Faith is Abraham’s legacy. He believed God’s credibility and followed His command, going off into the unknown and entrusting Him with his future. Nicodemus was faced with the same challenge: daring to trust that he might be born again. We, too, face the same choice. How can a lost and condemned world be redeemed by the death of God’s Son? Can we, like the church in Smyrna, stand tall in the face of doubt, animosity and fear?