Do You Believe? - Message 12 - Faithful Judges & Kings. To get an overview of the last few verses in Hebrews 11 let's start by asking a question, “Do you ever feel all alone?” Do you face trials and temptation and wonder if you are all by yourself? It is easy to think that we struggle alone and that no one else has the same thoughts, issues, questions, or feelings that we do. But the truth is that Hebrews 11 really does not end until we get into chapter 12. Hebrews 12:1-2 tells us that we are not alone. We have studied all these people, real life, every day people who lived long before us and also live on in the presence of God awaiting the time we will be joining them around the Throne. All of these that we have looked at, and all of these that are listed in the next several verses to finish the chapter, all of these are a “great cloud of witnesses” and they tell us that God is faithful. When we believe Him, there are works that result and benefits that are more valuable than anything this world has to offer. In this message we will learn about a few more of the faithful and we will see that each of them, though commended by God for their faith, were also very human, very frail, fearful, and foolish. Yet God used them! The good news is that God chooses and uses sinners who He has forgiven of their sins. Let's see what God has to say about Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, as well as King David. We are not alone. If we believe God and take Him at His Word, we are part of this great cloud of forgiven witnesses. |
