Title: Faith Management of Saints
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Management of the believer's faith Mark 6:1-6
The presence or absence of faith is important in relation to salvation and the work of God. Also, the great and small of faith becomes the object of the Lord's praise and rebuke. Great faith is beautiful. To have good faith, you need to take good care of it. To do this, we must manage it by asking God. Faith is a gift from God. The following must be managed through the Word of God. Because there is no faith apart from the Word. And trust must be managed with all your heart and your best effort. Faith is God-given, but you must hold on to it and believe in a good conscience.
In the Bible, there are various evaluations of faith. For example, if you have great faith, you have little faith, you have great faith, you have faith, you do not have faith, so if you have faith and have great faith, you will be praised, but if you do not have faith, you will be rebuked. Not only that, but the work of God differed according to the size of the presence or absence of faith. If you have faith, nothing is impossible and you will receive more than you ask for, but if you do not have faith, even what you have given will be taken away.
The storehouse of G is full of the grace and blessings that G wants to give us, but nonetheless, only a part of G's children receive and enjoy it because none other than the presence or absence of faith is proportional to the size of it. This part is very important. You should know it well. The richness of our life is that it is according to our beliefs. We Koreans are more hopeful than people from other countries because they are not only intelligent, but also have big dreams. However, we must be able to apply this belief to the blessings of the Spirit. I stress, but our trust management is the most important part to manage.
So, how do you manage your faith?
1. Faith must be managed by asking God.
1) Faith is a gift from G. 2 Thessalonians 3:2 says, “Faith is not everyone’s.” Why? Because faith is a gift of grace from G. Ephesians 2:8 says, “For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith, and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of G.” Faith is what G gives to his specially chosen people. Therefore, if we have faith, we should ask G to have it more abundantly.
2) You must ask for faith. In Mark 9, the father of a child with epilepsy asks J, “Help my unbelief” (Mark 9:24). - One -
In Luke 17, the disciples cried out, “Give us more faith” (Luke 17:5). I prayed this way because I knew that faith is a gift from G. So, in 1 Corinthians 12, among the gifts of the Holy Spirit, there is the gift of faith. This is also a gift from G. The characteristic of belief is that the bigger the beautiful, the stronger the better. Ask G to be filled with the wonderful gift of faith.
3) We must hope to have great and bold faith - *Elijah's faith--*Elisha's faith-*The centurion's faith. *The faith of the Canaanite woman. *Stephen's faith.
2. Faith is managed through the Word.
1) Faith comes from hearing. Romans 10:17 says, “Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of X.” I did. Faith that is not based on the Word is only one's own beliefs. Belief and belief are very different. Faith is based on truth, but belief is based on human knowledge, thoughts, or vanity.
2) G's words protect us from falling into delusion. Pseudo-cults deceive and fall many believers with weak faith. With those who deceive, those who are deceived perish with them. A belief based on words is a healthy faith.
3) We must receive the word of G by faith and put it into practice. If you do not receive the Word by faith, there is no benefit. And if you listen to the Word and do not put it into practice, you are just building a house on the sand. The text tells the story of J who did not believe and was rejected in his hometown. What do people do when the Lord does the words and signs of authority and power? But soon they thought of J's physical background in their head - as a result, they did not believe in J and rejected him. Paul also said that since he knew J according to the flesh, he would no longer know any flesh according to the flesh. It is a lesson that our faith must be based only on the truth.
3. Faith must be managed with our hearts as well.
1) It must become a true heart and perfect faith. In Hebrews 10:22, “a true heart and perfect faith”, “a true heart” here means “a sincere and faithful heart.” And the true heart means the faith that Paul had served Timothy from his ancestors with a pure conscience and faith in you. (2 Timothy 1:3-5)
2) There should be no doubt. Satan from the beginning made him doubt the word of G so that he could not believe it, and made him disbelieve, disobeyed, turned away, and turned against him, leading him to fall into the wrath and judgment of G. That is why he was the one who falsely accused the devil. We must oppose the devil so that this kind of heart cannot be established.
3) We need to set the goal of J's faith. - 2 -
In John 14:12, J said, “He who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he also do.” And the writer of Hebrews said, “Let us look to J, the author and perfecter of our faith.” J's belief is our goal and we want to go out. This is possible because of the grace of the Holy Spirit. Ephesians told him to grow to the full size of X.
4. Faith must be managed with humility and repentance.
1) You must keep your faith until the very end. 1 Timothy 1:19 “Have faith and a good conscience, for some have abandoned this conscience, and as to their faith they have been shipwrecked.” did Thus, faith is closely related to conscience. If our conscience is tempted by lust or lust and loses goodness, faith cannot dwell. For example, if you have a guilty conscience and are in a sense of condemnation, you will feel like you have lost all faith in your heart. This is the shipwreck of faith.
2) It must be managed through repentance. Management of our conscience is the management of faith. In order to manage our conscience well, we must always renew it through repentance so that it does not become dull. We must keep our faith with fear and trembling - on the contrary, we must avoid being condemned by our legal faith. To do this, we must boldly rely on the Father's love and the merits of the blood, and be governed by the Holy Spirit.
3) Must be managed with humility. When pride comes, the grace of G goes away. Pride was said to be the spearhead of destruction. The more the saints receive grace, the more humble they become. To exalt oneself and not boast, but to exalt the Lord, and to boast only in the Lord G loves the humble and gives greater grace.
Dear saints,
We live in a world where we live according to our beliefs, so I can't blame anyone for my life. It was according to my belief. Therefore, managing your faith well is of utmost importance. Let's manage it through prayer. Let's manage it with the word. Let's manage it with a whole heart. And let's manage it with a good conscience. So, I hope that you will be praised by Jesus and become loving believers who follow your faith.