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FaithEnlarge your tent

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Faithfulness to All Generations Faithfulness to All Generations

Trusting in the Yet to Come

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Psalm 100:1-5

Hebrews 11:1-2; 39-40

Faithfulness to All Generations

Trusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All Generations

Trusting in the Yet to Come

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Psalm 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before

him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us,

and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (NRV version)

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

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Hebrews 11:1-2; 39-40 Now faith is being sure of what we hope

for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were

commended for.

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.

Faithfulness to All GenerationsHebrews 11:1-40

Faithfulness to All GenerationsHebrews 11:1-40

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Psalm 100:1-5

His faithfulness to all

generations

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

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Psalm 100:1-5

Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (NRV version)

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

Faithfulness to All GenerationsPsalm 100:1-5

A Missional Psalm

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Abraham

Genesis 15:6

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

God’s call to Abraham is a missional call

Faithfulness to All GenerationsAbraham

Faithfulness to All GenerationsAbraham

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Genesis 12:1-3

The Lord had said to Abram, “leave your country , your people and your father’s household and go the land I will show you, I will make you a great nation and I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing .　I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all people on earth will be blessed through you.”

God’s call to Abraham is a missional call

Faithfulness to All GenerationsAbraham

Faithfulness to All GenerationsAbraham

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Learning to trust in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Community of faith

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Community of faithHebrews 11:39-40

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.

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Community of faithHebrews 11:39-40

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.

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Community of faith All these people

Heb 11:3-38Personal →

Local →

This generation →

Church

GlobalGlobal

All generations

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

only together with us

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communitycommunity of faithof faith

only together only together with us will you with us will you be made perfectbe made perfect

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Process

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Process

Covenant of Growth God called (Gen 12) Pharaoh of Egypt (12) Abram believed the Lord (15) Hagar and Ishmael (16) Circumcision (17) Plead for Sodom (18) Abimelech (20) Birth of Issac (21)

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Covenant of Growth

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Commitment of life

Teaching by deed, not by wordCaught, not taught

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Psalm 100:1-5 Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth. Worship the Lord with gladness; come before

him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God. It is he who made us,

and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations. (NRV version)

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Commitment of life

Learning to trust the yet to come

The object of your faith Yourself? The pastor? God himself?

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Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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Community of faith

Covenant of growth

Commitment of life

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

Faithfulness to All GenerationsTrusting in the Yet to Come

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