In Search of Faith : Lesson 1
Text: Mathew 8:23-27; Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25
2 October 2016
Checking of The True State of our faith
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A sudden tempest
a) Jesus asleep
b) The disciples awake and fearful
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The need to check faith
a) Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? (Matthew 8:26)
b) Why are you fearful? How is it you have no faith? (Mark 4:40)
c) Where is your faith? (Luke 8:25)
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The faith that the Lord Jesus expected from His disciples
a) Not unreasonable
b) Fair and correct
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The means of faith
a) Faith through following the Lord Jesus
b) Faith through listening to His teaching
c) Faith through seeing how He ministered
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What are some of the things that hinder the development of faith?
a) Fear and what it signifies
“Why are you fearful…?” Matthew 8:26
b) Lack of deep knowledge
“Who can this be? For He commands even the winds and water, and they obey Him!” Luke 8:25
c) The lessons taught
d) They had not been fully comprehended
e) They had not been internalised
f) The word of the Lord had not borne the fruit of faith