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Hebrews 11:30-40
INTRODUCTION:
What does overcoming faith do?
I. OVERCOMES OBSTACLES (Hebrews 11:30).
A. Faith overcomes obstacles by refusing to despair.
1.
The walls of Jericho looked formidable.
a.
Its site was about 5 miles west of Jordan.
It was the most important city in the Jordan valley and the strongest fortress in all the land of Canaan.
b.
The main defenses of Jericho in the Late Bronze Age (c.
1500–1200 b.c. ) followed the upper bank of the city mound, and comprised two parallel walls, the outer six feet thick and the inner twelve feet thick.[1]
c.
The walls were of a type which made direct assault practically impossible.
An approaching enemy first encountered a stone abutment, eleven feet height, back and up from which sloped a thirty-five degree plastered scarp reaching to the main wall some 35 vertical feet above.
The steep smooth slope prohibited battering the wall by any effective device or building fires to break it.
An army trying to storm the wall found difficulty in climbing the slope, and ladders to scale it could find no satisfactory footing ( Archaeology and the Old Testament, 174).[2]
2. The obstacles we face sometimes are equally formidable.
a. Circumstances
1.) Financial circumstances
2.) Physical circumstances
3.) Emotional Circumstances
b.
People
1.) Enemies
2.) Friends
3.) Family
B. Faith overcomes obstacles through obedience to God.
1.
The Israelites followed God’s plan.
a.
Although it did not make military sense, they followed God’s plan.
1.) Remember “the plan”.
2.) We must follow God’s plans.
a.)
Even when it does not make “common sense.”
1.) Most of the time, God’s ways don’t fit human reasoning.
a.) Die to self to live.
(Matthew 10:39)
b.) Humble self to be exalted.
(Luke 14:11)
c.) Do good to those who persecute you.
(Matthew 5:44; Luke 6:27)
d.) Give freely in order to receive.
(Luke 6:38)
C. Faith overcomes obstacles through the mighty power of God.
1. Jericho was defeated by the power of God, not the ingenuity of men.
2. Obstacles we face can only be overcome by God’s power.
II.
OVERCOMES DANGER (Hebrews 11:31-34).
A. Notice the list of dangers in the text:
1. Dangers from outer attack (Rahab) (Hebrews 11:31).
2. Danger while fighting the Lord’s battles (Hebrews 11:32-34).
a. Gideon (with a few followers) (Judges 6)
b.
Barak (With an army) (Judges 4)
c.
Sampson (Alone) (Judges 13-14)
d.
Jephthah (an unlikely candidate- Illigitimate) (Judges 11)
e.
David (Shepherd / poet) (I Sam.
16)
f.
Samuel (a preacher) (1 Sam. 1)
g.
Daniel (political captive) (Daniel 1)
h.
The three Hebrew children (unknown to the world) (Dan.
1-3)
B. There are no dangers we can not face successfully if we approach them with faith in God.
1. Ease and comfort are NOT promised.
a. Tribulation and persecution are promised (Romans 5:3-5; 2 Timothy 3:12; Philippians 1:29)
2. God’s power and presence are promised.
(Heb.
13:5; Psalms 37:28)
III.
OVERCOMES THE FEAR OF DEATH AND PERSECUTION (Hebrews 11:35-40).
A. Faith overcomes persecution:
1. Tortured and not delivered (Hebrews 11:35).
2. Mocked (Hebrews 11:36)
3. Beatings (Hebrews 11:36)
4. Imprisoned (Hebrews 11:36)
5. Impoverished (Hebrews 11:37)
6. Exiled (Hebrews 11:38)
B. Faith overcomes fear of death:
1. Burned to death (Hebrews 11:34)
2. Stoned to death (Hebrews 11:37)
3. Sawn in two (Hebrews 11:37)
4. Killed with a sword (Hebrews 11:37)
C. Faith bears its fruit:
1. Miracles (Hebrews 11:30, 35).
2. A good testimony that encouraged others to follow God (Hebrews 11:39).
3. A better place rewarded for faith (Hebrews 11:40).
CONCLUSION:
God’s grace arrives just as we need it, appropriate for every challenge.
Even if we’re lonely?
Even if we’re ill?
Yes.
Even if we’re tortured?
Even then.
Michael Sattler, born in Germany around 1490, became a Benedictine monk.
As he studied Paul’s letters, he grew dissatisfied, left the monastery, married, and became a Lutheran.
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