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of your soul; and your sons and daughters Hebrews 11:1–16
whom you left behind shall fall by the sword. Now faith is the substance of things hoped
And you shall do as I have done; you shall not 11 for, the evidence of things not seen. For
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cover your lips nor eat man’s bread of sorrow. by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
Your turbans shall be on your heads and your 3 By faith we understand that the worlds were
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sandals on your feet; you shall neither mourn framed by the word of God, so that the things
nor weep, but you shall pine away in your iniq- which are seen were not made of things which
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uities and mourn with one another. Thus are visible.
Ezekiel is a sign to you; according to all that he
4 By faith Abel offered to God a more excel-
has done you shall do; and when this comes, lent sacrifice than Cain, through which he
you shall know that I am the Lord GOD.’ ”
25 ‘And you, son of man—will it not be in the obtained witness that he was righteous, God
day when I take from them their stronghold, testifying of his gifts; and through it he being
dead still speaks.
their joy and their glory, the desire of their
5 By faith Enoch was taken away so that he
eyes, and that on which they set their minds, did not see death, “and was not found, because
their sons and their daughters: that on that day God had taken him”; for before he was taken
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one who escapes will come to you to let you hear he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
it with your ears? On that day your mouth will
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6 But without faith it is impossible to please
be opened to him who has escaped; you shall Him, for he who comes to God must believe
speak and no longer be mute. Thus you will be that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those
a sign to them, and they shall know that I am who diligently seek Him.
the LORD.’ ”
Psalm 127:1–5
A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.
11:6 impossible to please. Enoch pleased
nless the LORD builds the house, God because he had faith. Without such faith
U They labor in vain who build it; it is not possible for anyone to “walk with God”
Unless the LORD guards the city, or “please Him” (10:38). He is. The emphasis
The watchman stays awake in vain. here is on “He,” the true God. Genuine faith
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, does not simply believe that a divine being
To sit up late, exists,but that the God of Scripture is the only
To eat the bread of sorrows; real and true God who exists. Not believing
For so He gives His beloved sleep. that God exists is equivalent to calling Him a
3 Behold, children are a heritage from liar (1 John 5:10). rewarder. A person must
the LORD, believe not only that the true God exists, but
The fruit of the womb is a reward. also that He will reward men’s faith in Him
with forgiveness and righteousness, because
He has promised to do so (10:35; Gen. 15:1;
Deut. 4:29; 1 Chr. 28:9; Ps. 58:11; Is. 40:10).
127:3 heritage…reward. Children are a
blessing from the Lord.There are overtones of 7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of
God’s promise to Abraham to make his off- things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,
spring like the dust of the earth and the stars prepared an ark for the saving of his house-
of heaven (Gen. 13:16; 15:5).
hold, by which he condemned the world and
became heir of the righteousness which is
4 Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, according to faith.
So are the children of one’s youth. 8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was
Happy is the man who has his quiver
5 called to go out to the place which he would
full of them; receive as an inheritance. And he went out,
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They shall not be ashamed, not knowing where he was going. By faith he
But shall speak with their enemies in dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign
the gate. country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Ja-
cob, the heirs with him of the same promise;
Proverbs 28:24 10 for he waited for the city which has founda-
24 Whoever robs his father or his mother, tions, whose builder and maker is God.
And says, “It is no transgression,” 11 By faith Sarah herself also received
The same is companion to a destroyer. strength to conceive seed, and she bore a

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