This chapter is often called the "HALL OF FAITH." You need to come here and linger long that your faith may become strong in the Lord, for in the scriptures we get a view of the history of Israel and the church. As it is written by faith. In the blood of the saints:
1. They worship by faith as Abel;
2. They walked by faith as Enoch;
3. They worked by faith as Noah;
4. They lived by faith as Abraham;
5. They governed by faith as Moses;
6. They followed by faith as Israel;
7. They fought by faith as Joshua;
8. They conquered by faith as Gideon;
9. They subdued kingdoms by faith as David;
10. They closed the mouth of lions by faith as Daniel;
11. They walked through the fire by faith as the three Hebrew children;
12. They suffered by faith as Paul;
13. They died by faith as Stephen, the first Christian martyr (Acts 7:54-60);
14. By faith they were patient in suffering.
Courageous in battle, made strong out of weakness, were victorious in defeat, and they were more than conquerors by faith. It is only by faith in the (all powerful Christ) that you can be victorious in circumstances and victorious over ALL the evil forces that would destroy you.
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2). The faith of the saints inspires us, but we look to Jesus as our example of faith.
One of the finest things about these historical books is the lessons of faith that one can learn by reading and taking note of their contents, within them we see the failure of faith as well as the accomplishments of mankind and the help of God. Paul told us these were written for us.
"Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant. . .Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. . .Now all these things happened unto them for our ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come" (I Corinthians 10:1, 6, 11).
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