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

The Transcendent Legacy! We will all, someday, leave behind a legacy!

“The Harbor Bridge crossed over the Port of Corpus Christi. It was a high steel arc, tall enough to grant barges and freighters access to the ship channel, and stood where the old…

…drawbridge once did. The city had hosted a contest to name the bridge, and the winner, a housewife who lived out by the oil refineries, was given the honor of riding in the first car…

…to drive across. That was in She wore a pillbox hat and white satin gloves. She posed for pictures with the mayor. Years later, when she died, her family walked…

…to the top of the bridge and scattered her ashes over the lilting water.” (Bret Anthony Johnston in Remember Me Like This)

We tend to define life, our life, by concrete quantifiable standards!

…but is that all there is? Is that even the most important?

Is it possible that life’s greatest legacy is a transcendent reality?

Matthew 16:17 “Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar- Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.”

I Corinthians 15:50 “Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God...”

Hebrews 11:1-6 1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

3 By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. 4 By faith Abel offered to God…

…a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.

5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

The Parameter of Faith The Starting Place!

Hebrews 11:1 (The Message) “The fundamental fact of existence is that this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.”

The Foundation of Faith The Revelatory Reality!

Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God..”

Luke 4:4 “But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.’”

The Demand of Faith The Essential Response!

Faith must be active! Faith demands action, a response!

James 2:26 “For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead.”

Faith is the Transcendent Legacy ‘It’ is essential because, by ‘It’ we can know God, and by knowing God we can Know all else!

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” C. S. Lewis

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