The Lord Church Today's Church Service is all about is faith a waste of time?
Today's main scripture is Hebrews 11 verse 1 and this is taken from the New
King James Version. It says,
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. So faith is the key
to what? To hope, to believe that it is done. Faith is the essence, pure essence of trust.
The thing about it is that when we want something we expect it right away.
And when it doesn't happen we say that God doesn't love us or God has turned his back on us.
So what's the point? The point is typically we believe on the account of seeing but what about
the account of just believing? When we decide to have faith and we put in the effort we will know
in time that faith is worth every minute of our time. Our second scripture is Romans 5 verse 1
through 2 and this is taken from the ESV version. It says, Therefore, since we have been justified
by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained
access by faith into this grace in which we stand and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
So this is saying, the scripture is saying, that when we are saved we are saved by faith,
not by good works. The time that we spend now to accept Jesus Christ as our Savior,
we get to learn more about him and grow more in him. And it is not a waste of time because
it is a moment that will change our lives forever. But the issue is our thinking, we doubt. The problem
is that we want to see it now. We want to see Jesus right in front of us. What if God wants us to
believe in him without seeing him? Why doesn't he just bring us a sign and tell us that I am Jesus
except me? The reason is that he is stretching our newborn faith. Our last scripture is Matthew
17 verse 20 and this is taken from the NIV version. It says, he replied, because you have so little
faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain,
move from here to there and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.
Again, faith takes time. God wants to help us to grow in him because faith without works is death.
God has given us the power and the authority to move mountains. The only way to have faith is to
believe that Jesus Christ is, was, and forever shall be the Son of God and is the King of the
universe. And we are reminded who is with us as followers of Christ. We know that faith is the
heart of a true believer. So our points today are one key. It is critical to understand faith is not
a waste of time, but it is essential not only to live but to thrive in Christ. Faith is the reason
of our whole being to trust. Two importance. God gave us faith to show us how critical it is
and that we need him so we can have a reconciled intimate relationship with him through our Lord
and Savior Jesus Christ. Three time. God is stretching us, molding us, growing us as men and women of
faith. And it takes time and consistency to transform us into the likeness of Christ while
building unwavering faith. So if you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
then this message will help you. But if you don't have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ,
then I invite you to give your heart to the Lord today. To receive him into your heart,
go to Romans 10 9 through 10. It says, 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. For with the heart one
believes onto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made onto salvation. If you said
this prayer with sincerity, you are saved and now have eternal life with Jesus. You are saved from
all your sins, past, present and future sins you may commit. This truth is not a free past to
sin anytime. Instead, Jesus gives you power over all wrong choices and empowers you to spread the
gospel to others. You are saved forever and your name is written in the book of life.