True Faith in Christ
Sermon Summary for the 2nd Sunday in Lent
Printed 2-27-2015, Norfolk Daily News

“All things are possible to him that believeth.” Enormous hope and strength are contained in these words. This is God’s promise for His believers in Christ. It is for you to cling to and hold dear in your heart. It is for the strengthening of your faith. It is for your comfort, assurance, and guidance. God’s almighty power is at your disposal. Whatever your situation may be, “All things are possible to him that believeth.” The Lord wishes to impress this upon us so deeply, that no doubt enters in. “If ye have faith…nothing shall be impossible to you.”

Jesus says, “Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it you.” This is not a generic belief, in a generic god, who I hope might be listening. All things are possible to him who believes what, and believes in whom? First and foremost true faith believes in Jesus Christ, sent by God the Father to take upon Himself our sins and condemnation. He died for all. There is no other god like Him. No one else laid down His life on the cross to make satisfaction for all our sins, only to take it up again to deliver us from all sin, death, and the devil. He says, “There is no God else beside Me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside Me.”

And many claim that the true God would not allow people to suffer, yet, true faith believes in His promise to make “all things work together for good to them that love God”, including affliction. “We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.”

- Pastor Wyatt Rosebrock