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HEBREWS 11:20-29
LESSON #28
FAITH AND THOSE AROUND YOU
v MEMORY VERSE: HEB 11:25
v READ HEB 11:20-22
Ø THE ATMOSPHERE OF FAITH:
§ FAITH IS NOT CONFINED TO THEINDIVIDUAL, BUT IS SEEN IN THE HOUSEHOLD AFFECTING ALL WHO LIVE THERE.
· THE ATMOSPHERE OF FAITH IN THE HOMECONSISTS OF BEING SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD AND SET APART UNTO GOD.
¨ CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THAT AS FOLLOWERSOF GOD WE LIVEDIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THE PARENT’S LIFE IS TO DEMONSTRATE AND MODEL THATSEPARATION.
§ FAITH FOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:
· YOU CAN’T GIVE YOUR CHILDREN FAITH, BUTYOU CAN GIVE THEM A MODEL OF THE FAITH LIFE.
¨ THE MAN OF STRONG FAITH IS A BLESSINGTO HIS CHILDREN AND PASSES ON A WAY OF LIFE TO THEM.
Ø ENOCH BLESSED HIS SON WITH GOD’SMESSAGE.
Ø NOAH BLESSED HIS CHILDREN WITH PHYSICALSALVATION FROM THE FLOOD.
Ø ABRAHAM BLESSED ISAAC AND ISAAC’SCHILDREN WITH THE PROMISE OF A COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. (GEN 17:19 HEB 11:20)
§ THE FAITH OF ISAAC:
· FOR WHAT DID HE HAVE FAITH? (GEN27:28-29)
¨ HE HAD FAITH FOR THE TRANSMISSION OFTHE BLESSING OF THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP THAT GOD GAVE TO ABRAHAM. BY FAITH IT WOULD BE PASSED ON TO HIS CHILDREN.
Ø GOD WOULD BLESS HIS SON WITH HEAVENLYFAVOR.
Ø GOD WOULD BLESS HIS SON WITHPROSPERITY.
Ø GOD WOULD BLESS HIS SON WITH TRIBALLEADERSHIP.
Ø HIS SON WOULD BE A FOUNTAIN OF BLESSINGTO THOSE WHO BLESSED HIM AND A CURSE TO THOSE WHO CURSED HIM.
§ THE FAITH OF JACOB:
· FOR WHAT DID HE HAVE FAITH? (GEN47:29-30 GEN 48:3-6)
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THEISRAELITES WOULD ONE DAY RETURN TO THE PROMISE LAND FROM EGYPT.
Ø HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULDBE BURIED IN THE PROMISE LAND.
Ø HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THECOVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS PROMISES WAS PASSED DOWN TO HIM, AND THAT IT WOULD BE PASSED TO HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:
§ -MANY DESCENDANTS (FRUITFUL ANDMULTIPLY).
§ -THE PROMISE LAND WOULD BE THEIRSFOREVER.
§ THE FAITH OF JOSEPH:
· FOR WHAT DID HE HAVE FAITH? (GEN50:22-26)
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE HIS CHILDRENWOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THEISRAELITES WOULD ONE DAY BE FREED FROM BONDAGE IN EGYPT.
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULDBE BURIED IN THE PROMISE LAND.
v READ HEB 11:23-29
Ø FAITH IS THE INSPIRATION OF HOW YOUTREAT YOUR CHILDREN.
§ IT IS RECOGNITION THAT GOD ISSOVEREIGN.
§ IT IS A RECOGNITION THAT CHILDREN ARELENT TO PARENTS ONLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
§ IT IS RECOGNITION THAT YOU AREANSWERABLE TO GOD FOR THE PROVISION AND PROTECTION OF YOUR CHILDREN.
Ø THE FAITH OF MOSES’ PARENTS:
§ FOR WHAT DID THEY HAVE FAITH? (EXO2:2-3)
· THEY TRUSTED GOD FOR THE WELL-BEING OFTHEIR SON.
· THEY BELIEVED THAT GOD WOULD SAVE THEIRSON FROM THE WRATH OF PHARAOH.
· THEY MAY HAVE BELIEVED THAT THEIR SONWOULD BE A LEADER AND DELIVERER OF HIS PEOPLE:
¨ THE JEWISH HISTORIAN, JOSEPHUS, SAYSTHAT AN ANGEL TOLD MOSES’ PARENTS THAT MOSES WOULD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE.
§ WHAT ACTION WAS INVOLVED IN THEIRFAITH?
· HIS MOTHER BUILT A BASKET OF REEDS ANDPLACED HER SON IN IT.
· SHE HAD FAITH TO SEND MOSES’ SISTER TOREQUEST THAT MOSES COULD BE RAISED BY HIS OWN MOTHER.
Ø FAITH IS ALWAYS A CHOICE THAT YOU MAKE.
§ YOU CHOOSE GOD OR THE WORLD. YOU CHOOSETO WALK BY FAITH OR BY SIGHT. THE STORY OF MOSES IS THE EXAMPLE.
§ THE FAITH OF MOSES:
· FOR WHAT THINGS DID MOSES HAVE FAITH?
¨ HE HAD FAITH IN GOD TO IDENTIFY HIMSELFWITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT.
Ø (EXO 2:11-15)
§ THE CHOICE OF AN HUMBLE LIFE INSTEAD OFTHE RICHES AND POSITION OF POWER IN EGYPT. (HEB 11:25)
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THECOVENANT GIVEN TO ABRAHAM WAS PASSED ON TO HIM.
Ø (EXO 6:2-8)
§ THE CHOICE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPWITH GOD.
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO BECOME A LEADER OF HISPEOPLE.
Ø (EXO 6:13)
§ THE CHOICE TO LEAD A REBELLIOUS ANDCOMPLAINING PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T WANT HIM TO BE THEIR LEADER.
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO CONFRONT PHARAOH.
Ø (EXO 7:2-3) (HEB 11:27)
§ IT WAS A CHOICE TO SUBMIT TO DANGER.
¨ HE HAD FAITH IN THE BLOOD OF THEPASSOVER LAMB THAT COVERED HIS SINS UNTIL CHRIST CAME.
Ø (EXO 12:21-28) (HEB 11:28)
§ THE CHOICE TO OBEY AND TRUST GOD FORSAFETY FROM DEATH.
¨ HE HAD FAITH TO TRUST GOD AS THEYCROSSED THE RED SEA
Ø (EXO 14:13-22)
§ THE CHOICE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TOLEAD THE PEOPLE INTO THE SEA.
¨ HE HAD FAITH THAT HIS LIFE OF FAITHWOULD RESULT IN AN ETERNAL REWARD.
Ø (HEB 11:26)
§ NOTICE THE MENTION OF CHRIST IN VERSE26. MOSES DID NOT KNOW THE NAME OF CHRIST, BUT HE BELIEVED IN THE PROMISED REDEEMER WHOWAS TO COME.
· WHAT ACTIONS WERE INVOLVED IN HISFAITH?
¨ STEP BY STEP, MOSES’ ACTIONS WEREOBEDIENT CHOICES TOFOLLOW GOD IN EACH SITUATION EVEN THOUGH IT MEANT PERSONAL DANGER.
v MOSES’ LIFE IS A PICTURE OF THE FAITHLIFE OF THE BELIEVER.
Ø THE FIRST STEP OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFEIS THE DECISION TO DEPART FROM THE WORLD OF SIN AND SEPARATE ONESELF UNTO GOD.
Ø GOD’S PROVISION OF THE SHED BLOOD OFCHRIST COVERS AND PROTECTS THE BELIEVER FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH.
Ø PASSING FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE, THEBELIEVER ENTERS A NEW LIFE OF FAITH.
§ THE COMING OUT OF EGYPT REPRESENTSSEPARATING ONESELF FROM THE WORLD.
§ CROSSING THE RED SEA REPRESENTS BEINGBORN AGAIN.
HOMEWORK
HEBREWS 11:30-12:2
THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DONOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.
v APPLICATION FOR HEB 11:20-29
Ø WHAT HAVE YOU OBSERVED IN THE LIVES OFISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, AND MOSES THAT ISAN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOUR LIFE OF FAITHSPECIFICALLY?
v PREPARATION FOR HEB 11:30-HEB 12:2
Ø READ HEB 11:30-31 JOS 5:13-15 JOS 6:1-23
§ FOR WHAT DID JOSHUA HAVE FAITH?
§ WHAT ACTION WAS INVOLVED IN HIS FAITH?
§ FOR WHAT DID RAHAB HAVE FAITH? (JOS2:1-21)
§ WHAT ACTION WAS INVOLVED IN HER FAITH?
Ø READ HEB 11:32-12:2
§ IF ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTSMENTIONED IN CHAPTER 11 HAD FAITH:
· EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THE SAINTS OF THEOLD TESTAMENT SAW THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED WITH GREAT MIRACULOUS VICTORIES AND OTHERS DIDNOT?
· EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THEM SAW THEIRPRAYERS ANSWERED AND WERE PROTECTED FROM SUFFERING, PERSECUTION, AND DEATH AND SOME WERENOT.
· EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THEM SAW THEIRPRAYERS ANSWERED AND RECEIVED GREAT WEALTH AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND OTHERS WERE POORAND DESTITUTE AND DID NOT SEE THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED.
MEMORYVERSE: PHIL 4:11
