22-Faith - RSV

1. Without Faith It Is Impossible to Please God.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is __________________ to please him. For whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he ____________ those who seek him.

2. God Gives a Measure of Faith to Every Man.
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I bid every one among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each ________________ to the measure of faith which God has ______________ him.

3. If We Exercise the Faith Given to Us, Difficulties Will Be Removed.
Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answered them, "Have faith in God. [23] Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this ______________, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. [24] ________________ I tell you, ______________ you ask in prayer, believe that you have ______________ it, and it will be yours.

4. Hearing God's Word Will Increase Our Faith.
Romans 10:17 So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes by the ________________ of __________.

5. Faith Is the Foundation of Our Christian Experience.
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the ________________ of things hoped for, the __________________ of things not seen.

6. God's Word Benefits Only As We Apply It to Our Lives.
Hebrews 4:2 For good news came to us just as to them; but the message which they heard did not benefit them, ____________ it did not meet with faith in the ____________.

7. Faith Is Confidence in God That Leads Us to Obey Him.
1 John 5:14 And this is the __________________ which we have in him, that if we ask anything ________________ to his will he hears us.

8. Faith Manifests Itself in Action.
Luke 5:20 And when he saw _________ faith he said, "Man, your sins are ______________ you."

9. Faith Grows.
Matthew 17:20 He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this ______________, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and ____________ will be __________________ to you."

10. We Are Saved by Grace Through Faith.
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through _________; and this is not your own _________, it is the gift of God--

11. Grace Leads to the Obedience of Faith.
Romans 1:5 Through whom we have received grace and ___________________ to bring about the ________________ of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations,

12. The Christian Lives by Faith.
Galatians 2:20 I have been ________________ with Christ; it is no __________ I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave ____________ for me.

13. Through Faith We Inherit the Promises of God.
Hebrews 6:12 So that you may not be sluggish, but ________________ of those who through faith and patience inherit the ______________.

14. Faith without Works Is a Dead Faith.
James 2:17 So _________ by itself, if it has no _________, is dead.

15. We Overcome the World Through Faith.
1 John 5:4-5 For ______________ is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith. [5] Who is it that overcomes the world but he who ______________ that Jesus is the Son of God?

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