Turn, please, to Romans the fourth chapter, Romans four.

Then I think we'll be going to Second Thessalonians one.

But we're continuing on a series we began a couple of weeks ago called exceeding growing faith.

Exceeding, growing faith.

In Romans the fourth chapter, talking about the faith of Abraham, it says in verse 19, and being not weak

in faith, he considered not his own body now dead. When he was about a hundred years old,

neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

Verse 20, he staggered not at the promise of God.

Said out loud, consider not, stagger not.

Say it again, consider not, stagger not. Say it again.

Consider not.

Stagger not.

Now the word stagger here could also be translated waver.

It's the same concept of wavering.

He didn't waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but he was strong in faith.

See, not being weak in faith, but being strong in faith and giving glory to God.

And he was fully persuaded, fully persuaded, not wavering, but fully

persuaded that what God had promised, he was able also to perform.

Thank you, Lord. So we see from this that faith can be weak or faith can be strong.

Now in the 2nd Thessalonians, the first chapter, 2nd Thessalonians 1, verse 3,

he said, we are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because

that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the love of every one of you toward each other

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