Passover and Faith

So with that, we are ready now for the main message today. And of course, with Passover so close, we are going to be discussing a connection in the Bible between the Passover and a very important word, which is faith. Faith and the Passover. Faith is a key principle.

That we need to take the Passover properly. And so we're going to develop this because in the Bible there are a couple of key scriptures. And I'd like to just begin mentioning back when I was at Ambassador College when we were studying the book of Acts.

Remember when we covered Acts chapter 3 in verses 19-21? Let's go there for a moment.

Acts chapter 3, from verses 19-21, these verses also have a special title to them. Acts 3, 19, when Peter mentioned this, he said, So again, this scripture has a special title to it, and it's called an Axial Scripture.

We all know when you have an axle, which is the part that is a rod connecting to the wheels of a car. And basically it's the central piece that is the axle, which comes from the center. You need the axle to be there so that everything can go around it. And this is a scripture that's called an Axial Scripture because the entire Bible rotates around it. You can actually go back, and this is talking about what had happened with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It was like all in the past is now separated by that action from the future. And so you can divide the Bible into two parts with that scripture. It's the center of the Bible. It talks about how He sent His Son, and Jesus did this now, and He is awaiting the Father's orders to come back, to restore all things in its pristine quality. And so it's an Axial Scripture. It's the center of the Bible. Everything rotates around it. And there is another that has to do with the Passover. And that's what I want to discuss, which is another Axial Scripture that, as I was studying, I came across and said, this also is one of those central scriptures where everything goes around and rotates around it. It's the central part, the axis of the Bible as well. And that is found in Hebrews 11, verse 6. You can also divide the Bible by the scripture, Hebrews 11, verse 6. It says, But without faith it is impossible to please him. For he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. This is a key scripture. It deals with the Passover, but it deals with our lives. And so there are three very important points being made. It says, first of all, that he who comes to God must believe that, number one, he is. As other scriptures, the Good God's Word Bible says, No one can please God without faith. Whoever comes to God must believe that God exists. So a person has to believe that, has to be convinced of that. That's the first step toward conversion, believing that God exists. You've proven it for yourself. We aren't here as an accident of nature. We're not here because some evolutionary luck brought us in, you know, from amoeba to man.

And the way it's being taught in the schools, which, by the way, is just getting more and more ridiculous with all of this discoveries, astounding discoveries. Anybody with just a little bit of a brain could realize that you cannot create life and also human beings just through this haphazard process of mutation and natural selection. I was just reading the other day. You know how many proteins there are so far been discovered?

Proteins are what makes our hair, our skin, our muscles. Every part of our body is basically made up of proteins. They have discovered five million types of proteins. Those are molecular machines that God has designed, so they work together. That's how our digestive system works. That was the way our eyes work. And any time that some cells in our eyes start going bad, well, then a signal is made so that you're going to have more proteins created to fill in and to repair the eyes.

So anyways, it is truly a blind person who cannot see that God exists. Superior intelligence and even the word genius falls into a very poor description of what we see around us. And it describes certainly God in all of his creativity. So the first thing is that we have to believe that he is, number two, that he is a rewarder of those. That's the term. He's a rewarder. God is going to bless.

He is going to help. He rewards what a person does in his name, following him. Faith is believing in God and then acting accordingly through God's word. It's putting into action what you see in the Scriptures. You believe and then you act on that belief because he is a rewarder.

He really does have that as a promise that he is going to make it up to us. If we follow him, he's going to have our back. He's going to protect us. He's going to be there with us. Even when there are difficult trials, he cares for us. So that's the second element. It's not just belief in God. A lot of people have intellectual belief, but they don't do anything about it. No, you have to believe God is a rewarder. He is alive. He's looking at what we do every day, if we're going to be rewarded or not, if he's going to be able to bless us or not.

He cares. Just like loving father and mother, they're thinking about that little child, and they're there, really caring. The child has no idea the sacrifice that parents go through every day. I was just with my daughter yesterday, Rebecca, and we had the three little kids. We were basically out for about eight hours, and we took them to a nice place to have fun and everything else. That was exhausting!

We were worn out. Why? Because those little kids, they get into trouble like every other minute. You've got to be there thinking about him or her. God cares far more than any mother or father could ever do. He is a rewarder. Now, that doesn't mean the reward is going to come when we want it, but God has committed himself to doing that. He will make it up to us. And then the third part of this key scripture is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him. So it's not somebody that thinks about God and then, oh yes, I believe in God, and I also believe he's a rewarder.

But guess what? I'm going to quit seeking him very much. You know, I'm going to put him in the back burner and what we have like God is in the back seat of a person's life. And so I'm going to drive. And when I get into trouble, I'll ask God, oh, please help me then.

And then when God does so, okay, God, thank you. And back to the back seat. That's not the way it works. You know, God has to be there driving. We follow his guidance. And so it means that you seek God. But notice it says diligently. It doesn't mean once a week, once a month that you remember God. It has to be every day that you really seek him and that relationship, a personal relationship with God.

You seek it every day. You want to do his will. You want to follow his paths. And so these are the three elements that are so important. Believing that God exists. He's a person. He communicates with us. He's not some blob out there, shining blob. No, he says, I'm a father. I care for you.

Jesus Christ says, I'm your older brother. I'm there for you. Okay, that is something we have to be convinced about. But then we have to do something about it if it's living faith. And that is that God's going to reward me. But sometimes he can be a rewarder of what we have sown. We're going to reap what we sow. And so he can be a rewarder of punishment as well as blessings. Notice in Revelation, chapter 22. Revelation, chapter 22. In verse 12, these are some of the last words that Jesus Christ says. He says, and behold, I am coming quickly.

And the term quickly is actually, it means when I come, it's going to be quick. It doesn't mean he was going to come at that time. But when I come, it's going to come quickly. Because that's the other nuance of the word. And my reward is with me to give to everyone according to his work. So a rewarder doesn't necessarily mean it's all positive. It can also mean punishment. But in Hebrews, it's talking about people of faith. And they know that God knows our weaknesses. He knows we're not perfect. But here we are walking the path of faith toward that kingdom of God.

And so this is one of these axial scriptures, because everything before faith is part of what the world is. And everything after faith has to do with a new way of life. It's a new beginning. And just like it will be for the future world, it starts with our world. Notice what it says in 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, verse 16.

2 Corinthians, chapter 5, verse 16. It says, Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer.

So He says, look, it doesn't matter what you were in the past. Were you a very important, rich, and famous? It doesn't matter. You come into the church. You're just like every other member. And He says that even if you personally knew Jesus Christ, that's not going to get you into the kingdom of God.

It's how you follow Him. It's not who you knew at that time. So He says here that because there are some that were trying to impress Paul. Oh, yeah, we knew Christ. Paul never got to know Christ until after Jesus Christ appeared to Him, resurrected.

But he never knew Jesus Christ in the flesh. And there were some that were saying, boy, I'm superior because I knew Jesus Christ personally. And so He says that's not how it works in the church. He goes on to say in verse 2 Corinthians 5, 17, He says, therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. All things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. So that's why Hebrews 11, 6 is one of these axial, the central scriptures.

Because if you walk, if you have that faith, that's a new beginning. That's a new start in your life. And what you were in the past is really not important. You're not going to get anywhere until after conversion of baptism and be able to take that Passover. That's when your life begins. And we all are brethren. Doesn't matter how a person looks, how a person earns his living or not, how intelligent he is or how good looking, all those things are not important. It's the inside of the person.

Are they converted? Do they have real faith or not?

And so the Bible tells us that from that scripture, Hebrews 11, 6, we can see who are the people of faith and who are not. Let's go back to Hebrews 11. We're going to go over just briefly a couple of these examples that are given here.

In verse 4, it says, It says, God testifying of his gifts, and through it he being dead still speaks. His example still lives with us. If we have the faith of Abel, see, he's still an example for us because it wasn't just believing God. It was doing something about it. It was walking the path of faith. And so here we see that he offered a more excellent sacrifice. Why? Because he believed in this God that is looking down and he's interested in his child. Are they growing spiritually? Are they becoming more generous, more loving, more serving or not? So he can reward the person accordingly. Abel was blessed by God, and even if he died, he's going to be resurrected. He's going to be part of that kingdom. That's when the real reward is going to be coming for Abel. Notice another example, verse 24. Moses, Hebrews 11, verse 24, it says, By faith, again, the term means walking by faith. These people really believed what they held as truth and they followed through. It wasn't just talking the talk. It was walking the walk. It says, By faith, Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin. Why? Because he had faith. He knew that was the people of God and he wanted to be part of them, even if they were slaves, even if they were nobodies, even if they were the scum of the earth at that time. They didn't care. That's where it is. And I'm looking at that future reward. And so he said, Esteeming the reproach of Christ, greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. Why? For he looked to the reward. You see, he was living that principle of faith. And when you have that, everything else is secondary. You have your life pretty well straight to now. You have your eye on that reward, on that goal of being part of that kingdom. You're not going to sacrifice that goal for anybody or for anything.

And that helps us go forward in life. Continuing on, it says, By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible. He had spiritual eyes. He could see spiritual things. And that's a blessing. You can look forward as we do now. We don't only look to the Passover as something that was done back in the time of Egypt. And we don't even just look at what Jesus Christ did at that time, almost two thousand years ago. That's very important. But guess what? I'm looking forward to the time when Jesus Christ comes back and he says, I'm going to have the Passover ceremony. I'm going to do that Passover. I want to be there. What we're doing today is nothing in comparison. Do the foot washing among a few people. And here you've got a couple of men that get up and elders and they speak to you and we take the bread and the wine. What would it be like if Jesus Christ, I wonder how many people would show up if Jesus Christ was going to give the Passover. Boy, you think a couple of people say, well, no, you know, I'd rather watch my sports favorite team or, well, I'm a little tired or, oh, I'm just too busy. Maybe I'll put it off. I don't think so. Well, that is having spiritual eyes. What we do now is going to affect what is going to happen in the future. And so Moses gave us that example. Notice he says, verse in verse 28, By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them. So he followed through to the letter what God instructed him. Why? Because he had spiritual eyes. He knew God was going to carry out that punishment. And that's why he was zealous that everybody would have the blood in the doors post as it was brought out in the first message. And so you see, faith is not something that you just think in your mind. It's something you act on. And every decision that we have is going to be either following God's way or following the world's way. And that's the way we shape our character. The more decisions made following God, the stronger we get. The more decisions following the worldly ways. I'm not talking about there are good things in the world and we can enjoy healthy and good and clean things, but there are other things that just drag us down, spiritually speaking.

And then it goes on to say, in verse 35, it says, by faith, going on, it says, women received their dead, raised to life again. Some were rewarded in this life with the resurrection of their loved ones. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance. So you see, they said, well, we're going to torture you until you deny your God and you accept that that God isn't going to rescue you and he's not going to do anything. And some people said, whatever it takes, I'm going to stay with God. And it says here that some were tortured and yet they didn't give up their faith. Why? It says that they might obtain a better resurrection. They wanted to be in the first resurrection with Jesus Christ and they weren't willing to sacrifice that reward just to save their skin or somehow go with the world, make them happy instead of putting God first. They put even their lives in jeopardy and some of them lost their lives. It says, still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. They were stoned. They were sawn in two as the prophet Isaiah reputedly happened to him. They were tempted, were slain with the sword. So not everybody survived. But this isn't about saving our skin and thinking we're just going to live forever. We're not. Something's going to eventually cause us to die. And that's part of the human condition. But we know there's a better world, there's a better body awaiting us. And so that's part of the faith. We're being tested. It goes on to say, they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins being destitute, afflicted, tormented. Some people, because they were following God, they got kicked out of their towns, kicked out of their families, and they just had what they could wear. But guess what? They had their faith. Nobody was going to take that faith away from them.

It says, of whom the world was not worthy. Boy, those words fall very heavily. These people that the world thought nothing of, they were worthless, all of these people that are keeping God's way. And yet, in God's eyes, those were the true heroes. Those were the true champions.

Those were the true successes in life, of whom the world was not worthy. All the big and mighty and famous and rich. That's not impressing God. It's those who maintain that faith to the end. They don't let the world defeat them.

And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, yes, they believed in God. They believed He was a rewarder and of those who diligently seek Him. So they continued diligently seeking Him to the end of their days.

It says, God, having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us. So God's going to resurrect everybody at the same time. Can you imagine seeing Abel, seeing Moses, seeing Elijah? And we could be part of that same resurrection.

God is elevating us to be with these people and share the stories. Boy, they're going to really go nuts when they hear about what the 21st century was like. They're really going to think that was the craziest world you can imagine. Nowadays, when you take the kids to some places, some people you don't know whether they're men, women, something halfway, whatever. And they never quite saw that type of thing. We're seeing it before our very eyes.

And so faith and the Passover go together. That's why Jesus Christ used the same principle in John, John 6, verse 51. John 6, verse 51. The Passover was quite close at this time. He was using the analogy. He says in verse 51, And so he says, look, in a comparison, people really thought it was something great when they had manna, and that manna miraculously appeared. Six days out of the week, and then the sixth day it was twice the amount so they could rest on the Sabbath day. They didn't have to go gathering and carrying all their food with them on the Sabbath day. So God did that for them. And they still remember those golden days, and yet they had Christ right there. And he says, look, the manna wasn't as important. And what I'm going to do is more important than gathering manna, which was what the Israelites do.

You can actually be part of my work. You can be part of the body of Christ if you have the faith, if you are willing to carry out my commands. And so he's saying, this is what the Passover is about. This is one of the first steps that a person shows. Yes, I have genuine faith. I'm following your instructions. He goes on to say, all they had to do is just say, Lord, can you explain to us this illustration? And he could have. He says, well, the Passover is coming, and this is what I mean. That it's not the Passover lamb that is the main symbol. It's I am that Passover lamb. That's the symbol that portrays what I'm going to do.

He says, verse 55, for my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh, which is symbolic of the unleavened bread, we're going to be taking at Passover and drinks my blood, which is symbolic of that small bit of wine that we're going to have abides in me and I in him.

So he says, if you really want to be resurrected and live eternally, this is what I'm asking you to do. Do the Passover. Show me that you have that living faith, that you are going to be part of that ceremony, that you are going to carry out my will. Going on in 1 Corinthians chapter 13, 2 Corinthians chapter 13, in verse 5, we see again importance of faith and the Passover.

It says in verse 5, examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Here, when he says, examine yourself, are we really carrying out what God's will is in our lives? Now, every one of us has a different mission that God wants us to carry out. What is the mission that God has for us? He places us in his spiritual body and we all have functions in it. Is it to encourage? Is it to help others? Is it to support and inspire and share and love and show care to those that are sick and needy amongst us? God has a purpose for each one of us, and he says, examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you? Unless, indeed, you are disqualified.

See, if Christ is not showing those fruits, then something's wrong because he says he's going to empower us, he's going to guide us, he's going to inspire us. We can be used by him to carry out his will.

In 1 Corinthians chapter 1, we see this same principle of examining ourselves before partaking of the Passover. 1 Corinthians 11.

Verse 23.

It says, Jesus Christ received this from the resurrected Jesus Christ because he didn't know Jesus Christ in the flesh. He came afterwards. But these are things that Christ instructed him as a personal tutor, a private tutor, that Paul had because he was a special instrument God was going to use.

He says that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which he was betrayed took bread.

And when he had given things, he broke it and said, Take, eat, this is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Remember he said this about the flesh? Well, here, explain. This is symbolic of my body. You're not going to eat somebody's flesh, but it is symbolized by the bread. When we take that, we are accepting his sacrifice.

And we know his flesh is a symbol of how he works in us. He also heals us of sicknesses and unites us into one body of Christ.

In the same manner, he also took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do as often as you drink it in remembrance of me. This in particular, and specifically, deals with the covenant. When we were baptized, it was Christ's blood that sealed that baptism.

And so here, it's a new covenant. It's a new contract, a new way of life that we are accepting. That's why we never rush people.

Sometimes we actually postpone a baptism because we want to make sure that person is completely sure of themselves, that they are completely convicted and also committed.

That's why it's a commitment, something that you need to do in full faith. Now, God is going to help us because nobody's perfect. Nobody comes to every Passover without having sinned during the year. Every person has done so. Every person needs God's forgiveness.

But if you're walking the path of faith, God forgives us. He covers those sins. Notice what it says in 1 John 1.

It says in verse 8 of 1 John 1, If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. Do you know why that's true?

Because we still have this carnal human nature and nobody can control that carnal human nature 100% of the time. So there'll be things that we'll do when we say, oh, you're right. I slipped up, I messed up, I said the wrong thing, I offended, I did something I shouldn't have. So we all know as long as we have human nature, we're not going to be perfect. And that's part of the human condition. And then he goes on to say, if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. So we go before God. He is our high priest. He listens to us and he died for us. And he sees that we are genuine, we're sincere, we're going to do our best not to repeat, not go back to that. And he's going to forgive us. It goes on to say, if we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar because God says that we are still sinful people and his word is not in us. My little children, these things I write to you so that you may not sin. In other words, this isn't a license to sin. And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And he himself is the propitiation, which means sacrifice, for our sins and not for ours only, but also for the whole world. So we understand this idea that somehow we have to be in this struggle to be perfect. And if we can't be perfect, then what's the use of doing anything and making an effort? That is a satanic mentality. Satan wants you to think, oh, Christ will just do everything for you. Just accept him and that way he'll do everything. He'll carry everything you do wrong. You don't have to do anything. No, the Bible says you have to repent. You have to confess. You have to do it in sincerity if you want God to forgive us. But at the same time, we don't have this huge guilt. And oh, yes, we just can't please God because we're not perfect. No, we shouldn't have a guilt complex.

We should be thankful for what God provides for us and do our best and keep at it and overcome those temptations that are assailing us. That's what the human condition we're dealing with in this world.

And so again, this scripture, Hebrews 11.6, separates our past from the future. It's also an axial scripture. And basically, if you walk the walk of faith, that's what God wanted you to do. He's not expecting perfection. He is expecting betterment, improvement. I compare it to climbing the mountain of God. Now, some mountains are pretty big and pretty high. Mount Everest, some 29,000 feet, basically. And if you're going to go up, you're going to eventually have to take oxygen with you. And you know what? I'm climbing the mountain of God. But you know what? I'm not going to get to the top on my own. God is going to see where I was, and He's going to pull me up the rest of the way. But if He finds me down at the bottom, and He expects us to just be hauled all the way up, that's like He says about the 10 servants that God gave them that pound with the Holy Spirit. And He comes back, and the person hasn't overcome anything. He hasn't grown spiritually. He's still a spiritual babe, immature, can't handle trials and tests. And so He says, I expected you to do your best wherever you're at, climbing the mountain of God. If you really, earnestly, diligently sought me, tried to serve me, you know what? I'm going to haul you all the way up to the top. I'm going to give you the greatest blessing. But you've got to do your part. You've got to run that race, like Paul says, as if you want to come across as the first person. You want to really put all your effort. You don't want to lag behind and be this spiritual, lazy person that doesn't put any effort and then expects God to do everything for you. The kingdom of God is not a welfare state where everything is going to be given to you. It doesn't matter whether you deserve it or not. You're entitled, right? No. No. It's a way of working. You've got the freedom to really decide how much you really want that reward.

The Bible basically has every human condition you can imagine. And it says, if you walk by faith, I'm going to make it up to you. No matter where you are in this life, you might be young.

And faith is for the young, and it's also for the old. It is for the married. It is for the unmarried. It is for the widowed. It's for those who are healthy or who are sick, who are rich or who are poor, who have a lot of intelligence, and others who do not. Once we're walking the path of faith, it doesn't really matter. God's not interested in all of those other things. He wants to know, are we going to make it? Are we going to overcome to the end?

Notice just a few examples. 1 Timothy 5, 1-5. 1 Timothy 5. I could give a whole sermon on all the circumstances imaginable. And there's our scriptures, and God's instructions are there for that person under those circumstances. 1 Timothy 5. 1 Timothy 5. He says, Do not rebuke an older man. Okay, so if you're a young person, respect the elderly. Don't disrespect them. In other words, don't rebuke an older man.

You know, they are older now. And sometimes younger people treat them like dirt. They don't respect them. It says here, don't rebuke an older man. But exhort him as a father. He's a kind of a fatherly figure. Respect him. Younger men as brothers. Like a brother in the family. People that are your peers, that are similar in age. Older women as mothers. Again, treat people with respect. That's what has happened now in society with this Me Too movement. You know, I'm happy in the sense that women were able to finally say, Quit doing this to me.

And respect me and respect my body. Because I tell you, if it was the Me Too movement, if every woman would say how many times somebody tried to take advantage of them, why every basically woman has gone through that. And so it says here, no, you treat older women as mothers. Younger women as sisters.

See, it's not something to lust after and try to seduce. No, it's like a sister to you. You have a sister, you're going to respect her. With all purity. Honor widows who are really widows. It goes on to say, But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents. So, okay, you've got some elderly parents? God's Word says we have a job to do. Make sure we can repay them for all the effort they did in our lives.

For this is good and acceptable before God. Now she who is really a widow and left alone trusts in God and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. So it talks about you have more time. Dedicate yourself more to God. Praying for God's work, praying for so many needs that are there, God needs those prayers and backing. Going on in verse 14, it says, Therefore I desire that the younger widows marry, bear children, manage the house, give no opportunity to the adversary, to speak reproachfully.

So yes, do things that are right according to what God has given us to do. Of course, we have the example of Job. And one of the things Job had to learn is that sometimes things are being worked out by God in heaven and we might not have any idea why this is happening. Job's friends thought they had God all figured out. Job was a bit more careful.

He was saying, don't judge me that way. Because they thought, oh Job, yes, we know what you deserved all this time. He said, don't be so sure. The lesson sometimes is that Job had no right to get the answers right away. He had to wait and be tested before finally God revealed the why of this situation. In Isaiah 45, we're finishing up Isaiah 45 and verse 9. Isaiah 45 and verse 9. It says, Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms it, What are you making?

Or shall your handiwork say, He has no hands? Woe to him who says to his Father, What are you begetting, or to the woman? What have you brought forth? So we're not at God's level. He is far higher than us. And of course, to those that are unmarried in 1 Corinthians 7, 32 and 33, it says, you have more time to get closer to God. When you're married, you've got to be thinking about your wife, your children, all of these needs.

You don't have as much time. When you're unmarried, you can actually cultivate your mind, cultivate your heart. You can have more time available to serve God in different ways. For the rich in 1 Timothy, and I'll finish here, 1 Timothy 6, what about the rich? What does the Bible say? They should do if they're walking the path of faith.

1 Timothy 6, verse 17, it says, Command those who are rich. There are people in the church that are prosperous in this present age not to be haughty. So first thing, don't let your riches go to your head. Be humble. Don't let people really know and don't act like you're the most important things in sliced bread, as they say, nor to trust in uncertain riches.

Those riches don't treat them like idols that you worship. But in the living God, put God first, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. He's going to bless us if we obey Him, if we follow Him. Let them do good, that they be rich in good works. They're able to be generous and help out, ready to give, willing to share. Of course, if you go to the poor, it's much harder.

Guess what? Some of the poor are more generous than the rich. I've seen it time and time again. It says, storing up for themselves a good foundation for the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life. So riches can be a blessing, but you have to know how to use it, how to share, how to not get a swelled head about it.

So, brethren, without faith, without walking the path of faith, we're not going to please God.

We know God loves to bless, but we have to do our part.

We have to prepare for this coming Passover, armed with that quiet, dedicated, and yielded faith to God. Asking, what can I do, Father? How can I help?

With the right attitude, then that axial scripture of Hebrews 11.6 can be fulfilled in us, that he who has faith is going to believe that God truly exists and that he is a rewarder. He is looking to bless us and our part to those who diligently seek him.

Have a wonderful Passover. Sorry, not going to be here this time around, but please pray everything goes well around the world in the Passover and Days of Unleavened Bread.