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come in Christ at Bethlehem and will be consummated in Christ from heaven bursting open the eastern
sky! His resurrection is the hope to which all believers, Old Testament and New Testament, look
forward in faith (cf. 1 John 3:2).

13.4 Let’s Practice…

1. Define the Hebrew and Greek words for faith.

2. Does God test believers (cf. 11:17 versus James 1:13-14)?

3. Why does the author of Hebrews write this roll call of faith?

4. 11:1 "faith" This is not a definition of faith, but a picture of the practical
outworking of it.

5. Faith is used times in this chapter.

6. 11:4 "a better sacrifice" It was not the type of sacrifice which Cain and Abel offered which
caused the distinction, but the (faith) in which it was given.

7. 11:5 "Enoch was taken up" This means "moved to another spot." This is not a "resurrection"
but a

“ ”

8. Abraham lived his life by faith looking not at current reality, but reality

9-10. there are two words in Greek for "test" with different connotations. One is to test toward
destruction ( ) and the other is to test with a view to approval and strengthening (
)

11 -12. 11:17 "was offering up his only begotten son" The use of monogenēs ("only begotten")
in relation to Isaac cannot mean "only begotten" since Abraham had other children. It surely
means “ ," or “ ” This is also the meaning of John 3:16.

13. 11:35 "Women received back their dead by resurrection" Theologically speaking this is not
resurrection, but (cf. 1 Kgs. 17:17-23; 2 Kgs. 4:31-37).

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