How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

We either have Christ or we don't have him.

We either trust him or we don't trust him.

You know, the only way that you can have salvation is through faith,

because it's a gift, and that's the way you get a gift.

That's some of the amazing truth that we'll hear today from Dr. J. Vernon McKeon through the Bible.

I'm Steve Sweats and our study of Philippians 3 verses 15 to 20 covers so many great topics

including the secret to knowing God's will in our lives and the relevance of our heavenly

citizenship here on earth. We'll get started in just a minute but first I want to

thank you for your support in bringing the whole word to the whole world.

You know through God's grace and your faithful partnership

through the Bible is now heard in more than 250 languages and dialects around the

world. If you want to get an idea of just how God's using your prayers and

financial support, I gathered a couple of letters of my favorite ones by the

way, at least the recent ones. First we have an email from a church, this one in Vietnam. We thank God because we have the opportunity

to listen to his word on your program. You are our pastor and the programs provide much needed

spiritual nourishment for our souls.

As a result our faith has grown firm and we have served God with our best.

From our gathering we have chosen two brothers to go out to share the gospel with others. They have

faced many difficulties yet they remain faithful. Wow isn't it wonderful that

this church is already sending out missionaries to share the good news and they call

us their pastor so they're

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