I remember when I first began to live for the Lord, Mike Riggs and I were doing a Bible study at noon on the job site, and Mike told me that I should underline the word faith each time it is used in this chapter. It is one of the most impressive chapters of all the Bible.a
You will notice with me that the chapter begins with the definition of faith. This is traditional Jewish literature in that the Apostle summarizes all that he plans on presenting to us in just the first few words.
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
For by it the elders obtained a good report."
Everything that goes after is just an amplification of those few lines. THAT SAYS IT ALL.
Lessons of faith from:
Abel
Enoch
Abraham
Sarah
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
Moses
Joshua
Rehab
Barak
Gideon
Jepthah
Pastor Marvin McKenzie was saved at the age of eighteen. He has planted and pastored churches in Washington and Oregon.
Involved in planting 10 churches[1]
Executive Vice President of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, San Dimas, CA[2] and then Heartland Baptist Bible College, OKC OK.
Pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Puyallup, WA 19 years (December 1999-present)
Celebrated 35th anniversary of ordination December 29, 2018
Published 65 books relating to Bible Study, Baptist History and Devotionals
Marvin and Anita have two sons; both serve in Baptist churches in Washington State.
[1] I was a founding member of two of them, the co-founder of one, founder of one and sent men out of our church to plant the others.
[2] I negotiated the sale of the PCBBC campus previous to the college's move to OKC. I served as the first Executive Vice President at Heartland.
