I never thought I would find 30 reasons for trusting in God from this one chapter but here is the final one!
A community of believers in the first century are wondering if they should return to Judaism because Christianity was just too tough and some have done this. They receive this letter to say ‘don’t do it’ and one of the main reasons is because of those who went before them.
It is an encouragement to us all today.
“These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” (Hebrews 11 v 39-40)
- Our lives will also not be easy.
- Faith is needed because life at times is tough. That’s the purpose of faith.
- We will also need to persevere.
- Everyone who ever did anything for God wanted to give up but faith helped them not to.
- Those before us remind us that trust does work.
- It was never their skill or experience it was always God that brought the results and it always will be.
- We don’t look to them for our help but we look to him who they longed for …Jesus.
- They are our encouragers as we study their lives but our focus and the reason why we live is Jesus.
- We are finishing what they started.
- The baton is in our hand and we run with it till we die and pass it on to the next generation.
It is worth it!
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