Trinity 21 November 10, 2019 The Sunday of the Official’s Son Healed with a Word
Trinity 21
John 4:46-54
November 10, 2019
“Faith Stronger”
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
First I’d like to explain the title because it doesn’t sound grammatically correct when it’s not in a sentence. The sentence would be something like this, “The official in John 4 who believes Jesus’ word has a faith stronger than others.” These two words sum up what I’m teaching today. First, the word faith tells us that when it comes to saving faith, faith getting you into heaven, then all faith is equal. It’s all gives the same treasure of Jesus. Small faith in Jesus gets you to heaven. Faith as big as a mountain gets you into heaven. It’s all the same in that respect. You either have faith in Jesus or you don’t.
But when it comes to here on this earth, that faith can be very weak or it can be very strong. In this sense, then faith isn’t the same amongst all of us. It’s different. One weaker, one stronger. One faith can weather anything the world throws at it. One faith might break at the slightest challenge. So saving faith may be all the same and all bring the same treasures of Christ, but you can carry that faith and treasure around in a plastic bag from Walmart or you can carry that faith and treasure around in a big armored van. So today we’re talking not just about faith, but faith growing stronger.
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