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Praise the Lord Church, today's topic is all about faithfulness and remaining faithful.

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Our main scripture today is Galatians 5, 22 through 23 in the ESV version.

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It says, but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

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Now if you see here, faithfulness is part of the fruit of the Spirit.

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But sometimes faithfulness can be overlooked.

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What does it exactly mean to be faithful?

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Well, faithfulness means to be full of faith.

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Believing in Jesus is the first step to salvation.

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To be growing and to be sanctified, we have to keep believing, having faith in Jesus.

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And when we are full of faith, when we are committed to Jesus, we take that same love and show it to others.

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You can hear the term being faithful to your friends, and we can even be faithful stewards over what we have.

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The second scripture I want to talk to you about is 2 Corinthians 5, verse 7 in the ESV version.

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And it says, for we walk by faith, not by sight.

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Faith means to completely put your trust in Jesus.

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Because when we look into past circumstances, we have enough evidence to know why we should even trust Him in the first place.

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Our faith should only be in Jesus.

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Because when we put our faith in other things, it will draw us away from Christ.

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Faith is so important because strong relationships are built on it.

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Faith is the foundation of our relationship with Jesus.

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The last scripture is Revelation 2, verse 10.

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It says, do not fear what you are about to suffer.

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Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison.

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That you may be tested, and for 10 days you will have tribulation.

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Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

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If your friends got sick, or if your friends going through really hard time, you pray with them.

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Part of Godly love is to stay committed.

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And love is an ongoing thing, so should our faith in Jesus.

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Because in Galatians 5, verse 22-23, it starts off with love.

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Because Godly love includes joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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The more we put our faith in Jesus, the more others will be able to trust us.

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Because our walk with Christ should only be getting stronger.

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And even though it's not the easy way, the way we learn and get stronger is by going through hard situation, by going through tribulations.

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Our points for today are one.

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Faithfulness equals committed to Jesus, even when things get difficult.

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The second point is trust Jesus, not things or people.

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And the third point is Jesus was the ultimate example of being faithful and obedient unto death.

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And the more we grow, the more we're trying to be like Jesus.

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So we should be faithful and obedient, even if it means that we lose some friends.

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Or even if it means that circumstances happen.

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But we should always remember that when something is unto Jesus, it's always for the good.

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So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then this message will help you.

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But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today.

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To receive Him into your heart, go to Romans 10, 9 through 10.

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It says that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

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If you said this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus.

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You are saved from all your sins, past, present, and future, sins you may commit.

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This truth is not a free past to sin any time.

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Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the gospel to others.

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You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.