TEXT: By faith Abel — Heb. 11:4.
INTRODUCTION: In the physical realm, higher life (man) is sustained by the death of lower life — animal and vegetable. In the spiritual realm, lower life (man) is sustained by the death of higher life - God.
We see, one lamb for ONE MAN — Abel. He worshipped God with an offering — a lamb sacrifice. We see, one lamb for ONE FAMILY — the Passover Night. This lamb was to be — “without spot or blemish, a male…a lamb for a house” (Exo. 12:3). We see, one lamb for ONE NATION — the Great Day of Atonement. This was the day the high priest went into the Holy of Holies once a year. A scarlet rope was tied to his ankle. If he should die while in there, he could be extracted. When he had concluded with the sprinkling of the blood, and came out, he shouted — “it is finished!”
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Wealth of Faith
TEXT: Heb. 11:1-2.Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report –
INTRODUCTION: The word “faith” is used 242 times in the Scriptures; yet it is one of the most neglected doctrines of the Bible.
It is one thing to believe that God CAN; it is quite another to believe that God WILL. This principle is the real test of spiritual faith. Yes, we say we believe God CAN because God is God - and God can do anything. However, to believe that God WILL is faith in practice - predicated, of course, upon His perfect will.
Doubt is of the mind, unbelief is of the will, but faith is of the heart. Someone has said, “if your faith fizzles out before the finish, in all probability it had a flaw from the first.”
Dr. Porter Barrington says, “faith does not make anything easy, but it does make all things possible.”
The wealth of faith involves the –
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