1. Welcome

2. “Set forth your case” ESV
Faith Is Proved
“Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” 1 Thes. 5:21
“Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob.” Isa. 41:21
“Set forth your case” ESV

3. “Fight the good fight of faith…” I Timothy 6:12

4. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Heb.11:1

5. Evidence of things unseen
Substance - assurance
Ground, basis, support
“Surety”
Evidence of things unseen
Proof
Never seen heaven
But we have the evidence

6. “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.” 1 Thes. 5:21

7. Prove = put all things to the test
Not a matter of probability
“Prove”
Luke 14:19 - oxen, go to “prove” them
Rom. 12:2 - “may prove what is”
1 Tim. 3:10 - “first be proved”
1 John 4: “try the spirits”

8. 30. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
31. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name John 20:30-31

9. Scripture produces faith and knowledge
1 John 5:13
“know that ye have eternal life”
“believe on the name of the Son of God”
1 Tim. 4:3 “believe and know the truth”
2 Tim. 1:12 “I know whom I have believed”
John 6:69 “we believe and are sure”

10. Variety of types of evidence
Eyewitness
Miracles
Prophecy
Luke 1:1-4
Acts 1:3
God is - accepted by faith:
Not against the evidence
Not without evidence
Not beyond the evidence
We believe on the basis of evidence

11. “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: 1 Pet. 3:15

12. The Evidence is sufficient
Be ready to give an answer
To make defense
To ask a reason
Rational belief
Of the Hope
The Evidence is sufficient
To establish proof

13. “For we walk by faith, not by sight” 2 Cor. 5:7

14. Jesus was no longer on the Earth
Earlier faith and sight went together
John 20:29 “because you have seen me, you have believed” - Thomas
Faith in Jesus now is backed by evidence

15. George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
We never saw these men !
We believe they once lived ! Why ?
Because of the evidence that we can read.
The same is true about Jesus !

16. “For we walk by faith, not by sight”
Contrasting faith produced by sight with
Faith produced by other means.
Testimony of others
Revelation from God
Some day faith and sight will be together
1 John 3:2
“when He is revealed”
“we shall see Him as He is”
“Faith will not be lost in heavenly sight”
“We will then have faith with sight”

17. Thomas had faith after sight
We now have faith without sight
In heaven we will have sight after faith

18. Faith Is Proved We have the inspired word of God
2 Pet. 1:3 “all things that pertain unto life and godliness”
About God
About Christ
About the Church
About Heaven and Hell

20. Nelson Chapel Church of Christ
5039 Six Mile Road
Maryville, Tn
August 12, 2018
Sermon by Arthur Pigman
2705 Druid Hill Dr.
Maryville, Tn
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