Good morning, everyone. Open up your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 11.
So, I'm aware that this is one of the most favored passages in Hebrews 11.
! So, no pressure.
I will endeavor to be faithful to the text and preach to my heart as well as yours this morning.
So, even though I just prayed, just pause with me just for a moment.
It's just good for me to get up here and to recognize that the presence of the Lord is here
and that He is ready to speak to the hearts of His people through His Word.
Lord, we are very gracious that You have brought us here.
So, help us to put our mind's attention and our heart's affection on You
to worship You in spirit and in truth.
And that You would help me just only be an instrument in Your hand
to love Your people well and to inspire faith in them through Your Word, Lord.
So, we put this in Your hands. In Christ's name, Amen.
Amen. So, Hebrews 11.
I think that it's a very timely chapter that we're in
because I feel like in my own life, I've been way too focused on the natural,
way too focused on what I can see with my eyes and not with the eyes of faith.
I've been so focused on the temporal and the earthly rather than the eternal and the unseen.
And I am very thankful that I've kind of landed in Hebrews 11.
There will be a connection between this week and next week.
Next week, I'm also really looking forward to.
But just as a broader context, I want us to...
Our text will be Hebrews 11, 23-31 today.
But as just a broader context, I want us to think about
what the author is trying to say to us in Hebrews 11.
And, like, why the history lesson?
Why is he going back to look at all these different people who have gone before us,
particularly in the Old Testament, to inspire that kind of faith in us?
He wants to motivate those who are professing faith in Christ
to look to these examples for endurance and persecution.
He wants them to obtain God's unseen future promises.
And so, as it says in Hebrews 6-12,
he wants them to be imitators of those who, through faith and patience,
inherit the promises.
So, just a couple of selective verses before we get to our main text.
So, look at Hebrews, just the beginning of the chapter, Hebrews 11.
It says,
Now, faith is the assurance of things hoped for,
the conviction of things not seen.
Jump down to verse 6.
And without faith, it is impossible to please him.
Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
And, jump maybe over to verse 13.
We've been talking about Abraham and Sarah.
And it says,
All these died in faith, not having received the things promised,
but having seen them and greeted them from afar,
and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Verse 16.
But that is, they desired a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
And therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God,
for he has prepared for them a city.
And so, it's in these verses that we kind of come on down to, verse 23.
But faith, I've been trying to put together, paste together,
just sort of what I really think Scripture teaches faith is,
to live by faith, to walk by faith.
Because if you ask many people to define it,
it's kind of like one of those things that a lot of believers just stumble to even explain.
It's like, well, you just, you know, you just got to have, you just got to trust God.
And it's like, all right, good, trust God.
So, here's sort of a rough definition, I believe,
that fits the biblical description, what we're looking for.
But follow this.
Faith is a settled confidence that something in the future,
something that is not yet seen,
but has been promised by God,
will actually come to pass,
because God will bring it to pass.
I'll do it one more time.
Faith is a settled confidence that something in the future,
something that is not yet seen,
but has been promised by God,
will actually come to pass,
because God will bring it to pass.
And this is so obvious of the way that a lot of people portray faith,
sort of a blind faith,
a leap of faith.
Nathan's illustration a long time ago worked for me.
I grew up watching Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,
where he like did the little boot,
the boot thing and just, you know,
fell like on the bridge.
And that's just not what we're talking about.
We're talking about a confidence.
We are persuaded,
convinced that these things are true,
that God has spoken,
he has promised,
and he will deliver on what he promised.
And so God is not a liar.
He is not a man.
He should not tell the truth.
So real faith is the sure confidence
that our sovereign,
wise God is trustworthy,
that he will bring to pass what he says,
that he will never leave or forsake his people.
And we're just so not used to that in our world,
in our own lives,
our relationships.
But such faith in the unseen realm of God
provides confidence that we need to endure.
And the first few verses I read here
meant a lot to me
because they were instrumental,
I think, in my conversion
when I was 18 years old.
And when my body,
my physical body was falling apart
and my hope in the physical world
and this temporal world was falling apart.
And so it was huge for me at this time.
But we're looking at the example of Moses today,
of Joshua,
and the people of Israel.
So we'll start,
we'll pick up in verse 23.
It says,
By faith,
Moses,
when he was born,
was hidden for three months by his parents
because they saw that the child was beautiful
and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
By faith,
Moses,
when he has grown up,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God
than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.
He considered the reproach of the Christ's greater wealth
than the treasures of Egypt,
for he was looking to the reward.
By faith,
he left Egypt,
not being afraid of the anger of the king,
for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
By faith,
he kept the Passover
and sprinkled the blood
so that the destroyer of the firstborn
might not touch them.
And by faith,
the people crossed the Red Sea
as on dry land,
but the Egyptians,
when they had attempted to do the same,
were drowned.
And by faith,
the walls of Jericho
fell down
after they had been encircled for seven days.
And by faith,
Rahab,
the prostitute,
did not perish with those who were disobedient
because she had been given
a friendly welcome to the spies.
So,
underneath all of this,
before we walk through this,
I want to give you just two true statements.
One of them is that
through our faith in God
and his wise providence,
he can and does work miracles
to help and deliver his people.
And I hope that you believe that.
I hope that God's even allowed you
to see that in your life.
Through faith in our God
and his wise providence,
he can and does work miracles
to bring deliverance
and help to his people.
And then next week,
we'll actually unpack this one a lot more,
but God and his wise providence
does not always
work miracles for our deliverance
from suffering,
but rather by faith,
he sustains his people
through their suffering.
So,
we're going to unpack this,
I guess,
in just three sections,
but we'll look at the faith of Moses first.
Number one,
by faith,
Moses.
And
we see that in verse 23 through 29.
And
as I've said before,
Moses is one of my favorite Bible characters.
I think I identify a lot with him.
He was
not this
great,
huge,
leading the charge
kind of guy.
He wasn't extremely
charismatic,
you would say,
like Joshua or David,
and I kind of identify
with him.
He was the reluctant leader
and
preferred to be more of a number two guy
often
and not a great public communicator.
Don't really feel that I am either.
But I agree
with a lot of the things
that he says and does.
But in verse 23,
if you want to look at verse 23,
we see first
his
preservation.
Moses' preservation
in verse 23.
And what did this
have to do?
It didn't have to do
as much with Moses
as it had to do
with the faith
of Moses' parents.
If you remember
from Exodus
chapter 1,
verse 22,
it said,
Pharaoh commanded
all his people
saying,
every Jewish
son
who is born
you are to cast
into the Nile
and every daughter
you are to keep
alive.
So this cruel,
you know,
wicked,
demonic edict
of Pharaoh
to
destroy
all
the baby boys
and to spare
the daughters
and have them
cast into
the Nile.
And so
Moses' parents
were faced
with
a decision.
Do we
give in
and give up
our child,
obey the king's edict
and then
we're spared
or
if we refuse
then our lives
could be at risk.
There's only two options.
If we refuse
to obey this edict
then our lives
will be
endangered as well.
So they had
those two choices,
kill their sons
or save themselves.
Right?
Or try to save
their sons
at risk of their own lives.
And that's huge
because
their faith
demonstrated that
they knew
what God
had promised
that one day
they would send
someone to
deliver them
from bondage.
And they
chose rather
to not give in
to that fear
of death
and torture.
And they said
we're going to
not do this.
This is not what
our God
would have us do.
He would have us
look to him
and trust him.
And so they said
in the face of that
terror
we will not
give in.
We will not
kill our son
for fear
of our own
lives
but we will
trust in
our God
and death
will not
control us.
So
he was
preserved.
He was put
into the Nile
in the basket
as we know
he floated
down the river
to where
Pharaoh's daughter
who I believe
historically
was Hapshepsut
and was taken
into
the Pharaoh's
household
and raised
in that context.
And we see
that really
in our next
few verses.
So that's
Moses'
preservation
and
verse 24
through 26
we see
his identification.
So who did
Moses choose
to
identify
himself
with?
The Egyptians
and Pharaoh's
household
or with
the people
of Israel.
And
I want you
to
there's just
a couple
places for
you to
look today.
But flip
over to
Acts chapter
7 to
kind of
give us
a broader
picture of
what's
going on.
Acts chapter
7 and
this is
when
Stephen
is giving
testimony
and going
back and
sort of
explaining
the redemptive
story and
how
crisis
had come.
Acts chapter
7 we'll
look at
verse 20.
all right
and he
says this
starting
in verse
20.
At this
time
Moses was
born
and he
was
beautiful
in God's
sight
and he
was brought
up for
three months
in his
father's
house
and then
when he
was exposed
Pharaoh's
daughter
adopted
him
and brought
him up
as her
own
and Moses
was instructed
in all
the wisdom
of the
Egyptians
and he
was mighty
in his
words
and deeds
and when
he was
forty years
old
it came
into his
heart
to visit
his
brothers
the
children
of Israel
and seeing
one of
them being
wronged
he defended
the oppressed
man
and avenged
him by
striking down
the Egyptian
he supposed
that his
brothers would
understand
that God
was giving
them salvation
by his
hand
but
they did
not
understand
and on
the following
day he
appeared
to them
as they
were quarreling
and tried
to reconcile
them saying
men
you are
brothers
why do
you wrong
each other
but the
man who
was wronging
his neighbor
thrust him
aside saying
who made
you a
ruler and
judge over
us
that's
going to be
repeated in
the life of
Moses a lot
do you want
to kill me
as you killed
the Egyptian
yesterday
at this
retort
Moses fled
and became
an exile
in the land
of Midian
where he
became a
father of
two sons
so
Moses'
identification
but think
about this
if this
life is it
if this
temporal world
is it
why in the
world would
he leave
such privileges
that he had
in Egypt
why
he was
perfectly
set up
for life
earthly
status
privilege
and pleasures
all that he
could really
enjoy
but why
did he
choose to
identify
rather
with
the people
of Israel
and so
even that
being
a
adopted
son of
Pharaoh's
daughter
so
but in our
text gives
the answer
he chose
to do so
because
of the
fleeting
pleasures
of sin
right
we see
that
and
it's
important
to note
that
I think
we kind
of
betray
sin
is
unpleasurable
and it
is
but
we got
to
understand
that
the
pleasures
of sin
are very
real
they feel
good
in the
moment
when we're
indulging
in them
but
they're
short-lived
they're
vanity
they're
fleeting
they don't
remain
and so
Moses
I think
had learned
this in
his context
like
I've enjoyed
40 years
of this
kind of
stuff
and you
know
what
it is
not
what I'm
looking
for
and
instead
he
chose
to
bear
the
reproach
of
Christ
and he
considered
it
greater
riches
the
reproach
of
Christ
and so
think
about
how
Moses
serves
as a
foreshadow
or prefigure
of Christ
and all
these
things
so
remember
make all
the connections
in your
mind
our
Lord
Jesus
his
parents
also
fled
a
wicked
king
seeking
to
destroy
all
the
boys
all
the
baby
boys
in
Bethlehem
and yet
he was
preserved
just like
Moses
was
preserved
he
was
the
king
of
kings
who
humbled
himself
leaving
all
his
heavenly
glory
and
majesty
behind
and
seeking
to
rather
identify
with
us
his
people
and
coming
to
take
on
human
form
and
take
on
our
weakness
he
came
to be
with
us
and
then
like
Moses
he
suffered
on
behalf
of
his
people
Christ
suffered
on
our
behalf
and
so
Moses
serves
as a
model
for
believers
to
endure
that
kind
of
reproach
and
so
we
need
to
take
note
of
this
that
he
saw
that
there
was
reward
in
the
future
for
the
faith
that
he
would
have
in
the
God
of
Israel
and
he
fled
the
temporal
pleasures
of
sin
so
some
of
us
may
be
stuck
even
as
believers
in
a
pattern
of
sin
that's
just
destroying
!
us
and
remember
that
they're
fleeting
they
don't
remain
and
that
if
we
have
Christ
we
have
the
one
thing
that
will
not
ever
leave
right
he
is
there
forever
and
nothing
can
take
him
away
and
he
is
not
going
to
leave
us
or
forsake
us
so
look at
verse
27
back in
Hebrews
11
it
talks
about
Moses
separation
how
he
left
the
land
of
Egypt
and
he
did
this
by
faith
he
wasn't
afraid
of
the
anger
or
wrath
of
Pharaoh
but
he
endured
as
seeing
him
who
is
invisible
and
I
really
think
this
is
implying
this
idea
that
he
saw
through
the
eyes
of
faith
like
we
do
the
God
of
Israel
and
he
endured
the
wrath
the
wrath
of
Pharaoh
and
he
fled
into
the
wilderness
right
for
40
years
and
in
that
time
God
was
prepping
him
preparing
him
for
what
was
ahead
and
even
though
Moses
did
come
to
see
some
physical
manifestations
of
God's
presence
like
the
burning
bush
and
the
fire
and
the
cloud
and
all
these
things
he
still
looked
upon
God
through
the
eyes
of
faith
and
so
by
faith
he
left
Egypt
and
verse
28
we
see
that
by
faith
his
salvation
came
by
faith
he
kept
the
Passover
so
remember
guys
like
the
story
they
have
been
telling
commanding
Pharaoh
to let
the people
go
and
he
has
refused
he
hardened
his
heart
he
stood
his
ground
and
they
kind
of
warn
him
like
if
you
don't
let
the
people
go
something
worse
than
ever
before
is
going
to
come
and
he
refused
so
as
judgment
God
sent
one
more
plague
to
kill
all
the
firstborn
the
angel
of
death
the
destroyer
to
execute
that
judgment
yet
we
read
that
God
graciously
provided
a way
for the
Israelites
to be
spared
and
we
read
that
they
were
to
take
a
lamb
without
blemish
I'll
read
this
to
you
out
of
Exodus
12
such
beautiful
pictures
for us
to
see
it
says
then
they
will
take
some
of
the
blood
of
the
lamb
and
put
it
on
the
doorpost
and
the
lentil
of
the
houses
in
which
they
eat
it
is
the
Lord's
Passover
for
I
will
pass
through
the
land
of
Egypt
that
night
and
I
will
strike
all
the
firstborn
in
the
land
of
Egypt
both
man
and
beast
and
all
the
gods
of
Egypt
I
will
execute
judgments
!
when
I
strike
the
land
of
Egypt
that's
Exodus
12
11
through
13
so
Moses
celebrated
the
Passover
before
seeing
the
deliverance
that
it
would
bring
from
the
destroyer
and
it
serves
as
a
foreshadow
of the
true
deliverance
that
we
in
Christ
are
to
receive
because
judgment
is
coming
one
day
and
I
tremble
to
think
about
it
and
in
a
similar
way
God
will
execute
judgment
and
he
will
bring
ruin
upon
those
who
have
stood
against
him
and
been
disobedient
to
his
word
and
so
in
Christ
as
Paul
says
in
1st
Corinthians
5
Christ
our
Passover
lamb
has
been
sacrificed
so
when
judgment
comes
and
we
are
seen
washed
in
the
blood
of
the
lamb
we
will
be
passed
over
and
so
by
faith
Moses
knew
that
if
he
did
this
and
was
obedient
to
the
command
of
God
that
they
would
be
spared
and
so
we
have
that
command
to
repent
and
believe
the
gospel
to
come
to
Christ
to
be
washed
in
his
blood
so
that
we
can
endure
to
the
end
so
by
faith
his
salvation
and
then
underneath
this
we
see
he
and
his
people
deliverance
in
verse
29
verse
29
by
faith
the
people
crossed
the
Red
Sea
as
on
dry
land
but
the
Egyptians
when
they
attempted
to
do
the
same
were
drowned
and
one of
the
most
I
would
say
probably
one
of
the
most
like
crazy
visuals
you
can
see
in
display
of
God's
power
and
the
scripture
God
parting
the
Red
Sea
which
I
believe
is
probably
in
the
Gulf
of
Aqaba
I
would
guess
come
talk
to
me
later
if
you
want
to
nerd
out
but
we
see
I'll
read
you
this
passage
out
of
Exodus
14
they
were
standing
at
the
Red
Sea
trapped
right
trapped
and
Moses
said
to
the
people
fear
not
stand
firm
and
see
the
salvation
of
the
Lord
which
he
will
work
for
you
today
for
the
Egyptians
whom
you
see
today
you
shall
never
see
again
for
the
Lord
will
fight
for
you
and
you
only
have
to
be
silent
good
words
just
the
Lord
will
fight
for
us
we
will
stand
and
see
his
deliverance
so
Moses
was
delivered
his
people
were
delivered
and
they
were
spared
so
we
have
these
awesome
pictures
of
Moses
to
look
to
for
an
example
of
faith
such
wonderful
faith
and
then
it
goes
on
so
it's
kind
of
going
through
the
storyline
right
across
the
Red
Sea
went
into
the
promised
land
but
some
stuff
happened
and
they
wandered
in
the
wilderness
until
that
generation
had
passed
and
we
see
our
second
point
so
that
was
by
faith
Moses
but
number
two
is
by
faith
Joshua
and
the
people
of
Israel
right
so
verse
30
by
faith
the
walls
of
Jericho
fell
down
after
they
had
been
in
a
circle
for
seven
days
and
I
think
this
is
one
of
the
places
I
wanted
you
to
look
at
Joshua
chapter
five
really
quickly
Joshua
chapter
five
we
see
that
he
has
this
divine
encounter
before
going
to the
city
of
Jericho
they
have
crossed
the
Jordan
river
they
set
up
the
memorial
stones
and
their
faith
is
being
strengthened
by
seeing
God
part
the
river
Jordan
as
he
did
the
Red
Sea
so
Joshua
chapter
five
look at
verse
13
this
is
right
before
the
siege
it
says
when
Joshua
was
by
Jericho
he
lifted
up
his
eyes
and
looked
and
behold
a
man
was
standing
before
him
with
his
sword
drawn
in
his
hand
and
Joshua
went
to
him
and
said
to
him
are
you
for
us
or
for
our
adversaries
and
he
said
no
but
I
am
the
commander
of
the
army
of
the
Lord
now
I
have
come
and
Joshua
fell
on his
face
to the
earth
and
worshipped
!
and
said
to
him
what
does
my
Lord
say
to
his
servant
and
the
commander
of
the
Lord's
army
said
to
Joshua
take
off
your
sandals
take
the
sandals
off
your
feet
for
the
place
where
you
are
standing
is
holy
and
Joshua
did
so
some
people
believe
that
this
was
what
they
call
a
Christophany
an
earlier
appearance
of
the
Son
of
God
possibly
before
his
incarnation
the
arguments
for that
I think
are strong
I won't
go far
to say
it
but
if
you
look
at
where
it
says
that
he
is
the
commander
of
the
Lord's
army
we
know
that
in
revelation
Christ
is
the
one
leading
the
armies
of
heaven
to
bring
judgment
upon
the
earth
he
fell
down
to
his
face
and
worship
and
we
know
that
if
it
was
just
an
angel
what
always
happens
like
no
get
up
you're
not
supposed
to
worship
me
I'm
only
an
angel
but
he
allowed
him
to
worship
then
he
heard
the
familiar
phrase
that
he
know
his
master
Moses
had
told
him
take
the
sandals
off
your
feet
from
where
you
!
standing
is
holy
who
knows
instructions
on
what
to
do
but
there
were
a lot
of
obstacles
to
this
in
the
natural
realm
this
was
a
crazy
idea
to
attack
Jericho
I
could
go
into
the
details
of
how
strong
the
fortifications
were
which
I
have
here
but
I
will
spare
you
that
just
for
time
sake
but
it
was
a
crazy
fortress
a
lot
of
modern
day
archaeologists
have
know
where
Jericho
is
and
they've
confirmed
a lot
of
the
stuff
the
bible
said
about
it
was
a
strong
fortified
city
that
the
attack
occurred
right
before
the
harvest
time
it
was
a
short
siege
the
walls
were
leveled
and
listen
to this
the
city
was
not
plundered
that's
odd
and
the
city
was
not
burned
and
one
archaeologist
said
this
giving
testimony
to the
biblical
account
as
to
the
fact
then
there
remains
no
doubt
the
walls
of
this
city
fell
outwards
so
completely
the
attackers
were
able
to
clamber
up
over
the
ruins
into
the
city
why
so
unusual
because
the
walls
of
cities
do
not
fall
outwards
they
fall
inwards
ever
thought
about
that
always
knocked
down
these
like
it
just
unfolded
like
a
flower
and
people
just
come
right
up
into
the
city
that's
what
he
said
is
very
odd
like
how
this
looks
did
the
biblical
account
so
they
walked
around
for
seven
days
and
finally
on
the
seventh
the
trumpets
blew
and
the
cry
went
out
let
go
for
the
Lord
has
given
you
the
city
so
what
crazy
imagery
that
would
have
been
but
we
see
that
true
faith
true
faith
leads
to
obedience
he
did
exactly
what
God
said
exactly
they
didn't
try
to
negotiate
it
or
compromise
it
but
they
followed
his
instructions
to
the
letter
in
faith
but
also
their
faith
was
focused
on
the
presence
of
God
now
what
was
the
ark
doing
the
ark
was
in
the
front
right
and
it
was
serving
as
a
physical
reminder
that
God's
presence
is
with
you
the
ark
is
mentioned
11
times
in
that
account
which
I
think
is
trying
to
give
emphasis
to
the
fact
that
this
was
a
visual
thing
they
could
look
at
and
say
God's
presence
is
with
us
and
so
if
we're
going
to
have
true
faith
we
have
to
obey
God
take
him
at
his
word
don't
say
that
we
have
faith
in
what
he
says
and
then
do
the
opposite
but
true
faith
takes
God
his
word
and
is
obedient
to
it
and
it
focuses
on
the
unseen
presence
of
God
and
it
cultivates
that
awareness
of
God's
presence
how
different
would
your
life
be
and
mine
if
we
just
took
that
idea
of
God's
presence
and
just
focused
on
that
for
a
week
and
look
at
what
scripture
had
to
say
about
the
presence
of
God
that
he
is
with
us
and
in
us
how
differently
would
our
lives
be
so
by
faith
Joshua
and
the
people
of
Israel
started
the
conquest
so
lastly
thirdly
these
could
all be
individual
sermons
the
book
that
we've
kind
of
followed
just
for
an
outline
has
these
three
different
chapters
I was
like
going
trying to
cram
three
into
one
here
but
number
three
and
lastly
by
faith
Rahab
by
faith
Rahab
verse
31
by
faith
Rahab
the
prostitute
did
not
perish
with
those
who
were
disobedient
because
she
had
given
a
friendly
welcome
to
the
spies
so
my
heart
is
moved
when I
think
about
this
woman
clearly
an
outcast
and
lowest
of
society
even
to
a
pagan
ancient
people
she
would
have
been
at
the
bottom
right
as
it's
true
in
many
cases
who
knows
maybe
she
was
forced
into
that
to
provide
for
herself
or
her
family
but
nevertheless
in the
ancient
world
she would
be
looked
upon
as
dishonorable
and not
valuable
to that
society
an
outcast
and
remember
the
story
the
spies
went
in
to
look
at
Jericho
to
take
an
assessment
and
it
was
discovered
so
they
fled
to
the
house
of
Rahab
and
she
hid
them
she
took
them
on
the
roof
and
hid
them
under
the
flax
thatches
and
lied
and
sent
off
the
guards
to
look
somewhere
else
and
I
was
going
to
read
you
this
account
some
of
the
stuff
that
she
says
but
some
people
would
say
a
skeptic
may
say
well
her
faith
was
just
for
her
own
her
own
life
she
didn't
want
to
die
and
she
didn't
want
her
family
to
die
it
was
just
self
preservation
it
wasn't
like
you
really
believed
in
the
God
of
Israel
but
not
true
not
true
at
all
she
says
in
Joshua
chapter
2
I
know
that
the
Lord
has
given
you
the
land
and
that
the
fear
of
you
has
fallen
upon
us
and
that
all
the
inhabitants
of
the
land
melt
away
before
you
for
we
have
heard
how
the
Lord
dried
up
the
water
the
Red
Sea
before
you
when
you
came
out
of
Egypt
and
he
says
this
here
and
as
soon
as
we
heard
it
our
hearts
melted
and
there
was
no
spirit
left
in
any
man
because
of
you
for
the
Lord
your
God
he
is
the
God
of
heaven
above
and
on
the
earth
beneath
and
so
she
pleads
with
them
because
she
helped
them
to
spare
!
her
and
her
family
and
they
agree
and
they
told
her
to
hang
a
scarlet
cord
outside
her
window
so
that
when
the
invasion
or
the
conquest
happened
that
they
would
be
spared
and
they
were
they
kept
their
word
she
was
spared
among
the
inhabitants
of
Jericho
she
was
delivered
by
her
faith
but
furthermore
the
rest
of
scripture
points
out
that
she
was
redeemed
she
had
true
saving
faith
in
the
God
of
Israel
it
wasn't
just
I
don't
want
to
die
so
whatever
I
got
her
do
not
to
die
it
was
a
true
saving
faith
she
brought
up
several
other
times
in
the
scripture
one
in
James
chapter
two
and
it
says
that
she
was
justified
not
by
her
worth
but
by
her
faith
I'll
read
it
to
you
right
here
it
said
at
the
same
time
not
also
Rahab
the
prostitute
justified
by
her
works
when
she
received
the
messengers
and
sent
them
out
by
another
way
for
as
a
body
apart
from
the
spirit
is
dead
so
also
faith
apart
from
works
is
dead
and
most
of
you
know
what
that
means
but
really
her
faith
was
displayed
in
her
obedience
and
her
actions
she
displayed
actions
as
such
to
where
she
believed
and
what
was
said
about
the
God
of
Israel
and
astoundingly
I'll
save
you
from
turning
to
this
as
well
but
in
Matthew
if
you
want
to
write
it
down
Matthew
chapter
one
verses
four
through
six
she
was
redeemed
but
man
she
was
also
honored
she
was
honored
not
just
in
James
but
she's
mentioned
in
the
blood
line
of
the
king
of
kings
she's
mentioned
in
the
blood
line
of
Jesus
it
says
in
Matthew
chapter
one
going
through
the
genealogy
it
says
the
father
of
Boaz
by
Rahab
and
Boaz
the
father
of
Obed
by
Ruth
and
Obed
the
father
of
Jesse
and
Jesse
the
father
of
David
the
king
so
she
is
mentioned
in
the
blood
line
of
our
Lord
so
she
was
redeemed
and
she
was
honored
what a
great
honor
that
was
so
in
conclusion
just
want us
to
think
about
a
few
things
if
you're
still
looking
to
the
fleeting
pleasures
of
this
world
look
to
Moses
as
an
example
because
he
trusted
in
the
God
who
was
unseen
and
he
walked
away
from
all
the
sinful
pleasures
of
this
world
and
had
faith
in
the
promises
of
God
and
he
bore
the
reproach
of
Christ
so
do
you
believe
that
would
your
life
display
that
when
people
say
you
man
you
were
you
have
lost
it
because
you've
left
all
these
things
that
we
enjoy
so
much
behind
to
follow
a
God
that
is
unseen
and
then
also
if
you
think
that
you're
outside
of
the
grace
of
God
or
that
even
as
a
believer
you've
lived
in
such
a
way
that
God
has
now
cast
you
aside
who
let's
just
ask
God
to
help
him
apply
his
word
to
our
hearts