FAITH || Lesson 30 

FAITH

Hebrews 11

Lesson Thirty – V.32

Examples of the ancients who were commended for their faith: (Cont’d.)

SAMUEL [Part 1]: V.32 – And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets,

Birth and Dedication

See 1 Samuel 1:19-28.

Let us thank the Lord that He is hereby pointing us to our “spiritual birth.”  See John 3:1-15. 

Note: John 1:11-13 – ¹¹He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.  ¹²Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God–¹³children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.

James 1:18 – He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

1 Peter 1:3, 22-23 – ³Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

²²Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart.  ²³For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 Samuel 1:28 – So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.” And he worshiped the LORD there.

Worshiped the LORD – Let us thank the Lord that He is reminding us of the importance of being true worshipers.  John 4:23-24 – ²³Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.  ²⁴God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth.”

Revelation 14:6-7 – ⁶Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth–to every nation, tribe, language and people.  ⁷He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water.”

Note Matthew 15:7-9 – ⁷You hypocrites! Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you:

⁸” ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.  ⁹They worship me in vain; their teachings are but rules taught by men.

Contrast Acts 24:14-16 – ¹⁴However, I admit that I worship the God of our fathers as a follower of the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that agrees with the Law and that is written in the Prophets, ¹⁵and I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.  ¹⁶So I strive always to keep my conscience clear before God and man.

Let us therefore ask the Lord to help us to be “true worshipers” and, like the heavenly beings, to give Him the glory due to Him.

Note: Isaiah 6:1-3 – In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted, and the train of his robe filled the temple.  ²Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and with two they were flying.  ³And they were calling to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD Almighty; the whole earth is full of his glory.”

Revelation 4:8-11 – ⁸Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

⁹Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, ¹⁰the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:  ¹¹“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”

For you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being – This is an example of the acknowledgement of the Lord as Creator by worshipers.  Other instances:

2 Kings 19:15 – And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

Nehemiah 9:5-6 – ⁵And the Levites–Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah–said: “Stand up and praise the LORD your God, who is from everlasting to everlasting.” “Blessed be your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.  ⁶You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, and all their starry host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to everything, and the multitudes of heaven worship you.

Jeremiah 32:17 – “Ah, Sovereign LORD, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you.

Let us thank the Lord as He directs us to Jeremiah 10:6-7 – ⁶No one is like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.  ⁷Who should not revere you, O King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise men of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

Note Revelation 15:2-4 – ²And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and over the number of his name. They held harps given them by God ³and sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.  ⁴Who will not fear you, O Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed.”