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The Lord Church Today's Church Service is all about is faith a waste of time?

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Today's main scripture is Hebrews 11 verse 1 and this is taken from the New

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King James Version. It says,

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So faith is the key

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to what? To hope, to believe that it is done. Faith is the essence, pure essence of trust.

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The thing about it is that when we want something we expect it right away.

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And when it doesn't happen we say that God doesn't love us or God has turned his back on us.

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So what's the point? The point is typically we believe on the account of seeing but what about

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the account of just believing? When we decide to have faith and we put in the effort we will know

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in time that faith is worth every minute of our time. Our second scripture is Romans 5 verse 1

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through 2 and this is taken from the ESV version. It says, Therefore, since we have been justified

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by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained

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access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

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So this is saying, the scripture is saying, that when we are saved we are saved by faith,

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not by good works. The time that we spend now to accept Jesus Christ as our Savior,

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we get to learn more about him and grow more in him. And it is not a waste of time because

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it is a moment that will change our lives forever. But the issue is our thinking, we doubt. The problem

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is that we want to see it now. We want to see Jesus right in front of us. What if God wants us to

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believe in him without seeing him? Why doesn't he just bring us a sign and tell us that I am Jesus

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except me? The reason is that he is stretching our newborn faith. Our last scripture is Matthew

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17 verse 20 and this is taken from the NIV version. It says, he replied, because you have so little

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faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,

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move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.

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Again, faith takes time. God wants to help us to grow in him because faith without works is death.

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God has given us the power and the authority to move mountains. The only way to have faith is to

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believe that Jesus Christ is, was, and forever shall be the Son of God and is the King of the

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universe. And we are reminded who is with us as followers of Christ. We know that faith is the

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heart of a true believer. So our points today are one key. It is critical to understand faith is not

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a waste of time, but it is essential not only to live but to thrive in Christ. Faith is the reason

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of our whole being to trust. Two importance. God gave us faith to show us how critical it is

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and that we need him so we can have a reconciled intimate relationship with him through our Lord

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and Savior Jesus Christ. Three time. God is stretching us, molding us, growing us as men and women of

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faith. And it takes time and consistency to transform us into the likeness of Christ while

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building unwavering faith. So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,

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then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,

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then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today. To receive him into your heart,

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go to Romans 10 9 through 10. It says, if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe

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in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one

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believes onto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made onto salvation. If you said

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this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from

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all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit. This truth is not a free past to

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

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