Faith is rewarding

is rewarding

Hebrews 11:6b

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And without faith it is impossible to please God,

because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek

him.Hebrews 11:6

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.Hebrews 11:6

1. Astounded by his majestic creative energy.

2. Awed by his nearness

3. Amazed by what He pleases Him.

4. Astonished by His love


1. Anyone who comes to him.

What Pleases God



2. Belief in his existence

What Pleases God



2. Belief in his existence

3. Earnestly seek Him

What Pleases God


1. People (Anyone)

Who God Values


1. People (Anyone)

2.

John Gray Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other

Animals.

Who God Values

1. People (Anyone)

2.

John Gray Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other

Animals.

Who God ValuesThoughts of virtue, morality, or progress whether it comes from seculars, liberals, conservatives, or Christians, is derived from an erroneous Christian notions of humans as morally autonomous beings categorically different from other animals. This belief, and the corresponding idea that history makes sense, or is progressing towards something, is merely a Christian prejudice.

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.1 Corinthians 15:13

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

Who God Values


And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 1 Corinthians 15:14

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

Who God Values


And is Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.1 Corinthians 15:17

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

Who God Values


If only in this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.1 Corinthians 15:18

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

Who God Values


BUT Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the

1 Corinthians 15:20

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

Who God Values


Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much valuable than they? Matthew 6:25b-26

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

4. Jesus

Who God Values


When I consider your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? Psalm 8:3-4

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

4. Jesus

5. David

Who God Values


You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the sea. O, Lord, Our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth. Psalm 8:3-4

1. People (Anyone)

2. Straw Dogs:

3. Paul

4. Jesus

5. David

Who God Values



1. Earnestly seek him

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek him

God did this so that we would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each of us. For in him we live and move and have our beingActs 17:27-28

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek himI am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go. If you had only paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well being like the waves of a sea. Isaiah 48:17-18

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek him2. God does not disappoint

Romans 5:5Hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek him2. God does not disappoint .3. Rewards (Work)

James 2:17Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

God is Generous



James 2:17Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. Ephesians 2:8For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God, not by works, so that no one can boast.

God is Generous



1 Corinthians 3:8Each one will be rewarded according to his own labor. 2 Peter 1:8For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek him2. God does not disappoint .3. Rewards (Work)4. Rewards (Grace)

Ephesians 1:3He blesses us with every spiritual blessing.Ephesians 3:20He is able to more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.

1 Samuel 26:23The Lord rewards all for their righteousness and faithfulness.

God is Generous


1. Earnestly seek him2. God does not disappoint .3. Rewards (Work)4. Rewards (Grace)5. Reward (God Himself)

Genesis 15:1The Word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your shield, your very great reward. 2 Chronicles 16:9The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to stengthen those who hearts are fully committed to him.

God is Generous

is rewarding

Hebrews 11:6b

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