Effective Faith

Phm 1:6 (KJV) That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.
Phm 1:6 (NASB) and I pray that the fellowship of your faith may become effective through the knowledge of every good thing which is in you for Christ’s sake.
Phm 1:6 (NLT) And I am praying that you will put into action the generosity that comes from your faith as you understand and experience all the good things we have in Christ.

I. Understand That The Bible Pays Not Attention To

Faith.

2 Co 4:13 (NASB) But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE,” we also believe, therefore we also speak,

Everyone

what they believe.

- not thoughts, not feelings.

faith is effective faith.

Philemon 1:6 That the communication of thy faith will be effectual…

*II. Never

*

Never allow a lie to

in your presence.

Lying is

deception

Believes what

says - who must do the believing?

God has complete confidence in His

words

*Heb 6:18 (KJV) That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, …
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III. Be

.

Jas 1:6-8 NASB But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, 8 being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

You

what you focus on.

Heb 12:2 (NASB) fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith,

Lack of focus results in

.

faith is ineffective faith.

IV.

The Work Done IN You.

Phm 1:6 (KJV) That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

What you believe of yourself is more important than what

think of you.

Jas 1:23 (NASB) For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; 24 for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. 25 But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the 1. law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does.

The image in the mirror comes from the heart and the heart is

by the Word.

To brag on a person’s work is to brag on the

.

Psa 92:4 (NASB)  For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. 5 How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep.