Submitted by admin on Mon, 25/01/2010 - 4:24pm
MP3 File:
Video clip shown by Pastor Fred...how radical faith rescues you from insurmountable odds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3VDG-U8u2o
Radicalis (Latin) means
"from the root..."
Radical Faith
As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. Col 2:6-7
IF indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven...
Col 1:23
Christian Faith...
Faith saves
Luke 7:48-50 Your faith has saved you; go in peace.
Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through faith
Faith heals
Luke 8:48 your faith has made you well; go in peace.
Acts 3:16 "And on the basis of faith in His name... this perfect health in the presence of you all.
Faith Sanctifies
Acts 15:9 cleansing their hearts by faith.
Faith gives life to living!
Rom 1:17 But the righteous man shall live by faith.
Faith moves mountains
Matt 21:21 ...if you have faith, and do not doubt, ...even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it shall happen.
Faith sees in the darkness
2 Cor 5:7 for we walk by faith, not by sight
Faith enables you to understand creation itself
Heb 11:3 By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God...
Faith can fail
1 Tim 6:10 ... some...have wandered away from the faith, and pierced themselves with many a pang.
1 Tim 5:8 ...he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Luke 22:32 but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; ...
Radical Faith...
1. Radical faith washes feet
John 13:3-5,12-15
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God, and was going back to God, rose from supper, and laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself about. Then He poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded...
And so when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments, and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.
2. Radical faith forgives
Matt 6:14-15 "For if you forgive men for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.
Mark 11:25 "And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your transgressions.
Luke 17:3-5 "Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him." And the apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
3. Radical faith takes a fearless moral inventory
1 Cor 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
2 Cor 13:5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you-- unless indeed you fail the test?
4. Radical faith frees from the need for people's approval
John 12:42-43 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue; for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.
John 5:44 "How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another, and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God?
How do you grow radical faith?
Rom 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ.
Luke 8:15 "And the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance.