How to Walk with God - Dr. Dondi Costin
Take your next step in following Jesus | http://trbc.org/start Giving | http://TRBC.org/GIVE Learn More | http://trbc.org Subscribe for weekly content | / @thomasroadchurch \ — Sermon Notes | https://mytrbc.mobi/sermon_note/extra... Hebrews 11:24-28 1. Leave your comfort zone. (vv. 24-25) “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.” (vv. 24-25) 2. Look to your reward. (v.26) “He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.” (v. 26) We see in Moses’ example patterns of our own. Henry Blackaby’s landmark book Experiencing God points out 7 Realities that allow us to exercise the kind of faith God wants us to have in Him: 1. God is always at work around you. 2. God pursues a continuing love relationship with you that is real and personal. 3. God invites you to become involved with Him in His work. 4. God speaks by the Holy Spirit through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church to reveal Himself, His purposes, and His ways. 5. God’s invitation for you to work with Him always leads you to a crisis of belief that requires faith and action. 6. You must make major adjustments in your life to join God in what He is doing. 7. You come to know God by experience as you obey Him and He accomplishes His work through you. 3. Live by faith not by sight. (v. 27) “By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.” (v. 27) “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” (Hebrews 11:1) Different expressions of faith in God, always leading to the question of whether or not we truly believe (1) God is who He says He is, and (2) God keeps His promises: SAVING Faith – trusting God to save you from your sins. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him would not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) SANCTIFYING Faith – trusting God to conform you to the image of Jesus Christ. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) SUFFERING Faith – trusting God to grow you through every trial. “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.” (James 1:2-4) SERVING Faith – trusting God to empower you for every good work. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.” (John 14:12) SATISFYING Faith – trusting God to satisfy every hope we have in Him. “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you know that you have eternal life.” (1 John 5:11-13) 4. Let God be the Hero of your story. (v. 28) “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.” (v. 28) Reflecting on this all-too-common reality, Trevin Wax reframed Christopher Wright’s questions like this: We often ask: Where does God fit into the story of my life? Better to ask: Where does my little life fit into the great story of God’s mission? We often ask: What is God’s purpose for my life? Better to ask: What purpose does my life have within God’s purpose for all life, wrapped up in his mission for the whole of creation? We often ask: How can I apply the Bible to my life? Better to ask: How can I apply my life to the Bible? We often ask: How can we make the gospel relevant to the world? Better to ask: How does God intend to transform the world to fit the shape of the gospel? We often ask: What activities and priorities make up the mission God expects from his church? Better to ask: What kind of church does God desire for his mission? We often ask: What kind of mission does God have for me? Better to ask: What kind of me does God want for his mission? When all is said and done, the answers we get are a function of the questions we ask. If you want to walk with God in the life of faith, ask the right questions. The answers you receive will lead you straight to the God of the Bible. Timeline 0:00 Welcome to Thomas Road 0:30 Worship 35:00 Sermon 1:10:00 Invitation #extraordinary #thomasroad #churchonline
