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Lives to Remember
Text: Hebrews 11:8-19
Theme: The victory of faith does not come without a fight.
by faith Alban Pinet
by faith Blanche Helmig
by faith Kate Placial
by faith Opal Hassler
by faith Vivian Hunke
by faith Henry Hunke
by faith Ray Thompson
by faith Grace Huckstep
by faith Tillie Miller
by faith Lewis Wolfe
by faith Clete Branson
by faith Sophie Monroe
by faith Leo Pearon
by faith Mary Pearon
by faith Claborn Smith
by faith Wayne Patterson
by faith Armanda Herndon
by faith Betty Staley
by faith Marvin Staley
by faith Alvina Wolfe
by faith Ed Walker
by faith Effie Walker
by faith Nellie Rice Wills
by faith Bill Clough
by faith Pat Waggoner
by faith Nancy Frank
by faith Arlene Thomas
by faith Alice Fredrich
by faith Rainey Robertson
by faith Adelaide Gove
by faith Annie Geising
by faith Lem Basnett
by faith Brenda Branson
by faith Lucille Owens
by faith Goldie Towe
by faith Authur Jeagers
by faith Dale Leimkiller
by faith George Wagner
by faith Ruby Wissman
by faith Madge Backues
by faith Bill Warren
by faith Hazel Warren
by faith Bill McGloham
by faith Bill Coleman
by faith Maxine Buckner
by faith Betty Howard
by faith Bill Quinn
by faith Jack Crecelius St.
by faith Sheri Koenigsfeld
These are members from this congregation who have gone home to our Lord’s Kingdom over the last twenty years.
Like the believers of Hebrews eleven, they were men and women who had professed their faith in the salvific offer of the living God, and were, to one degree or another, living out their faith when they died.
Tomorrow, many of them will have memorials laid on their graves.
The Christian life is a journey of faith.
Like our spiritual forefathers of an earlier day, the Christian must long for a new country and a new city whose builder is God.
In Hebrews 11:16 we’re told that this is what all believers long for: /Instead, they were longing for a better country – a heavenly one.
Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them./
The faith that drove the men and women listed above, is the same kind of faith that needs to drive us on in our spiritual journey.
In chapter 11, the Apostle Paul refers to some sixteen Old Testament saints by name and a number of others by inference.
They were men and women with the same faults and weaknesses common to us.
They stumbled and fell, but did not remain down.
They repented and began again until finally they conquered.
The one common experience of all of them, however, was this; their victory did not come the easy way, but in every case involved a sacrifice of self.
The life of Abraham is a good example of the requirements for victorious living.
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I. GOD CALLS BELIEVERS TO MAKE A CLEAN BREAK WITH THEIR PAST AND TO MAKE A NEW BEGINNING WITH HIM
Heb 11:8 "By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his
inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going."
1. for Abraham this meant leaving the security of ...
a. homeland
b. his family
c.
his friends
d. his job
2. faith in Christ that is not willing to give up everything — including one’s right to self —
is not true faith
a. faith does not always mean giving up family and friends and community and
personal agenda
b. but true faith must be willing to give up those things if it means following God with
all your heart
Luke 14:26-27 “If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children,
brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.27
Whoever is not willing to carry the cross and follow me cannot be my follower.”
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c. you don’t get much blunter than that
ILLUS.
It was G. K. Chesterton, English author, journalist, and defender of the Christian faith who said: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting.
It has been found difficult; and left untried.”
A. GENUINE FAITH ALWAYS INVOLVES RISK
1. verse 8 reveals Abraham's obedient response to God's call
a. he heard
b. he obeyed
c. he went
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B.F. Westcott, in his commentary on Hebrews, wrote that, "He [Abraham]
obeyed the call while it was still sounding in his ears."
d. it was an immediate obedience
1) he didn’t spend a few days mulling it over
2) he didn’t consult with friends
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