Hebrews 11:1-12

10:31

The writer of Hebrews was guarding against apostasy on the part of the members

In our present day, we have risk for this in a number of ways:

• More forceful inflammatory comments that are often made on social media that wouldn’t be made face to face
• The watering down of principle within churches (reading from Slouching Toward Gomorrah by Robert Bork)

Five Facts about Faith – Chuck Swindoll in Living Insights Hebrews

1. Faith builds assurance and conviction – it drives out doubts about the past insecurity in the present and fear of the future.
2. Faith faces the future with confidence – It solidifies hope and stand firm in the midst of the gale-force winds of trials.
3. Faith focuses on an invisible reality – It perceives “things not seen,” which unbelievers will never accept.
4. Faith fulfills its purpose in pleasing God – It cannot be substituted by good works, good feelings, or good intentions.
5. Faith fixes our lives fully on God – It takes seriously God’s promise of reward of faithfulness.