ABRAHAM's faith:
Hebrews 11:8
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8 By faith Abraham,
when he was called to go out
into a place which he should after
receive for an inheritance,
obeyed;
and he went out,
not knowing whither he went.
Are you a person of faith?
What made you a person of faith?
Here are examples of people who believed.
But first, what is FAITH?
Hebrews 11:1
King James Version
11 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.
SCRIPTURE speaks of PEOPLE who had FAITH.
ELDERS' faith:
Hebrews 11:2
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2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
ABEL's faith:
Hebrews 11:4
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4 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's faith:
Hebrews 11:5
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5 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.
NOAH's faith:
Hebrews 11:7
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7 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;
by the which he condemned the world,
and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
ABRAHAM's faith:
Hebrews 11:9-10
King James Version
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,
as in a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
Hebrews 11:17
King James Version
17 By faith Abraham,
when he was tried,
offered up Isaac:
and he that had received the promises
offered up his only begotten son,
SARA's faith:
Hebrews 11:11
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11 Through faith also
Sara herself received strength to conceive seed,
and was delivered of a child when she was past age,
because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Abraham's DESCENDANTS faith:
Hebrews 11:13-16
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13 These all died in faith,
not having received the promises,
but having seen them afar off,
and were persuaded of them,
and embraced them,
and confessed that they were strangers
and pilgrims on the earth.
ISAAC's faith:
Hebrews 11:20
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20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau
concerning things to come.
JACOB's faith:
Hebrews 11:21
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21 By faith Jacob,
when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph;
and worshipped,
leaning upon the top of his staff.
JOSEPH's faith:
Hebrews 11:22
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22 By faith Joseph,
when he died,
made mention of the departing
of the children of Israel;
and gave commandment concerning his bones.
MOSES' faith:
Hebrews 11:23-29
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23 By faith Moses,
when he was born,
was hid three months of his parents,
because they saw he was a proper child;
and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses,
when he was come to years,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God,
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures in Egypt:
for he had respect unto the recompence
of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt,
not fearing the wrath of the king:
for he endured,
as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover,
and the sprinkling of blood,
lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red sea
as by dry land:
which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
ISRAELITES' faith:
Hebrews 11:30
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30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down,
after they were compassed about seven days.
RAHAB's faith:
Hebrews 11:31
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31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not
with them that believed not,
when she had received the spies with peace.
MEN and WOMEN of faith:
Hebrews 11:32-39
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32 And what shall I more say?
for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,
and of Barak,
and of Samson,
and of Jephthae;
of David also,
and Samuel,
and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms,
wrought righteousness,
obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions.
34 Quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword,
out of weakness were made strong,
waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings
and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned,
they were sawn asunder,
were tempted,
were slain with the sword:
they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute,
afflicted,
tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:)
they wandered in deserts,
and in mountains,
and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all,
having obtained a good report through faith,
received not the promise:
OUR faith:
Hebrews 11:3
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3 Through faith we understand
that the worlds were framed
by the word of God,
so that things which are seen
were not made of things which do appear.
My faith:
Hebrews 11:6
King James Version
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
What happens to unbelievers?
Hebrews 11:40
King James Version
40 God having provided some better thing for us,
that they without us should not be made perfect.
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