Is there anyone else that never gets tired of reading the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. It simply amazes me how faith can be so overlooked today. I’ll admit there are times I know that I have not reached the level of faith I ought to have. In Hebrews 11 we read not just of faith, but how through faith we can triumph over Satan, sin and the world. Faith must be put into action as we read in James 2:14-20 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you
my faith by my works.” You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? To say these men and women in the book of Hebrews had faith is one thing, to say they lived their faith is another. They all lived and died by their faith. Their faith was in the Lord. The Lord was their goal, as He should be ours as well.
Faith means that at different times we may be asked to do different things. Trusting that the Lord will see us through is what faith is all about. Hebrews 12:2 says, Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. I would like for us to consider not to overlook faith but rather simply place Christ as our faith. So if we were to say By faith…it would be the same as saying By Christ…
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