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Hebrews 11:35-40
-Good morning church!
If you have a Bible, grab it, turn it on, and go to Hebrews 11.
We will be finishing our sermon series Hall Of Faith this morning.
-In chapter 10 we learned what a solid foundation of faith looks like theologically and biblically, chapter 11 we see the practical implications of a life of faith through various Old Testament saints.
So far we have seen God work in amazing ways in these 34 verses.
The life of Abel, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Gideon, Daniel, Samson and the list could go on and on.
The writer told us in last week’s text that time could not allow for him to share each story of faith.
-The writer makes a hard turn in his approach to faith in verse 35.
Let’s read our text for this morning starting in verse 35 and going to verse 40.
The words will be up on the screen for you if you don’t have a Bible.
English Standard Version (Chapter 11)
35 Women received back their dead by resurrection.
Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.
36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword.
They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.39
And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
PRAY
-The writer of Hebrews is writing to three distinct audiences within the Jewish church.
The Unconvinced
The Convinced
The Convinced AND Committed
-Faith is the agent to get you from Unconvinced to Convinced.
Faith is put to the test when suffering comes your way.
Suffering will test your commitment to the gospel and you will do one of two things when approached with suffering and trials.
You will either dig deeper into your faith or you will walk away, proving that you probably didn’t have faith in the first place.
-This was a timely warning for the Hebrews.
In just a few short years the Jewish church would suffer much persecution for the name of Christ.
The writer wanted to make sure the church wasn't just convinced…but convinced and committed.
Remember, it’s not enough to just be convinced.
-In verse 35 the writer makes a swift transition of thought, he moved from faith’s obvious triumphs and victories to what seemed to be defeats.
But these defeats were only apparent…not real.
-Faith gives us a new lens in which to view the world around us.
Faith also gives us a new perspective on what happens to us.
What seems like a defeat and loss to some will seem as a victory to those who exercise faith.
-When trials, tribulation, and suffering come your way…you have the gift of faith to say that yes, things are tough right now but God has a plan because I know he works everything out for the good of those who love him.
-Let’s look at verse 35 together.....’Women received back their dead by resurrection.’
-The dead that is talked about here are children.
Some translations even say ‘Women received back their children by resurrection.’
-This is faith in the midst of devastating loss.
I have never experienced this myself but I know there are many here in this room who have.
Maybe you have lost a son or a daughter or maybe you have even had a miscarriage.
You can feel the weight of this verse.
-It is easy to trust God and praise Him when your children are happy and healthy…but is God enough even if that isn’t the case.
-The writer here gives us a hope of resurrection.
An ultimate resurrection.
Let’s dive into the old testament for these two women mentioned in Hebrews.
1 Kings 17:17–24 (ESV)
17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill.
And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
18 And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God?
You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” 19 And he said to her, “Give me your son.”
And he took him from her arms and carried him up into the upper chamber where he lodged, and laid him on his own bed.
20 And he cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by killing her son?”
21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.”
22 And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah.
And the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
23 And Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper chamber into the house and delivered him to his mother.
And Elijah said, “See, your son lives.”
24 And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”
2 Kings 4:32–37 (ESV)
32 When Elisha came into the house, he saw the child lying dead on his bed.
33 So he went in and shut the door behind the two of them and prayed to the Lord.
34 Then he went up and lay on the child, putting his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands.
And as he stretched himself upon him, the flesh of the child became warm.
35 Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him.
The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
36 Then he summoned Gehazi and said, “Call this Shunammite.”
So he called her.
And when she came to him, he said, “Pick up your son.” 37 She came and fell at his feet, bowing to the ground.
Then she picked up her son and went out.
-Two stories.
Two Mothers.
Two Children raised from the dead.
-I don’t want you to just see this story at face value.
If you do, you can become discouraged.
-The point of these two stories is to declare that God has the power to raise the dead.
Death is the ultimate and last foe of every human being.
Everyone in this auditorium will experience death.
Death of friends, loved ones, family members, husbands, wives, children, and even our own death if the Lord delays his return, but praise God that he is more powerful that death itself.
-These stories push us to rest in the one person who defeated death and will one day RESURRECT ALL those who believe in Him.
1 Corinthians 15:20–22 (ESV)
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:42–49 (ESV)
42 So is it with the resurrection of the dead.
What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory.
It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.
English Standard Version (Chapter 15)
54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:“Death is swallowed up in victory.”55
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