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Many of us today, tell our friends, our acquaintances, our relatives, to our circle, that,

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"I have known the Lord for these years, I believe in Jesus Christ these years. Since I gave my life to Christ, my life has changed."

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But, if someone asks you, can you prove, do you have proof as a Christian?

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"But I changed!"

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The person will tell you, "Yes, but the previous day when we talked, you got angry and started shouting."

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You will tell him, "Yes, I used to smoke before but now I do not smoke."

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He will tell you, "Yes, but you keep company with smokers."

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You will tell him, "Yes, I have changed."

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"Yes, but the previous day I heard you cursing due to your anger."

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This is your proof as a Christian?

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This will bring us to the title of today's message which is, YOUR PROOF AS A CHRISTIAN!

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We shall read from the book of Mark 10:46.

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"Now they came to Jericho. As He went out of Jericho with His disciples and a great multitude,

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blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the road begging. [...] So Jesus answered and said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?

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The blind man said to Him, “Rabboni, that I may receive my sight.”

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Chapter 52, "Then Jesus said to him, “Go your way; your faith has made you well!”

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Your proof as a Christian is your faith in God's Word!

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Here, we see blind Bartimaeus who was sitting at the corner of the road and was asking for mercy.

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When Jesus came close to him, he told him, "What do you want Me to do for you?"

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What could a beggar want? Someone who begs needs money, isn't it?

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But what did blind Bartimaeus answer to Jesus as we read? He told him, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision."

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He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lotto." He did not say, "Teacher, I want to win the lottery,

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so that I can help the other poor, the other beggers."

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He did not say, "Teacher, I want a Mercedes." He said, "Teacher, I want to regain my vision! "

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Immediately, when blind Bartimaeus met Jesus Christ and they had the conversation,

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- What do you want Me to do for you?
- Lord, I want to see!

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What did Christ tell him, "Let it be according to your faith! Your faith has made you well! Go!"

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Your proof as a Christian is your faith in the Word of God!

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If your proof as a Christian is your faith on God's Word, you will be believe now, you will act now, and you will receive now!

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Now, I want us to look at another case with someone who was a little weak in the faith I'd say, or maybe no faith at all.

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The book of Mark 9:17-27.

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"Then one of the crowd answered, “Teacher, I brought You my son, who has a mute spirit.

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And wherever it seizes him, it throws him down; he foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid.

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So I spoke to Your disciples, that they should cast it out, but they could not.” [...]

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Then, they brought him to Him. And when he saw Him, immediately the spirit convulsed him,

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and he fell on the ground and wallowed, foaming at the mouth. [...]

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Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes!”

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Here, we have a case of a father whose son was deaf and dumb, he neither could hear nor could speak,

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and many times when that demon would come upon the child, he would fall down,

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roll and fall inside the fire, he would fall inside water in the river, sea, wherever there was danger.

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Because the demon wanted to kill him!

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You can understand how much pain his father was going through!

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Moreover, we see that there is a conversation between Christ and the father.

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After the father told Him, "Please if you can do something. You at least, if your students couldn't do it.

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At least you, take care of my child, please!"

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And Christ told him, "If you believe, everything is possible to the who believes!"

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What was the answer of the man?

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"I believe, Lord, help me in my unbelief."

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In other words, he confessed that although he believes, his faith is not enough, his faith is small.

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The fact that your faith is small, is not a reason for you not to pray, because many of us use it as an excuse.

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"Why should I pray, will God listen to me? Every time I pray nothing happens."

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"My faith is small! I have to go and find a Man of God who will have big faith."

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That is how we quit and don't pray.

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If you know that you do not have faith, then, you can come to Christ and take the faith that He has prepared to give you.

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How can you receive faith if you refuse to come close to Jesus Christ?

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Is it possible?

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How will you receive faith if you refuse to open the Word of God to see what God says about your case?

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Is it possible to receive faith?

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Even the statistics say that, nowadays, melancholy and depression have increased a lot.

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The psychiatric hospitals are full, the clinics are full of people who have psychological problems,

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and all these happen because they refuse to come close to Jesus Christ who can give them faith and they can receive the solution to their problem.

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If you read your Bible very well and carefully, you will see that Jesus Christ never healed and that alone,

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Jesus Christ never blessed and that alone, Jesus Christ never delivered and that alone, Jesus Christ never saved and that alone.

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In every case, he demanded people's faith!

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What will happen right after your prayer is your proof as a Christian!

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What is the result?

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That is the question.

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Yes, you believe for many years, what was the result of your faith?

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Where did your faith lead you to?

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Where did it bring you? To what level?

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These are the questions that each Christian has to sit down and ask himself!

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If you discover that your faith is small or that you do not have faith at all, come to Jesus Christ,

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He is willing to give you the faith that He has prepared to give you!

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