Heroes and hypocrites Hebrews 11

Noah Hebrews 11:7 2 Peter 2:4-5 (NKJV) 4 For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; 5 and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; Drunkenness - Genesis 9:20-23 (NKJV)

Abraham and Sarah Hebrews 11:8-12 James 2:23 (NKJV) 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God.

Abraham and Sarah Abraham gives Sarah to another man on 2 occasions: Genesis 12:12-13 Pharaoh Genesis 20:5 Abimelech Sarah let her husband lie with another woman Genesis 16:2-4 Hagar Both laughed at God Genesis 17:17 Abraham Genesis 18:12-13 Sarah

Moses Hebrews 11:23-29 Numbers 12:3 (NKJV) 3 Now the man Moses was very humble, more than all men who were on the face of the earth.

Moses Moses killed a man - Exodus 2:11-12 Hid the body and ran away for 40 years - Exodus 2:15 Moses took credit for the miracle from God - Numbers 20:10-11 Broke the ten commandments - Exodus 32:19

David Hebrews 11:32 Acts 13:22 (NKJV) 22 And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’

David Goliath - 1 Samuel 17 Bathsheba - 2 Samuel 11

Who deserves God’s grace? Ephesians 2:8 (NKJV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Hebrews 12:1 (NKJV) 12 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

Ecclesiastes 7:20 (NKJV) 20 For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.