Life Is Better With Jesus #2

Main Thought: “In our growing faith: life is better with Jesus.”

• A BEGINNING FAITH
  • John 4:46-47
  • There was a desperate need
    • John 4:46
  • There was hearing about Jesus
    • John 4:47a
  • There was coming to Jesus
    • John 4:47
    • Jeremiah 17:7
  • There was begging Jesus for help
    • John 4:47
• A PERSISTENT FAITH
  • John 4:48-49
  • A lesson in faith
  • A frantic insistence
    • Jeremiah 29:13
    • Hebrews 11:6
• A TRUSTING, OBEDIENT, AND WORKING FAITH
  • John 4:50
  • The charge and the promise of Jesus was forceful
  • The man’s belief in Jesus’ Word and his obedience
  • Both faith and obedience were necessary to receive the promise and help of Jesus
• A CONFIRMED FAITH
  • John 4:51-53
• A WITNESSING FAITH
  • John 4:53-54

Application:

2 Thessalonians 1:3

• What does it mean to have a growing faith? Faith in Christ simply means that a person believes in the Lord Jesus Christ; he trusts Christ to take care of his life.
• A growing faith in Jesus Christ simply means that a person learns to trust and depend upon Christ more and more:
  • to provide for our daily necessities.
    • Matthew 6:33
  • to deliver us through the trials and temptations of life
    • 2 Thessalonians 2:4
  • comfort us through the losses of life
    • 2 Timothy 4:18
    • 1 Peter 5:7
    • Psalm 23:4
  • teach us the truth
    • 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:3
  • to guide and help us to hold fast to the teachings of Christ
    • 2 Thessalonians 2:15; 3:42 Th. 2:15; 3:4
  • to strengthen us to walk a life that is separated from the world and totally dedicated to God
    • 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 7-7

Question: “Is my faith in Jesus a Growing faith?”