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Title: The Desire of Exiles - Part I
Text: Hebrews 11:4-7
Series: Christ-Centered Endurance
Introduction:
Commendation of Exiles - What are Exiles Like?
Illustration: ML-J: Intellect as a child.
Success as a resident.
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Exiles simply don’t fit in.
Hebrews 11:13.
Exiles simply don’t fit in this world, yet they are commended by God for their faith.
These are God-accepted, world-rejected individuals.
What is the key word/phrase for the sermon?
Faith of Exiles
What is the goal of the sermon?
To compel the hearers to embrace the faith of the exiles who have gone before.
Why is this goal necessary?
Because we live in a time when people are often adverse to admitting their own need.
The illusion of Siri and Alexa
Because we live for the pleasure of self rather than the pleasure of the Savior.
Because we often invest in the temporary and neglect the eternal.
What will be here in 1,000 years?
How will you accomplish this goal?
By showing the faith of the pre-flood exiles and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Sermon Theme:
Embrace the faith of exiles!
Body:
The Commendation of Exiles
(1) HUMILITY.
Exiles don’t fit in because they have a faith that humbly acknowledges their need for atonement - Hebrews 11:4
“4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.”
Explanation:
The Excellence of Abel’s sacrifice.
Who they (Cain incl.)
were?
Genesis 4:3-5.
What they did.
What God commended.
The result of Abel’s sacrifice.
Hebrews 11:4.
Abel obtained witness = God commended by accepted
Imagine someone refusing your gift.
What does that say about the gift or maybe the giver?
The eternal voice of Abel.
Hebrews 11:4.
Is this his blood crying for vengeance?
No.
Is this that the sacrifice merited an eternal righteousness?
Yes.
Meaning:
What then does all of this mean together?
What made his sacrifice acceptable and garnered his commendation from God? How does faith play into all of this?
Blood sacrifice:
Acknowledges Sin.
Acknowledges need for Substitute
Abel’s acknowledgement reveals a humility that immediately makes him an exile in a sin-infested world.
While mankind is willing to admit that they are not perfect...When mankind refuses to see how devastating sin really is...
Abel’s humility acknowledged his need for atonement.
Illustration:
Adam blame-shifting, Eve blame-shifting…etc
Application:
Are you a blame-shifter?
Never seeing your own need?
Are you soft on your own sin?
Never seeing the high cost of it?
Humility acknowledges one’s own need for atonement.
God abases the proud but exalts the humble.
What kind of faith do you have?
People with this kind of faith don’t fit in, in a world that denies personal responsibility.
Embrace the faith of the exiles.
(2) PURPOSE.
Exiles don’t fit in because they have a faith that lives life for the absolute pleasure of the Lord - Hebrews 11:5-6
“5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Explanation:
Enoch was translated.
Who was Enoch?
Enoch is the seventh from Adam,
Enoch walked with God
Enoch contrasts Abel.
Hebrews 11:5.
God’s path is not the same for everyone though faith is required of all.
Enoch’s testimony was one of pleasure.
Hebrews 11:5.
Enoch delighted the Lord.
Enoch’s faith?
Enoch believed in the independent, immutable existence of God.
Hebrews 11:6.
Grudem defines it this way, “God does not need us or the rest of creation for anything, yet we and the rest of creation can glorify him and bring him joy.” (p.
160).
Enoch believed that God is a Rewarder
He keeps His promises.
He is unchanging or He is immutable.
Grudem defines God’s unchangeableness as “God is unchanging in his being, perfections, purposes, and promises, yet God does act and feel emotions, and he acts and feels different in response to different situations.”
(p.
163).
Meaning:
What then does this mean about Enoch?
Enoch’s faith brought delight to the Lord, but he had a known testimony with God that his life brought absolute pleasure to the Lord.
Enoch’s life did not fit into a broken, sin-filled world because “all men did that which was pleasing in their own eyes”, but not Enoch.
Enoch’s faith made him an exile in that he had an ultimate purpose -- to please the Lord.
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