Pastor Jeremy shares Sunday in Glendive.

Luke 7:9 When Jesus heard these things, He marveled

at him, and turned around and said to the crowd that

followed Him, “I say to you, I have not found such great

faith, not even in Israel!” 10 And those who were sent,

returning to the house, found the servant well who had

been sick.

● The centurion didn’t need Jesus to come to his

house...he knew who Jesus was, His ability, His

authority, His will regarding the matter at

hand...the centurion needed just the word...or the

command.

Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please

Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is,

and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek

Him.

● If God demands us to have faith when it is

impossible for us to have faith, then we have the

right to challenge His justice.

● BUT, if He places within our hands the means faith

can be produced, then the responsibility falls on

us whether or not we have faith. Rom. 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing

by the word of God.

● God has told us it is impossible to be pleasing to

Him w/o faith.

● He has also told us how we can get faith.

● If we don’t have faith, God is not to blame.

Example: Salvation

Rom. 10:8 But what does it say? “The word is near you,

in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of

faith which we preach): 9 that if you confess with your

mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God

has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For

with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and

with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11

For the Scripture says, “Whoever believes on Him will

not be put to shame.” 12 For there is no distinction

between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is

rich to all who call upon Him. 13 For “whoever calls on

the name of the Lord shall be saved.” 14 How then shall

they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And

how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not

heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15

And how shall they preach unless they are sent?

1. Faith for salvation comes by hearing, and hearing

by the Word of God

1. Eph 2:8 For by grace you have been saved through

faith; and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of

God.

1. Acts 10&11 Conrelius and his house hear the

gospel, believe, are saved and filled w/ the Spirit

1. Acts 8 Phillip sent by angel to preach gospel to

Etheopian, who hears the word, believes, and calls

on the Name of the Lord.

Example Healing

Acts 14:8-10 And in Lystra a certain man without

strength in his feet was sitting, a cripple from his

mother’s womb, who had never walked. 9 This man

heard Paul speaking. Paul, observing him intently and

seeing that he had faith to be healed, 10 said with a

loud voice, “Stand up straight on your feet!” And he

leaped and walked.

1. We see here that faith for healing comes the same

way as faith for salvation.

1. This man was not healed by a gift of the Spirit, or

by Paul’s faith, or because Paul was an apostle.

1. Paul did 3 things.

a. Preached the gospel

b. Perceived the man had faith to be healed

c. Gave the command to rise up and walk

1. The man did 3 things

a. He heard Paul preach the gospel

b. He had faith to be healed. You could say it

this way he believed the message that Paul

was preaching.

c. He responded to the Word, being a doer, and

rose up and walked.