Waking Up on Christmas: FAITH

Follow Along with the Message

Christmas is about faith. The power of it.  A young girl believed God and the world was never the same.

"If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you."--Matthew 17:20

HUMILITY

     Bond-slave

     "If My people humble themselves and pray. . .then, I will hear."--2 Chronicles 7:14

     Rich Young Ruler--"Why do you call Me good, no one is good but God."--Luke 18:19

     Morally excellent.  Good.  Wise.  Fair.  Worthy

     Matthew tells the story from the other side.  Man's smallness. 

     A private moment of surrender

HEARING GOD'S WORD

     "Blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord."--v. 45

     "Let it be done to me according to your word."--v. 38

     "Faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ."--Romans 10:17

HOPE

     This will take time.

     "Faith is the assurance of things hoped for."--Hebrews 11:1

     Fulfillment--teleiosis, fulfillment, accomplishment, completion

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     "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me."--John 10:27