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Faith isn't optimism.
The difference?
Optimism is an 85 yo man marrying a 35 yo woman & moving into a 12-room house next to an elementary school!"1
Faith is a childless 99 yo man & his 90 yo bride hearing God say they'll be parents & then believing their offspring will fill the whole earth, not just a schoolhouse.
How can that happen?
Learning to live by faith.
What does that even mean?
Let's look at Heb 11:1-3, 8-16.
The starting point?
Just what is faith?
1Faith is being sure of what we hope for.
Certain of what we don't see.
God values that faith.
2The ancients were commended for it.
3aBy faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command.
Science says it was a big bang.
All matter was condensed into a point.
Then it exploded to create the universe(s).
And it's still expanding.
Scripture says God spoke all that is into existence.
3bWhat's seen, all that is, wasn't made out of what was visible.
God created all that is out of nothing.
No big bang.
Everything we can see & understand says it happened naturally in some way.
How could we believe God created it from nothing?
It takes the faith God values.
8aGod told Abraham to go someplace he'd receive later as his inheritance.
Imagine the conversation.
God: "Go."
Abe: "Where?"
God: "Go.
I'll make it worth your while."
Abe: "OK, what direction?"
God: "Go.
I'll tell you later."
What would you do? 8bBy faith Abe obeyed & went.
He left brothers, sisters, family, friends, & all he knew.
Only his wife, dad, & nephew came along.
That's faith.
8cHe didn't even know where he was going.
Faith.
9aBy faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country.
God promised the land.
Someday.
So, Abe made it his home.
But he was a foreigner.
So, 9bhe lived in tents all His life.
Why stay?
Faith that God would do what He promised.
9cSo did Isaac & Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.
None of them received it.
None saw anything happen in their lifetimes.
They all hoped.
Despite all the facts, they were sure of what they hoped for.
Why / how?
Because of Who promised it.
10He was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect & builder is God.
Not just Jerusalem.
Abe saw God's KoG, on earth.
The new Jerusalem.
And guess what?
God gave him his inheritance.
He's there waiting for us.
When God promised a child, 11bAbraham was past age.
Who sires a child at 100yo? 40's?
Probably.
50's?
Maybe 60's & on?
Rarely.
(And for most, God forbid!)
And that's just Abe's problem.
His wife?
Her condition made it impossible.
11cSarah was barren.
For all her 99 years.
What woman gets pregnant at 99yo?
As far as I know, only one.
Sarah.
Humanly, for them to have a child was impossible.
But that's where God starts.
For God, all things are possible.
He delights in proving it & did so for Abe.
11aBy faith, he 11dwas enabled to become a father.
Why? 11bHe who made the promise considered him faithful.
God honors the faith (trust) that God will do what He said, even it's impossible.
Abe had that faith.
And so? 12aThis one man was as good as dead.
And God did the impossible.
12bFrom this one man came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky.
As countless as the sand on the seashore.
God is faithful.
God did the impossible, just as He promised.
Even so, during His lifetime Abe got only a small down-payment on God's promises.
God promised all Canaan.
Abe owned only a field with a burial cave.
God promised a host of descendants.
Abe only had one, Isaac.
That's how it worked for all in God's hall of faith-heroes.
All lived their lives with the faith that God would do what He said.
In their lifetime, or beyond.
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