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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
