WAR VI - “Counterfeit Faith”

WAR VI “Counterfeit Faith”

_*Recognizing Counterfeit Faith*_
*Loose and easy*
Mat 7:12 “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. Mat 7:13 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. Mat 7:14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

Real Faith is hard and you have to constantly fight flesh to see its power

*Habitual bad fruit*
Mat 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. Mat 7:16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Mat 7:17 So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.
Mat 7:18 A healthy tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a diseased tree bear good fruit. Mat 7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Mat 7:20 Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.

Real faith is one of conviction not acceptance

*Thinks doing is being*
Mat 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Mat 7:22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ Mat 7:23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Real Faith is knowing what He did not what you did

*Fall away*
Mat 7:24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Mat 7:25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. Mat 7:26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. Mat 7:27 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it.”

Real faith, in itself, is the strength to stay strong in trials

*-If you find faith to be easy or routine check yourself*
*-If you have accepted the filth of your sin, then you have not accepted the savior of those sins*
*-If you think all that you do is going to get you to Heaven, think again.*
*-If you If you tuck your tail and run when the going gets tough you might be running to your master…the devil.*

Rom 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Rom 10:10 For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved