Progressive Baptist Church

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We’ve Come This Far By Faith

Opening:

  • “Little Faith will bring your soul to heaven….great faith will bring heaven to your soul”

  • The tone of Hebrews 11 discusses the obstacles people face there are greater achievements to be accomplished and a richer relationship with God to be enjoyed

  • We have some great things to accomplish in life but can only be accomplished by our stubborn faith in God

  • We should be looking to know and enjoy God in this lifetime 

  • African Americans in the United States have come this far in this lifetime by FAITH not by money, political, or athletic abilities

Sermon Key Points:

  • Hebrews 11:23-Share that “by faith” Moses mother hid him for 3 months and not afraid to disobey the king’s command

  • Hebrews 11:24- “By faith” Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter 

  • “By Faith” shows up 19 times in Hebrews 11. What are we really leaving our children behind? 

  • Most people will want to leave their children strong values, morals, good education, and money

  • This text urges us to leave our children a consecrated heart and the faithfulness of God’s goodness. Share how God has extended his grace to you and your family. “A Spiritual Heritage”

  • Hebrews 11:1- “Now Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. This scripture means believing that God will bring you the things you hope for.

  • African American people journey of faith through the years:

  • The Black Church is the only institution that has safely seen us through abolish of slavery, reconstruction, civil rights movement, Jim Crow, and the new Jim Crow

  • God has used Black people of faith to help black people get the right to vote, access to housing and education

  • Jesus is the only way to the Father and rescued us from the slavery of sin. God will liberate you from not only what oppressed you spiritually but physically too.

  • The Black Church has been the place where social justice was organized and began. The Black Church is the birth canal for greatness in the United States

  • It was “By Faith” that:

  • Our institution has been built

  • Turned legislation around

  • We mobilize people to march

  • We funded universities

  • We have provided scholarships

  • Our disobedience has been challenged

  • Our rebellion has been corrected

  • We has resisted inaccurate theological dogma 

  • The text says we should anchor our faith in God because of what God has done and what God will do

  • You only need faith to accomplish things that are impossible to get done

  • Can you say God is still good even if you don’t receive the answer you were looking for?

  • They knew if they died but they knew it would be a better resurrection 

  • They saw the goodness of God and wanted more than what Earth has to offer