The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1919-05-30
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LESSON
Rv REV p. E. FITZwATER. D. D..
Teacher of English Bible la tho Moody
Bible Institute of ChicagoD
Copyright. 1919, by Western Newspaper Union.
LESSON FOR JUNE I.
FAITH, WHAT 1T is AND WHAT
1T DOES.

1. 2.
| GOLDEN TEXT-Ye believe in God, be-
| lieve also in me.-John Nl
| ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Matt- SD
10: Mark 2:l-l2: Rom. l:ls-l7; s:2l-3o; 81:
| | John ga.
PRIMARY ToPIC-story Of Man Who
Believed in Jesus. John 9l-3sD
| JUNIOR ToPIC-Heroes OF Faith.
INTERMEDIATE ToPIC-The Victory
| Of Faith.
Place of Faith in Religious Life.
In Hebrews, chapters 40 the.
grounds Of faith are clearly set forth.
In this lesson Its nature and glorious
triumphs are displayed.
|. The Nature Of Faith 11 :1-3).
l. Faith is the eye of the soul, en-
abling 1t to see the invisible ". ID.
1t Is not merely intellectual assent to
! that which commends itself as being
reasonable, but 1t Is the souls attitude
toward God.
.. Faith seizes the things Of the
| future and lives and walks In their
power in the present ". ~.
8. It enabled the elders" to obtain
good report ". %. 1t made Gods
promises so living and real to them
that It became the dominant force in
their lives.
4. Faith enables us to understand
how the worlds were made ". 81. No
man was present when God made the
worlds, so the foundation for our
knowledge Is the Word of God. The
one who has faith wholly believes
that Word.
u. The Triumphant Victories Of
Faith G1 :4-3S).
l. Faith of the antediluvian saints
wv. 40. AS representative Of this
period three men are pointed out:
| (a) Abel ". ~, who displayed his
| faith in his worship. He took his
place before God rs sinner and Of
fercd bloody sacrifice. thereby show
| Ing that he looked forward to Chrst's
| atonement, which is substitutionary-
life for life. % Enoch, who dis
played his faith in his walk in fell
lowship with God ". 81. (c) Noah.
who by faith stood loyal to God in a
time of universal apostasy and w"ck-
nedness ". y. Noah's task was a
anu 'lI'. LIZ 'A'
cutcd 1t In the face of many sneer
and taunt, but his faith carried him
through, securing salvation for him
self and his family.
.. Faith of the Hebrew saints wv.
S-3S). (a) Abraham wv $40 1910.
| Abraham went out not knowing
whittier he went, but he knew that
hn 7 h,I l,x
enough. BY faith he offered up Isaac,
| believing that God was able to raise
him up from the dead and fulfill his
promise that In Isaac the promised
seed should obtain. (b) Sarah through
faith received strength to conceive
seed when she was old, counting him
faithful who had promised wv. II, 12).
(c) Jacob by faith pronounced .
prophecy concerning Joseph's Soc
". 2D. BY faith he penetrated the
unseen and pronounced destin,es
which should be experienced by them
both. (d) Joseph by faith foresaw
the entrance Of his people into the
! promised land and made them swear
to carry his bones there for burial,
Tor even his body must not be left
behind in the land of Judgment and
death ". 22). (e) Moses wv. 23-2S).
Faith IN the hearts Of his parents
caused them to disregard the kings
decree. Faith caused him to turn his
back upon the honors of Egypt and
Identify himself with his enslayed
brethren.
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