Hebrews 11:13
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.
Tag: Faith is seeing things “afar” off, but believing and living as though they are in the hear and now.
This chapter in Hebrews is called the Hall of Faith. It is the list of men and women who believe in God’s Word, even though they didn’t realize the truth of what they believing in the hear and now. Look at these examples:
1). Abraham left his home land, by faith (because God told him to) to find a land he had never seen and would never see. He simply had a promise that God would give it to him through his children. The problem was, even at 100 years of age he still had no children.
2). Sarah, Abraham’s wife, was promised to give birth to a son (who would be given what Abraham was promised) at the age of 90. Her faith believed that promise of God.
3). Moses had faith that God would use him to lead the nation of Israel (Abraham’s children) out of Egypt to the promise land promised to Abraham. He could have sat comfortable in Egypt’s royal court, but choose to, instead, obey God and lead a rebellious people.
Note how the writer ends this chapter:
Hebrews 11:32-34
And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.
Faith is the only way to God and if you want the blessings of God you have to believe and obey His word, completely.
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