First Southern Baptist Church of Independence, KS

Habakkuk's Complaints and God's Answers.

Fake Faith Feeds on Fear

2 Tim 1:7

7 for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

I. God Provides Power in Genuine Faith.

II. God Provides Love in Genuine Faith.

III. God Provides Self-Control in Genuine Faith.

Fake Faith:

Part 4: Conditional Love

Luke 10:25-29

Luke 10:25    And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

I. Genuine Faith Knows Whom to Love.

II. Genuine Faith Knows How To Love.

III. Genuine Faith Knows Why to Love.

Fake Faith

It’s All About Me

Luke 9:23

I. Genuine Saving Faith Focuses On Christ.

II. Genuine Saving Faith Suffers With Christ.

III. Genuine Saving Faith Follows Christ.

Fake Faith

Changing Salvation

Eph 2:8-10

Eph. 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that

we should walk in them.

I. Genuine Faith Recognizes Salvation only Comes From God

II. Genuine Faith Understands Salvation Requires Faith In God

III. Genuine Faith Evidences Salvation By Good Works For God

Fake Faith: Denying the Word

Gen 3:1, 2 Tim 3:16

I. Genuine Faith Accepts the Word of God

II. Genuine Faith Practices the Word of God

III. Genuine Faith Proclaims the Word of God

Giving God’s Way

The Prayer in Giving

2 Cor 9:14

I. Giving God’s Way Causes People to Pray For You!

II. Giving God’s Way Helps you Pray For Others!

III. Giving God’s Way Brings Praise to God Because of His Grace!

Called to Follow Called to Serve

Matt 20:20-28

By: Asa Peebles

I. Misunderstanding Greatness vvs 20-23

II. Loosing Greatness vvs 24-25

III. Finding Greatness vvs 26-28

Giving God’s Way

The Gospel in Giving

2 Cor 9:13

13 By their approval of this service, they will glorify God because of your

submission that comes from your confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others,

I. Giving God’s Way Approves of the Ministry of Christ

II. Giving God’s Way Submits to the Will of Christ

III. Giving God’s Way Confesses the Gospel of Christ

Giving God’s Way

Thankfulness in Giving

2 Cor 9:12

12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.

I. We Can be Thankful in Giving Because God Meets Needs

II. We Can Be Thankful in Giving Because God Uses Us.

III. We Can Be Thankful in Giving Because God Makes us Thankful.