The Lepers

Faith is a big deal in our “cultural moment”… type the word into your search-bar and you’ll find over 200 million websites that focus on that word… There’s apparently a vast array of beliefs ABOUT belief.
Christians make a big deal about this word and the Bible sees it as a matter of life and death. It’s not really something that can be taught or memorized (like state capitals or knitting) – it’s actually a GIFT from God (Eph 2.8-9) … and we don’t really need MORE of it… but only to direct what we have at the right Target.
So today…another look at this crucial topic – what does it mean to have faith in Jesus Christ…what does it mean to BELIEVE? We’ll say three things about faith:

1. NEED is the OCCASION
2. RECEIVING is its ESSENCE
3. WONDER is the RESULT