Living Faith That Reaches the Lost
March 6, 2024 · 1:38:25 · Watch on YouTube ↗
These notes - summary, key points, and highlighted thoughts - were generated by AI from the recording and are not the preacher’s exact words.
Summary
The evening opened with a call to obey Christ's last command (Matthew 28:19-20) to go and make disciples. Before we can lead anyone to Jesus, we must first meet Him ourselves, because real witness flows out of a changed life. Using the story of a pastor who befriended a car salesman, and supremely Jesus' conversation with the Samaritan woman (John 4), the preacher showed how to share the gospel without arguing: Jesus refused to fight over what divides, offered her living water, knew her whole story, and so she believed and brought a whole town to Him.
The second message turned on Jesus' question, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?" (Luke 18:8). There will be many believers, large churches, choirs and preaching, yet the Lord is searching for a living faith: eyes that see, ears that hear, and a heart that responds in love. The enemy works to plant doubt and quietly kill that faith, so each of us must examine whether we are truly in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5).
Faith begins small, like a newborn, and grows only when it is fed - through the Word of God, through real prayer that connects us with His Spirit, and through good works born of love. The preacher closed with testimonies of healing and of needy families in Ukraine, reminding the church that the same God who worked miracles in the past still answers the prayer of faith today.
Key Points
- We can only lead others to Christ after we have truly met Him ourselves.
- Like Jesus with the Samaritan woman, witness without arguing - point people to living water, not to what divides.
- Christ knows every person's story and went to the cross already knowing ours.
- Living faith is more than attendance: eyes that see, ears that hear, and a heart that acts in love.
- The enemy targets our faith with doubt, so we must test whether we are truly in the faith.
- Faith grows when it is fed by Scripture, genuine prayer, and good works.
- The God who healed and provided in the past still works miracles for those who believe.
Devotional
Ask yourself honestly today whether your faith is alive or only familiar. A living faith is not measured by years in church but by eyes that notice the hurting, ears that hear God's voice, and a heart that moves toward others in love. Feed that faith on Scripture and unhurried prayer, and let it spill over into the lives around you. The same Lord who met a tired woman at a well still meets you, knows your whole story, and stays with you to the very end of the age.
Before we can lead anyone to Jesus, we must first meet Him ourselves.
He is looking for a living faith: eyes that see, ears that hear, and a heart that responds.
Jesus never argued her into the kingdom; He simply offered her living water.
