Jesus Is Faithful & True - September 13, 2020

Jesus Christ is a faithful God!

JESUS IS A FAITHFUL GOD!

Deuteronomy 7:9 Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obeys his command.

REVELATION 3:14 – HE IS ALSO CALLED “FAITHFUL AND TRUE”….
Psalms 33:4 “For the word of the Lord is upright, and all His work is done in faithfulness.”
Psalms 36:5 “Your lovingkindness, O Lord, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies.”

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE FAITHFUL?

REMAINING LOYAL; CONSTANT; SHOWING A STRONG SENSE OF DUTY OR RESPONSIBILITY; ACCURATE; EXACT/THE FAITHFUL – THE TRUE BELIEVERS OR LOYAL FOLLOWERS
BIBLICAL SYNONYMS: SECURE; MORAL FIDELITY; STABILITY STEAD, TRUE, SURE, CETAIB, SUPPORTIVE, MAKE PROVISION, BUILD-UP; ESTABLISHED; TTRUSTWORTHY; BELIEVABLE; RIGHT/RIGHTEOUS; STAND
WHY DO OCEANS STAY IN THEIR BOUNDARIES?
WHY DO THE STARS NOT FALL TO THE EARTH?
BECAUSE OUR GOD IS FAITHFUL!!!

GREAT IS HIS FAITHFULNESS!!

LAMENTATIONS 3:22-24 THROUGH THE LORD’S MERCIES WE ARE NOT CONSUMED, BECAUSE HIS COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT. 23 THEY ARE NEW EVERY MORNING; GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS. 24 “THE LORD IS MY PORTION,” SAYS MY SOUL, “THEREFORE I HOPE IN HIM!!
PSALM 118:8 IT IS BETTER TO TRUST IN THE LORD THAN TO PUT CONFIDENCE IN MAN

GOD HAS PROMISED TO BE FAITHFUL WITH US

ISAIAH 41:10 DON’T BE AFRAID, FOR I A WITH YOU. DON’T BE DISCOURAGED, FOR I AM YOUR GOD. I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND HELP YOU. I WILL HOLD YOU UP WITH MY VICTORIOUS RIGHT HAND.

HE IS FAITHFUL TO FORGIVE ANYONE WHO REPENTS

I JOHN 1:9 BUT IF WE CONFESS OUR SINS TO HIM, HE IS FAITHFUL AND JUST TO FORGIVE US OUR SINS AND CLEANSE US FROM ALL WICKEDNESS.

GOD IS FAITHFUL TO HELP US ON OUR TEMPTATION

I COR. 10:13 THE TEMPTATIONS IN YOUR LIFE ARE NO DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OTHERS EXPERIENCE. AND GOD IS FAITHFUL. HE WILL NOT ALLOW THE TEMPTATION TO BE MORE THAN YOU CAN STAND. WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED, HE WILL SHOW YOU A WAY OUT SO THAT YOU CAN ENDURE.

IT LIMITS THE POWER OF SATAN IN OUR LIVES!

2 THESS. 3:3 BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND GUARD YOU FROM THE EVIL !

GOD’S FAITHFULNESS LASTS FOR ALL GENERATION

PSALMS 119:90 YOUR FAITHFULNESS EXTENDS TO EVERY GENERATION, AS ENDURING AS THE EARTH YOU CREATED.

WHEN HE CALLS US, HE WILL BE FAITHFUL TO CONTINUE HELPING US UNTIL JESUS COMES!

I THESS. 5:24 – …FOR HE WHO CALLS YOU IS FAITHFUL!
2 THESS. 3:3 – BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL GUARD YOU FROM THE EVIL ONE.
HEB. 10:23 – LET US HOLD HOLD TIGHTLY WITHOUT WAVERING TO THE HOPE WE AFFIRM, FOR GOD CAN BE TRUSTED TO KEEP HIS PROMISE!
PHIL. 1:6 – AND I AM CERTAIN THAT GOD, WHO BEGAN THE GOOD WORK WITHIN YOU, WILL CONTINUE HIS WORK UNTIL IT IS FINALLY FINISHED ON THE DAY WHEN CHRIST JESUS RETURNS!

God will be faithful to protect and comfort us even if we “walk through the valley of the shadow of death”

PSALMS 23:4 EVEN WHEN I WALK THROUGH THE DARKEST VALLEY, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID, FOR YOU ARE CLOSE BESIDE ME. YOUR ROD AND STAFF PROTECT AND COMFORT ME.

The Lord will be with us even in the fiery furnaces of life

DANIEL 3:8-30

We may be shaken by the enemy at times, but God will use such experiences to make us stronger and more capable of ministering to others

(Luke 22:31-32).

LET’S BE FAITHFUL, LIKE JESUS. GOD IS FAITHFUL TO US – PASS IT ON!!!

LET’S BE WILLING TO DENY SELF, TAKE UP OUR CROSS AND FOLLOW…
MATT. 20:38; LUKE 14:27; MATT. 16:24; MARK 8:34; 10:21; LUKE 9:23

LET’S BE FAITHFUL IN WORSHIP!!

DEVELOP PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
PHIL. 3:8, 9
CONTINUE TO GET TO KNOW GOD BETTER
COL. 1: 9-, 10 …YOU WILL GROW AS YOU LEARN TO KNOW GOD BETTER AND BETTER.

FAITHFUL TO READ THE WORD

JER. 15;16; I PET. 2:2; PS. 119:89; EPH. 5:26; EPH. 6:17; HEB. 4:12; PS. 119:105, 130

FAITHFUL TO PRAY

PS. 55;17; 2 CHRON. 7:14

FAITHFUL TO PRAISE GOD

PS. 47:6; 148; 149; 150; REV. 4:11
FAITHFUL TO OBEY
LUKE 6:46; JOHN 14:15
FAITHFUL IN SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH OTHERS
MARK 16:15; ROM. 1:16; EPH. 2:12

FAITHFUL IN RELATIONSHIP

2 COR. 7:2
FAITHFUL IN WORK
PROV. 24:10; LUKE 16:10; 1 COR. 10:31
FAITHFUL IN TOUGH TIME
PROV. 24:10

FAITHFUL TO KEEP PROMISES

MATT. 21:28-30
FAITHFUL IN SPEAKING TRUTH – BE HONEST ALWAYS
PROV. 23:23; I TIM. 1:12

FAITHFUL IN STEWARDSHIP AND GIVING!

I COR. 4:2 – THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN GIVEN TRUST MUST PROVE THEMSELVES FAITHFUL.
2 CHRON. 31:12 – THEY BROUGHT IN THE OFFERINGS AND THE TITHES AND DEDICATED THINGS FAITHFULLY.
DEUT. 16:17 – EVERY MAN SHALL GIVE AS HE IS ABLE…
ACTS 11:29 – THE DISCIPLES GAVE – EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY
2 COR. 9:7 – DON’T GIVE GRUDGINGLY, FOR GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER
PROV. 11:24 – THERE IS THAT SCATTERS, AND YET INCREASES; THERE IS THAT WITHHOLDS MORE THAN IS MEET, BUT IT TENDS TO POVERTY.
LUKE 6:38 – GIVE AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN
EX. 35:5-29 – THE WISE AND WILLING AND TALENTED GAVE WHA THEY COULD TO GOD

REWARDS FOR THE FAITHFUL