AOY 2014: Now Is the Time

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Army Of Youth

Righteousness By Faith

Benjamin Ng

1. Living by faith

2. What is Faith?

3. Righteousness By Works

4. Saving Faith

5. The Woman of Romans 7

6. Christian Perfection - Romans 8

Father in heaven, thank you for this day again that you've given to us for the gift of life.

Thank you for bringing us here again to study your word and I pray that you would please be with us.

Help us to continue to understand in a deeper way what it means to exercise faith.

And I pray Lord that you would guide us through this time.

Okay, today what I want to do is in this session look at saving faith.

And we already know that, but I'm gonna give you another few examples from the Bible, okay?

About how essential faith is to our salvation.

And it's interesting, as I was sitting there in the morning devotion, were you thinking about righteousness by faith?

And then he quoted again Hebrews 11 verse 7, right?

And We look at that righteousness but like I said many times we miss out faith which is so important which is so essential for us to be saved.

Let's go to Romans chapter 10 Romans chapter 10 starting in verse 6.

We're going to read all the way to verse 9.

And today, yes, we're going to put the finishing touches on the importance of the law of God for obedience and everything but in Romans chapter 10 verse 6 the Bible begins by saying this but the righteousness which is of what?

Faith speaketh on this wise say not in thine heart who shall ascend to heaven that is to bring Christ down from above or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring Christ again from the dead, but what saith it, the word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that is the word of what?

Faith, which we preach, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.

How are we saved according to those last 2 verses or even that last verse?

Look, The only way that we can be saved is once again through belief.

And you know, if we have that faith, the Bible says we will what?

But in verse 8 it says, What saith it, the word is nigh in thee, even in thy mouth and in thy heart.

So Somehow faith has also got to do with the application of us confessing or speaking from our heart.

And that's why Noah was a preacher of righteousness.

Because when he had faith, the faith led him to do things that were already in his heart.

And that's something that really runs through many of these characters that we've talked about and even the character that was highlighted this morning in Noah.

You see, we looked at Abraham yesterday, right?

And we looked at a few things about Abraham.

Did Abraham know God's command in Genesis 12, verse 1 and 2?

Okay, what was the command of God in Genesis 12, 1 and 2?

Leave your house, leave your kindred, everybody, right?

But then when it came to Genesis 22 and he wanted him to offer his son Isaac on a mountain, right?

He had no idea why God wanted him to do this, except the command was clear.

He didn't understand the reason, yet he still obeyed.

Many a times, we refuse to obey until we have a clear reason why.

God, tell me the reason why before I do it.

You know, Abraham could have stopped there and said, you know, I'll look like pagan people.

They offer their children up for sacrifice too.

Give them the wrong message of who you are.

He could have had many reasons not to obey.

I hope you've been applying what you've been learning.

God, if you're struggling with something in your heart, God, help me to change.

Not because of something that I can do, but because your Word said I can be perfect.

Did you claim that promise this morning like that?

You got to allow these lessons to begin to change your life.

But here in Romans chapter 10 as we've just looked at, we're reminded again faith is the very substance that saves us and nothing else.

Acts 16, Acts chapter 16, verses 30 and 31.

This is when Paul and Silas were caught as prisoners and they were sitting in the jail cells praying and singing with 1 another and God shook the whole prison right?

And the prisoners were free and the guard was about to kill himself because if the prisoners got free and ran away his head would be on the chopping block.

And then Paul calls out and says, don't, don't, don't kill yourself, we're all here, right?

And in verse 29 they come and the guard falls down before them and he asks this question in verse 30.

And brought them out and said, sirs, what must I do to be saved?

Series

Righteousness By Faith

4. Saving Faith

Transcript

Parent Series

Parent Conference

Sponsor

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