- SERMON
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Am I a Person of Faith?
Romans 4:17-25
Introduction: God said, "My righteous one will live by faith." What are the characteristics of a person of faith? People who live in this world have national and cultural characteristics in accordance with their country and region. A person of faith has positive characteristics.혻
1. A person living by the Word of God
1) The Israelites lived on bread in Egypt. However, after they crossed over the Red Sea and entered혻the desert, they had no way to get bread. They lived only by the Word of God.
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2) Jesus said, "Man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of혻God." (Jn 1:1, Ac 10:36)
3) Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. (Jn 2:5, Mt 8:8)
2. A person living with a dream
혻혻혻 - As a hen broods over an egg, hoping for a chick, so a person lives with a dream.
혻혻 1) Israel got out of Egypt, dreaming about the land flowing with milk and honey. (Lev 20:24)
2) People who have no dream will perish - ten spies and the Israelites lost a dream, so they died in혻the desert. Joshua and Caleb who continued to have a dream entered Canaan with their혻descendants. (Nu 14:36-38)
3) Have a dream under the Cross - that the Fivefold Gospel and the Threefold Blessing will be혻accomplished (1Co 1:18,30)
혻혻 4) The Holy Spirit works through a dream and a vision (1Co 2:9-10, Eph 3:20)
3. An adventurous person
혻혻 - In other words, a person who throws himself off the cliff with faith
혻혻 1) The faith and adventure of David
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) He pounced on a lion and a bear with faith (1Sa 17:34-35)
혻혻혻혻혻 (2) He fought with Goliath with faith (1Sa 17:36,45)
혻혻 2) The faith and adventure of Peter
(1) He had a senseless adventure when he threw a net into a deep place in the sea after혻the sun rose (Lk 5:4-6)
혻혻혻혻 (2) He walked on the sea of waves at night (Mt 14:28-29)
(3) He healed a crippled beggar at the temple gate called beautiful at the ninth hour after Pentecost 혻
4. A person with a different language
혻혻 1) Faith does not believe in circumstances, senses, or emotion, but in God (Mk11:22-23)
2) The language of a person of faith in God - beyond circumstances, senses, and emotion. That is, he/she혻speaks things that are not as though they were.혻
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Abram ??Abraham, Sarai ??Sarah (Ge17:5, 15-16)
(2) "If you can?" said Jesus. "Everything is possible for him who believes."
(Mk 11:24, Heb 10:35)
Conclusion: Since a person of faith walks with God, he/she should resemble the character of God. Therefore, he/she should naturally think, dream, believe, speak, and live like God.