Mark 9
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
You have an untapped potential in Christ!
· A father brought his son; we have no idea the age of the boy, to Jesus.
· He first encountered the Disciples and they could not help him.
· So now he moves to Jesus. There is a crowd moving toward Jesus.
· The man begins to say to Jesus my son is suicidal, he throws himself in the fire, he’s deaf and dumb.
· He says in verse 22 “Help my unbelief.”
· Jesus answers and says, “If you can just believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.”
Prereckucet
· IF you can just believe.
· The “IF” factor.
· Your choice is to respond or not to respond to his purpose.
· Romans 10
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
· You can’t be saved unless you believe.
· It doesn’t say anything about works, or tongues, “IF” thou confess, and believe.
· “The life of Christ.”
· All for you, yet without the “IF” factor we can go straight to hell forever. No matter what He did.
· Many people will never see heaven because they did not see the “if” factor.
Then there is the “IF” Factor Failure.
· Hebrews 4
2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
· How many people will die thinking, “If only.”
The “IF” fact.
· It’s not the ability it is the choice. Romans 12
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
· Everybody has the ability to believe.
· Romans 10
17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
· James 2
26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Let’s talk about the POWER
· I must believe- to have Faith upon or with respect to a person or thing.
· Mark 1
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
· ?? Do you believe the Gospel?
· Belief is a mirror of our behavior.
· Does your life style add up?
· Mark 5
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
· Mark 11
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
· Mark 16
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
· John 1
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
· John 7
37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
· Acts 16
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
· Hebrews 11
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
· Matthew 9
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.
· Matthew 17
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
WHAT INPOSSIBILITES ARE IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW?
You’ve accepted things as they are.
Mark 5
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
· Mark 10: Blind Bartimius He said, your Faith has made the whole.
· Not because you’re rich.
· Not because you speak in tongues better then somebody else.
· Not because you deserve it.
· Not because of your works but….
· Because of your Faith
· I get the feeling there is somebody sitting here today hanging on by a small thread. And God is saying, If you will just BELIEVE.
· John 14
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
James 5
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
The Person
BELIEVE- to have Faith upon or with respect to a person or thing.
· Hebrews 12
1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
· He said “looking unto Jesus.”
· Not grandma….Not the preacher…but Jesus.
· When I need a miracle I don’t need to like at the circumstance, I must look to Jesus.
· People will fail us.
· Of he said it, he will do it. He is a friend that sticks closer then a brother.
· Who is your Faith in?
· Psalm 61
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
· There will come a time when our heart will acke…..
· Hosea 2
15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
· I’m not looking for a way out.
· Zechariah 13
1 In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
· He is the fountain.
· Matthew 2
6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
· Mark 1
24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
· Luke 1
69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;
· There’s been times I’ve struggled. But I go to the rock.
· Luke 1
78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
· John 1:1 He’s the Word of God.
· John 1
14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
· John 1:29 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
· DO YOU BELIEVE?
· John 6
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
· John 8
12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
· John 8
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
· DO YOU BELIEVE?
· John 10
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
· John 15
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
· DO YOU BELIEVE?
· Acts 3
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
· Acts 10
36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
· 1 Corinthians 5
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
· 1 Peter 2
25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
· Hebrews 8
6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
· Revelation 1
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
· Revelation 5
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
· Revelation 19
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
· Who are you believing in?
· All things are possible.
Hebrews 11: 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
These are things that ordinary people did because of their Faith in God.
