slides for sermon

2. •An interesting account of faith (Luke 5:1-6).
•Will Peter have a subjective faith or an objective
faith?
Subjective faith: comes from a person who
considers something in his own mind and decides
based upon his own consideration if it is
acceptable or not.
 Objective faith: is founded on absolute trust in
something outside of one’s self.

3. • Subjective: Namaan the leper (2 Kings 5:1-14).
 God’s word was, “Dip in the Jordan 7 times”.
 This was totally unreasonable in his mind.
• Objective: Moses and Israel (Num. 21:1-9).
 God’s word was, “Make a snake and put it on a pole.”
 This would be totally unreasonable to the human mind.
 Nevertheless, they obeyed God.

4. • People not believing the Genesis account of
creation (Gen. 1-3).
• People believing that sex outside of the marriage
relationship is ok (Heb. 13:4; 1 Cor. 6:9).
• The idea that truly “good people” who aren’t
Christians will go to heaven (Matt. 7:21-23).

5. •The motto of the day is “Serve God on your own
terms, not His.”
• The problem: our thoughts are not His thoughts
(Is. 55:8-9).
• We must make a decision: is the Bible God’s
word or is it not?

6. • An objective faith is properly directed (Lk. 5:5).
 Examined the evidenced/verified that Jesus is God.
 Because I believe in Jesus I believe…
 The creation account (Matt. 19:3-5).
 Noah and the flood (Matt. 24:37-39).
 Jonah and the great fish (Matt: 12:40).
 The whole of the Old Testament (Luke 24:44).

7. • An objective faith is grounded in humility
(Lk. 5:5).
 Peter was a professional fisherman, and, therefore,
going back out went against everything he knew.
 This is one of the most difficult things for man to do
today because we think we are so intelligent.
 Faith says, “Nevertheless, I will do what you say”

8. • An objective faith is willing to be made a fool in
the eyes of the world (Lk. 5:5).
 A common bystander who overheard this
conversation would have thought Peter was a fool.
 In the same way, if we take Jesus at His word, we too
will be looked upon as fools by the world.
 Such has always been the case (1 Cor. 4:9-10).

9.  I will believe and do whatever Jesus has said and
authorized to be said.
 I will do whatever he asks me to do without filtering
through my own intellect.
 In humility I will deny myself of my own wisdom
and experience and be willing to be made a fool in the
eyes of the world in order to follow Jesus.