THE RACE OF FAITH

Romans 4message seven

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS

1. The essence of faith is when you refuse to be held captive to a status quo comfort zone

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS

2. Faith responds by allowing God to upset what you are used to, in order to move you forward to where you will be used

AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS

3. Faith recognizes that you’ve got to believe in God anyhow, and trust God, in order for God to come through somehow

Thesis• God will always

empty you of self before he will ever use you to accomplish any great thing for him.

Definition• Favor is the Old

Testament word for grace.

Point 1It is not to the one who works, but it is to the one who trusts that righteousness is given.

Definition• Counted means to

credit to your account.

Point 2

God forgave David on the basis of his faith in God, not on the basis of what he could offer.

Point 3

The picture of baptism cannot save you if it does not truly picture the reality of your faith in the death of Christ on your behalf.

Point 4The law brings you the standard of God, so then you will be without excuse when he judges you for not getting saved by faith.

Definition• Faith in God means

believing what God says to enable him to perform what he says.

Point 5The

perfection of the object

makes up for any

imperfec-tion in the

believer.

COME FORWARD

FOR PRAYER