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We believe 2 t 2 are k-anytine, place, condition-ganble life on it
We believe sun will rise tomorrow-regardless--shsped our life on that

Elementary:--if businessmen acted otherwise cracy
if afternoon lewnporty, floodlights--mentelly unbalanced

That's raith
People are roing to believe in something

try out for something permanent to cling to
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We can believe in material success-green stuff .
He can believe in Cocmunism-- my; 2.1.? M
We can believe in ibhamnediun
We believe in God the Father, Maker of Heaven & Earth, and in Josue
Phrist his only son our Lord
we said so

Or do we
Are we Poinn to shape our lives on that proposition?

Easy to tell
Stewardship of possessions-with a reservation

Stewardship of tine-when convenient

Turn the other cheek
Brine Christ into international relations-keep powder dry
One of my favorite stories--ninth Chap. Mark 9:17-2h
"All chines are possible to him who believes!
Knute Rockne-no bo with inferiority complex.
Wm Jones, psycholog st "Our belief at the beginning of a

doubtful undertaking is.§hg_gn3_§h1ng" essential to success

How do you set faith?
Take the Q of faith in God--his divinity, omnipotence, goodness

How--can't argue ourselr into it

nathnniel to Phil 1 "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth"

Just as someone tol on 2 & 2 are A-you try it-it works.
Decide its wort the gamble, and bet yonr life its true.

He other way.
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"Come and see"
Take this business or being born eain
Preacher talks about new 11 e, conversion
Can this cla which is my life be rosolded
Pronises bro en--temptations yielded to
an a leopard chance his spots?
*nn you make 5 silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Cnly one way to find out--try it--Cooe and see
If Jesus went with me to the office, I could not do wronz
"If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature"
what about Jesus-tell me how to believe in him
I can't do it--can't argue anyone into it
Jesus didn't tell his disciples who he was
They didn't take it for granted
After they lived with him, they knew
So it is with us
Come and see

We don't have to start with erfect faith
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Jesus requires on y t at we try to believe

That. we make the decision

Unless we choose the Master we re ect him as a fraud
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He will help our unbelief we vd 1 m to believe




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That we make the decision Unless we choose the Master, we reject him as a fraud No middle ground--no "probably" Ne will hele our unbelief--if we will dagida to believe