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Hebrews 11:35-40 (NKJV) Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the…
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Hebrews 11:30-34 (NKJV) By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who did not believe, when she had received the spies with peace. 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me…
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Abraham was a liar that risked his wife’s purity (Genesis 20:1-13), yet God used Abraham to be the example of faith, the Father of believers, and to be the Father of nations. Isaac was a liar that risked his wife’s purity (Genesis 27:1-11), yet God blessed him with the blessings of Abraham. Jacob was…
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This post is long, but I thought I would publish the rest of Hebrews chapter 11, which again gives examples of people of faith, and how God blessed them. Even in death, they received blessings of a better resurrection. Today, we live under the Law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). There are rules of things…
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The Hebrews writer ends chapter 10—39 But we are not those who turn back into eternal ruin but of those who have faith for preserving the soul—and now proceeds to write about faith both its definition and examples. Faith, believing God, is of upmost importance. My translation and notes on Hebrews Chapter 11:1-7 Faith Defined…