Work of Faith Labor of Love Patience of Hope

Work of Faith Faith as a saving faith, is faith in God that Jesus died for my sins. Not just faith in anything. Faith looks back. “Faith alone saves, but the faith that saves is not alone” John Calvin wrote. Faith looks to the past, when we accepted the Lord, when we were Born Again. Faith looks to the Cross and answered prayer.

Labor of Love We should have Love for “one another” or those around us, without which love, we cannot claim we know God. Love is for the present. So we should have love for God and love for man, since Jesus said all the law and prophets hang on those two commands.

Patience of Hope The Hope here is a certainty, it is a known certain event, like the Return of Jesus, that gives hope, not a hope that an event may occur. The Hope of Salvation, the Blessed Hope, looks to the return of Jesus with certainty to the future.

The Grace that does not change your life, will not save your soul.

The ‘Work of Faith’ looks to the past. The ‘Labor of Love’ looks to the present. The ‘Patience of Hope’ looks to the future.

“God hasn’t appointed us to the day of Wrath, the Great Tribulation. It is a time of judgment and the church is not going through it because Christ bore our judgment. Perhaps you were saying ‘McGee do you think you were good enough to be taken out in the rapture?’ No, I’m not even good enough to be saved. But God save me by his grace, and when he comes to take his church out of this world, I’m going along with all the Super Duper saints – because of the grace of God. But to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ. God has not destined us for wrath for the Great Tribulation but for salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.” Pastor J Vernon McGee

We are told of battle armor, then given battle orders or command-ments for the battle in the Bible.

In the military, sleeping while on watch is so serious, it is punishable by death. Likewise, Gods Word warns us not to spiritually sleep while on watch for Jesus, and while others need the Lord so badly.

Jesus died for us that whether we are alive or have died, we will live together with Christ.

Commandment #1 Comfort yourselves together, or encourage one another in the faith. Commandment #2 Edify one another, which means ‘to build up one another’. Commandment #3 Recognize those labor among you and are over you in the Lord. Commandment #4 Those who labor among you, esteem them very highly in love for their works sake. Commandment #5 Be at peace among yourselves. Commandment #6 Warn the unruly. Commandment #7 Comfort the faint hearted. Commandment #8 Support the weak. Commandment #9 Be patient toward all men.

People who love the Word of God, appreciate the teachers who spend years teaching them the Bible.

God became one of us, so that He might speak to us, as one of us.

God became one of us, so we could understand His Words, and we could hear His voice.

What are the ways Christians should hear from God? The Bible The Pulpit The Voice of God

What are the ways of Christian should not hear from the Lord? From the history channel or discovery channel. Listen to someone who was blessed to listen to music.

God is good, all the time.

We often only see the fruit produced by a good testimony, and we don’t see the test, the years of severe trials, tests and tribulations, that came before the blessings.

We often accept forgiveness from Jesus, without being aware or concerned with how much it cost Jesus to save us.

In witnessing, let God’s love swallow your fear about sharing.

Then we who are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.

10 who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. 11 Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and [as] a helmet the hope of salvation.

looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

11 And He Himself gave some [to be] apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, 13 till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;

Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth.

4 Say to them [that are] of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come [with] vengeance, [even] God [with] a recompence; he will come and save you. 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 6 Then shall the lame [man] leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. 7 And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, [shall be] grass with reeds and rushes. 8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].

And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD?

Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD.

And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall not be offended in me.

And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things [are] possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. 25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26 And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
 

4 Say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, and do not fear, for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you.” 5 And when he comes, he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. 6 The lame will leap like a deer, and those who cannot speak will sing for joy! Springs will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams will water the wasteland. 7 The parched ground will become a pool, and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. Marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived. 8 And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil-minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God’s ways; fools will never walk there.