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Sign #2: What is Genuine Faith?

John 4:48

48 “Unless you people see signs and

wonders,” Jesus told him, “you will

never believe.”

John 2:23

23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at

the Passover Festival, many people

saw the signs he was performing and

believed in his name.

Insincere

John 12:37

37 Even after Jesus had performed so

many signs in their presence, they

still would not believe in him.

Insincere

Inconsistent

Insincere

Inconsistent

Irreverent

John 7:17

17 Anyone who chooses to do the will

of God will find out whether my

teaching comes from God or whether

I speak on my own.

"Go! Your son will live."

"Go! Your son will live."

The man took Jesus at his

word and departed.

John 4:51-53

51 While he was still on the way, his

servants met him with the news that his

boy was living. 52 When he inquired as

to the time when his son got better, they

said to him, “Yesterday, at one in the

afternoon, the fever left him.”

53 Then the father realized that this was

the exact time at which Jesus had said

to him, “Your son will live.”

So he and his whole household believed.

• "Enough" Evidence

• Response with Action

• Confirmation

John 1:12- Yet to all who did receive him, to those

who believed in his name, he gave the right to

become children of God—

John 4:10- Jesus answered her, “If you knew the

gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink,

you would have asked him and he would have

given you living water.”

Revelation 3:20- Here I am! I stand at the door and

knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the

door, I will come in and eat with that person, and

they with me.

• "Enough" Evidence

• Response with Action

• Confirmation

Romans 10:17

17 Consequently, faith comes from

hearing the message, and the message

is heard through the word about Christ.

1 John 1:9

9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and

just and will forgive us our sins and

purify us from all unrighteousness.

• "Enough" Evidence

• Response with Action

• Confirmation