What does it take to please God? Good deeds? Donations to charity? Regular church attendance? The Bible tells us in one word — faith. In this message from Hebrews 11, Alistair Begg defines faith from a biblical perspective and reminds us that genuine faith in God brings us into a relationship with Him that is vital and relevant in every part of our lives.
By Faith
1Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
4By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks. 5By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God. 6And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 7By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Series: Fix Our Eyes on Jesus, Volume 3
Other messages in: Fix Our Eyes on Jesus, Volume 1
These studies in Hebrews present expository instructions on the two related themes woven throughout the book: Revelation - What God has said to us; and Redemption - What God has done for us.
Hebrews brings together God’s redemptive purposes which began in the Old Testament and demonstrate how Jesus Christ is God’s perfect and only provision for the sins of mankind. The totality of scripture moves us toward the centrality of Christ and this study seeks to explain:
- The superiority of Christ over angels
- The inadequacy of the Old Testament law to clear the conscience
- Christ’s fulfillment of what the sacrificial system only foreshadowed
- Jesus as the Great High Priest and King of a better covenant.
Other messages in: Fix Our Eyes on Jesus, Volume 2
These studies in Hebrews present expository instructions on the two related themes woven throughout the book: Revelation - What God has said to us; and Redemption - What God has done for us.
Hebrews brings together God’s redemptive purposes which began in the Old Testament and demonstrate how Jesus Christ is God’s perfect and only provision for the sins of mankind. The totality of scripture moves us toward the centrality of Christ and this study seeks to explain:
-The superiority of Christ over angels
- The inadequacy of the Old Testament law to clear the conscience
- Christ’s fulfillment of what the sacrificial system only foreshadowed
- Jesus as the Great High Priest and King of a better covenant.
Other messages in: Fix Our Eyes on Jesus, Volume 3
These studies in Hebrews present expository instructions on the two related themes woven throughout the book: Revelation - What God has said to us; and Redemption - What God has done for us.
Hebrews brings together God’s redemptive purposes which began in the Old Testament and demonstrate how Jesus Christ is God’s perfect and only provision for the sins of mankind. The totality of scripture moves us toward the centrality of Christ and this study seeks to explain:
-The superiority of Christ over angels
- The inadequacy of the Old Testament law to clear the conscience
- Christ’s fulfillment of what the sacrificial system only foreshadowed
- Jesus as the Great High Priest and King of a better covenant.
