It is important for all of us. Some are here today with a mature faith that has been nurtured through family, church, friends and a powerful personal spiritual pilgrimage. You have the ladder on secure footings. But many of us today do not have that kind of faith. Faith for Peter and all the Old and New Testament authors is not merely adopting some moral code or set of doctrines to which one could affirm.
Faith is so much more that a set of beliefs.
Faith is a trusting, life-changing relationship with the God who created you. It is knowledge at its most intimate level with God's own son, Jesus Christ. No better day than today to begin or renew your commitment to live a life of faith. Paul says in Eph. We can't climb a ladder of works to salvation.