Losing Your Soul Matt. 16:26

Prior to that being a Reality, Real Danger of Losing our Faith Matt. 24:10 - “many will fall away” (ESV) – “Many will lose their faith” (NCV) Luke 22:32 – Lord prayed for Peter that “your faith should not fail” NCV – “that you will not lose your faith” Phillips – “that you may not lose your faith” “Fail” “fail, give out, be gone; depart; fail, die out; be inferior” (BDAG) Fail – “quit” (Thayer) “to leave out – to leave off, cease, fail” (Vines)

Losing Your Faith Luke 22:32

Not All Faith is the Same Losing Your Faith Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith

Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith People have different levels of faith Weak faith (Rom. 4:19) Strong faith (Rom. 4:20; Acts 16:5) Little faith (Matt. 6:30; 8:26; 14:31; 16:8) Great faith (Matt. 8:10)

Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith People have different levels of faith Faith can change Can grow (2 Thess. 1:3) Can increase (Luke 17:5) Strengthened (Col. 1:11; Eph. 3:16) Your faith doesn’t always stay the same What it WAS – may not be what it IS now! What it IS now – may not be what it WILL BE!

Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith People have different levels of faith Faith can change Possible to have faith – yet not what should be Faith may be very weak Faith may be very shallow Faith may give away very easily False sense of security – if think: “Still have my faith”

Not All Faith is the Same Losing Your Faith Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith Not All Faith Will Last Faith Can be Lost

Not All Faith Will Last Can lose faith altogether Faith Can be Lost Can lose faith altogether Fail – lose it (Luke 22:32) Deny it (1 Tim. 5:8) Depart from it (1 Tim. 4:1) Shipwreck (1 Tim. 1:19) Stray from (1 Tim. 6:10, 21) Overthrow (2 Tim. 2:18) Cast off (1 Tim. 5:11-12; Heb. 10:35, 39) Reach point of unbelief (Heb. 3:12)

Not All Faith Will Last Can lose faith altogether Faith Can be Lost Can lose faith altogether What it means to lose your faith Standing ground shaken – crumbles and is gone (Heb. 11:1) No longer depend upon God (Luke:18:1, 8) No longer function because of God’s word! Lost all hope (1 Pet. 1:9) [“Don’t count on hope when faith is gone”]

Not All Faith is the Same Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith Losing Your Faith Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith Not All Faith Will Last Faith Can be Lost Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith How We Lose Our Faith

Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith How We Lose Our Faith It may well be that we are doing / tolerating things that are destroying what faith we have!

Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith How We Lose Our Faith Lack of study – fail to feed it (Rom. 10:17; Col. 1:9-11) Missing worship (Heb. 10:24-25; Eph. 5:19) Fail to grow (2 Pet. 1:5-11) Secular education (1 Cor. 1:18-23) Fail to use what faith we have (Luke 17:5-10) Distance self from Lord & others (Matt. 26:58) Pressure of the environment (John 18:18, 25-27)

Not All Faith is the Same Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith Losing Your Faith Not All Faith is the Same Differing Degrees of Faith Not All Faith Will Last Faith Can be Lost Not All We Do is Good for Our Faith How We Lose Our Faith