Talk 2: Faith and Confidence
Intro: What makes you think you can just call out to God?
Discussion question:
Are you more inclined to take access to God for granted or to feel like you will be turned away?
What is unbelief?
Gen 3:1–6; Ps 14:1–7; 1 John 5:10
Who is guilty of it?
Num 14:11; Ps 78:21–22; John 16:8–9
What are the consequences?
Ps 78:21–22, John 3:18, 36; Heb 3:16–19
The Christian and unbelief
Heb 3:12–13, 4:11–16
So…presumption is foolish!
Faith: achieves nothing on its own
1 Cor 15:14
Faith: acknowledges all the work is done
Heb 9:13–14, 25–26, 10:11–14, 19–25
Faith: receives the gift of justification
Rom 3:21–25,27–28, 4:4, 4:13–17; 5:1–2; Gal 2:16
Faith: is credited as righteousness
Gen 15:6; Rom 4:2–5, 22–25; Phil 3:7–9
Faith: binds us to Christ who is righteous
Eph 3:17; Phil 3:7–9; 2 Cor 5:21
So… you will never be turned away!
So… faith comes confidently to God!
We are Children of God
John 1:12; Gal 3:26
We are forgiven
Acts 10:43
We receive the Holy Spirit
Acts 19:2; Gal 3:14
We have cleansed heart
Acts 15:9
We stand in grace
Rom 5:2
We are a pleasing offering to God
Phil 2:17
Rom 1:17
Jesus has life in himself
John 5:26
Coming to him in faith means sharing in his life
John 3:16, 6:40, 11:25
Call: Believe the good news
Mark 1:14–15; John 6:29; Acts 16:31; 1 John 3:23
Challenge: Test self to see if in the faith
2 Cor 13:5
If no, then call out to the Lord today
Joel 2:32; John 3:16, 5:24
If yes, then come with real boldness and confidence
Eph 3:11–12; Heb 10:19–22
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
(Heb 10:19-22 ESV)
