Speaker: Ps. Irwan Ngadisastra
Date: February 28 2010

Faith to Believe
Faith to Act

Definition:
NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrew 11:1

“Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible and receives the impossible.”

“Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, faith looks up.”

Story about a young boy

John 6:1-13

1. Faith

• A Boy’s Lunch
  Consider this! A little boy with his lunch feeding 5000 men (uncounted women and children). How much do you think a boy’s lunch amount to? NOT MUCH
• Disciple’s Faith
  John 6:5-9
• Believing what is seen
  The Disciples themselves did not have the faith. They only believed what they saw – 200 denari – not much money
  5 loaves of bread and 2 fish – not enough food
  Remember, FAITH is believing what is NOT yet seen

2. Obedience

What Jesus was asking from the boy seems ridiculous. Asking from a little boy to give up all of his lunch (NOT SHARE), but to give it all.

Many times, God wants us to give all that we have for Him to use for His glory and to let Him to use for doing miracles, but because of our disobedience, we missed the opportunities to receive the miracles ourselves.

What if the boy decided to be disobedient when Jesus asked for his lunch?

Do you think that the 5000 men can be blessed and thus give God the glory?

14 Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” - John 6:14

Because of our obedience, God can be glorified and acknowledged

3. Surrender

The boy not only he is obedient, but he surrendered to the Will of God. To him, it may not make sense, but he knows that when he surrendered all, something good will come out of it.

When we surrendered all that we have, God can turn it around into abundance! 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish can feed more than 5000 people. That is EXPONENTIAL!!

4. Perception

The little boy did not have any perception of little or much. That’s why he did not question Jesus.

Lack or abundance is a matter of perception
To some 200,000 shillings is abundance,
to some, it is not enough!

Story of Faith

Remember Definition of Faith:
NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrew 11:1

He replied, “If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you. Luk 17:6

Closing Quote

Richard M. DeVos: The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is often merely the will to try it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

Benjamin Franklin: The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.