Theme: The faith needed in believing Jesus to be the Son of God' Acts 8:3539

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Jesus Is The Son of God

• Theme The faith needed in believing Jesus to be
  the Son of God. Acts 835-39

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Introduction

• There are many in this world who have confessed
  that Jesus is the Son of God.
• Over the centuries many have gone to their death
  in defense of His name.
• On the other hand many more question whether
  Jesus, let alone the Bible is authentic and a
  reliable source for our salvation.

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Introduction

• We will focus on a number of lessons directed
  toward this statement Jesus is the Son of God.
• We will look at the type of faith the Christian
  has (and needs) in Jesus as the Son of God.
• Historical evidence that Jesus existed.
• That the Bible is the Word of God.
• That the New Testament is a reliable source by
  which our faith is derived.
• Showing Jesus as the Son of God.
• That Jesus brought forth a new covenant N.T.

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Faith Needed

• Faith is a belief in and a commitment to
  something or someone (for the Christian God).
• Without faith Heb. 116a
• With faith Heb. 116b
• We are able to understand that God spoke creation
  into existence. Heb. 113
• We are able, like other people of faith, to hope
  for a heavenly home. Hebrews. 1113-16

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Faith Needed

• This faith is necessary because
• We have never seen the God we profess to believe
  in and willing to die for.
• We attribute words from men to be the words of
  salvation.
• We have a hope for an eternal abode called
  heaven, of which we have yet to experience.

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Faith Needed

• Faith is also necessary in believing Jesus as the
  Son of God, risen from the dead. Rom. 13-4
• Confessing with the mouth Lord Jesus is
  necessary. Rom. 109-10
• Believing with the heart that God raised the
  Lord Jesus is necessary.
• Faith is essential to Salvation!

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A Faith that Uses Intelligence and Facts

• God does not expect our belief in Him to be a
  leap of faith.
• The phrase leap of faith connotes an
  unreasonable type of faith.
• If this is the faith of Christianity, it is most
  saddening.

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A Faith that Uses Intelligence and Facts

• A Christians faith should be based upon the
  ability to reason.
• This ability is a God-given gift. Ps. 516
• Man is the only creation on earth with the gift
  of intelligence and rational that is unmatched by
  Gods other earthly creations. Gen. 126
• With this gift one is able to love God with all
  our heart, soul, and mind. Matt. 2236-38
• With this ability, one is able to seek truth.
  Jn. 832

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A Faith that Uses Intelligence and Facts

• Faith based on facts.
• Facts are evidence(s) that substantiates a
  specific claim.
• They include recorded events and testimony based
  on time, people, events, and places that actually
  existed in history, example Lk. 21-5 31-2
• This cannot be said of philosophies, legends or
  myths.
• The claim Jesus is the Son of God
• Showing evidence that Jesus actually existed.
• Showing evidence that Jesus is the Son of God.

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Conclusion

• With God-given intelligence, man is able to
  reason with his mind and heart, based upon
  historical and factual events that Jesus Christ
  is the Son of God.
• It is this kind of faith that believes in the
  actual historical existence of Jesus, that the
  New Testament is a reliable source that teaches
  us about Jesus, that Jesus is the Son of God, and
  that he established a new covenant by which our
  faith rests upon.