Hebrews Chapter 11
Jan 15, 2016
Hebrews Chapter 11
Cemeteries Are Interesting
Tomb of the Unknown
Television must
have been
important!
Interesting InscriptionsIn a New Mexico cemetery - “Here lies Johnny Yeast, pardon me for not rising” In a cemetery in Nova Scotia - “Here lies Ezekial Aikle, Age 102, The Good Die Young.” A lawyer in England - “Sir John Strange, Here lies an honest lawyer, And that is Strange.” In Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona - “Here lies Lester Moore, Four slugs from a .44, No Les No More.” In a Georgia cemetery - “I told you I was sick.”
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us.”
Abel
Enoch
Noah
AbrahamSarah
Moses
PaulDorcas
Abel“Being Dead Yet Speaks”
Hebrews 11:4
Abel tells us:
Offer what’s right to God
Don’t add nor subtract
Deuteronomy 4:2
Rev. 22:18,19
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he
was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being
dead yet speaketh
Enoch
“He Pleased God”
Hebrews 11:5
How?
He walked with God
Gen. 5:24
Amos 3:3
By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased
God.
“And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.”
Noah
“Saved his
house”
Not a Great Preacher
8 souls saved 1 Pet. 3:20
Did more than most
Saved his family!
Don’t neglect friends and famly
Great preachers, preach gospel
“By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved
with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house…”
Hebrews 11:7Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water
Abraham
“Friend of God”
Genesis 22:1-19
Friend of God – “Obeyed”
John 15:14
We can have the faith of Abraham
Trust and Obey
“And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was calledAnd.
the Friend of God.”
James 2:23
“Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.”
Moses
“He Forsook Egypt”
Refused to be called son of Pharoah’s daughter
Rejected earthly glory
Chose to suffer afflction
Fear God – Not man
“By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s
daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the
pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the
treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he
endured, as seeing him who is invisible.”
Dorcas
“Full of Good Works”
Acts 9: 36
“Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of
good works and almsdeeds which she did.”
She helped the poor
Women can do Lord’s work
Dorcas had a good name
Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
Paul
“Fought a Good Fight”
Fight of Faith
Acts 20:17-27
“Humbly Served the Lord”
“Kept Nothing Back”
“Preached Repentance”
“Declared Whole Counsel”
Romans 1:14-16
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth
there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his
appearing.”2 Tim. 4:7,8
“You”
Hebrews 9:27
How Will You Be Remembered?
One with a strong faith
Your lack of faith
Full of good works
Buried your talent
The life you live today determines the destiny tomorrow
The Gospel Saves
Hear - Romans 10:14
Believe - John 8:24
Confess - Romans 10:9
Repent - Luke 13:3
Be Baptized - Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38
Be Faithful - Revelation 2:10