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“O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH” Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/25/10

“O You of Little Faith”  Faith comes by Hearing (Romans 10:17)  The just shall live by Faith (Habakkuk 2:4)  Faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6)  Faith overcomes the World (I John 5:4)  Great Faith (Matthew 8:8-10)  Dead Faith (James 2:17)  Little Faith (Mt. 6:25-34; 8:23-27; 14:22-33; 16:1-12)

“O You of Little Faith”  A Rebuke of Worry

A Rebuke of Worry  Matthew 6:25-34  (30) “Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?”

A Rebuke of Worry  Psalm 37:25 –  “I have been young, and now am old; Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken, Nor his descendants begging bread.”

A Rebuke of Worry  I Timothy 6:6-8 –  “And having food and clothing with these we shall be content”  Matthew 6:9-13 –  “Give us this day our daily bread”

A Rebuke of Worry  Philippians 4:11-13 –  (11) “I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content”  (12)“I have learned both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need”  (13) “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”

A Rebuke of Worry  Habakkuk 3:17-19 –  (17) “Though the fig tree may not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls”  (18-19) “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord is my strength”

“O You of Little Faith”  A Rebuke of Worry  A Rebuke of Fear

A Rebuke of Fear  Matthew 8:23-27  (26) “But he said to them, ‘Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm.”

A Rebuke of Fear  Psalm 27:1 –  “The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid?”

A Rebuke of Fear  Hebrews 13:5-6 –  (5) “I will never leave you nor forsake you”  (6) “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”

A Rebuke of Fear  Romans 8:31-39 –  (31) “If God is for us, who can be against us?”  (35-39) Nothing “shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”

“O You of Little Faith”  A Rebuke of Worry  A Rebuke of Fear  A Rebuke of Doubt

A Rebuke of Doubt  Matthew 14:22-33  (31) “And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, ‘O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”

A Rebuke of Doubt  Hebrews 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.”

A Rebuke of Doubt  James 1:5-8 –  “But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind”

A Rebuke of Doubt  Acts 10:17-20 –  “Arise therefore, go down and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them.”

“O You of Little Faith”  A Rebuke of Worry  A Rebuke of Fear  A Rebuke of Doubt  A Rebuke of Shallow Thought

A Rebuke of Shallow Thought  Matthew 16:1-12  “But Jesus, being aware of it, said to them, ‘O you of little faith, why do you reason among yourselves because you have brought no bread?”

A Rebuke of Shallow Thought  Romans 14:14-21 –  “for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit”

Conclusion  Four attitudes: Worry, Fear, Doubt, & Shallow Thought  All are characterized by one common factor: “O you of little faith”  Let us grow in our faith so that we may not worry, fear, doubt, or have shallow thought.  So that we can be as the centurion, a man of great faith.

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