The Person & Works of Jesus Christ HEBREWS The Person & Works of Jesus Christ

A Superior Priesthood: A Superior Person: Jesus Christ BETTER Hebrews 1-6 A Superior Priesthood: Jesus Christ Hebrews 7-10

giving Himself as a final sacrifice for our sins perfecting us for all time by a single offering giving us a clean conscience by his own blood being our sympathetic high priest before God interceding for us day after day in heaven putting His laws in our minds and writing them on our hearts remembering our sins no more promising never to leave us or forsake us

A Superior Priesthood: A Superior Person: Jesus Christ BETTER How do we respond? A Superior Priesthood: Jesus Christ

BETTER Got Faith? A Superior Virtue

HEBREWS Chapter 11 Got Faith?

What kind of faith does it take to please God?

Hebrews 11 32 Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you stood your ground in a great contest in the face of suffering.

Hebrews 11 33 Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.

Hebrews 11 34 You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property,

FAITH What kind of faith does it take to please God? risk life & property? forego life of ease & convenience? forego life of safety, wealth & leisure?

What kind of faith does it take to please God? one that knows living life only for what's done in the name of Christ and for the eternal good of others will count in the end.

FAITH What kind of faith does it take to please God? It is presented in Hebrews 11 A DESCRIPTION

FAITH confidence or trust in a person or thing belief that is not based on proof a system of religious belief belief in God or in the doctrines or teachings of religion belief in anything, as a code of ethics, standards of merit, etc

FAITH: A Description Not a definition

FAITH: A Description Not a definition A description of what faith does and how it works

Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.

Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen KJV

FAITH: A Description Substance “to stand under; support” Faith is to a believer what a foundation is to a house

Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen KJV

FAITH: A Description Substance Evidence Conviction God will perform what He has promised

Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

FAITH: A Description Substance Evidence Witness God’s divine approval

Hebrews 11 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

FAITH: A Description Substance Evidence Witness Practical application: a world view

faith continues where science ends… FAITH: A Description Substance Evidence Witness Practical application: a world view faith continues where science ends…

Hebrews 11 3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

choosing to put faith in the creator FAITH: A Description Substance Evidence Witness Practical application: a world view choosing to put faith in the creator

Nothing added to Nothing = EVERYTHING Two Basic Ideas Nothing added to Nothing = EVERYTHING GOD added to Nothing = EVERYTHING

FAITH vs. KNOWLEDGE ISSUE Two Basic Ideas THIS IS NOT A FAITH vs. KNOWLEDGE ISSUE THIS IS A FAITH vs. FAITH ISSUE

2 Corinthians 4:18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

FAITH What kind of faith does it take to please God? It is presented in Hebrews 11 A DESCRIPTION DEMONSTRATED

James 2 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2 18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

FAITH: Demonstrated Rahab Abraham Samson Jephthah Abel Gideon Isaac Joseph Samuel Moses Noah The prophets David Joshua Sarah Barak Enoch Jacob

FAITH: Demonstrated ENDURING Worship Walking Working Waiting Warring Winning ENDURING

Not that “faith” was stated FAITH: Demonstrated FAITH: Demonstrated Not that “faith” was stated but attitude & action defined their faith confident obedience

Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences

Hebrews 11 6 And without faith it is impossible to please God,

Hebrews 11 6b because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Hebrews 10 35 So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.

Hebrews 10 36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.

Hebrews 11 13 All these people were still living by faith when they died.

Hebrews 11 13b They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.

Hebrews 11 13b They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance.

Hebrews 11 13c And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

Hebrews 11 8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance,

Hebrews 11 8b obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.

Hebrews 11 9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country

Hebrews 11 10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 11 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own.

Hebrews 11 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

Hebrews 11 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country —

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

Hebrews 11 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country —

Hebrews 11 16b - a heavenly one.

Hebrews 10 34b because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.

Hebrews 11 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter.

Hebrews 11 25 He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time.

Hebrews 11 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.

Hebrews 11 27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

2 Timothy 4:6-8 6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near.

2 Timothy 4:6-8 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

2 Timothy 4:6-8 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—

2 Timothy 4:6-8 8b -not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

1 Peter 1 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

1 Peter 1 3b In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 Peter 1 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,

1 Peter 1 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

1 Peter 1 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.

1 Peter 1 7 These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—

1 Peter 1 7b result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. 8 Though you have not seen him, you love him;

1 Peter 1 8b and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

1 Peter 1 9 for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

Hebrews 11 35b Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Hebrews 11 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison.

Hebrews 11 37 They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword.

Hebrews 11 37b They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—

Hebrews 11 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.

Hebrews 11 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised.

got faith? God does not have to act (heal, deliver, avenge, provide, etc.) to prove our faith…. does He?

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences. got faith? True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences.

it takes more faith to endure than it does to escape got faith? it takes more faith to endure than it does to escape

Hebrews 11 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country —

Hebrews 11 16b - a heavenly one.

Hebrews 11 16b - a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God

the type that would make God say, “I am proud to be your God” got faith? the type that would make God say, “I am proud to be your God”

Hebrews 11 16b - a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

got faith? the type that would make God say, “I am proud to be your God because you seek after Me and My promises despite your situation”

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

Hebrews 11 40 God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences True Bible faith is confident obedience to Gods Word in spite of circumstances and consequences motivated by seeking & desiring something not available now

got faith? the type that pleases God?