1. General & Personal Letters Lesson 18 Heroes of Faith Hebrews 11 – 12:3

2. Matthew 24:9: “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” Luke 6:22: “Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.” John 15:20: “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” Luke 21:17: “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.”

3. Romans 8:18: “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.”

6. Hebrews 11:1: “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

8. Hebrews 11:2: “By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command,”

9. Hebrews 11:2: “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.”

11. John 6:46: “No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.”

12. Romans 1:20: “For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”

13. The Universe Nature

15. Romans 5:8: “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

16. Hebrews 11:6: “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

17. 1 John 4:20:“Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen.”

18. “When we do what we can, God will do what we can’t. ”

19. Hebrews 11:33-34:“who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.”

20. Hebrews 11:35b-38: “There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection. Some faced jeers and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.”

21. Hebrews 12:1-3: “And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. …Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

22. OT Facts Name Drunk NT Truths Bad Husband Scoffer Deceiver Murderer Prostitute Adulterer Noah Abraham Sarah Jacob Moses Rahab David “heir of the righteous” “heir of the righteous” “embraced the promises” “embraced the promises” “considered God faithful” “considered God faithful” “blessed grandsons” “blessed grandsons” “kept the Passover” “kept the Passover” “welcomed the spies” “welcomed the spies” “a man after God’s own heart” “a man after God’s own heart”

23. 2 Corinthians 5:17: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.”

25. “I will remember your sins no more!” - Isaiah 43:25; Hebrews 8:12, 10:17

26. Romans 5:10: “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.” Ephesians 2:16: “and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.” Colossians 1:20-21: “and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.”

27. Ephesians 2:16: “and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.”

30. Faith Sacrifice Obedience Trust Power Victory New Life

31. OT Facts Name Drunk Bad Husband Scoffer Deceiver Murderer Prostitute Adulterer Noah Abraham Sarah Jacob Moses Rahab David

32. Name NT Truths Noah Abraham Sarah Jacob Moses Rahab David “heir of the righteous” “heir of the righteous” “embraced the promises” “embraced the promises” “considered God faithful” “considered God faithful” “blessed grandsons” “blessed grandsons” “kept the Passover” “kept the Passover” “welcomed the spies” “welcomed the spies” “a man after God’s own heart” “a man after God’s own heart”

33. Matthew 24:9: “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.” Luke 6:22: “Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.” John 15:20: “Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you.” Luke 21:17: “And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.”

34. Romans 5:3-4: Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

35. TemporalFlesh

36. TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit

37. TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit Sin

38. FAITHFAITHFAITHFAITH TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit The Bridge of Faith Sin

39. FAITHFAITHFAITHFAITH TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit

40. FAITHFAITHFAITHFAITH TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit The Lesser Truth

41. FAITHFAITHFAITHFAITH TemporalFlesh EternalSpirit The Bridge of Faith The Lesser Truth The Greater Truth

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