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“ THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH ” (HAB. 2:4)

“ THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH ” (HAB. 2:4). “ THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH ”. 1. Habakkuk Puzzled by the Ways of God 1:1-2 Not Understand God’s Patience 1:6,13 Not Understand God’s Action 2. Fellowship with God Based on Total Faith in God, Not Ability to Understand All His Ways

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“ THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH ” (HAB. 2:4)

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  1. “THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH”(HAB. 2:4)

  2. “THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH” 1. Habakkuk Puzzled by the Ways of God • 1:1-2 Not Understand God’s Patience • 1:6,13 Not Understand God’s Action 2. Fellowship with God Based on Total Faith in God, Not Ability to Understand All His Ways • 2:1-4 God Knew Babylon Wicked • 2:19-20 God Would Punish in His Own Time 3. 3:17-19 Learned Total Faith in God 4. Jews Had to Learn This Faith—Hope of Savior 5. All Must Learn & Apply This Faith!

  3. Faith in God’s Promise of the Savior True Faith: Obedience to God’s Word • Gen. 12:1-3 Some Jews Trusted in Lineage, Not Obey Christ • John 3 Jesus Taught Nicodemus: • Vv. 1-5 Enter God’s Kingdom by Spiritual Birth: Water Baptism & Message of Holy Spirit • Vs. 16 Faith Points to Obedience in Vs. 5 • Vv. 31-36 United Message of Godhead: Faith (Obey) VS Disobey (Unbelief)

  4. Faith in God’s Promise of the Savior Thayer’s Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament Defines the Verb “To Believe” (PISTEUO): “To think to be true; to be persuaded of; to credit, place confidence in”—“used especially of the faith by which a man embraces Jesus, i.e. a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah—the divinely appointed author of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God, conjoined with obedience to Christ”—Jn. 1:12; 3:16, 36; Mk. 16:16; throughout Romans as 1:16; 10:10

  5. Faith in God’s Promise of the Savior Gospel Reveals God’s Plan of Salvation 1. Rom. 1:16-17 Believe Gospel=Saved, Live 2. Rom. 1:5; 10:16; 16:25-26 True, Saving, Comprehensive Faith Includes Obedience 3. Rom. 6:3-4, 16-18 Baptism: Act of Faith in Christ, Death of Old Man, Begin New Life 4. Hab. 2:4 “The Just Shall Live by His Faith”

  6. Faith in God’s Promise of the Savior Faith in Gospel of Christ, Not Law of Moses 1. Gal. 3:8-11 Abraham Believed Promise • Vs. 10 Curse of Law: No Perfect Sacrifice • Vv. 24-27 Obedient Faith in Christ, Not Moses 2. Hab. 2:4 “The Just Shall Live by His Faith” Faith Steadfast to the End 1. Heb. 10:36-39 Patient Faith Rewarded 2. Hab. 2:4 “The Just Shall Live by His Faith”

  7. Faith in God’s Promise of the Savior Faith Stays with Truth, No Compromise 1. 2 Cor. 5:7 Not Understand Why God Revealed Some Things, But Trust Him 2. Rom. 3:4 Not Shaken If Prominent Men Waver 3. 2 Tim. 2:14-19;1 Tim.6:20 Some Snared by: • “Words to No Profit” & “Contradictions of what is falsely called knowledge” • Some Stand for Truth & Some Embrace False Doctrine 4. Scruples & Judgments Test Faith, False Doctrines Test Faith

  8. Faith in God’s Rule Over Nations True Faith Includes Faith in God’s Rule • Acts 17:26-27 God Rules So That Men Can Find Him • Prov. 14:34 God Takes Account of Sin • Jer. 25:31; Rom. 13:1-4 God Restrains Evil and Protects the Good • Dan. 4:25 Raises Up, Brings Down Nations • 1 Tim. 2:1-4 Advance Cause of Truth • Hab. 2:20;3:17-19 Trust God’s Perfect Rule • Hab. 2:4 “The Just Shall Live by His Faith”

  9. Faith in God’s Care as We Face Personal Needs & Trials The Lord Was with Joseph in Many Trials • Gen. 37:22 God Delivered Him from Death • Gen. 39:1-2 God Blessed Him Under Potiphar • Gen. 39:20-21 God Blessed Him in Prison • Gen. 50:19-20 Joseph Trusted in God, Then Understood Better Later in Life

  10. Faith in God’s Care as We Face Personal Needs & Trials Matt. 6:24-34 God Provides Our Daily Needs • Great Fear & Anxiety=Little Faith 2 Cor. 12:7-10 Grace of Christ Sustained Paul as Struggled with a Thorn • God Greater than All Our Thorns • Faith Looks at Problems thru God • Total Trust: God Knows Our Problems, Does What is Best • Hab. 2:4 “The Just Shall Live by His Faith”

  11. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY HIS FAITH ChristInvitestheWearySinner: To the Fallen Christian: “Confess your faults one to another” (Jas. 5:16). To the Sinner in the World: “Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (Jn. 3:5).

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