April 8, 2014 3 SIMPLE FACTS ABOUT FAITH John 5:1-9 3 PART SERIES PART 1 This morning, rather than bloviate on a subject that most of you are familiar enough with that you could preach your own sermon on it, my objective is to share with you Three Simple Facts About Faith. I. HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Two nuns were driving through the countryside when they ran out of gas. a. They walked to a nearby farmhouse for help and the kindly farmer said that they could siphon some of the gas from his tractor. (1) However, they could not find anything in which to carry the gas, until the farmer produced a battered old chamber pot. (2) Now, for those of you young people that have never seen or heard of a chamber pot, and don’t know what one is, it’s an antique bed pan. (3) And for those who STILL don’t understand what a chamber pot is, it is something like a port-a-potty. (a) The nuns filled the pot with gas, walked back to the car, and began pouring it in. 1) A passing motorist, hardly believing what he saw, stopped and said, “I don’t agree with your religion, but I admire your faith!” 2. You know, there’s a lot of ideas about faith and how it works in one’s life, and there is an endless supply of quaint sayings and material on the subject. a. Some give us hope, and others, especially when that for which we have hoped in and trusted God for does not happen, cause us to stumble and reconsider what we thought we knew about faith. (1) On one side you have someone defining faith simply as that which enables you to believe that the refrigerator light really goes out when you close the door. (2) On the other side you may find the following… (a) One young daughter asked, “Mommy, do all fairy tales begin: ‘Once upon a time’?” (b) The mother answered matter-of-factly, “No, darling, some of them begin: ‘When I became a Christian all my problems were over.’” 3. I recently read where a man was having coffee after a church service. a. The people around him were discussing the sermon on miracles and someone asked him, “Do you believe that Jesus turned water into wine?” (1) “I’m only a beginner,” he said. (2) “I can’t speak about His turning water into wine yet, but in the few weeks I’ve known Christ, He’s managed to turn beer into furniture and betting slips into groceries.” 4. I’m not sure what your idea of faith is on a personal level, but here are a few simple things I’ve learned about it…
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