
they
did
not
have
complete
obedience.
God
wants
us
to
use
what
He
gave
us
for
evangelizing
the
world.
Sometimes
we
must
do
this
directly
and
sometimes
indirectly.
PAME
does
this
indirectly
by
providing
support
to
people
who
are
directly
spreading
the
gospel.
The
new
kitchen
and
dining
facilities
will
provide
indirect
support
by
helping
to
feed
people
who
are
being
trained
to
go
out
and
spread
the
gospel.
Regardless
if
your
work
is
directly
spreading
the
gospel
or
indirectly
doing
so
by
helping
those
who
are
doing
the
direct
work,
God
wants
your
time,
your
talents
and
your
tithe
(money)
faithfully
used
as
stewards
of
what
He
gave
you.
A
faithful
person
is
full
of
faith
all
of
the
time.
In
order
for
us
to
better
understand
this,
we
have
a
simple
3-point
message
with
lots
of
Bible
to
back
it.
be weariedunless we
consider Jesus.
the author of our faithwhich means that He wrote the pattern that we are to follow for living in the flesh using the power of the Holy Ghost. This is found in the Gospels.
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. We are to endure all circumstances in this life in order to get eternal reward.
consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself. Even after being saved we still sin and He is still
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.(1John 1:9).
he sought it carefully with tears. If you reject or even just put-off the opportunities that God gives you today there is no guarantee of another chance tomorrow. The Jews rejected going into the Promised Land one day. They tried to do right the next day and it was too late. All who rejected wandered in the wilderness until they died.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God. God gives us His
grace. But if we fail to use it the way that He wants then we will
fail of the grace of God. In fact, we are also warned that if we just aren't
Looking diligentlythen we will
fail of the grace of God. We must be constantly looking at what God gives to us and be constantly for how God wants us to use those things or we will
fail of the grace of God.
lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. We can get a
root of bitternessand we can be
defiledif we
fail of the grace of God.
receiving a kingdom which cannot be movedif we live by faith. We are warned about losing eternal rewards when we refuse to live by faith. Notice the warning of our last verse which is:
For our God is a consuming fire.
gracebecause we are
receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report.
obtained a good reportwhich means that God testified about their living by faith.
faith ismeans this is a definition of Biblical
faith. The word
substancemeans that it can be detected by our physical senses. What is in your head and your heart is a
beliefand not
faithbecause it has no
substanceuntil you act on it.
faith.
Faithis an action verb which produces
works. If there are no
worksthen there was no action and no true Biblical
faith.
the evidence of things not seen.
Evidencecan be separated from the person producing it and used in court to prove a claim. What is
not seenis a promise of God before someone acts on that promise. Our acting on the promise of God is
:evidenceeven before we produce
worksor receive the promised blessings. In our chapter we have
evidenceof people acting by
faitheven though there is no evidence of the results.
faith. Failure to follow the examples is failure to
live by faith.
faithto separate the spiritual from the physical.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. ).
Faithrequires us to keep our eyes on Heaven and ignore things of this life which go against the promises of God.
Faithlets us see the future.
Faithlets us stand for God even when threatened with jail and death.
Faithputs the things of God above the best riches of this world.
Faithtakes us to strange lands and dangers when we know it is God's will.
Faithlets us see and experience miracles in this life.
faithlets us see God's protection and provision
faithlets us continue even without relief or reward from God because we know that our spiritual reward will be greater for acts of
faithwhich are not rewarded in this life.
faithful stewards of the mysteries of God. They were willing to suffer ant loss in this world for the advancement of God's kingdom and believed God's promise of reward for their faithfulness. Anyone not wiling to do the same is not a
faithful steward of the mysteries of God.
Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
I want that mountain. He was assured of victory because of his earlier faith.
entered God's restwhich means that he concentrated on doing God's work and
restedfrom providing his own needs. As a steward of God, he knew that it was God's responsibility to provide for his needs.