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We live in a world of uncertainty and stress.
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Wars rage.
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Violence persists in our cities.
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The threat of terrorism looms.
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Jobs are uncertain.
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Money is tight.
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Health problems make
daily living a challenge.
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The future sometimes looks
bleak, with the prospect of
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one crisis after another.
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We can only wonder what the
world will look like for our
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children or grandchildren.
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In this chaotic and
confusing world, we all
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need more peace and tranquility.
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Even Christians are not immune
from worrying about the future.
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Christ told His disciples:
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"Let not your heart
be troubled."
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But frankly, Jesus also
recognized the challenges
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His followers would face.
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He even said, referring
to the last days:
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"When the Son of man comes,
will He really find faith
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on the earth?"
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What did He mean?
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And maybe more importantly,
for each of us individually,
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will He find faith in us?
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We all want faith.
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We all need faith.
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But it seems that our world
does everything it can to
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dismantle and erode it.
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We need to know how we can
have the faith Christ was
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talking about, especially
leading up to His return.
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Faith is important.
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It's vital.
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But frankly, most people
today don't really know
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how to have stronger faith.
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Today, on Tomorrow's World,
let's look into the Scriptures
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to find out how.
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And by the way, get ready
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John 3:16--Hidden Truths
of the Golden Verse.
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So, what are "Three Keys
for Stronger Faith?"
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I'll be right back
with the answer.
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Welcome to Tomorrow's World,
where we find real answers
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for life and living, from
the pages of the Bible.
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When Jesus was alive and
on this earth, He not only
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taught about the Kingdom of
God to those who came to Him,
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He also healed them
of their diseases.
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He was moved with compassion
when He saw their suffering.
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In one instance, a man came
to Him with a son who was
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demon possessed, and as
a result had seizures.
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After Jesus' disciples could
not cast the demon out,
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the man begged Christ to do so.
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And then the man said something
I think we can all relate to.
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This is found in Mark 9:24...
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"Immediately the father
of the child cried out and
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said with tears, 'Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!"
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There are times
when we believe...
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we know God is there...
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we believe in Him...
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we know He has power...
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but we need help
with our unbelief.
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We want to be more at peace...
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have stronger conviction...
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and feel a tighter
connection with God,
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as we navigate through life.
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Jesus didn't chide or correct
this man for his request.
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He had compassion for him.
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And He will have compassion
for us, if we also are
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wanting stronger belief
and stronger faith.
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So, how can we have that?
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Before discussing our three
keys to stronger faith,
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we need to define what faith is.
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Faith is often misunderstood.
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Some think that it is just the
"power of positive thinking."
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They may not say it exactly
in those terms, but in effect
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that's the result.
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As long as you stay positive, think good thoughts,
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God will bless you.
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Should we be hopeful and
positive and try to avoid
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thinking negatively?
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Absolutely.
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But having faith in God is
not like having a wish list
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we just pull out of our pocket.
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Just thinking positive thoughts
isn't what faith is all about.
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Faith is not just
"belief in Jesus."
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There are too many people
for whom that is the sum
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total of their religion.
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And don't get me wrong--belief
in God and belief in His Son
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are vitally important.
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But those are both
only the beginning.
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There's so much more that God
wants us to see and understand.
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As James wrote, in James 2:19...
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"You believe that
there is one God.
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You do well.
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Even the demons
believe--and tremble!"
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Even Satan and his
demons believe in God.
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And yet clearly they're not
pleasing God and don't have
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any intention of trying
to do what He says.
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So, faith must go beyond
just believing in God.
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We don't have blind faith.
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Our faith is based
on concrete evidence.
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Our belief in the existence of God, for example, is bolstered
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by the proofs that we find
in creation all around us.
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Our belief in God is based
on evidence, from the tiniest
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DNA molecule to the
largest swirling galaxy.
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As David wrote in Psalm 19:1...
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"The heavens declare
the glory of God;
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And the firmament
shows His handiwork."
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Even so, Hebrews 11:1 shows
another aspect of faith.
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As many students of the
Bible know, that is where
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the definition of
faith can be found.
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Let's turn there,
Hebrews 11:1...
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"Faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence
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of things not seen."
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You see, we can have faith and
trust in God even while we wait
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for our prayers to be answered.
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Even while we wait for God
to intervene in our lives.
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In those times, Hebrews 11:1
is saying our faith is the
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evidence we have now, before
that prayer is answered.
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It's the substance of things
hoped for, while we patiently
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wait for God to intervene.
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And that's true no matter
how dark the day is or
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discouraging the circumstances.
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The evidence--or substance--
which is our faith--that is
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what we hold on to, to give
us hope and confidence.
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It's not just a vague, impersonal, theoretical hope
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that things will work out.
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Rather, it's the conviction
that there is a living
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Creator who gives us every heartbeat and every breath.
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It's the rock-solid confidence
that our God has our best
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interests at heart.
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Notice a few verses later,
we read this, in Hebrews 11:6...
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"But without faith it is impossible to please Him,
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for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that
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He is a rewarder of those
who diligently seek Him."
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So, how can you and
I have more faith?
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How can we have stronger faith?
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In a dark and depressing age,
this is an important question.
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And we'll address that
in our next segment.
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you see what true faith and belief are and what kind
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of actions they require.
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As he states:
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"Many professing Christians
have the mistaken idea that
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'believing on Jesus' requires no other action on their part...
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we must not only hear His
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In the last segment of our
program we saw that when a
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man brought his son to Christ
to be healed, he asked for
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help to even have the right
kind of faith and belief.
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That's the right attitude we
should have when we come to God.
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And He will help us
if we really want it.
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But are there specific things
we can do, as we are asking
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God for stronger faith?
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Absolutely.
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And in the remainder of
today's program we'll
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discuss those things.
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We'll break it down
into three keys.
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Key Number 1:
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Get to know the
real Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ is not
real to most people.
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That may sound shocking,
but let me explain.
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Many people will say
they believe in Jesus.
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They may even pray
and go to church.
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But when it gets right down
to it, most do not really
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know the true Jesus.
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How can I say that?
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Well, let's look at Scripture.
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Let's start at the beginning.
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And when I say the beginning,
I mean John 1:1.
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This verse is describing
the earliest moment recorded
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in the entire Bible, the earliest moment in history.
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Let's turn there, to John 1:1...
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"In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
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and the Word was God.
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He was in the
beginning with God."
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John 1:1 tells us that before
the Universe was created,
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or even the angels were created,
there were just two Beings.
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These two Beings were God
the Father and the Word.
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The Word was the One
who became Jesus Christ.
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He was born as a man,
and died for our sins.
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But back to the Scripture.
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How are we to understand
the statement:
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"the Word was with God
and the Word was God?"
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It's describing the God family,
God the Father and the Word.
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This is not so strange when
we think of it in terms
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of the human family.
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I am McNair.
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My wife is also McNair--
she carries my family name.
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But my wife is also with
McNair, because she's with me.
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She's with McNair
and she is McNair.
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It's really not complicated
when you think of it that way.
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The Word--who became Jesus
Christ--was at the very
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beginning with God the Father.
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But He was God as well.
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He was God and He was with God.
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The Word and the Father
comprised the God Family.
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Not only that, but the Word was
the God who created all things,
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including the vast Universe.
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Notice, in John 1:3...
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"All things were made through
Him, and without Him nothing
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was made that was made.
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In Him was life, and the
life was the light of men."
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Did you know that?
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The One who became Jesus
Christ was the One who
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created the stars and planets.
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He was the One Who said,
"Let there be light,
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and there was light."
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He created the mountains,
the seas and the rivers.
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He took dust from the ground
and made the first man.
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He took a rib from
Adam and made Eve.
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He created everything, and
that includes you and me.
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In other words, Jesus
is not only our Savior,
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He is our Creator.
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Going on, we read,
in John 1:10...
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"He was in the world, and the world was made through Him,
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and the world did not know Him.
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He came to His own, and His
own did not receive Him.
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But as many as received Him,
to them He gave the right to
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become children of God, to
those who believe in His name."
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We read earlier about the
family relationship between
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the Father and the Word.
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But here we read that Jesus
came into the world to give
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us the right to become
children in His family.
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What a profound truth.
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We have a chance to be
in God's very Family.
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Going on, John 1:14...
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"And the Word became flesh and
dwelt among us, and we beheld
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His glory, the glory as of the
only begotten of the Father,
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full of grace and truth."
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So, there's no question this
is talking about Jesus Christ.
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Going on, in John 1:18...
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"No one has seen
God at any time.
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The only begotten Son, who is
in the bosom of the Father,
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He has declared Him."
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Now, why is this significant?
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Well, a lot of people sort of
assume the Father was the
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God of the Old Testament.
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But this says that no one
has seen God at any time.
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That's significant.
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During the Old Testament era,
people saw God numerous times.
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And let's just look
at one example.
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In Exodus 24:9...
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"Then Moses went up, also Aaron,
Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy
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of the elders of Israel, and
they saw the God of Israel...
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But on the nobles of the
children of Israel He did
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not lay His hand.
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So they saw God, and
they ate and drank."
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They did not see the Father.
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Jesus said no one has
seen God at any time.
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Therefore, the One
they saw was the Word.
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Who became Jesus Christ.
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Think about that for a moment.
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So, the Word created
the Universe...
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He fashioned Adam
out of the ground...
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And He also thundered the
Ten Commandments down from
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Mount Sinai.
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That is not a common
conception most people
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have about Jesus Christ.
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So what's the point?
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We need to know Christ.
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And frankly, many simply have
a wrong concept of Who He is.
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He is not a rebellious son who
overturned His Father's laws.
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No, in fact, He was the
all-powerful God who
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thundered those laws
down from the mountain,
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engulfed in fire and smoke.
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Our Elder Brother is
powerful and mighty and
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the Ever-Living One.
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And as we approach Him, and ask
Him to help us in our unbelief,
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we need to correctly understand
just Who we are coming before.
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Jesus warned His followers to
not be deceived into accepting
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a false Christ, especially
those living in the end-times.
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Notice what He said
in Matthew 24:4...
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"And Jesus answered
and said to them:
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'Take heed that no
one deceives you.
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For many will come in My name,
saying, "I am the Christ,"
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and will deceive many.'"
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Get to know the real Jesus.
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That's the first step
to having stronger faith.
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But what does "getting to
know Christ" look like?
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We'll discuss that
in the next segment.
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But at this time, let me
again mention the free
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study guide we're
offering today,
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John 3:16--Hidden Truths
of the Golden Verse.
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In it Gerald Weston explains
as we get to know Christ,
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what our relationship with our Father in Heaven should be like:
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"Jesus tells us we are to worship the Father in spirit
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and truth...that He came by
His Father's authority and
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Welcome back.
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In the previous segments of
our program, we discussed what
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faith is and it's not.
16:39.598 --> 16:42.968
We saw that the first key to
stronger faith is simply to
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get to know the real Jesus.
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But we can't stop there.
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We need to know what
He wants us to do.
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And that brings us to the
next key to stronger faith.
16:52.611 --> 16:54.146
The second key is:
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#2: Regularly study God's word.
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If we believe in God our
Father and in Jesus Christ,
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we need to know what they say.
17:04.189 --> 17:06.091
We need to know what
they want us to do.
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And we do that by reading
the Book that God inspired
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to be written.
17:10.696 --> 17:13.665
That, of course, is the Bible.
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Some people sort of think of
the Old Testament as harsh,
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and the New Testament as good.
17:18.570 --> 17:19.505
But that's wrong.
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It's all God's word.
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It's all good.
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And by studying it, we learn
what God thinks and what
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He expects of us.
17:27.746 --> 17:30.048
And by doing so,
we grow in faith.
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Notice what Paul said about
this, in Romans 10:17...
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"So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God."
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The Bible is the
mind of God in print.
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It's intended so we
can learn how to live.
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And as we follow God's
instructions, we grow in faith.
17:50.669 --> 17:53.739
When Jesus was on this earth,
He made this statement,
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recorded in Matthew 5:17...
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"Do not think that I came to
destroy the Law or the Prophets.
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I did not come to
destroy but to fulfill."
18:05.484 --> 18:07.419
Christ didn't do
away with the Law.
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He came to fulfill it--
to fill it to the full.
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In fact, as we saw in the
last segment, Christ was
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the One who actually gave
it at Mount Sinai.
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So, it makes no sense that
He would do away with
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that same law.
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The Greek word translated
"Law" here, its "nomos."
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It has the connotation of
feeding and caring for animals.
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So, think about it.
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We know that in the physical
realm, food gives us nutrients
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and minerals to make
our bodies work.
18:36.248 --> 18:39.751
So, God's Laws--His words
and instructions--are like
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food for us, spiritually.
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Jesus explained this
in John 6:63...
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"It is the spirit that gives
life; the flesh is useless.
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The words that I have spoken
to you are spirit and life."
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Even the best physical food
only feeds us for a short time.
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It's temporary.
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But through spiritual
food we gain eternal life.
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And along the way, it teaches
us how to live, and how to
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relate to our fellow man,
and how to honor our Father
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and our Elder Brother.
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It gives us spiritual strength
and energy and faith.
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Jesus explained this further,
back in John 6:57...
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"As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the
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Father, so he who feeds on
Me will live because of Me."
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Feeding on Christ means
listening to and doing
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what He says.
19:34.106 --> 19:37.242
It means going the right
way and rejecting the wrong.
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It means being willing
to be corrected.
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And frankly, God's loving
correction helps us grow
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in faith, as we become more
confident we're aligned with
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God and on the right path.
19:47.786 --> 19:52.891
Notice what the writer of
Hebrews said, in Hebrews 4:12...
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"For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper
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than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division
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of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a
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discerner of the thoughts
and intents of the heart.
20:06.738 --> 20:09.041
And there is no creature
hidden from His sight,
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but all things are naked
and open to the eyes of Him
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to whom we must give account."
20:15.380 --> 20:18.584
We can't be afraid of
God's gentle correction.
20:18.650 --> 20:22.821
It teaches us to make better
choices and overcome our sins.
20:22.888 --> 20:25.591
It gives us spiritual
strength as we grow in
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faith and confidence toward God.
20:28.126 --> 20:31.897
So, let's not fill our minds
with spiritual junk food,
20:31.964 --> 20:35.834
flooding our thoughts with non-
stop trivia and entertainment.
20:35.901 --> 20:39.605
Let's not let our life revolve
around mindless and meaningless
20:39.671 --> 20:43.408
television programs, YouTube clips and Instagram reels.
20:43.475 --> 20:47.412
A little diversion is good,
if it's clean and wholesome.
20:47.479 --> 20:51.583
But to have a stronger sense of
trust and connection with God,
20:51.650 --> 20:55.387
we need to make regular Bible
study a part of our life.
20:55.454 --> 20:58.123
We need to feed on Christ.
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But that's not all.
20:59.758 --> 21:01.693
There's another
key that we need.
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What is that third key?
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#3: Let Christ live in you.
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Let's go to one of the
writings of the Apostle Paul,
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Galatians 2:20...
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"I have been crucified with
Christ; it is no longer
21:16.308 --> 21:19.511
I who live, but Christ lives
in me; and the life which
21:19.578 --> 21:23.015
I now live in the flesh I live
by faith in the Son of God,
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who loved me and
gave Himself for me."
21:26.551 --> 21:30.088
When we accept the sacrifice
of Jesus Christ for our sins,
21:30.155 --> 21:33.692
we're not just saying we're sorry for what we've done wrong.
21:33.759 --> 21:37.929
We're allowing our old self
to be crucified with Christ.
21:37.996 --> 21:43.001
Our old ways, our past style
of life, our sins, it all dies
21:43.068 --> 21:45.003
on the stake with Him.
21:45.070 --> 21:49.574
And then we carry on, living
a new life, but not through
21:49.641 --> 21:50.776
our own power.
21:50.842 --> 21:54.212
Let's go back to what Paul
said, in the last half
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of Galatians 2:20...
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"...and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by
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faith in the Son of God,
who loved me and gave
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Himself for me."
22:04.356 --> 22:08.326
In the New King James, when it
says "faith in the Son of God,"
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that word "in" is
translated incorrectly.
22:12.164 --> 22:14.066
Look it up in a Bible resource.
22:14.132 --> 22:15.967
It should be "of."
22:16.034 --> 22:19.538
It should be, "the life which
I now live in the flesh I live
22:19.604 --> 22:22.808
by faith of the Son of God."
22:22.874 --> 22:26.244
In other words, our
faith isn't sufficient.
22:26.311 --> 22:28.413
We need Christ's faith in us.
22:28.480 --> 22:31.583
That's a much more powerful
and dynamic faith than we
22:31.650 --> 22:32.951
could ever have.
22:33.018 --> 22:36.888
It's the very faith and mindset
Christ had from eternity past...
22:36.955 --> 22:40.092
it's the faith and courage He
had while alive on this earth...
22:40.158 --> 22:44.296
and it's the faith and focus
He has to this day, as He
22:44.362 --> 22:47.299
sits at the right hand of
the Father in Heaven.
22:47.365 --> 22:51.336
Christ wants us to see
things from His perspective.
22:51.403 --> 22:55.273
He wants us to look beyond our
trials by having His very mind
22:55.340 --> 22:59.778
and spiritual focus, as hard
as our trials sometimes are.
22:59.845 --> 23:03.515
In short, He wants to
put His faith in us.
23:03.582 --> 23:05.584
Think about that.
23:05.650 --> 23:08.487
And think about how that
can change your life.
23:08.553 --> 23:12.290
You may think you don't have
what it takes to have the faith
23:12.357 --> 23:13.792
God wants you to have.
23:13.859 --> 23:14.960
Well guess what?
23:15.026 --> 23:16.294
You don't.
23:16.361 --> 23:19.798
But that's okay,
because Christ does.
23:19.865 --> 23:22.067
And if you let
Christ teach you...
23:22.134 --> 23:24.936
if you let Him
gently correct you...
23:25.003 --> 23:27.672
if you let Him live His
obedient life in you...
23:27.739 --> 23:30.776
He will help you to grow
in faith and strength you
23:30.842 --> 23:32.978
need in your life.
23:33.044 --> 23:35.413
And it will lead right into
living with Him and the
23:35.480 --> 23:38.784
Father forever in the
very Family of God.
23:38.850 --> 23:42.154
What could be more
awesome than that?
23:42.220 --> 23:45.590
There's so much more to
discuss on this topic.
23:45.657 --> 23:48.460
But we simply don't have
time in this short program.
23:48.527 --> 23:51.263
And that's why we're offering
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23:51.329 --> 23:55.534
John 3:16--Hidden Truths
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In it, Gerald Weston writes:
23:57.536 --> 24:01.907
"Ask yourself, then, what kind of life Christ would live in us.
24:01.973 --> 24:05.443
Would it be a life rejecting
the very life He said He lived?
24:05.510 --> 24:08.947
Or will Christ live in Christians today the way He
24:09.014 --> 24:12.384
lived on this earth, developing in them the same character,
24:12.450 --> 24:16.655
based on God's law, which the
Apostle Paul calls spiritual,
24:16.721 --> 24:18.523
holy, just, and good?"
24:18.590 --> 24:20.759
There's so much in this booklet.
24:20.826 --> 24:24.296
You need it to help you really understand your Savior, and
24:24.362 --> 24:25.730
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24:25.797 --> 24:28.867
Find out for yourself--
the steps God wants you
24:28.934 --> 24:30.268
to take in your life.
24:30.335 --> 24:34.673
Stronger faith comes from the
very Son of God living in us.
24:34.739 --> 24:37.709
And He will do that
if we ask Him to.
24:37.776 --> 24:39.077
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In today's program, we've
discussed three keys to
25:46.544 --> 25:47.879
having stronger faith.
25:47.946 --> 25:50.682
The Bible is full of
encouragement from cover
25:50.749 --> 25:53.885
to cover, that can help us overcome the difficulties
25:53.952 --> 25:55.887
we face in our everyday life.
25:55.954 --> 25:59.457
Especially as we find ourselves
in these perilous end-times
25:59.524 --> 26:01.726
facing times of distress.
26:01.793 --> 26:05.230
The Apostle Paul faced plenty
of obstacles in his own life.
26:05.297 --> 26:07.399
He understood discouragement.
26:07.465 --> 26:10.402
But he also knew how to
face trials and troubles
26:10.468 --> 26:12.704
squarely and positively.
26:12.771 --> 26:15.373
He made this encouraging
observation to Timothy,
26:15.440 --> 26:18.543
in 2 Timothy 1:6...
26:18.610 --> 26:21.379
"...Stir up the gift of God
which is in you through the
26:21.446 --> 26:23.014
laying on of my hands.
26:23.081 --> 26:26.284
For God has not given us
a spirit of fear, but of
26:26.351 --> 26:29.988
power and of love and
of a sound mind."
26:30.055 --> 26:32.624
Having stronger faith
is not just the power
26:32.691 --> 26:33.992
of positive thinking...
26:34.059 --> 26:37.729
Having stronger faith is not
just believing in Jesus...
26:37.796 --> 26:42.367
It takes actively responding
to God's Spirit as our Father
26:42.434 --> 26:46.204
in Heaven and our Elder Brother
Jesus Christ work in us,
26:46.271 --> 26:48.373
and even live in us.
26:48.440 --> 26:51.943
As we've seen today,
if we want stronger faith,
26:52.010 --> 26:54.379
there are concrete
steps we can take.
26:54.446 --> 26:56.548
There are things we can do.
26:56.614 --> 26:58.917
Let's review what
we've covered today:
26:58.984 --> 27:02.988
#1: Get to know the
real Jesus Christ;
27:03.054 --> 27:10.362
#2: Regularly study God's word; and #3: Let Christ live in you.
27:10.428 --> 27:12.931
When we're frightened
and worried, in trouble
27:12.998 --> 27:15.734
and distressed, we don't
have to despair.
27:15.800 --> 27:18.136
We can go to God for help.
27:18.203 --> 27:20.305
We can cry out to
our Elder Brother,
27:20.372 --> 27:24.142
"I believe; help [me
in] my unbelief."
27:24.209 --> 27:27.812
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And be sure to join us next
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