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IN CHRIST JESUS, dearly beloved friends: “According to your faith be it unto you.”
In. these words,
‘the Savior responded to the plea of two blind men who came to
Him begging for help. Their faith was the thing which brought.
about Jesus’ blessing. Over and over again in the stories of Jesus
recorded in Scripture; we see how He always emphasized faith. —
It has been said that no word in the Christian religion is used more frequently and more carelessly than “faith.” It is generally agreed that faith Is
"This “Sermon of the Week,”
by Pastor Walter C. Maas, is a synopsis of his address today in the Trinity Lutheran Church.
important and necessary. But far too many persons have the erroneous impression that any kind of faith is satisfactory. 80 long as you believe something, and believe it sincerely, you have no need to worry. This very popular theory finds mo support in the Holy Scrip. Sures of God. Rather do we learn from Clod’s word that there are cer8trin very definite qualifications for “The Faith That Really Counts.” As we study the text
before us, we are privileged to - see these qualifications. pre- ..
“"sented by the Savior Himself. ” ~ ” ‘““THE FAITH THAT ‘REALLY COUNTS” is first of Ell a faith that believes in Christ as the promised Savior And Redeemer of the world. ‘The two blind men approaching Jesus addressed Him “Thou Son of David.” Thus they indicated “that they reeognized in Him the fulfillment of the many Messianic prophesies of the Old Testament Scriptures. Again we observe in their faith the Important character-
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istic ‘of trust. In thelr time of
distress, they turn to Christ for
help and consolation. It is a strange mark of the so-called faith that- so many people profess today, that it is a kind of “Faith as a last resort.” . When everything else has been tried, and when all else has failed, then they will
finally turn to God as though there is nothing to lose and that perhaps somehow something might be gained.
The . pointed question posed
~~ Seripture: hen Jesus departed thence two blind men importance of certainty and | followed Him crying dnd saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy
confidence in connection with “The Faith. That Really Courts.” blind men, “Believe ye that I am able to do this?" ” r »
WHAT HE wanted to know
was whether these men really. | expected Him to help or:
whether they were just trying Him out as they might try out many others also, Their an-
-awer, ‘Yea, Lord,” indicated
that they believed Him to be the true God, that He had all power in heaven and in earth.
Such also must be the characteristic of our faith if we
are to have “The Faith That
Really Counts.”
But how do we come by such a |
faith? That is a question of greatest importance. swer given in the Scriptures is
that such a faith is given us | hy the Holy Spirit through the, | word of the Gospel found in |
those same Scriptures. Faith in Christ as our Savior from sin, as our ever present help in trouble, as true God as well as true Man is not something which we take for ourselves. : “Rightly does God's Word
teach us "No mgn can say that |
Jesus is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost.” The question, “What must I do to be saved?’ is not an academic question that may have several different answers, The only one correct answer is the answer which God has given, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.” To know and believe this is to have “The Faith
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