TITLE: Faith that Inquires
TEXT: Exodus 3:1-5
PROPOSITION: Our faith will ask questions and seek new insights.
QUESTION: How?
KEY WORD: Inquiries
SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Moses saw the bush and wondered about it.
2. He chose to “turn aside” and see.
3. God saw his inquiry and began a discussion.
4. Some today feel that any question is a form of doubting.

Faith will inquire.

1. Moses at the burning bush.
2. I am placing my eternal life on what I believe.
3. I MUST check it out.
4. Faith is not a “leap in the dark”
5. Hebrews 11:1 Faith is based on substance and evidence.

Faith demands close inspection.

1. Check, test, try
2. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 “Test all things, hold to what is good.”
3. 1 John 4:1 “Test the spirits”
4. 2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves. Test yourselves.”

Faith Questions

1. This is not doubt.
2. Jesus asked “Why?”
3. We need to double-check.
4. We need “assurance” of our faith.

NOW Faith can move to a new level

1. Try some new things – mission work, knock doors, teach class
2. Grow, mature
3. 2 Peter 1:5 “Add to your faith”
4. 2 Peter 3:18 “Grow in grace and knowledge”