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Faith that Finishes

Ephesians 3:20  (NKJV)
20 Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,


Don't try to walk in faith without living in fellowship with God. 



We need to be talking to God continually (1 Thessalonians 5:17). 



We need to be hearing from God throughout day.  



If we're continually hearing from God, we can walk in faith to what He's telling us.




2 Timothy 4:7 (NKJV)
7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.


Real faith finishes.  



Our faith begins with Jesus, and ends with Him. 




Hebrews 12:2 (NKJV)
2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.


Remember, God never leaves us or forsakes us (Hebrews 13:5).  



It is impossible for Him to lie (Hebrews 6:8) (Romans 3:4).




God is not your problem. 



He's the solution. 



Your faith in God is the problem. 




Let God show you how your faith failed when you think that He let you down. 




You can make a choice to believe that God is true no matter what you see or feel. 




Our God is a faithful and true God.



When things didn't go right, it wasn't His fault.  




In the parable of the sower, only one type of soil had any results. 



Here is an example of one that failed




Matthew 13:20-21  (NKJV)
20 But he who received the seed on stony places, this is he who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; 
21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures only for a while. For when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.


When circumstances contradict God's Word, fake faith stumbles.  



For faith to bear fruit, it must persist. 



Joseph had a dream, but his circumstances contradicted it.  



He was sent to prison.  



Psalm 105:17-19 N(NKJV)
17 He (God) sent a man before them—
Joseph—who was sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters,
He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
The word of the Lord tested him.


Circumstances contradicted Joseph's dreams. 



Was Joseph going to believe his circumstances or what God told him?  



The test that Joseph endured was time. 



We are being tried whether we are going to believe God is true or not.  



It's not God's Word being trusted. 



It is us. 



Are we good soil or not?



The stony soil was tried, but failed. 



It wasn't the seed of God's Word that failed.  



It was the soil. 



If it appears that God failed, it wasn't God, but it was you.  



It is you who was being tried by circumstances and time whether you believe God or not.  



Just like Joseph. 



Keith Moore, Faith Life Church

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