“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior” (Titus 3:5,6).

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

“Of the Rock who begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee” (Deuteronomy 32:18).

Just before his death, Moses predicted the coming apostasy of Israel in a prophetic “history” of Israel. Not only did his prophecy come true for the nation of Israel, but the same could be said for much of western Christianity today.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

The eleventh chapter of Hebrews, known as the great Hall of Fame of Faith, reciting the faith and resulting action of many Old Testament heroes, begins with a description of what faith is.