FAITH

By FAITH Abel,

by FAITH Enoch,

without FAITH it is impossible to please him,

by FAITH Noah,

by FAITH Abraham obeyed-and he went out, not knowing where he was going,

by FAITH Sarah,

by FAITH Abraham offered up Isaac,

by FAITH Jacob

by FAITH Joseph,

by FAITH Moses--choose to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He consider the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt,

by FAITH the people crossed the Red Sea on dry land,

by FAITH the walls of Jericho fell down,

by FAITH Rahab did not perish,

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David, and Samuel and the prophets--

who through FAITH conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put 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 a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, 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--wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

Hebrew 11

For truly, I say to you, if you have FAITH like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, "Move from here to there, and it WILL move, and NOTHING will be impossible for you."

Matthew 17:20