12. what is faith?

What is Faith?

In Rebellion

Jesus

How Do We Receive Salvation

through Jesus?

You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house. I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Acts 20:20-21 (NIV)

Repentance & Faith

Denition of Repentance

The Greek word for repentance is metanoia. It means to change one’s mind.

Denition of Repentance

The Hebrew word for repentance is shub. It means to turn back, return, return to the starting point, restore and come back home again.

What is Repentance?

It is a change of mind, that leads to a change of heart, that leads to a change in actions.

This change involves both a turning from sin and a turning to God.

Denition of Faith

The Greek word for faith is pistis. It means conviction, confidence, trust, belief, reliance, trustworthiness, and firm persuasion.

What is Faith?

Belief → Trust → Embrace

Head → Heart → Action

U-Turn SignWhat is Repentence?

What is Repentance?

1. Conviction of Sin

2. Confession of Sin

3. Turning from sin to God

4. Restitution through Jesus

5. Restoration

One Who is Truly Repentant

1.Realizes in their heart that they have sinned against God and deserve to be punished.

2.Agrees with God that they deserve judgment, hell and the wrath of God because of their sin.

3.Understands that sin cannot exist in the presence of God for His holiness will not allow it.

4. Knows there is nothing they can do in order to make themselves right with God for their sin.

5. Accepts what the gospel says with joy and turn in their hearts from sin to God placing their faith in Jesus and everything He did for them.

6. Lives a life in keeping with repentance.

One Who is Truly Repentant

What is Faith?

High Cliffs at Ocean

What is the Basis?

1. Nature and character of God2. Holy Spirit3. Word of God

What is Faith?

“A reasoning trust, a trust which reckons thoughtfully and confidently upon the trustworthiness of God.”

John Stott

Hebrews 11:1

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1 (NKJ)

What is Faith?

John 1:12-13

Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, n o r o f h u m a n d e c i s i o n o r a husband's will, but born of God.

John 1:12-13 (NIV)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Romans 3:21-26

But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus Christ, to all and on all who believe. For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…

Romans 3:21-24 (NKJ)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Romans 3:21-26

whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were p r e v i o u s l y c o m m i t t e d , t o demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

Romans 3:25-26 (NKJ)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Ephesians 2:8-9

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God — not by works, so that no one can boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NIV)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Philippians 3:9

…and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ — the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith.

Philippians 3:9 (NIV)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Hebrews 11:6 (NIV)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Hebrews 11:6

…everything that does not come from faith is sin.

Romans 14:23 (NIV)

Faith, Belief, Trust, Commit

Repentance & Faith

1. Unbelief

2. Idolatry

1. Repentance

2. Faith

Summary

Rebellion Surrender Submission

2 Peter 3:9

“You see, to repent is to realize that all your thinking, your entire view about reality was wrong. And then to see and to submit to God’s truth...”

Paul Washer

Repentance

Jesus on Throne

Bowing before King

The fundamental difference between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of self is captured by one question. Who

resides at the center?

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Paul Tripp