I have been overwhelmed with all the material and insights that one can find in the eleventh chapter of the Book of Hebrews. I want to examine the first seven verses of this magnificent book along with the passage that we read from the Gospel of Luke 17:1-6. Both of these passages deal with an ingredient that is fundamental to the understanding and practicing of what we call "Christian faith."

Would you like to have greater faith in God? The Disciples did. They were honest and forthright, and they asked our Lord, "INCREASE OUR FAITH!" (Luke 17:5) The Master''s reply to His Disciples who actually wanted to please Him was, "If you had faith like a mustard seed...." As Paul writes in the eleventh chapter, he also felt led by God to explain very concisely to the Christian followers in that ti…