Category: Hebrews
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Name-dropping
Hebrews 11:24-25 “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.” Are you a name-dropper, or know anyone else who is? It’s the condition of being quick to identify…
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Abortion
Hebrews 11:23 “By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.” Do you realize that God has built into humanity certain things that help us to elicit a God-honoring response? In spite of the…
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Finishing Well
Hebrews 11:20-22 “By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau. By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff. By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.” True faith finishes well. That…
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It’s Everything!
Hebrews 11:17-19 “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, of whom it was said, ‘Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.’ He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he…
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Opportunities
Hebrews 11:15 “If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.” One of the most consequential words in all the Bible is the word “opportunity.” It means “an occasion; a set or proper time.” We find it in the verse above. Sometimes the Greek…
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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…
To Encourage You 