Sola Fide - Faith Alone

Good morning again. If you would turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11.

this has been been interesting week of study.

There is just a lot here at Hebrews 11 and and it's it is Chris and I have been trying to diligently go through the entire book of Hebrews were seeing a lot of connectors and how are things keeps going back and back and back if you dig in the Hebrews chapter 11. Hopefully we'll see as a body Believers hear that how much of what he is already preached. The other preacher here who is suspended this down in the book of Hebrews is already kind of explain when this is not quite a Capstone piece, but it's definitely a piece of the scripture that's a summation of some sorts and and what he's done. So let's let's just Dive Right In and take a look at what the word says. So if you're with me Hebrews chapter 11 verse 1 now Faith is the Assurance of things hoped for the conviction of things not seen or a verb, I get the people of old received a commendation by faith. We understand that the Universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. My faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain through which he was commended his righteous. God commending him by accepting his gifts and through his face though. He died. He still speaks by faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death and he was not found because God had taken him now before he was taken. He was commended as having please God without faith. It is impossible to please him for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. By faith Noah being warned of God concerning events yet unseen and reverent fear constructed an arc for the saving of his household by this. He condemned the world and became an air of the righteousness that comes by Faith by faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance and he went out not knowing where he was going by faith. He went to live in the land of promise in foreign and living in tents with Isaac and Jacob Ayers with him of the same promise or he was looking forward to the city that has foundations who does who is designer and Builder is God by faith Sarah received power to conceive even though she was past the age since she was going since she considered him faithful who had promised there for from one man and him as good as We're before descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore. These all died in faith not having received the things promised but having seen them and greeted them from afar and having acknowledged that they were strangers in X-Files on Earth or people who speak to make it clear that they are seeking a Homeland if they had been thinking out of that land for which they had gone out. They would have had an opportunity to return but as it is they desire a better country. That is a Heavenly one there for God is not ashamed to be called their God for he has prepared for them a city. By faith Abraham was tested offered up Isaac and he who would receive the promises was in the act of offering up his only son of whom it was said through Isaac shall your Offspring be named? He considered let God was even able to raise him from the dead from which figuratively speaking he did receive him back by faith Isaac invoke future blessings on Jacob and Esau by faith Jacob when dying bless each of the sons of Joseph bowing and worship over the head of his staff by faith Joseph at the end of his life made mention of The Exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. By faith Moses when he was born was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw that the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict by faith Moses when he was grown up refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth in the treasures of Egypt. He was looking to the reward or he was looking to the reward by faith. He left Egypt not being afraid of the anger of the king for he endured as seeing him who is Invisible by faith. He kept the Passover and sprinkle the blood so that the Destroyer the first born might not touch them by faith. The people cross the Red Sea on dry land with the Egyptians when they attempted to do the same or drowned by faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been in circle for 7 Days by faith Rahab The Prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies. First 32 what more shall I say? What time would fail me to tell of Gideon Brock Samson? Jephthah and David of David and Samuel and the prophet who through faith conquered kingdoms enforced just obtained promises stopped the mouths of lions quench ^ fire, escape the edge of the sword were made strong out of weakness became a mighty in war put foreign foreign armies to flight women received back their dead by Resurrection some were tortured refusing to accept release so that they might rise again to Better Life other suffered monhegan flogging and even change and imprisonment. They were stoned they were Saint into they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats destitute Afflicted mistreated of whom the world was not worthy. Wondering about in deserts and mountains and in dens and caves of the earth and all of these though commended through their faith did not receive what was promised. Since God has provided something better for us that apart from us. They should not be made perfect bow with me. Father in Heaven, I thank you so much for The Stave given to say thank you for this opportunity for us to worship you to hear your word. I pray that as we look at Hebrews 11. NBC the theme Here of faith that you would teach us what it means to live in faith to abide in faith. Father Spitzer heart put me aside. Let this be your word challenge s convictus. Speak to our hearts and son Jesus name. I pray amen.

I lost count. I meant to tell everybody to beginning every time you hear the words by faith the circle them if your a note taker in your Bible, you would have probably needed to sharpen your pencil somewhere through this. It's it's in there a lot. This is huge as you read through this chapter as I was studying this week. I thought man the one thing I was trying to come up with the title. And the only thing I could come up with was solivita faith alone. There is so much here about by faith that I had to do that the writer who has has been giving this to us from the beginning of of this has been building and building a pond chapter punch chapter in the book of Hebrews. And in this chapter, he's going to focus on faith and faith alone. Slowly and methodically that the preacher of Hebrews has been dismantling all the old Jewish traditions in the old Jewish customs in the old Jewish law to point out that they weren't bad, but they were incomplete to show us and he's been doing they would they were in complete in the purpose of dismantling all that was to show us that Christ is better. In chapter 11, we're going to see that the early Old Testament Believers were not close to God to that because of their obedience to the law but rather they were close to God because of their faith in him. I love this the author opens up this chapter with his definition of faith. Faith Assurance of things hoped for conviction of Things Not Seen. So too powerful words here assurance and conviction these two words make biblical faith. So much more than just this wish list style of Hope. You know, I think of a face sometimes I wish I was actually kind of thinking about this and I thought about that I did this is bigger than that. Wish list style of hope, you know is a little kid. This is about the time of year that Mom and Dad were to get out the Sears wish book and I would start to make my list right who it came in the mail. Here we go. And I would put everything down that I wanted all the GI Joes all the Star Wars toys all the Lego I wanted there's never enough Lego, but that's a whole nother story those who don't know me closely.

There was that that wish list style of hope I had faith that I would see all those things under the tree and mom and dad knew better and they weren't going to be there and I'm okay for today with this faith. We see in Hebrews is bigger than that. It's deeper than that. It's it's grounded on something so much more.

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Assurance and conviction mean that our faith is grounded in something so much deeper. It's not this vague leap in the dark, you know, I I like action movies. I think of Indiana Jones in particular and their soda and I can't remember which one it was. I know it wasn't the fourth one cuz that was horrible, but it was he takes the sand and he's got across the bridge was in the third one the Last Crusade and he throws the sand out and there's a bridge that he can see right and he walks across this invisible Bridge there was there was faith that there was something there but he knew he needed to do something. We don't have to throw out the sand that the foundations are already there for us it it may be invisible but it's there. It's not this vague leap in the dark as Believers in Jesus Christ have a blind faith. Don't let people lie to you and say that your face is wind it is not if you're a True Believer in Jesus Christ, it is not a blind faith. We have a faith rooted in the evidence of what we've seen from a God has revealed himself to us through his word. We see it over and over and over again. If you read the word of God there has been a provision of Truth. We have seen evidence in that.

We have faith in the only Eternal the only all-knowing the only infinitely wise the only all-powerful only eternally trustworthy God of all creation. We can read his word that he has kept his promises from generation to generation. He never leaves or forsakes his own. Our faith is in the Unseen realities that is emphasized throughout chapter 11 here in book of Hebrews, but also through all of scripture and is reinforced with added conviction for those of us who have Christ is our Savior and Lord. That is the face the author hears talking about. that big of a face in Verses 4 through 7. We're walk through the early chunks of the Book of Genesis with some early men of God. Are we see able we see Enoch? We see Noah mentioned each one is mentioned and they are mentioned with the phrase by faith.

Again, keep track of that phrase underlined at Circle at highlighted. Whatever you do is your note-taker on sermons, whatever you do as you're taking notes as your reading scripture. This is important. It's all over this chapter. That means there's there's something about it here. Keep track of that when we look at it. It was Abel's faith that led him to give a more pleasing offering right that stories in Genesis Chapter 4 verses 4 through 8 and enable brought a more pleasing out right now. Here's the thing. If you know that story, you know it. Well Abel's offering was actually fruits and veggies and Grains.

Cain's offering was a blood sacrifice. Abel's by his faith in God was more pleasing. That's important. It was the right heart that led that to be a pleasing offering. Velox faith that allowed him to walk so closely the guy that he did not die at the end of his time here on Earth rather. He was just no more Enoch is one of my favorite stories in the Book of Genesis. He's gets like to versus that's it. But he's like the coolest guy ever because it just says Enoch was a man of God and Enoch walked with God and Enoch was no more. That's why we know we just walk like I can't imagine like he's walking with God like the way it reads is he's a friend of God and almost the same way that Moses was a friend of God and he's just walking and he's having this prayerful conversation with with the Lord of all creation, and I also need to start trying to goes weight.

We're not on Earth anymore. Right? But you just was Swept Away in some regard and he's just no more. That's amazing. It was Noah's faith that allowed him to build the ark and be part of God's Redemptive plan for the Earth Sometimes When We Tell the Noah story we forget that Noah was part of the Redemptive plan of the entire Earth been in Genesis chapter 6 as we start to read what's happening Earth was so corrupt that God was ready to wipe the Slate clean and start fresh. But Noah had a righteousness among people that was unknown. It did it was that it was beyond what anybody else understood alone man on Earth and a loan family. And God said you build an ark. What's an arc and I think back to the old the old Bill Cosby record that we listened to as a kid right guy. What's a nark? You know, they're there was that whole but no I had Faith to do it. And he did it and God used him to redeem all of the Earth at that time. Cheap verse 6 get the verse 6 of this is beautiful testimony of these early men of faith. And without faith. It is impossible to please him for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. These men believe in the one true God and saw them out. They believe in the one true God and sought him and him alone out these men acted not because there was some Waltz on to act this way, but because they had faith in a God that they wanted to please and God bless them for their actions that was based on their face. He didn't ask just because it was the right thing to do. actor because of their faith in God in verses 8 through 12 the Hebrews preacher turns back to Abraham and Sarah a little bit and this is important.

Remember when this whole letter this whole sermon however, we're looking at this is book of scripture was written. Primarily We Believe to a audience of Jewish believers. and in and there were these groups that were kind of At odds with each other within this congregation or among some Hebrew Believers over there were these judaizers it said you got to keep the hundred percent kosher obey all the laws and then you can follow Christ. And then I said no no, no, no. No, there's Grace do what you feel like there's plenty of Grace to go around no on both counts. And so the preacher here is trying to refute both sides of this but you know, she's dealing with primarily he's Jewish focused it comes to Abraham and Sarah. The Abraham and Sarah are truly the parents of the Jewish faith. In Genesis chapter 12 and God begins the call to Abraham. He's creating Advanced moment the Jewish faith. It's not really existed up to Abraham. He's never said I'm going to create a nation until he gets to Abraham. And so these these folks are the parents of the Jewish faith. It was Abraham's faith that moved him from his home to the land of Canaan Abraham was sitting pretty in her the chaldaeans. He was sitting well and wealth had abundance was doing okay, and God said I need you to move. I I'll do it.

His face and all right, I'll do it and they lived in tents. They were sojourners everywhere. They went.

Loses faith that did that it was Sarah Sarah's faith that allowed her to conceive Isaac at such an advanced age.

90 90 years old

Nothing against 90 year old people but that's a lot of work to raise a baby. Right? That's that's a lot of work. I had the pleasure Friday is school that one of our teachers maternity leave. She brought her little a little three-week-old little baby died in here in just a little boy and I got the whole damn. I got to steal some baby snuggles on Friday, right and he got the squirming and spry and I'm thinking I'm almost 45 and this is things a little much I'm glad she's in her twenties and then I'm thinking about Sarah cuz I've been prepping the sermon like, oh my word that poor woman and her 90s dealing with them all of this. It's a lot. But it was her faith that allowed her to conceive that baby at such an age through them. God brought forth the nation of Israel. the nation of Israel

we get the Messiah Jesus Christ. Did they had faith that his promises at the promises of God when he said I Will Bless You Abram and make you blessed among nations would be fulfilled. And you will be a blessing to the nation. Don't you forget that I won't you will be a blessing to the nation's Jesus comes from that.

That's what we see with this promise been fulfilled here and their faith in them. Verses 13 through 16 take us back to verse 1 we see a reinforces of the definition of faith that they're kind of these folks me to hide in their face, right they died without seeing the promises of God to complete fruition. I never thought about that Abraham never saw Israel become a great nation. He saw him Sarah and Isaac. What he saw but he had faith that God was going to do what God said he's going to do because I was 100 years old and Sarah was 19. We had a kid.

You must be telling me the truth. I have faith in that.

They saw the major parts of their promises fulfilled that they did not see the Fulfillment that we see today. Yet they still believe that those promises those future promises was promises yet to come would be fulfilled. Verses 17 through 20 to take us back to Abraham and his earliest descendants Isaac Jacob Esau and Joseph. Abraham had faith that God would continue his line, even though he was tested to sacrifice Isaac. I had never thought about when I read the story of of Isaac going up to the mountain and Isaac kind of gets to that point when Abraham tells Abraham tells the servant you stay here the boy and I will go on further to build the altar in crates and and give the sacrifice. We don't really know how old Isaac is but we know he's old enough to figure some things out like he's he's kind of looking around he's walking up there he goes

dad Where's the Sheep?

Iran replies back that'll provide. Now. I had never thought about the faith of that takes that the faith that Isaac had to say. Alright Dad says so and he believes in this God and I am a miracle of this God. I have faith to go ahead 2 videos

I never thought the Hebrew writer here says the Abraham had faith that God would just provide the sacrifice on that trip, but God was even able to bring Isaac back from the dead If Abraham sacrificed Isaac.

never really ponder that that way before I think it's interesting that the Hebrew author says that Abraham's Faith wasn't just the God will provide that sacrifice but then he would bring Isaac back from the dead and there is some symbolic symbolism in that affected. There was a Ram stuck in the Shrubbery and they could go get him and bring him out the in some regards. There's a symbol there that Isaac was brought back from the dead that there was a willingness to sacrifice your only son.

And God will provide the sacrifice anyway.

little foreshadowing of things to come sure.

Isaac's Faith led him to offer blessing to Jacob and Esau out of Hope for the future. Now the Jacob and Esau story is a rough one sometimes and scripture and there's a lot there. We know that that Jacob definitely got the better of the of the blessings and that's where you know, he's not the god of Abraham Isaac and Esau. He's the god of Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the Old Testament, but Esau was still blessed. And in those blessings were there that they had he had a had an understanding that there was a hope for the future not hopeless through God. And Jacob's Faith led him to offer blessings to his sons and Joseph Sons Ephraim and Manasseh and these men would then be the heads of the tribes of Israel that the founders of those Twelve Tribes? Joseph had faith that he predicted the Exodus and even asked the people to take his body out of Egypt when they left to be buried back home. All of this is there now we're going to pause just a second. Cuz this is this is about halfway through this chapter. and what we look at he was what the author of the book of Hebrews has done to the first have to chapter everything up to this. We remember back the preacher has has taken the time to dismantle the Jewish law to show us that it had no power to save. These are getting riding primarily to a Jewish audience. The Jewish law had no power to save but it the only Power that it had was to point out the Fallen state of mankind in the sinfulness of mankind.

He was shown he has shown that the law was insufficient to save her to bring anyone closer to God and and he's doing that again, right the first half of this chapter. He's proving this to us with one more time. Everyone mentioned in verses 1 through 22 live prior to the law. They were all men of faith in God prior to their being a law. Able never had any Ten Commandments. You didn't know that he was ever supposed to tithe, but he did.

Abraham and the law there is no Israel to have a law for he was the founder of Israel and some guards really Jacob his grandson so we can serve the founder of Israel and summer guard Noah the law but he was righteous before God. Enoch walked closely with God but no law to walk with this walk closer with God. The author here is is showing us so deeply.

That the law could not save. all of these men mentioned Atenolol to live through his the law came through Moses right yet. They are noted as being saved. They were saved through their faith. It is their faith and their faith alone that brought them close to God.

And it brought them salvation.

They all knew through faith that God had fulfilled his promises prior to them and they all had faith that God will continue to fulfill his promises after them. There is evidence that the works basic law of the Old Testament did not cannot and does not save. Nothing we can do on our own. I think we can do on our own.

Is your face that brings salvation? Verses 23 through 28 are about Moses. I love this is parents had faith that God would protect him and keep him alive as an infant, even though Pharaoh had declared all male Hebrew children be killed right Moses his personal faith as he grew up. Let him to reject being part of pharaohs house and returned to the people of his birth by faith Moses kept the Passover the god offered any led the people out of Egypt.

Verses 29 through 31 tell about the faith of the people they had faith that God will deliver them. From the Egyptians at the Red Sea. They had Faith as the people entered into the promised land. They had faith that brought down the wall of Jericho. It was rahab's faith that kept her and the spies safe and brought her a gentile woman. and prostitute to Redemption and salvation

Rahab is even mentioned in Matthew chapter 1 in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.

It was our faith.

It did that. Verses 32 to 38. The preacher has this a I could go on and on and on kind of moment, right? I love how he says it, right. What more could I say he opens the section with? Anylist men from the Book of Judges Gideon Brock Samson and jeptha then he mentions David and Samuel in the profits. Can you list some of their amazing accomplishments and some of the horrible treatment that the profits went through? This particular section of Hebrews chapter 11 is a tough one. It is challenging because if you study the Book of Judges at all the men he mentions or not. necessarily upstanding citizens in the scripture the beat to be perfectly honest. It's a very odd and in difficult section in some regards. You know when we think about all these people going back to verse 23 all the way through 38 the individuals mentioned here for the most part are very flawed. They have a glaring flaws in their lives in their Walks With God Moses murdered a man before he fled Egypt. Lindsay forget that part of the story. Murdered a man and while Leading the People in Wilderness Moses is anger a rose to the point of Disobedience that kept himself from being able to enter into the Promised Land. Don't you don't like to talk about Moses getting mad and smacking that rock? But he did.

We'll get to the Book of Judges. We see that the stories of Gideon Brock Samson and jeptha. Man in boy.

Gideon kept testing the Lord over and over and over again if I do this and if I do that if I do this and what if I do that write Samson

Samson was not exactly a a hero in some regards. I'm Remembering Sunday schools a little kid being tardy was and then he was a judge of God, but he's a womanizer. Did not keep kosher laws would eat things out of dead animals and and it would not do the right thing. Like there was just a lot of it as a judge of Israel. He did not obey God with jeptha Jeff's the made a rash vow around up sacrificing his daughter. that end because he was I'm thinking straight. if you read through the Book of Judges judges 211 I'ma sums up the Book of Judges and it sums it up early. First to eleven of of the Book of Judges says the people visual did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and they serve the Bales. In each one of these men did a little bit of that. dimensions

Dimensions David

Oaks we we don't like to talk about it, but David sexually assaulted a woman.

And he had her husband killed.

You know. You're a powerful man. And you say that's the one I want to send her to my Tinder to my Chambers. That's assault.

That's what he did. Not understand this the preacher of Hebrews mentions them not because they are men of great faith whose lives are to emulate or imitate. He mentions them because they are men of great faith under the law. Yet could not live up to the law.

I blew it. Like I do everyday and you do everyday it couldn't live up to the law. They have their moments of great faith, and they also had their moments of great failure. every one of them in their failures we can have hope that God kept his promises to them and that through our failures. God will keep his promises to us.

It's interesting. I think back there are moments of repentance and every one of those men's lives that we see.

Every one of them does go to Cotton roof end now that maybe a last-minute repentance. I think of Samson's repentance literally on his not his deathbed but is he standing there? Turn down the temple around them. repent it's a last-minute repentance David dealt with his sin with Bathsheba the rest. Of his reign in Israel, and honestly even into Solomon's and the Next Generation. David had a repentant heart. He still had faith that God will keep his promises.

The preacher ends the chapter reminding us that all of these that are mentioned here as well as the faithful of the Old Testament died without knowing the Fulfillment of the promises. They had been waiting for that was still to come.

All the saints of the Old Testament Saul little glimpses of what was to come.

And these though commended through their faith did not receive what was promised since God had promised something better for us that apart from us. They should not be made perfect. They knew that God was going to provide something better. The law has been this we talked about this morning and our small group time and our Bible study time. The law was the shadow. Shadows are ethereal non-material. You can't you can't grasp hold of them. There their they're real but there's nothing tangible to hold onto. There's no detail in a shadow. I couldn't recognize a person by their shadow. It's the shadow shadow changes as the light changes and moves. There's nothing really substantial there. The law was a shadow of what was to come.

The practices of the Jews the traditions of the Jews was a was a shadow of what was to come. You are mines of that.

They had faith for what was coming. But it would be better and what was coming for them? Is here now for us?

That better thing is Jesus Christ. All of the book of Hebrews that has been at Jesus is better than this. Jesus is better than that. Jesus is better than the other thing. Jesus is better would have been the title of the book of Hebrews. Honestly. Jesus is better.

The better thing is Jesus Christ. Jesus is the ultimate and supreme fulfillment of all of God's Old Testament promises. Without Jesus. There's nothing. The Saints of the Old Testament were saved through faith in a coming Messiah.

God was gracious to them in the faith. They had in God to say I will save you knowing that you know that there's something more to come. That something more as the Messiah. I will be redeeming my world through him. My creation will come back. We you and I are saved through faith in the Messiah who will return to rain and fulfill the ultimate promise of redemption of all creation. It is our faith in Jesus Christ and our faith in Jesus Christ Alone that saves us it is his grace that brings us to that faith. What is our faith in him?

Apart from the New Covenant in Jesus Christ, there is no hope for a perfect unmitigated fellowship with God. understand this Muhammad no matter how many times you drop something in that plate? It doesn't bring you closer to God. Doesn't matter how many times you walk through that door? The fellowship with other believers, that doesn't bring you closer to God. No matter how often you you read through. Your your Bible study plan for one year, you know you read through the Bible in a year plan. I've got a 48 x just bring you closer to God. Those are not bad practices in and of themselves. But they have no saving power. I hear that. None of the practices are the habits that we have as Believers in Christ the good as they are. AB salvation power I am not saying don't drop anything in the plate. I am not saying don't show up when the doors are open. I am not saying don't read through scripture. Annually. I'm saying that without of faith in Jesus Christ.

Those things are Hollow.

That's what I'm saying. Don't have a hollow empty religion. Have a fulfilled faith in a savior. His name is Jesus Christ. That's what we're we're getting at here. If if there's anything to take away from this understand this that the only way to have a Salvation experience is through faith in Jesus Christ Alone. if you take anything away from chapter 11 take this it is faith alone and faith in Jesus Christ Alone that saves

If you're a believer in Jesus Christ today, and you have that salvation, you have that faith in Jesus Christ, you know that you have an assurance.

Of things hoped for and a conviction of things not seen you have that in Jesus Christ. That's great. Are you sharing it? Are you are you taking that Faith elsewhere? Are you sharing the gospel? Love that says I know what the future can hold and I want you to know it because God has commanded me to is your cop so flowing over you can't help it spilled Jesus on the people around you. The Believers that's what we're called to.

I'm confessin. I know I'm not good at it. I got I got room for him to to work in me and fix me to get me that way to just be spilling a news in Jesus all over everywhere.

That's what I need to do. I need to pray to that in. If you don't have Jesus if you're saying I know that that I'm I'm trying things, but nothing's working to make me feel closer to God.

And it's time to Just Surrender and say Jesus. I'm yours. I want to put all my faith in you. It is in you alone that I can have faith in that will bring me closer to you. Place a time. We're going to have a moment where we're going to have some reflection time some some invitation some call to action that there's lots of ways we can refer to it. This is the time for you to do business with a holy and Jessica. There's something on your heart and you need to pray about it. It's open. I'll pray with You Chris and pray with you. You just need some quiet time to pray and reflect. That's fine. If if you're here, you're saying this is this is where we're going to make it our home. Deaf questions you need to ask. Talk to us. Let's let's get you there. If you just want to worship and sing along. That'll be available tomorrow. You pray with me? Father ate somebody thanking you again for your word. Father I thank you for the grace.

Did you have given us Grace that the Holy Spirit speaks to our hearts and challenges us have faith in Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Alone. Father remind us that as we go through this week that it's nothing we do. There there is no works. bow ties

no amount of times I enter and leave a church building its save me. All those are good things. They are a shadow.

efface they are acts that I should do because I have faith in you.

But things I do because I think they're going to Merit anyting.

Fathers were here. We want to draw closer to you and faith. We ask that you would build an each of us turning here a deeper Faith the face that comes only from you that we can then give back. Do that in our lives father God.

As we enter into this time of reflection.

Invictus challenges moving our hearts In Jesus name I pray.