A Thankful Faith, Hebrews 11:-1-2

Is a satisfied faith,

Proverbs 27:20 ESV

20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

In 1965 Mick Jagger sang: “I can’t get no satisfaction”. Just like death and destruction faithless human eyes can get no satisfaction.

Is a trusting faith, , ,

Hebrews 11:1–2 ESV

1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation.

Hebrews 11:13 ESV

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.

Hebrews 11:16 ESV

16 But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

Leads to understanding,

Hebrews 11:3 ESV

3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.

Leads to pleases God,

Hebrews 11:5–6 ESV

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Leads to intimacy with God,

Hebrews 11:7 ESV

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.

Leads to saying yes to God,

Hebrews 11:8 ESV

8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

Leads to seeing beyond this life,

Hebrews 11:9 ESV

9 By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

Is a faithful faith

Israel & Judah had become 2 lewd prostitutes, ,

Ezekiel 23:12 ESV

12 She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and commanders, warriors clothed in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men.

Ezekiel 23:19 ESV

19 Yet she increased her whoring, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the whore in the land of Egypt

Faithlessness is rampant.

Ezekiel 23:35 ESV

35 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten me and cast me behind your back, you yourself must bear the consequences of your lewdness and whoring.”

Are you willing to faithfully stand in the gap in this faithless generation?

Ezekiel 22:30 ESV

30 And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none.

Ezekiel 23:30 ESV

30 have brought this upon you, because you played the whore with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols.