Hebrews 11:1-3
LIVING BY FAITH vs. SHRINKING BACK
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 NASB
Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen
Faith is living as if the things hoped for are real.
Hebrews 11:1 NASB
Now faith is the certainty of things hoped for, a proof of things not seen
How does faith prove the unseen reality of God?
Hebrews 11:2 ESV
For by it the people of old received their commendation.
Commendation vs Condemnation
Hebrews 11:3 ESV
By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
Romans 10:17
So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.
Ephesians 2:8-9
For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this (faith) is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
How will I seek this week?