1. and the
Plan of God

2. Faith and choice 11:23-26
Faith and motivation 11:27-31
Faith’s victories 11:32-12:2

3. Faith and choice 11:23
The actions of Moses parents
They hid him - action
They were not afraid of the king’s edict - motivation

4. Faith and choice 11:23-26
The actions of Moses 11:24-
Refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter
Chose to be ill-treated with the people of God

5. Faith and motivation 11:27-31 (Spiritual Warfare)
Moses was motivated by who God is 11:27
Moses was motivated by what God has done 11:28
The people of God were motivated by divine direction 11:29

6. Faith and motivation 11:27-31 (Spiritual Warfare)
The people of God were motivated by obedience 11:30
Rahab was motivated by obedience to the revelations of the Power of God 11:31

7. Faith’s victories 11:32-12:2
Gideon – who defeated an army of 135,000 with an army of 300! (Judges 7:7 & 8:10)
Barak – who defeated Sisera even though his faith was weak (Judges 4:6)
Samson – who destroyed the Philistines despite his failures (Judges 16:30)
Jephthah – who defeated the Ammonites despite his background (Judges 11:1) and unwise actions (Judges 11:31)

8. Faith’s victories 11:32-12:2
David who defeated Goliath against the logic of the day! ( 1 Samuel 17:33 & 41-44)
Samuel who subdued the Philistines despite having no army! (1 Samuel 7:13)
Many more unnamed examples!

9. Faith’s victories 11:32-12:2 We have an arena of witnesses 12:1
We have the motivation for service 12:1
We have the greatest example – the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. 12:2