RETURN TO SYLLABUS
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 THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT IS SEEN IN THE HOUSEHOLD AFFECTING ALL WHO LIVE THERE.

·        THE ATMOSPHERE OF FAITH IN THE HOME CONSISTS OF BEING SEPARATE FROM THE WORLD AND SET APART UNTO GOD.

¨      CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT THAT AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD WE      LIVE DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THE PARENT'S LIFE IS TO DEMONSTRATE AND MODEL THAT SEPARATION.

§          FAITH FOR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:

·        YOU CAN'T GIVE YOUR CHILDREN FAITH, BUT YOU CAN GIVE THEM             A MODEL OF THE FAITH LIFE.

¨      THE MAN OF STRONG FAITH IS A BLESSING TO HIS CHILDREN AND PASSES ON A WAY OF LIFE TO THEM.

Ø      ENOCH BLESSED HIS SON WITH GOD'S MESSAGE.

Ø      NOAH BLESSED HIS CHILDREN WITH PHYSICAL SALVATION FROM THE FLOOD.

Ø      ABRAHAM BLESSED ISAAC AND ISAAC'S CHILDREN 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? (GEN 27:28-29)

¨      HE HAD FAITH FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF THE 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 HEAVENLY FAVOR.

Ø      GOD WOULD BLESS HIS SON WITH PROSPERITY.

Ø      GOD WOULD BLESS HIS SON WITH TRIBAL LEADERSHIP.

Ø      HIS SON WOULD BE A FOUNTAIN OF BLESSING TO THOSE WHO BLESSED HIM AND A CURSE TO THOSE WHO CURSED HIM.

§          THE FAITH OF JACOB:

·        FOR WHAT DID HE HAVE FAITH? (GEN 47:29-30 GEN 48:3-6)

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THE ISRAELITES WOULD ONE DAY RETURN TO THE PROMISE LAND FROM EGYPT.

Ø      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD BE BURIED IN THE PROMISE LAND.

Ø      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THE COVENANT RELATIONSHIP WITH ITS PROMISES WAS PASSED DOWN TO HIM, AND THAT IT  WOULD BE PASSED TO HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN:

§          -MANY DESCENDANTS (FRUITFUL AND MULTIPLY).

§          -THE PROMISE LAND WOULD BE THEIRS FOREVER.

§          THE FAITH OF JOSEPH:

·        FOR WHAT DID HE HAVE FAITH? (GEN 50:22-26)

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE HIS CHILDREN WOULD HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THE ISRAELITES WOULD ONE DAY BE FREED FROM BONDAGE IN EGYPT.

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD BE BURIED IN THE PROMISE LAND.

v     READ HEB 11:23-29

Ø      FAITH IS THE INSPIRATION OF HOW YOU TREAT YOUR CHILDREN.

§          IT IS RECOGNITION THAT GOD IS SOVEREIGN.

§          IT IS A RECOGNITION THAT CHILDREN ARE LENT TO PARENTS ONLY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

§          IT IS RECOGNITION THAT YOU ARE ANSWERABLE TO GOD FOR THE PROVISION AND PROTECTION OF YOUR CHILDREN.

Ø      THE FAITH OF MOSES' PARENTS:

§          FOR WHAT DID THEY HAVE FAITH? (EXO 2:2-3)      

·        THEY TRUSTED GOD FOR THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR SON.

·        THEY BELIEVED THAT GOD WOULD SAVE THEIR SON FROM THE WRATH OF PHARAOH.

·        THEY MAY HAVE BELIEVED THAT THEIR SON WOULD BE A LEADER AND DELIVERER OF HIS PEOPLE:

¨      THE JEWISH HISTORIAN, JOSEPHUS, SAYS THAT AN ANGEL TOLD MOSES' PARENTS THAT MOSES WOULD DELIVER HIS PEOPLE.

§          WHAT ACTION WAS INVOLVED IN THEIR FAITH?

·        HIS MOTHER BUILT A BASKET OF REEDS AND PLACED HER SON IN IT.

·        SHE HAD FAITH TO SEND MOSES' SISTER TO REQUEST 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 CHOOSE TO 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 HIMSELF WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE OF EGYPT.

Ø      (EXO 2:11-15)

§          THE CHOICE OF AN HUMBLE LIFE INSTEAD OF THE RICHES AND POSITION OF POWER IN EGYPT. (HEB 11:25)

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BELIEVE THAT THE COVENANT GIVEN TO ABRAHAM WAS PASSED ON TO HIM.

Ø      (EXO 6:2-8)

§          THE CHOICE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO BECOME A LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE.

Ø      (EXO 6:13)

§          THE CHOICE TO LEAD A REBELLIOUS AND COMPLAINING 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 THE PASSOVER LAMB THAT COVERED HIS SINS UNTIL CHRIST CAME.

Ø      (EXO 12:21-28) (HEB 11:28)

§          THE CHOICE TO OBEY AND TRUST GOD FOR SAFETY FROM DEATH.

¨      HE HAD FAITH TO TRUST GOD AS THEY CROSSED THE RED SEA 

Ø      (EXO 14:13-22)

§          THE CHOICE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO LEAD THE PEOPLE INTO THE SEA.

¨      HE HAD FAITH THAT HIS LIFE OF FAITH WOULD RESULT IN AN ETERNAL REWARD.

Ø      (HEB 11:26)

§          NOTICE THE MENTION OF CHRIST IN VERSE 26. MOSES DID NOT KNOW THE NAME OF CHRIST, BUT HE BELIEVED IN THE PROMISED REDEEMER WHO WAS TO COME.

·        WHAT ACTIONS WERE INVOLVED IN HIS FAITH?

¨      STEP BY STEP, MOSES' ACTIONS WERE OBEDIENT CHOICES       TO FOLLOW GOD IN EACH SITUATION EVEN THOUGH IT MEANT PERSONAL DANGER.

v     MOSES' LIFE IS A PICTURE OF THE FAITH LIFE OF THE BELIEVER.

Ø      THE FIRST STEP OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE IS THE DECISION TO DEPART FROM THE WORLD OF SIN AND SEPARATE ONESELF UNTO GOD.

Ø      GOD'S PROVISION OF THE SHED BLOOD OF CHRIST COVERS AND PROTECTS THE BELIEVER FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH.

Ø      PASSING FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE, THE BELIEVER ENTERS A NEW LIFE OF FAITH.

§          THE COMING OUT OF EGYPT REPRESENTS SEPARATING ONESELF FROM THE WORLD.

§          CROSSING THE RED SEA REPRESENTS BEING BORN AGAIN.

HOMEWORK
HEBREWS 11:30-12:2

THIS IS A SELF-STUDY. PLEASE DO NOT SEND HOMEWORK ANSWERS TO THE TEACHER FOR CORRECTION.

v     APPLICATION FOR HEB 11:20-29

Ø      WHAT HAVE YOU OBSERVED IN THE LIVES OF ISAAC, JACOB, JOSEPH, AND MOSES THAT ISAN ENCOURAGEMENT TO YOUR LIFE OF FAITH SPECIFICALLY?

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? (JOS 2:1-21)

§          WHAT ACTION WAS INVOLVED IN HER FAITH?

Ø      READ HEB 11:32-12:2

§          IF ALL THE OLD TESTAMENT SAINTS MENTIONED IN CHAPTER 11 HAD FAITH:

·        EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THE SAINTS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT SAW THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED WITH GREAT MIRACULOUS VICTORIES AND OTHERS DID NOT?                        

·        EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THEM SAW THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED AND WERE PROTECTED FROM SUFFERING, PERSECUTION, AND DEATH AND SOME WERE NOT.

·        EXPLAIN WHY SOME OF THEM SAW THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED AND RECEIVED GREAT WEALTH AND MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND OTHERS WERE POOR AND DESTITUTE AND DID NOT SEE THEIR PRAYERS ANSWERED.

MEMORY VERSE: PHIL 4:11