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April 4, 2017 Hebrews 11:32-40 1

Deuteronomy 7:9 (ESV)

Know therefore that the Lord your God is God,

the faithful God who keeps covenant and

steadfast love with those who love him and keep

his commandments, to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 7:9 (ESV)

Memory Verse

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Focus Christ’s Person Christ’s Work Walk of Faith

Reference 1:1–31:4 –2:18

3:1 –4:13

4:14 –7:28

8:1–139:1 –10:18

10:19 –11:40

12:1-29 13:1-25

DivisionChrist

Superiorto the

Prophets

Christ Superior

to the Angels

Christ Superior

to Moses

Christ’s Superior

Priesthood

Christ’s Superior Covenant

Christ’s Superior

Sanctuary & Sacrifice

Assurance of

Faith

Endurance of

Faith

Exhortation to

Love

TopicMajesty of Christ Ministry of Christ Ministers for Christ

Doctrine Discipline

Location & Time

Place of writing unknown. Probably written around 64-68 AD

HebrewsOutline

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Supreme Examples of Faith: Joshua & Rahab

Review: Hebrews 1 – 11:29

Study: Hebrews 11:30-31

Joshua 2:1-24, 6:1-27

Encountering Chapter 11, pages 152-154

Last Meeting

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Supreme Examples of Faith: Other Heroes

Review: Hebrews 1 – 11:31

Study: Hebrews 11:32-40 + (read one or more)

• Gideon – Judges 6 – 8

• Barak – Judges 4

• Samson – Judges 13 – 16

• Jephthah – Judges 10:6 – 12:7

• David – 1 Samuel 16 – 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 10 – 29

• Samuel – 1 Samuel

Encountering Chapter 11, pages 152-156

This Meeting

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Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Quick Review & Bottom Line

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• Pros Ebraious (“To Hebrews”)

• Author and Place of Writing: Known only by God (Paul, Barnabas, Luke, Clement of Rome, Apollos, Silvanus (Silas), Philip, Priscilla)

• Date: c. 64 – 68 AD (before the Romans destroyed Jerusalem

and the Temple during the First Jewish–Roman War, 66-73 AD)

• Audience: Jews who are…

- Saved, but wavering due to growing persecution; considering going back to practicing Judaism

- Close to being Saved, but haven’t committed yet

• Bottom Line: Jesus Christ is superior in every aspect

“There is more to be gained in Christ than to be lost in Judaism.”

Hebrews 1:1-3 Jesus Superior to the ProphetsHebrews 1:4 - 2:18 Jesus Superior to AngelsHebrews 2:1-4 Warning 1: Danger of NeglectHebrews 2:5-18 Jesus Superior because of His HumanityHebrews 3:1-6 Jesus Superior to Moses in Work & Position Hebrews 3:7-19 Warning 2: Danger of Hardening Your HeartHebrews 4:1-13 Challenge to Enter His RestHebrews 4:14 - 5:10 Jesus Superior to Aaron the High Priest Superior Title, Ordination (4-6), Sympathy (7-8), Sacrifice (9-10)Hebrews 5:11-14 Warning 3: Danger of DullnessHebrews 6:1-12 The Call to Spiritual MaturityHebrews 6:13-20 The Basis for Spiritual MaturityHebrews 7 - 10 Jesus’ Superior Priesthood & CovenantHebrews 10:26-39 Warning 4: Danger of Drawing Back

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Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Quick Review of Hebrews 1 - 10

SacrificeAngels Prophets

YHWH

Jesus Christ: The Perfect Sacrifice

Sanctuary(tabernacle)

Sanctuary(heaven)

Sacrifice

• Simple• Specific (8:5)• Required (9:1)

• Apostle (3:1)• Made like his brethren in

all things(2:17)

• Temporary (8:7-9)• Repetitious (9:6, 25, 10:11)• Obsolete (9:1-10)• Inadequate (10:4)

• Like Levi• Beset in weakness (5:2)

Old Covenant

To make propitiation for sins of the people (2:17)

Sympathize with our weaknesses; tempted in all things (e.g. completely identifies (4:14))

New Covenant(Jeremiah 31)

• King (3:1)• Priest (2:17)• Without genealogy (7:6)

(5:6, 5:10, 6:20, 7:1, 10, 11, 15)

• Heaven based (8:1)• Not made with hands• Greater and more

perfect (9:11)

• His own blood (9:12)• Without blemish (9:11)• Death required (9:17)• Eternal redemption (9:12)• Shedding blood for

forgiveness (9:22)

Better Things (6:4-5)• Enlightened• Tasted heavenly gift• Partakers of the Holy Spirit• Tasted Word of God• Guaranteed by Jesus (7:22)• Faultless (8:7)• Written on our hearts (8:10)

Hope

• Abraham (6:13)• Joshua (4:8)• Moses (3:2)

Lower than

• Those who inherit salvation (1:14)

• Brethren of Christ (2:10)

• Subject over the world (2:17)

• Ministering spirits (1:14)

Superior to

by access to

receives

(2:17, 3:1, 4:14, 4:15, 5:5, 5:10, 6:20, 7:26-28, 8:1, 9:11)

Mediator (8:6, 9:15)

(3:1, 4:15, 5:1, 7:27, 8:5, 9:7, 9:25)

PriesthoodΔ -> LawΔ (7:12)• Weakness• Uselessness (7:18)

The radiance of His GloryThe exact representation of His nature (1:3)

At the right hand…(1:3, 1:13, 8:1, 10:12, 12:2)

High PriestLike

Like

• Holy (7:26)• Innocent• Undefiled• Separated from sinners• Exalted above the

heavens

access through His own blood (9:12)

(9:11-28, 10:1-12, 26-29)

TotallyHuman

High Priest

Man

Melchizedek

• Eternal Inheritance (9:15)• Redeemed transgressions

under the first covenant (9:15)

= PERFECT

(5:1, 7:27, 8:3, 9:9, 23, 10:1-11)

(8:5, 9:2-6)Spoke in many portions and in

many ways (1:1)Hebrews 1 thru 10

• Throne of Grace (4:16)

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Hebrews 11:1-3 Definition of FaithHebrews 11:4 Examples of Faith: AbelHebrews 11:5-6 EnochHebrews 11:7 NoahHebrews 11:8-19 Abraham & SarahHebrews 11:20 IsaacHebrews 11:21 JacobHebrews 11:22 JosephHebrews 11:23 Moses’ ParentsHebrews 11:24-29 MosesHebrews 11:30-31 Joshua & RahabHebrews 11:32-40 Many Other Heroes of Faith

Hebrews 5:1-14October 25, 2016 9

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Quick Review of Hebrews 11

32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. 35 Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -38 of whom the world was not worthy - wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Many Other Heroes of Faith

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Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of …

• evidence this may have been a sermon to Jewish believers, which was then written down and circulated as a letter (epistle) as Pastor Jesse Johnson suggested during his presentation to the MOB, September 20, 2016

• Takeaway: The evidence is overwhelming…

“Salvation is through grace alone,

through faith alone,

in Christ alone.”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: Gideon -- Judges 6 – 8

• What: Defeated a vastly superior Midianite army (15,000 to > 100,000) with 300 Israelites in surprise night attack using clay jars, torches, and trumpets

• When: The time of the Judges (after Joshua and before King Saul, the first king of Israel)

• Where: Israel & Midian (see map)

• Why: God-directed “right-sizing” of the army

• How: “through faith” (in God)

“the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, ‘The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.’ ”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: Barak -- Judges 4

• What: Defeated the Canaanites led by Sisera

• When: The time of the Judges

• Where: Northern Israel (see map)

• Why: God spoke through Deborah, Judge and Prophetess to defeat God’s enemies

• How: “who through faith” (in God), although a woman “nailed” Sisera due to Barak’s weakness

“God subdued Jabin the king of Canaanbefore the people of Israel.”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: Samson -- Judges 13 – 16

• What: Killed thousands of Philistines

• When: The time of the Judges

• Where: Southern Israel (see map)

• Why: Fight God’s enemies and protect Israel

• How: “who through faith” (in God)

“Then the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon him,”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: Jephthah -- Judges 10:6 – 12:7

“a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute.”

• What: Defeated large Ammonite army

• When: The time of the Judges

• Where: Israel & Ammon (see map)

• Why: Fight God’s enemies and protect Israel

• How: “who through faith” (in God)

“Then the Spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: David -- 1 Samuel 16 – 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 10 – 29

• What: Killed Goliath, Philistine Warrior Champion (among other great feats of faith)

• When: c. 1025 BC

• Where: Southern Israel (see map)

• Why: Fight for God and His people

• How: “who through faith” (in God) employed the world’s first “precision-guided munition”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)1 Samuel 17:41-47 (ESV)

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41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, with his shield-bearer in front of him. 42 And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance. 43 And the Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.” 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. 46 This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down and cut off your head. And I will give the dead bodies of the host of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and to the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, 47 and that all this assembly may know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear. For the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hand.”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: Samuel -- 1 Samuel 1 - 12

• What: Defeated the Philistines, 1 Samuel 7

13 So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

• When: Last Judge before King Saul, before 1000 BC

• Where: Central Israel (see map)

• Why: To correct and bring God’s people back to Him

• How: “who through faith” (in God)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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• Who: The Prophets - Elijah -- 1 Kings 17 – 2 Kings 1- Elisha -- 1 Kings 19:19 – 2 Kings 13:21- Hosea -- Hosea 1 – 14- Amos -- Amos 1 - 9- Isaiah -- Isaiah 1 - 66- Jeremiah -- Jeremiah 1 - 52

• What: Correcting and guiding God’s chosen people • When: c. 874 BC – c. 580 BC (approx. 300 years) • Where: Israel (first four), Judah (last two) • Why: God-directed Ministry to Israel and Judah • How: “who through faith” (in God)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

conquered kingdoms,

• Joshua (see Joshua) led the conquest of Canaan

• the Judges (see Judges) fought enemy kingdoms

• David (see 2 Samuel 8 - 10) consolidated the Kingdom of Israel after the death of King Saul

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

enforced justice,

• Moses

• Joshua

• The Judges

• The Godly Kings

• The Prophets

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith… obtained promises, Romans 4:16-2216 That is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his offspring - not only to the adherent of the law but also to the one who shares the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, 17 as it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations” - in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist. 18 In hope he believed against hope, that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” 19 He did not weaken in faith when he considered his own body, which was as good as dead (since he was about a hundred years old), or when he considered the barrenness of Sarah's womb. 20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, 21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. 22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

stopped the mouths of lions,

• Samson (see Judges 14:6)

• David (see 1 Samuel 17:34-35)

• Daniel in the lions’ den (see Daniel 6)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

34 quenched the power of fire

• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego (see Daniel 3)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

34 … escaped the edge of the sword,

• King Saul’s numerous attempts on David’s life (see 1 Samuel 18:10 – 20:42)

• The Prophet Elijah (see 1 Kings 19:1-8)

• The Prophet Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 26:23-24)

• The Apostle Paul (see Acts 23:12-35)

• The Apostle James, the Lessor

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

34 … were made strong out of weakness,

• Samson’s final act “brings down the house” (see Judges 16:15-31)

“And Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines.” Then he bowed with all his strength, and the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he had killed during his life.”

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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33 Who through faith…

34 … became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

• Gideon -- Judges 6 – 8

• Barak -- Judges 4

• Samson -- Judges 13 – 16

• Jephthah -- Judges 10:6 – 12:7

• David -- 1 Samuel 16 – 2 Samuel 24, 1 Chronicles 10 – 29

• Samuel -- 1 Samuel 1 - 12

• Others…

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith…

35 Women received back their dead by resurrection.

• Elijah & the Widow of Zarephath (see 1 Kings 17:8-24)

• Elisha & Shunamite's Son (see 2 Kings 4:32-35)

• Jesus & the Widow's Son (see Luke 7:11-15)

• Jairus’ Daughter (see Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55)

• Jesus & Lazarus (see John 11:1-44)

• Jesus’ Death on the Cross (see Matthew 27:50-53)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith… 35 Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

• Apostles Imprisoned (see Acts 4:1-20, Acts 16:16-24, and Acts 19:21-41)

• Apostles Beaten (see Acts 5:12-42)

• The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM)

• OpenDoors

Notice the Change?

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith…

37 They were stoned,

• Zechariah (see 2 Chronicles 24:20-22)

• Stephen (see Acts 6:8 - 7:60)

• Paul (see Acts 14:8-23)

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith… 37 They were sawn in two,

• oral tradition on Isaiah later written down [Talmud Bavli: Tractate Yebamoth Folio 49b, see also bibleQ, The Martyrdom Of Isaiah, and Martyrdom and Ascension of Isaiah],

• also possibly the Apostles - Jude - Thaddeus- Simon the Zealot

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith…

37 They were killed with the sword.

• Elijah’s contemporaries (see 1 Kings 19:10)

• The Apostle James, the Great (see Acts 12:1-3)

• The Apostle Nathanael (Bartholomew)

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Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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Through faith…

37 They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated — 38 of whom the world was not worthy — wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

• Persecution of the Jews by Antiochus IV Epiphanes - 2 Maccabees 5:27- 2 Maccabees 6:1-11- 2 Maccabees 10:6

• Christians today in North Korea, Syria, Sudan, etc.

Our brothers and sisters need our prayers and material support.

Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV)Observation & Interpretation

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39 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, 40 since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

• No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:37-39

• But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him” 1 Corinthians 2:9

Endurance of FaithReview: Hebrews 1 – 11Study: Hebrews 12:1-29• Genesis 25:29-34, 27:30-40• Deuteronomy 29:16-18• Psalm 34:11-14• Isaiah 35:3-4• 2 Corinthians 4:16-18• 1 Peter 1:3-9, 4:12-19• Psalm 42Encountering Chapter 12, pages 157-167

Next Meeting

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Hebrews 11:32-40 (ESV) Application / Discussion

1. Which of the “other heroes” of faith is your favorite? Why?

2. Share some of the “heroes” of faith in your life. Why are they “heroes” of faith in your mind?

3. Whose “hero” of faith are you now? Share your story.

4. Whose “hero” of faith will you be? Share your hope and plan (“5 W’s”).

5. Pray: Thank God for His faithfulness and ask Him for grace, wisdom, and strength to be a “hero” of faith.

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Closing

• Questions?

• Comments?

• Closing Prayer

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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

Ephesians 2:8-9 (ESV)