The Way Faith Works

Transcripts for Dr. Wiersbe's sermons are forthcoming. Below is an outline of his message.

The world is populated with spiritually dead people.

God is working in the graveyard of this world.

People are looking for a power beyond themselves.

If you don’t know Jesus, the spirit of disobedience is working in your life.

God is also at work, and if we let Him, He will work on our behalf.

If you choose to experience these works of God, you will be raised from the graveyard and walking in a wonderful new life.

Three works God wants to perform in our lives:

-      Salvation is the work God does for us.

• By nature, we are children of wrath facing the judgement of sin.
• God saves us only by His grace.
• Being saved means He rescues us from danger, protects us by His grace, benefits us in the process, and preserves us for the future.
• Salvation is the finished work of Christ on the cross.
• There are no good works that can be done by a dead person.
• The test of your salvation is this: are you bragging about it or are you humbled by it?
• If you’re humbled by it, it is God’s grace.
• Because we cannot be saved by good works, we can never be lost by bad works.

-      Sanctification is the work God does inus.

• Salvation is not the end; it is the beginning of God changing our lives.
• God doesn’t save us then abandon us. He works in us; we are His handiwork.
• When God works in us, our heart and ambitions begin to align with the holy things of God.
• A miracle takes place because God moves in and has a plan for us to fulfill.
• God builds His church with people who have experienced the miracle of a new creation.
• The miracle of the Christian life is living the way you were saved: by grace through faith.
• God wants us to have the love, patience, and sacrifice that Jesus had.
• God works in our lives through the Bible, prayer, and suffering.

-      Serviceis the work God does through us.

• God is preparing us as vessels for the ministry He wants us to perform.
• Salvation and sanctification are lived out through service.
• Walk worthy of your calling in Christ.

Have you come to the cross of Jesus and turned your back on your own good works?

Living in God’s grace is so much better than living in the graveyard.

Let God do the work for His glory.