Faith Demonstrated

Text: He. 11

Introduction:

Principles of faith

I. Examples of faith

A. Abel: Genuine faith

1. Genuine faith involves the blood

2. Genuine faith speaks

3. Genuine faith can end in a premature death

B. Enoch: Glorious faith

1. Resulted in a glorious translation

2. Resulted in pleasing God

C. Noah: Fearful faith

1. Caused him to work

2. Caused him to pass it on to his family

3. Caused him to work in spite of opposition and ridicule

D. Abraham: Justifying faith

1. Resulted in good works

2. Resulted in leaving family

3. Resulted in going to a place he had not seen

4. Resulted in a miraculous child

E. Isaac

F. Jacob

1. A cheater can have faith instead of wits

G. Jepthah: (Judges 11)

II. Lessons of faith

A. Outward prosperity is not an indication of the inward condition

1. Abel died

2. Many faced persecution

B. Genuine faith does produce good works

1. Lack of genuine conversion in US

2. Cp. Eph. 2:8-10; James 2

C. Faith is doing what is right, not what is expedient

D. It is impossible to please God without faith

E. Genuine spiritual victories are by faith