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( 1 ) Faith Described, v. 1. Who measures out faith? Rom. 12:3. Who bestows faith as H e'w ills? 1 Cor. 12:9. Who is the author and finisher o f faith? 11 eh. 12 : 2 . How is faith produced? Rom. 10:17; 2 Tim. 3:15. How is spiritual life sustained ?Gal2:20. How are believers commanded to walk? 2 Cor. 5 :7. Through what means do they gain vic tories? 1 John 5:4, 5. By what power do we overcome the devil? Eph. 6:16. What makes preaching and teaching effectual? 1 Thess. ¿!:13. What effect is produced by the trial of fa ith ?' 1 Pet. 1:6, 7. How should- faith be held? 1 Tim- 1 :19. What will save a believer from ship- wréck? Col. 1:23. What can be accomplished through faith ? Matt. 17:20; 21:21. How should all things be done? Rom. 14:22. What does faith exclude? Rom. 3:27. ( 2 ) Faith Defended, vs. 32-40. What did faith lead Gideon to do? Judges 7 :7, 20, 21. Who was used to inspire Barak with faith? Judges 4:4-6. H ow did Samson prove his faith? Judges 16:30: What did the Lord do in response to Jephthah’s faith? Judges 11:32. How did Samuel show his faith in the presence o f a king? 1 Sam. 15:22, 23. What did David prophesy by faith? Acts 2 :25-3L How - did faith operate through the fathers? J’sa. 44:1-3. 5 Were walled, cities able to -withstand faith? Heb. 11:30. Were they strong through their weak ness,? 2 Cor. 12:9, 10. Did they risk their bodies in defence of the.faith? Dan. 3:26-28; 6:22. Did they suffer cruelties ? 1 Kings 22:24; 2 Cor. 11:24, 25.
Did they receive the promise? 1 Peter 1 :9-12. ' ; Where are the records kept o f these worthies? Mai. 3:16, 17; Job 16:19. To what did Abraham’s faith look for ward? Heb. 11:10. Upon whom were the eyes o f Moses fixed? Heb. 11:26, 27. When will all o f these faithful saints receive their reward? 1 Cor. 3:8-14; Rev. 6 : 11 . ( 3 ) Faith’s Distinguished Leader, 12:1-2. Where shall we lay our weights? 1 Pet. 5:7. Where have our sins been laid? 1 Pet. 2:24. As -we run, what shall we hold forth? Phil. 2:16. What shall we receive who run well ? 2 Tim. . 4:8. Upon whom are our eyes to be focussed ? Titus 2 :13. What was'the joy set before our Leader? Psa. 16:9-11. Where is the princely Leader of our faith? 1 Pet. 3:22. ' ^ • What was His suffering and sorrow? Isa. 53:3-5. What was. His exaltation? Phil. 2:8-11. PRACTICAL POINTS (1) There is a substance in faith which sees the unseen. (2) Faith is a gift which God freely gives. (3) When the Lord looks upon His chil dren, He is pleased when He finds faith. (4) Faith does for the unreal what reason does for the real. (5) Christian faith is a soul faculty which deals with the realities o f the unseen. ( 6 ) The men o f faith are foreign born. 1 Pet. 1,:23; John .1:13. (7) They do not-buy that which they can not bring home. Rev. 3:18. ( 8 ) They are pilgrims whose politics are in heaven. Phil. 3;20. (9) To faith the future is more potent than . the present. (10) Faith’s princely Leader is {he Lord 'of Glory,
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