The JUST shall live by FAITH:
Who is a JUST PERSON: someone
- Whom God Has redeemed from Sin.
Colossians 1:13 – 14
13 He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, 14 in whom we have redemption through His blood,[c] the forgiveness of sins.
- Someone who Now LIVES guided by truth of His word
- Who begins to have a right reasoning and upholds justice, and fairness:
- Strives to be righteous. Someone who tries DAILY to live right, think right by desiring what is right in God’s eyes FIRST and man’s eyes SECOND
- Someone who begins to change in character and nature for better.
- A just person is real, transparent and honest
Luke 19
1.Then Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. 4 So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He was going to pass that way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him,[a] and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” 6 So he made haste and came down, and received Him joyfully. 7 But when they saw it, they all complained, saying, “He has gone to be a guest with a man who is a sinner.”
8 Then Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my goods to the poor; and if I have taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore fourfold.”
9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham; 10 for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
- THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN GOD:
Jeremiah 32:
26 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, 27 “Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me? 28 Therefore thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
- THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN HIS WORD
– John 20: 24
24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” 27 Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas,[d] because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
Hebrews 4:12
12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
- THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN THE CHURCH
3.1. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN THE CHURCH BY LISTENING TO HIS WORD AND WORSHIPPING HIM IN HIS CHURCH
Colossians 3:16 –
Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
- The church is the first thing ruled off calendars nowadays
3.2. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN THE CHURCH THROUGH PRAYER
James 5:16 –
Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.
- DONT KEEP YOUR PROBLEMS TO YOURSELF
- DONT BE EMBARRASSED TO SHARE WITH THE PASTORS
3.3. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN THE CHURCH TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS NO RANCOUR, RIFTS OR FIGHTS in HIS Church
1 Corinthians 14:26 –
What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation Let all things be done for edification.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
James 4:
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He will lift you up.
3.4. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN THE CHURCH TO SUPPORT REGULAR CONTRIBUTIONS AND PRACTISE OF HOSPITALITY
Romans 12:13 –
contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality.
3.5. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN HIS CHURCH WHICH ENCOURAGES THE WEAK
Job 4:3-4 –
“Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands.
3.6. THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH IN HIS CHURCH WHICH STIMULATES OTHERS TO LOVE AND GOOD WORKS
Hebrews 10:24-25 –
24 And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, 25 not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
