We continue our series in Hebrews 11 this morning. But oh my! Would you look at the time? That's the rhetorical move that our author pulls here in 11:32. We don't have time to go through the Old Testament and look at every faithful person in that document. If you haven't noticed, the Bible has hundreds of named characters, most of whom showed some pretty significant faith at some point in their lives. To try to give a verse or three to every one of them would have easily made Hebrews one of the longest books in the New Testament. And that is not the author's goal. He doesn't want to rewrite the Pentateuch and the Historical Books and the Prophets. You have them in your lap. Go read them. He is alluding to them to say "I read the same Bible you do. We share the word of God in common. That's why you should listen to me." If you don't know Scripture, Hebrews and really the entire NT won't make much sense to you. But if you know your Bible, then a mere word here or there, a named character, can allude to an entire story that is as familiar to you as your own mother's face. We don't have time to go through the whole OT this morning. But we do have time to look briefly at seventeen specimens of faith. All seventeen of these specimens point to the same conclusion: faith alone can save. The substance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen, the thing by which the men of old received an endorsement from Jesus Himself — it is the one and only path to salvation.
Featuring a sermon puts it on the front page of the site and is the most effective way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands including all mobile platforms + newsletter.
Text-Featuring a sermon is a less expensive way to bring this sermon to the attention of thousands on the right bar with optional newsletter inclusion. As low as $30/day.
Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
