Characteristics of True Believing Part 5
Does Not Require Physical Evidence
Sunday, November 27, 2022
I. Characteristics of Bible Believing
A.Does Not Require Physical Evidence
1.Foundation text: (Mark 9:23-24 NLT) “Anything is possible if a person believes.”
a.As born-again believers, God has given us access to all of the promises of God by faith at the new birth, but it’s our unbelief that limits our receiving.
~(Mark 11:22-24)
~(Mark 6:1-6)
b.Although we’re believers, there may be unbelief present in our hearts in areas.
~(Num. 14:11) After the 10 plagues, Red Sea crossing, daily manna, water from a rock twice, the children of Israel still didn’t believe.
~(Num. 20:12) Moses
~(Mark 16:9-14 AMP) the disciples
2.Hardness of heart – when we continually rely on our five sense to verify God’s word, promises or as the evidence to truth, our heart is being hardened.
a.(Mark 6:45-52) after feeding the 5,000 men
b.(Mark 8:11-21) after feeding the 4,000 men
~(ref. Matt. 16:4) except for the sign of Jonah
3.True believing does not require a sign or physical evidence as confirmation of God’s Word.
a. (John 20:24-31)
b.(Rom. 10:16-17)
c.(1 Pet. 1:22-25 AMP)
[Pastor Lee Stokes]