This document is a sermon about confidence given at the Jackson Street Church of Christ. It discusses having confidence in God, Jesus, salvation, preaching, and fellow Christians. It says confidence comes from God, obedience to God, and fear of the Lord. True confidence is found in spiritual things, not earthly or fleshly things. The sermon encourages the congregation to examine if they have an abundant life through a clear conscience, commitment to God, and confidence in their salvation.

1. W E L C O M E T O T H E
J A C K S O N S T R E E T
C H U R C H O F C H R I S T
P L E A S E T U R N O F F C E L L P H O N E S

2. Psalm 27:1-3 A Psalm of David. The
LORD is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the
strength of my life; Of whom shall I be
afraid? 2 When the wicked came
against me To eat up my flesh, My
enemies and foes, They stumbled and
fell. 3 Though an army may encamp
against me, My heart shall not fear;
Though war should rise against me, In
this I will be confident.

3. THE ABUNDANT LIFE

4. THE ABUNDANT LIFE TAKES…
A.A CLEAR CONSCIENCE,
B.COMMITMENT TO A CAUSE,
C.CONFIDENCE
1. Trust or faith in a person or thing.
2. A trusting relationship.
3. A feeling of assurance, especially of
self-assurance.
4. The state or quality of being certain.

6. I.THE SOURCE OF OUR CONFIDENCE
A. GOD - Psalm 65:5 By awesome deeds in
righteousness You will answer us, O God of
our salvation, You who are the confidence
of all the ends of the earth, And of the far-off
seas;
B. THE LORD - Proverbs 3:24-26 When you lie
down, you will not be afraid; Yes, you will lie
down and your sleep will be sweet. 25 Do not
be afraid of sudden terror, Nor of trouble from
the wicked when it comes; 26 For the LORD
will be your confidence, And will keep your
foot from being caught.

7. II.CONFIDENCE IN GOD
A. FEAR - Prov 14:26 "In the fear of the LORD there is
strong confidence, And His children will have a place
of refuge."
B. PRAYER - 1 John 5:14 "Now this is the confidence
that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according
to His will, He hears us."
C. OBEDIENCE - 1 John 3:21 "Beloved, if our heart does
not condemn us, we have confidence toward God."
D. POWER - Philippians 1:3-6 I thank my God upon
every remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of
mine making request for you all with joy, 5 for your
fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now, 6
being confident of this very thing, that He who has
begun a good work in you will complete it until the day
of Jesus Christ;

8. III.CONFIDENCE IN OUR SALVATION
A.ABIDE IN JESUS -1 John 2:28 "And now,
little children, abide in Him, that when He
appears, we may have confidence and not
be ashamed before Him at His coming."
B.PARTAKE OF CHRIST - Heb 3:14 "For we
have become partakers of Christ if we hold
the beginning of our confidence steadfast to
the end,"
C.REWARD - Heb 10:35 "Therefore do not cast
away your confidence, which has great
reward."

9. III.CONFIDENCE IN OUR SALVATION
D. HOUSE OF CHRIST - Heb 3:6 "but Christ as
a Son over His own house, whose house we
are if we hold fast the confidence and the
rejoicing of the hope firm to the end."
E. PRESENT WITH THE LORD - 2 Cor 5:6-8
"So we are always confident, knowing that
while we are at home in the body we are
absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith,
not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well
pleased rather to be absent from the body and
to be present with the Lord."

10. IV. CONFIDENCE IN JESUS
A. THROUGH FAITH - Eph 3:12 "in whom we have
boldness and access with confidence through
faith in Him."
B. BOLDNESS AND ACCESS - Ephesians 3:11-12
according to the eternal purpose which He
accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, 12 in
whom we have boldness and access with
confidence through faith in Him.
C. HIS WORK IN CHRISTIANS - 2 Thessalonians
3:3-4 But the Lord is faithful, who will establish
you and guard you from the evil one. 4 And we
have confidence in the Lord concerning you,
both that you do and will do the things we
command you.

11. V. CONFIDENCE IN PREACHING
A. PAUL - Acts 28:30-31 Then Paul dwelt two
whole years in his own rented house, and
received all who came to him, 31 preaching the
kingdom of God and teaching the things
which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all
confidence, no one forbidding him.
B. BRETHREN - Philippians 1:14 and most of
the brethren in the Lord, having become
confident by my chains, are much more bold
to speak the word without fear.

12. VI. CONFIDENCE IN FELLOW CHRISTIANS
A. PAUL’S CONFIDENCE IN THE CORINTHIANS
1. Corinthians 7:16 Therefore I rejoice that I have
confidence in you in everything.
2. 2 Corinthians 8:22 And we have sent with
them our brother whom we have often proved
diligent in many things, but now much more
diligent, because of the great confidence
which we have in you.
B. PAUL’S CONFIDENCE IN THE GALATIANS -
Galatians 5:10 I have confidence in you, in the
Lord, that you will have no other mind; but he
who troubles you shall bear his judgment,
whoever he is.

13. VI. CONFIDENCE IN FELLOW CHRISTIANS
C. PAUL’S CONFIDENCE IN PHILEMON -
Philemon 1:21 Having confidence in your
obedience, I write to you, knowing that you
will do even more than I say.
D. CONFIDENCE IN THE HEBREWS - Hebrews
6:9 But, beloved, we are confident of better
things concerning you, yes, things that
accompany salvation, though we speak in this
manner.

14. VII. NO CONFIDENCE IN THE FLESH
Philippians 3:3-6 For we are the circumcision,
who worship God in the Spirit, rejoice in Christ
Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh, 4
though I also might have confidence in the
flesh. If anyone else thinks he may have
confidence in the flesh, I more so: 5 circumcised
the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe
of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews;
concerning the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning
zeal, persecuting the church; concerning the
righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

15. VIII. NO CONFIDENCE IN MAN
A. Psalm 118:8 It is better to trust in the
LORD Than to put confidence in man.
B. Proverbs 25:19 Confidence in an
unfaithful man in time of trouble Is like a
bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

16. IX. BENEFITS OF CONFIDENCE
A. Isaiah 30:15 For thus says the Lord GOD,
the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and
rest you shall be saved; In quietness and
confidence shall be your strength." But
you would not,
B. The abundant life that Jesus promised.

17. DO YOU HAVE THE ABUNDANT LIFE?
A. DO YOU HAVE A CLEAN CONSCIENCE –
FREEDOM FROM SIN?
B. ARE YOU COMMITTED TO
GOD/JESUS/CHURCH
C. DO YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
GOD/JESUS/SALVATION

19. HAVE A CONFIDENT WEEK