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Isaac, Jacob, Joseph - Blessing By Faith

Lesson 8

May 15, 2024 • Pastor Chad Thompson • Hebrews 11:20–22

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Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph each had faith even unto the end of their days. But the thing the author of Hebrews zeros in on that they utilized their faith to extend a blessing to their children. Every parent has a God-given responsibility to bless their children. From the word “blessing” we get our word eulogy—“to speak well of.” There three lessons we can learn from these men of faith about blessing by faith.

1) The blessing is a spiritual tool giving hope to your children for the future

2) The blessing is another way of you worshipping God

3) The blessing is a means of interlocking the past with the future

Joshua & Rahab - Victorious Faith

June 5, 2024 • Pastor Chad Thompson • Hebrews 11:23–29

We can learn a great deal about victorious faith from both Joshua and Rahab. We learn that to live out a victorious faith, you must have a personal encounter with God (Jesus) and you must submit to His commands. When you do, you can experience a work of God that has no human explanation, like Joshua and Rahab in the victory and salvation God gave in the battle of Jericho.

Moses - Warring By Faith

May 29, 2024 • Pastor Chad Thompson • Hebrews 11:23–29

Moses life of faith can be divided into three 40 year periods: 40 years of training in Egypt, 40 years of training in the desert, and 40 years of doing what he was trained to do in the previous 80 years. All along the way he had a faith that was tested and tried. He had to learn to war by faith. If we’re going to follow in the footsteps of Moses, waiting, watching, walking, and warring in faith, then we should make the same decisions he made: 1) We must refuse to go with the flow of a sinful society. 2) We must leave the familiar to venture into the foreign. 3) We must swallow our pride and be willing to do the unusual.

Abraham - The Testing Of Faith

May 8, 2024 • Pastor Chad Thompson • Hebrews 11:17–19

Abraham's faith was tested and tested and tested. Some tests he passed. Some tests he failed. But what we do see over time is a growing and strengthening and purifying of his faith. It is as if Abraham were enrolled in a school of faith. One of things that all students in any school have in common is tests. All students are tested to see where they are academically. Our walk with God by faith is a School of Faith. And in the School of Faith we, like Abraham, must have occasional tests, or we will never know where we are spiritually.