Hebrews 11.2

Intro

split into groups

tell me the stories

The Patriarchs

Abraham- the first one called after the flood- leave home and bless the world

Isaac- the second born son but the child of promise, almost sacrificed

Jacob- stealing a blessing and wrestling with God

Joseph- surviving on dreams and being rejected over and over again

Moses- reluctantly leading millions of fickle people

Joshua- being the hand of God’s wrath to the disobedient and the one to finally settle the promised land

Rahab- fearing a God she had only just heard of for the sake of her family

The Sufferers

Gideon

Barak

Samson

Jephthah

Samuel

David

all who judged or ruled some closer to God than others but all doing his will at some point in some way seeking some salvation

Application

having faith, seeking salvation that you would give your life for

living as though nothing else can be true

overcoming it all for something that so many died to bring you without receiving for their selves

a gift eons in the making

that God might live and be established in you

that promise is now fulfilled and it is all yours if you will only have a little bit of the faith they all had