Category: Hebrews 11
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Our View of Home
Hebrews 11:13-16 “These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone…
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A Fixed Gaze
Hebrews 11:12 “Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.” As you go through life and plan your day, how far forward is your gaze fixed? For example, perhaps you have an early…
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Do you know where you’re going?
Hebrews 11:8 “And he went out, not knowing where he was going.” I love the sayings of Yogi Berra. One of my favorites is “If you don’t go to your friends’ funerals, they won’t go to yours!” Profound, isn’t it? Here’s another one: “If you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll end up somewhere else.” …
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Warnings and Traps
Hebrews 11:7 “By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.” One of the vast differences between God and Satan is that God constantly works to…
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The One Who Cannot Lie
Hebrews 11:1 “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” I used to live in southern Illinois. While I was there, I would see lots of cars from Missouri, which is the next state to the west. On the license plates of the cars from that state you have…
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Worship: Two Kinds
Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” Do you know that the way a person worships reveals an awful lot about their faith (or…
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From Whence Did Everything Come?
Hebrews 11:3 “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” One of the reasons that I believe God exists is the fact than anything exists. Where did everything come from? What brought it about? When I think…
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The Choice
Hebrews 11:24-26 “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” I’m sure you’ve…
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Tests of Faith
Hebrews 11:6 “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Do you really believe that God exists? I mean really. Is the idea of God a wispy notion, a “pie in the sky” sort of thing to you, or do you see Him as a fact,…
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Facing Death
Hebrews 11:29 “By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.” What’s the most fearful and unknown situation you and I will ever face? Is it not death? There will come a time when there is no escaping it. It may…
To Encourage You 