Piercing the Darkness - Our Faith: How God Works in Us, Part 1
Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast
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🗓️ 14 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What do Hebrews chapter 11, Niagara Falls, and Jesus’ most impactful parable have in common? In this program, Chip combines these ideas together to emphasize a foundational biblical lesson. Discover how God wants to use us to accomplish His purposes by first doing transformational work in our hearts.
Main Points Introduction:- What do Hebrews 11:6, Niagara Falls, and Jesus’ most important parable have in common?
- How did Jesus make disciples (in such a hostile environment) that were so much like Him that they overcame the darkness and changed the world?
- He modeled what He wanted them to become.
- He taught them the “secret” of the Kingdom of God (how life-change happens) - Mark 4:13-20
- Jesus tested their faith and revealed His power so they could trust His Word in the darkest of times. - Mark 4:35-5:43
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | Let me ask you, what does Hebrews chapter 11, the most important parable that Jesus ever told, |
| 0:08.3 | and Niagara Falls all have in common, well, it'll show you how God can work in your life right now today, |
| 0:16.0 | right where you live, with everything you're facing. Stay with me. |
| 0:24.7 | Welcome to this edition of Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram. The mission of these daily programs is to intentionally disciple Christians |
| 0:29.8 | through the Bible teaching of Chip Ingram. Thanks for being with us today as we pick up in our |
| 0:34.4 | newest series, Piercing the Darkness. For the last couple of programs, Chip walked through the God-honoring life Christ modeled for us |
| 0:41.3 | and why Jesus is the ultimate source of hope in our world. |
| 0:45.3 | In just a minute, Chip will focus in on our faith and the transformational work God wants to do in our hearts. |
| 0:51.3 | But before he dives in, if this is your first time listening to Living |
| 0:54.7 | on the Edge, or you want to learn more about what we do, go to living on the edge.org. You'll also |
| 1:00.9 | find countless resources and programs to enjoy. Well, if you're ready, Chip begins by unpacking |
| 1:06.4 | that intriguing question he teased a moment ago. If you know Hebrews 11, 6, it says, without faith, it is impossible, not hard, it's impossible |
| 1:17.2 | to please God. |
| 1:19.2 | Because those who come to God must believe first that he actually exists, and second, that |
| 1:25.0 | he's a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. |
| 1:28.2 | So of all the things that God's looking for, more important than anything else, |
| 1:31.9 | you can't please him, I can't please him, your morality can't, your good works can't, |
| 1:37.1 | without faith we can't please God. |
| 1:39.9 | Sometimes we think faith is a feeling or faith is just a set of things that you might agree with. |
| 1:46.2 | And so Niagara Falls in the middle 1800s, there was an acrobat, a fellow true story named Blondin. |
| 1:53.6 | In the offseason, he did circuses and the rest, but they would take a tight rope from New York |
| 1:59.2 | all the way over to Canada, and they put it over Niagara Falls. |
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