Hebrews 11.1

Intro

I’m pretty sure we did this lesson already but it was months ago so we will do it again

define faith

faith is important because of what we finished with last time

story from the asylum

Abel

one of the first characters mentioned

one who never speaks a word

the younger one with a harder job and without the favoritism from his parents looks only to God and gives his all to him

though he was killed by his jealous brother he has something to teach us

though he never spoke a word in his story he has volumes to say about the importance of relying on God and not ourselves

Enoch

the man who walked with God

a million old preacher man stories all along the lines of my place is closer than yours

what was the world like that Enoch lived in?

what did he do about it?

Noah

the one who condemned the world

sounds pretty harsh

does that mean that Noah judged them all and didn’t offer them a ride on his boat?

Noah believed what God said to be truth despite how it sounded at the time

Noah was not motivated by the world, he condemned such things within himself

Abraham

Abraham obeyed without a challenge to leave his whole world behind

he was looking forward and not behind

Sarah as well had faith even if only reluctantly that she could miraculously give birth

even when they doubted it was rooted in their inability and not God’s

Application

they all died in faith

they all looked forward to something better

they all chose to be strange for the sake of that faith

faith is something that has a noticeable effect on your life

its something that can be seen even in the silent

its something that is shown by your actions

its something that guides your whole life til the very end