WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF CHRIST Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/25/10

WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF

CHRIST

Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/25/10

“O YOU OF LITTLE FAITH”

Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/25/10

“O You of Little Faith”

Faith comes by Hearing (Romans 10:17) The just shall live by Faith (Habakkuk 2:4) Faith pleases God (Hebrews 11:6) Faith overcomes the World (I John 5:4) Great Faith (Matthew 8:8-10) Dead Faith (James 2:17) Little Faith (Mt. 6:25-34; 8:23-27; 14:22-33;

16:1-12)

“O You of Little Faith”

A Rebuke of Worry

A Rebuke of Worry

Matthew 6:25-34

(30) “Now if God so clothes the

grass of the field, which today is,

and tomorrow is thrown into the

oven, will He not much more clothe

you, O you of little faith?”

A Rebuke of Worry

Psalm 37:25 –

“I have been young, and now

am old; Yet I have not seen the

righteous forsaken, Nor his

descendants begging bread.”

A Rebuke of Worry

I Timothy 6:6-8 – “And having food and clothing with these we shall be content”

Matthew 6:9-13 – “Give us this day our daily bread”

A Rebuke of Worry

Philippians 4:11-13 – (11) “I have learned in whatever

state I am, to be content” (12)“I have learned both to be

full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need”

(13) “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me”

A Rebuke of Worry

Habakkuk 3:17-19 – (17) “Though the fig tree may not

blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; Though the labor of the olive fail, and the fields yield no food; Though the flock may be cut off from the fold, and there be no herd in the stalls”

(18-19) “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord is my strength”

“O You of Little Faith”

A Rebuke of Worry

A Rebuke of Fear

A Rebuke of Fear

Matthew 8:23-27

(26) “But he said to them, ‘Why

are you fearful, O you of little

faith?” Then He arose and

rebuked the winds and the sea,

and there was a great calm.”

A Rebuke of Fear

Psalm 27:1 –

“The Lord is my light and my

salvation; Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the strength of my

life; Of whom shall I be afraid?”

A Rebuke of Fear

Hebrews 13:5-6 –

(5) “I will never leave you nor

forsake you”

(6) “The Lord is my helper; I will

not fear. What can man do to

me?”

A Rebuke of Fear

Romans 8:31-39 –

(31) “If God is for us, who can be

against us?”

(35-39) Nothing “shall be able to

separate us from the love of God

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord”

“O You of Little Faith”

A Rebuke of Worry

A Rebuke of Fear

A Rebuke of Doubt

A Rebuke of Doubt

Matthew 14:22-33

(31) “And immediately Jesus

stretched out His hand and

caught him, and said to him, ‘O

you of little faith, why did

you doubt?”

A Rebuke of Doubt

Hebrews 11:6 -

“But without faith it is impossible

to please Him, for he who comes

to God must believe that He is,

and that He is a rewarder of

those who diligently seek Him.”

A Rebuke of Doubt

James 1:5-8 –

“But let him ask in faith, with

no doubting, for he who doubts

is like a wave of the sea driven

and tossed by the wind”

A Rebuke of Doubt

Acts 10:17-20 –

“Arise therefore, go down and

go with them, doubting

nothing; for I have sent them.”

“O You of Little Faith”

A Rebuke of Worry

A Rebuke of Fear

A Rebuke of Doubt

A Rebuke of Shallow Thought

A Rebuke of Shallow Thought Matthew 16:1-12

“But Jesus, being aware of it,

said to them, ‘O you of little

faith, why do you reason

among yourselves because you

have brought no bread?”

A Rebuke of Shallow Thought Romans 14:14-21 –

“for the kingdom of God is not

eating and drinking, but

righteousness and peace and

joy in the Holy Spirit”

Conclusion

Four attitudes: Worry, Fear, Doubt, & Shallow Thought All are characterized by one common factor:

“O you of little faith”

Let us grow in our faith so that we may not worry, fear, doubt, or have shallow thought. So that we can be as the centurion, a man of

great faith.

WELCOME TO PINE GROVE CHURCH OF

CHRIST

Pine Grove Church of Christ – 07/25/10