Matthew 17

We His People - We Believe

We His People - We Believe

Dave Riddle - 9/3/2023

Key Passage: John 3:14-16

You may have heard “Hope is not a strategy”

  • There is some truth to that popular saying.

    • But hope IS an essential part of our faith.

      • 1 Corinthians 13:13

      • Hebrews 11:1-3

      • Romans 15:13

We Believe

  • We are people of faith.

    • John 3:14-16

    • Ephesians 2:8-9

      • Saved by faith though grace.

    • Romans 5:1-2

      • Faith and hope

We often struggle to live by faith

  • So often, we walk by what we see, know, and feel, rather than walking by faith.

    • Galatians 2:20

    • 2 Corinthians 5:7

      • walk = peripateo (Greek: περιπατέω) literally: to tread all around, walk at large. Figuratively: to live, to make one’s way, to regulate one’s life, to conduct oneself

      • Are you living in a manner consistent with your confident belief in God’s promises?

    • 2 Corinthians 4:16-18

      • We do not focus on what is seen!

On what our whom do you set your eyes?

  • What/who are you chasing?

  • Are we people who live by faith?

  • Romans 8:24-25

The Canaanite Woman’s Faith 

  • Matthew 15:21-28

    • Great faith is powerful

The Disciples failure to heal

  • Matthew 17:14-21

    • Little faith is powerful

The Fiery Furnace

  • Daniel 3

    • We have faith even if God doesn’t answer our prayers.

    • We have faith even in death.

Do you believe?

  • John 11:25-26

Hello my name is: Eternal Father

Hello My Name is: Eternal Father

Phil Woodman - 12/15/19

Key Passage: Isaiah 9:6

The role of a good, loving father:

As a father, Jesus Disciples

  • Deuteronomy 6:4-7

    • Teach your children diligently 

  • Proverbs 22:6 - train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • He showed them how to:

    • Spend time with God

    • Serve and love people

As a father, Jesus Disciplines 

  • Mark 9:33-35 - who is the greatest?

  • Mark 10:13-15 - let the children come!

  • Mark 8:33 - get behind me Satan!

As a father, Jesus Empowers

  • Luke 9:1-6 - sending the 12

    • He Listens

      • Luke 9:10 - they reported to Jesus all they had done.

    • He Celebrates Victories

      • Luke 10:17-18 - the 72 returned with joy...

    • He Comforts

      • Matthew 17:21

      • Matthew 14:22-33

As a father, Jesus Forgives

  • Luke 15:11-32 - The Prodigal Son

    • V. 20 - “His father saw him and was filled with compassion...”