Dead Faith
About this sermon
In “Dead Faith,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about faith, prayer, the condition of the church. Drawing especially from Romans 8, the teaching emphasizes that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him.
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Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on things, you're, worthy and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on name, above, names and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on things, jesus, you're and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the biblical text. The message argues that the teaching centers on the passage under consideration and its implications for Christian faithfulness. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on angelic messengers. The message argues that angelic activity is examined within the biblical passage and its prophetic sequence. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience. Throughout the section, the appeal remains directed toward a consistent life in which belief, worship, and conduct agree.
Odle focuses on the wisdom of God. The message argues that God’s wisdom confronts human pride and teaches believers to judge life from an eternal perspective. It connects this with the conviction that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. The practical emphasis is to trust God’s promises and refuse decisions governed by fear.
Odle focuses on faith. The message argues that biblical faith trusts God’s character and acts upon His promises. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through Romans 8. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that the Holy Spirit leads, equips, corrects, and strengthens believers who yield to God. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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[Music] You're worthy of it all. You are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. That name above all names. Worthy of it all. Jesus, you're worthy of it all. [Music] For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the saints. Let's sing it. And all the saints and angels bow before your throne. And all the elders cast the crowns before the lamb of God and sing. Sing it again. All the saints. Thank you, Jesus. And all the saints and angels that bow before your throne. And all the elders cast the crown before the lamb of God. And see you're worthy. You're worthy of it all. You worthy of it all. [Music] For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. [Music] Jesus, you're worthy of it all. You're so worthy. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the saints and all the saints and angels they bow before your throne. And all the elders cast their crowns before the lamb of God and sing. You're worthy, Jesus. You're worthy of it all. You're so worthy. You're worthy of it all.
- 0:03:08
So beautiful and far from you are all things. to you all things. You deserve the glory. Yes, you do. You're worthy. You're worthy of it all, Jesus. You're worthy of it all. [Music] For from you are all things. To you are all things. And you deserve the glory. Day and night, day and night, night and day, let in arise. Day and night, night and day, let in day and night, night and day. Let incense arise day and night. Night and day. Let in arise day and night. Praise it with me and day. Let in day and night. Night and day. Let incense rise. You worthy of it all. All that we can give you today. Jesus. You're worthy of it all. We love you, Lord. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. You're worthy of all we can give. You're worthy of it all. Give him your all this morning. Praise you, Jesus. You're worthy of it all. all. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the glories due to you. Lord, we give you praise. You're worthy of it all. Jesus. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the glory, Lord, you're worthy of it all. Oh Jesus, [Music] you're worthy of it all. Oh my life, my breath. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. Jesus, you're worthy of it all. Jesus, you're worthy.
- 0:06:10
You're worthy of it all. All the breath in my body. Yes, Lord. Far from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. All the glory. Let's do that. Day and night. Day and night and day. Let in day and night. The incense of our praise. [Music] And the Lord inhabits our praises. He inhabits and night and day. us in surprise. You are worthy of it all. Jesus, you are worthy of it all. All of our song. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the gloryy. All the glory, Lord. You're worthy of it all. We glorify your name. You're worthy of it all. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. [Music] All the glory, God, worthy of it all. We give it all to you, Lord. You're worthy of it all. Yes, Lord. For from you are all things. To you are all things. You deserve the glory. [Music] Jesus. I don't I don't know who this is for, but I'm not sure who it's for, but I'm going to say that the Lord I'll be bold enough to say that the Lord says he's going to take care of you and he loves you. And I just begin to feel an overwhelming presence of the love of the Lord for us up here. He loves us and he's going to take care of you. [Music] Hallelujah, Lord. I agree with that. I believe that, Lord, that you love us. You're going to take care of us. You just want us to walk with you, Lord. You promised you'd walk with us. We have to choose to walk with you, Lord. And that's what we choose today. And I pray that everyone that hears this message today will do the same.
- 0:09:16
We thank you for it. Jesus name. Amen. Amen. Hallelujah. Well, I think part of the technology is working today, but some of it's not. Isn't that something? I I guess AI is attacking us. Who knows? They probably know we're enemy number one in their book because it's a problem. Let me check on something here. Y'all don't look. Don't peek. Let's see here. All right. That's what I thought. I'm going to need a knife. [Music] Thank you. I'll give it back to you in a minute. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. Hallelujah. All right. Well, um, this will be part two. Last week, we talked about faith, and I'm going to talk about it a little bit more this week because, uh, you know, it's talked about a lot in the Bible. So, y'all don't know what it is. And a lot of people don't know what it is because, uh, they don't know the difference between living faith and dead faith. So last week we covered the what great faith is and we looked at the woman, the Canaanite woman who wanted Jesus to set her daughter free from demons and what he uh what he did in ignoring her and moving on and even insulting her. And she refused to get offended. She persisted and she believed in her heart who he was. enough to worship him and call him Lord. So that's important to understand because it does come faith comes by hearing, right? Hearing by the word of God. How do we get saved? Bible says what? We hear the word the gospel, the truth. We believe it in our heart, right? So there comes a when we truly understand it and believe it, we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus. Somebody say that's an action. Okay. But what have I said many times to you over the years? If you confess Jesus as your Lord and Savior, but you do not mean to make him so, you still going to do what you want with your life. You're not going to surrender to his will. You're not going to repent of your sinful ways. Then what did that make you? A liar. Right? Remember 1 John 2:4. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments is a liar.
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