We are to view the suffering of Jesus as a paradigm of not just suffering, but how to suffer. But Jesus had no sin at all, and He never wavered at any time in the path of faith. ISAAC (v.20)Hebrew 11:20 'By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.' The term “look” carries the idea of “fixing ones attention on an object”. Although Sarah at first laughed when she heard that she was to have a child, her laughter turned into faith long before Isaac was born.

How does enduring mistreatment without retaliation advance the cause of Christ?

He is also our Righteousness, our Hope, our Joy, and our Crown.

JOSHUA (v.30)The power of God is not limited to parting the waters of the Red Sea. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Or am I trying to please man? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! It is important for us to note that for none of the heroes of faith in the previous chapter are we ever told to look unto them.Why are we told to look only to Jesus, and not to the rest of the examples of faith that were cited earlier on? This makes it more personal, as if the fulfilment of the promises of God had become so real to them. Rather than harden or anger me, You have softened the melody of my life at times.

We now leave the time of the Patriarches and move on to the heroes of faith in the next era of biblical history:C. The Exodus Generation1. MOSES (vv. A. This truth is echoed in 1 Peter 2:21 'For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow His steps.'

Looking Unto Jesus and seeing what God is like!

~ RD Mangold. Instead, I have met many fellow believers who confessed that they lack faith, or that they desire to have more faith to trust in God. We see Jesus beginning his course of faith, we also see him finishing it.

Pastor Tom Sutphin talks about the integrity of Job and how he held tight to it during difficult circumstances. 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. This is actually the climax of the whole list of heroes of faith - Hebrews 12:1,2 'Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.'

It can also bring down the walls of Jericho.

And yet they lived and died with the fullest faith that God will fulfill all these promises.

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We pray it blesses you today. We must honestly admit our vulnerability to being.

Thus far in our study of the book of Hebrews, we have seen many interesting points of contrast between the old and the new, and each point of contrast gives us a fresh appreciation of the supremacy of Christ. All that we know about Enoch in the OT is given in Genesis 5:24 'Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him' Only a man of faith in God can enjoy such close communion with God And in the communion that Enoch enjoyed with God, God even showed him glimpses of future events, including the Second coming of Christ, as the book of Jude testifies 'And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds'.

Now we come to the first woman of faith mentioned in this chapter:2. by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh. (Heb 11:8 'By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.') Like Moses, we Christians today need this kind of faith to discern the true value of all things as God sees them.The next few verses (vv.27-29) relate the end results of this choice that Moses made - He left Egypt together with the rest of the Israelites after delivering God's command to the king 'Let My people go!' We too need the same kind of faith, when a loved one who is in Christ goes home to be with the Lord - by faith we know that God will raise him or her from the dead and we will be united again.

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The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament.

See the earthly and eternal blessings His Father had for Him. Hebrews 12:2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. The situation was not joyful, but recognizing the glory that would follow after the suffering allowed him to suffer with joy. This includes the times of the judges, kings, Israel's exile, return from exile and even the period of time between the Old and New Testaments. - Looking unto the Author and Finisher of our faith (rather, the Leader, or Captain, as in Hebrews 2:10, and Perfecter of the faith, or of faith - faith's Captain and Completer), Jesus; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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A. She was a Gentile. How blessed we are to belong to Him, and that He belongs to us! 3. The faith of Moses stands therefore as a real example of self-denying faith, since he chose to suffer affliction rather than to enjoy attractive pleasures. But though they received these promises, they could see their fulfillment only afar off.

This is just one of the many names we call Jesus.. But the purpose of this chapter is not to praise these heroes or to exalt them to be venerated by us (as the Catholic Church has done unbiblically for its many saints).

E.g. Hebrews 11:21 'By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.' Therefore Jesus now stands as our supreme example of faith and we should look at all times to Him.

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