BE

FAITHFUL
Matthew 15:21-28
v. 28: Dear woman, Jesus
said to her, your faith is
great, your request is
granted And her daughter
was instantly healed.

Sugilanon sa
usa ka inahan
nga hentil,
tungod sa iyang
hugot nga
pagtuo naayo
ang iyang anak
nga babaye nga
gisudlan sa
yawa.

The

FAITH

best definition for faith

is trust. Trust is depending
upon another

TIGHTROPE
WALKER:
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN
BELIEF AND
TRUST

heard the story of

the tightrope walker
who was crossing
Niagara Falls. After
he had held the
crowds spellbound
with his daring, he
asked How may of
you believe I could
cross the tightrope
again, this time
pushing a
wheelbarrow with
someone riding on
it.

audience had just

reminded of the
vital difference
between belief
and trust! Its one
thing to believe
that the
wheelbarrow
would make it
safely across the
chason. Its quite
another thing to
put your won life
on the line.

DEVILS ALSO BELIEVE

James 2:19, draws the same distinction:

Thou believest that there is one God;
thou doest well: the devils also believe,
and tremble.

CRUCIAL
DIFFERENCE

In order to have
saving faith, you need
more that simple
mental assent. Even
the devils have that
much, and they
tremble as a result.
The devils believe but
they dont trust. And
that s the crucial
difference.

The WORDS DESCRIBE

THE DEPENDENT
RELATIONSHIP OF THE
CHRISTIAN TO GOD:
FAITH
BELIEF
TRUST

In modern usage, belief often carries

with the idea of only a mental assent.
Faith is sometimes confused with
positive thinking. But the Trust
comes the closest to describing the
biblical dependence upon God.

Wherever you find the word belief or faith in

the Bible, you can substitute the word trust,
for instance, in Acts 16: 31 says: Believe on
the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved. Would read, Trust in the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

Selected Messages,
book 1, page 389,
says: Faith includes
not only belief but
trust.
Education , page 253:
Faith is trusting
God.

FAITH TO
SURRENDER

Faith is depending
upon another: It is
the closest word to
surrender to be
found in the Bible,
for it carries with it
the idea of giving
up your life into
Gods control.

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HIGH ACHIEVERS HUMAN

PRIDE

High achievers dont like the idea of dependent. It can be

frightening to think of placing yourself under the control of
another.
It can be a blow to human pride and self-sufficiency to allow
someone else to call the shots.
But "without faith it is impossible to please Him.
(Hebrews 1:6) or without trust it is impossible to please Him.
Only when we give up our own will and way, and trust wholly in
His power to save, can God accomplish His purpose in our lives.

POEM
As Children bring their broken toys
With tears, for us to mend,
I brought my broken dreams to God
Because He was my friend.
But then, instead of leaving Him
In peace to work alone,
I stayed around and tried to help
Through ways that were my own.
At last I snatched them back and
cried,
How can you be so slow?
My child, He said, What could I
do?
You never did let go!.

LEAP OF FAITH
Genuine faith, or trust, lets go.
It depends completely
It is vulnerable
Human reasoning and understanding and logic can
only go so far, and then we must step out into that
which cannot be proved except by experience.
Theologian referred to this truth as LEAP OF FAITH.

But trust in God is not a leap

in the darkGod given us
enough evidence on which to
lease our trust in Him.
In Matthew 15 we find the
story of the syro-phoenician
woman. She came seeking
Jesus who had walked 50
miles out of His way so that
her
search
would
be
rewarded.
To find Him
walking down the dusty
roads of her own country
must have encouraged her to
believe.

But when she brought her

request to Him, He
appeared to ignore her.
Yet there was enough
evidence in His look, tone
and manner to encourage
her to trust Him spite of
appearances, and she
persisted until her faith
was rewarded!
The
answer came as she
continued to depend
upon Him.