Every dad here in this service ought to desire to be highly revered by his children and grandchildren. If we look at Abraham's life closely, we will discover what it was about the old patriarch that made the difference about him. His submission to God show the friendship that existed between him and the God of all eternity. He worshiped idols rather than the true and living God. It is a blessed thing to have faith.
Faith is the title deed to things hoped for.
It gives substance to our hope. It is our way of being sure of the things for which we hope. It percieves as real what is know know to the five sense of touch, taste, feeling, sight, and smell. It gives us a conviction of the reality of things we cannot see. Faith is the dimmed eye by which we look to Jesus.