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Hebrews 10:32–39 (NLT)
Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ.
Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering.
Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things.
You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy.
You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.
So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord.
Remember the great reward it brings you!
Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will.
Then you will receive all that he has promised.
“For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.
And my righteous ones will live by faith.
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction.
We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
Hebrews 10:34 (NASB95)
For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.
At the Root of “Sympathy” is the Idea of “Suffering With”
The Hebrew Christians Used to Suffer With Their Siblings Who Were Imprisoned for the Faith
They Had Compassion on Them
Imprisonment Under the Roman Empire was Harsh
The Prisoners Were Given Very Little Food and Were Treated Terribly
To Suffer with a Prisoner Would Be to Visit Them and Care for Them
But This Would Bring Shame Upon You and Associate You with the Prisoner
This Could Possibly Lead to You Being Arrested as Well
Instead of Ignoring Their Siblings Who Were Imprisoned…
Which is What Society Encouraged Them to Do…
They Risked Their Own Lives to Care for Them
They Accepted Joyfully the Seizure of Their Property
“Accept” = To Receive Something in a Friendly Manner
“Joyfully” = To Be Glad
They Were Happy to Have Their Possessions Stolen Away By Authorities Because of Their Faith in Jesus
Why?
Because They Know They Have a Much Better Possession Stored in Heaven…
That They Will Never Have Taken From Them
Can We Say that We Have the Faith that These Hebrew Christians Once Had?
Look Within Yourself and Ask:
Am I More Like the Past or Present Hebrew Christians?
Hebrews 10:35–36 (NASB95)
Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
Confidence in Hebrews has to Do with Being Bold, Frank, and Blunt
They Were Throwing Away Their Confidence
Because of the Persecutions They Were Facing…
They Didn’t Want to Be Bold, Frank, Blunt About Their Faith in Jesus
They Wanted to Quietly Keep that to Themselves
But There’s Not Reward for Those Who are Willing to Deny Jesus to Save Themselves
They Needed Endurance
The Ability to Be Steadfast Through the Difficulties They Faced
The Rewards God has Promised to His Faithful People…
Will Only Be Given to Those Who Have Done His Will
Hebrews 10:37–39 (NASB95)
For yet in a very little while, He who is coming will come, and will not delay.
But My righteous one shall live by faith; And if he shrinks back, My soul has no pleasure in him.
But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
The Author is Quoting From Habakkuk 2:3-4
He’s Reminding His Audience that Jesus is Coming
Those Who Want to Inherit the Promises and Blessings Must Keep the Faith
God is Not Pleased with Those Who Shrink Back (Are Hesitant and Timid - No Boldness)
Shrinking Back Will Only Lead to What?
Destruction
But What Will Happen to Those Who Keep the Faith?
Their Souls/Lives Will Be Preserved/Protected/Saved
If We Hope to Have Life in the Age to Come…
We Must Be Content in Being Publicly Shamed for Our Faith in Jesus
We Must Be Outspoken About Our Faith in Him
Chapter 10 Ends with the Author Telling His Christian Audience:
“We Don’t Belong with Those Who are Timid, Hesitant, and Doomed for Destruction”
“We Belong with Those Who are Faithful and Will Live Forever”
In Chapter 11, He is Going to Give Us Familiar Examples of Such Faith
But First, He Gives Us a Simple Definition of Faith
NKJV: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
NASB: Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
LEB: Now faith is the realization of what is hoped for, the proof of things not seen.
NIV: Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
NLT: Faith shows the reality of what we hope for; it is the evidence of things we cannot see.
NET: Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see.
Our Hopes are the Things We’ve Been Promised By God…
But that We Don’t Yet See/Experience
Faith is Trusting God to the Extent that We are Confident…
That We Will One Day See/Experience Those Things
Hebrews 11:2 (NASB95)
For by it the men of old gained approval.
Hebrews 11:2 (NIV)
This is what the ancients were commended for.
The Author is About to Remind His Audience of Their Faithful Ancestors
These Examples Will Not Only Reveal to Us What True Faith Looks Like
But it Will Encourage Us to Follow in Their Faithful Footsteps
The Faithful of the Past “Obtained a Good Testimony” Because of Their Faith
We Recognize Them as the Good Guys/Heroes of History Because of Their Faith
God Approved of the Way They Lived Their Lives…
Because They Lived By Faith in Him
The Author Will Use this Word 4 More Times in this Chapter
Hebrews 11:4 (NASB95)
By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.
Hebrews 11:5 (NASB95)
By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; and he was not found because God took him up; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God.
Hebrews 11:39 (NASB95)
And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised,
According to Hebrews Chapter 11…
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