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1. Who comes to mind when I say, “They had the right kind of faith”?
a. Is it Noah because he trusted God and built an ark large enough to protect his family and representatives from the animal kingdom from a cataclysmic, global flood?
b. Is it Abraham because he believed God would give him and his wife, Sarah, a son even though he was 100 years old and she was 90?
c. Or is it Moses because he obeyed God’s command to lift his staff to part the waters of the Red Sea so that Israel may escape from the wrath of Pharaoh’s army?
d. How about David when he stood before a giant warrior named Goliath with only a sling and a few stones because he believed his battles belonged to the Lord?
2. When we think of these saints and those big events in Israel’s history, it’s easy to connect the dots and say, “They had the right kind of faith.”
3. But what exactly is “the right kind of faith?”
4. Tonight, we will discover what the right kind of faith is as we study the teachings of our Savior, Jesus Christ.
5. From Jesus’ teachings in Luke 17 we will learn what is true of the right kind of faith so that it can be said of us, “You have the right kind of faith.”

Luke 17:1-19

Transition – If faith were a diamond with many facets, what kind of facets would make up the right kind of faith? Verses 1-10 reveal that. . .

I. The Right Kind of Faith is Faithful (1-10)

• At this point Jesus is heading towards Jerusalem.
• Jesus has been healing broken lives, teaching about God’s kingdom, and correcting the false teachings and corrupt motives of Israel’s religious elite.
• Beginning in verse one, Jesus turns to His disciples and reveals to them what the right kind of faith consists of; and what He shares is not what we would likely expect.
• You see the right kind of faith that Jesus is talking about is not the “big event” kind of faith, like that of Noah, Abraham, Moses, or David.
• Rather, it’s important to see that the “big event” kind of faith is built upon the foundation of a faith which often goes unnoticed by men but never goes unnoticed by God.
• It’s the kind of faith that requires great focus and tenacity as it engages the grind of life one day at a time, one battle at a time, one moment at a time.
• This right kind of faith is faithful.
• And Jesus expects His disciples to be faithful in how they live their lives each day, in how they engage with those who are not, and in how they forgive those who ask.

Transition – Let’s look at these facets of a faithful, right kind of faith. First. . .
A. It’s the kind of faith that is above reproach
1. Jesus said, “It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. Be on your guard!” (1-3)
2. Context is helpful here. Remember, Jesus has been confronting the Pharisees because of their pride, hypocrisy, and love of money.
3. Truth be told, their failure to recognize Jesus as Israel’s Messiah was driven by their deep-rooted pride.
4. Also remember the Pharisees were brutally outspoken in their rejection of Jesus.
a. They publicly accused Jesus of casting out demons by “Beelzebul the ruler of the demons.” (Matthew 12:24)
b. And they openly scoffed at His teachings. (Luke 16:14)
5. The Pharisees rejection of Jesus swayed public opinion and became a stumbling block to those who wanted to know more about Jesus, even those among Israel’s ruling class.

John 12:42, Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue

6. So Jesus used a graphic word picture to warn those who sought to interfere with someone coming to saving faith in Him. (2)
7. And we must see that Jesus’ warning was also a wake-up call to His disciples because He knew they were not immune to the trappings of pride, in fact, no one is.


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