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FAITH IN SOMETHING BETTER Hebrews 11:20-40 Key Verse: 39-40 “These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.” 1. a) How did Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph keep faith alive in Abraham’s descendants? (20-22) Background context (Isaac Ge 25:19-34, 27:1-40 | Jacob Ge 48:1-22 | Jospeh Ge 50:24-25) 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in regard to their future. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. 22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions about his bones. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ b) When in their lives did the mentioned acts of faith take place and why is this significant? (20-22) _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 2. Consider the circumstances at the time of Moses birth and the faith of Moses parents. What might we learn from them as parents about how to view our children and how to raise them (23, Ex 2:1-10)? 23 By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict. Ex 2:1-10 1 Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, 2 and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months. 3 But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile. 4 His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him. 5 Then Pharaoh's daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it. 6 She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said. 7 Then his sister asked Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" 8 "Yes, go," she answered. And the girl went and got the baby's mother. 9 Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you." So the woman took the baby and nursed him. 10 When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "I drew him out of the water." _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 4 3. a) What was Moses’ choice as a young man and how did this reflect his faith in God’s reward? (24-26) Background context (Ex 2:11-25) 24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. 26 He regarded disgrace for the sake of Christ as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. 25He _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ b) How could Moses persevere in the midst of hard trials and what does this mean? (27) 27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 4. c) How did Moses’ faith enable his enslaved people to escape slavery in Egypt and how does it point to Christ Jesus? (28) Background context (Ex chp.12-14) 28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 5. a) What additional strength did God’s people receive when they believed in God’s promises? (29-31) 29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days. 31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ b) How did God show through them that salvation is by faith? _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Page 2 of 4 6. a) What were the highs and lows experienced by God’s people as they continued to hold on to his promises by faith? (32-37) 32 And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused to be released, so that they might gain a better resurrection. 36 Some faced jeers and flogging, while still others were chained and put in prison. 37 They were stoned; they were sawed in two; they were put to death by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated-- _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ b) Why wasn’t the world worthy of them? (38) 38 the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ 7. a) How was the faith of God’s people exemplary? (39) 39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ b) How was their faith made perfect only together with us who have been born again in Christ Jesus? (40; He 7:19, 10:14 ) 40 God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect. 7:19 (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. 10:14 because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy. _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Page 3 of 4 † What is the lesson we should learn from the faith of our spiritual ancestors? _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ † What decision of faith can you make to love God and seek his reward? _______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 4