Far More Precios Than Gold
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December 27, 2020

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Far More Precios Than Gold

Our faith has been tested in several ways this year.

a) A lack of

.

Every day they continued to

in the temple courts. They in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 and enjoying the favour of all the people. —Acts 2:46-47

b) The

of the Church has been challenged not just by shelter in place rules but also because it was an election year.

Make every effort to keep yourselves united in the Spirit, binding yourselves together with peace. —Ephesians 4:3, NLT

c) Many families have been affected financially. Many have experienced

.

  • Marriages in turmoil.
  • Businesses have closed
  • Some of us have lost loved ones

6 So be truly glad. There is

, even though you must many trials for a .
7 These trials will show that your faith is . It is being tested as fire tests and purifies gold—though your faith is far more than mere gold. —1 Peter 1:6-7, NLT

Though he slay me, yet will I

in Him. —Job 13:15

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king.
18

, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up. —Daniel 3:16-18

For this reason

these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed,
for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. —1 Timothy 1:12
Jesus spoke to his disciples saying, “when the son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” —Luke 18:8

  • Key word - PERSISTING!

  • Definition of Persist: To continue

    or obstinately in an opinion or a course of action , opposition or failure.

3 Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend

for the which was delivered to the saints
4 For certain men have crept in unnoticed, who long ago were marked out for this condemnation, ungodly men, who turn the grace of our God into lewdness and deny the only Lord [b]God and our Lord Jesus Christ. —Jude 3-4 NKJV

  • “Contend Earnestly” - Stand in defense of the faith. Fight for the faith.

1) The faith is an faith.

  • It was delivered from Heaven through the apostles unto the church to keep and to practice.

2) The faith is a faith.

  • It was delivered, through the apostles in the first century and we are still by that body of truth that came through the apostles two thousand years ago.

3) The faith is a faith.

  • It is the definite body of absolute truth that has been given to the church to , keep, preach and contend for.

35 Therefore do not cast away your

, which has great reward. 36 For you have need of , so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise:
37 “For yet a while,
And He who is coming will come and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith;
But if anyone draws back,
My soul has no pleasure (no delight) in him.”
39 But__ we are not__ of those who draw back to perdition (destruction), but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. —Hebrews 10:35-39