Little Faith

I. EXORDIUM:

How big is your faith?

II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:

Believers

III. OBJECTIVES:

To show that we need to have faith as a lifestyle.

IV. TEXT:

Matthew 6:30 (Amplified Bible)

But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith?

V. THESIS:

We need to have faith as a lifestyle.

VI. TITLE:

Little faith

VII. EXPLICATION:

A. Author: Matthew, also called Levi

B. Date written: 60 A.D.

C. Purpose: To show that JESUS of Nazareth was the Kingly Messiah of Jewish prophecy

D. To whom written: Jews

E. Main theme: JESUS is GOD's Promised Anointed Messiah, the King of the jews

F. Keywords: fulfilled

G. Key verses:

Matthew 16:16-19 (Amplified Bible)

Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood [men] have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven.

And I tell you, you are Peter [Greek, Petros—a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra—a huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it].

I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven.

VIII. MAIN BODY:

A. GOD cares so wonderfully for grass, here today and gone tomorrow

"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace,"

Psalms 90:5-6 (Amplified Bible)

You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up—

In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it is mown down and withers.

Luke 12:28 (Amplified Bible)

But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you [people] of little faith?

James 1:10-11 (Amplified Bible)

And the rich [person ought to glory] in being humbled [by being shown his human frailty], because like the flower of the grass he will pass away.

For the sun comes up with a scorching heat and parches the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away. Even so will the rich man wither and die in the midst of his pursuits.

1 Peter 1:24-25 (Amplified Bible)

For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off,

But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you.

Isaiah 40:6-9 (Amplified Bible)

A voice says, Cry [prophesy]! And I said, What shall I cry? [The voice answered, Proclaim:] All flesh is as frail as grass, and all that makes it attractive [its kindness, its goodwill, its mercy from God, its glory and comeliness, however good] is transitory, like the flower of the field.

The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely [all] the people are like grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.

O you who bring good tidings to Zion, get up to the high mountain. O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God!

Grass are wicked rich people who rely on their wealth as their god, but have no care and belief in GOD that made them rich. They are here in this world and gone tomorrow, but our lifespan is forever because He lives, we will also live with Him.

1 John 4:16 (Amplified Bible)

And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him.

Grass are used to describe rich, wealthy people who trust their wealth and not GOD, and those who trusts themselves but not GOD.