Ridiculous Faith: What Faith Is…
B.A.R. is an acronym meaning, Believe. Act. Receive.
Hebrews 10:34-39 (NKJV)
34 for you had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and an enduring possession for yourselves in heaven. 35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise: 37 “For yet a little while, And He who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” 39 But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.
#1 Genuine Faith Does Not Draw Back
Romans 8:18 (NKJV)
18 The sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
Hebrews 11:1-3 (NKJV)
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
#2 Faith is the Substance of Things Hoped For
#3 Faith is the Evidence of Things Not Seen
Hebrews 11:3
Through Faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the Word of God, so that things that we see, were made of things which we do not see…..
Hebrews 10:34
know that you have a better possession and an enduring one.
Psalm 34:8 (NKJV)
O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!