By Faith — The Most Famous Chapter In Hebrews And What The Author Is Actually Doing With It | Hebrews 11 | Bible Chapter by Chapter

In this episode of Bible Chapter by Chapter, we walk verse by verse through Hebrews Chapter 11 — the faith chapter — forty verses that take the theological argument of the entire letter and demonstrate it in specific human lives across the whole sweep of redemptive history.The chapter opens with the definition of faith — assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen. The Greek word for assurance is hypostasis — the same word used in Chapter 1 for the very substance of God's being. Faith is not wishful thinking. It is the faculty that apprehends what is real before it is visible.Then the gallery begins. By faith — Abel. By faith — Enoch. By faith — Noah. By faith — Abraham — who went out not knowing where he went — who lived in tents in the land he was promised — who offered up Isaac accounting that God could raise the dead. By faith — Sarah — who received power to conceive past age because she counted him faithful who had promised. By faith — Moses — who refused the son of Pharaoh's daughter — choosing ill treatment with the people of God — accounting the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt — because he looked to the reward. By faith — Rahab — a Canaanite prostitute — who heard and believed and acted.And then the two lists that close the chapter. Those who by faith subdued kingdoms, escaped the sword, were made strong from weakness. And those who by faith were tortured, stoned, sawn apart, who wandered in sheepskins — of whom the world was not worthy. Both lists. The faith of the one who is delivered and the faith of the one who is not — are the same faith. Deliverance is not the proof.And the close that should stop every reader. These all died in faith — not having received the promises. God having provided some better thing concerning us — so that apart from us they should not be made perfect.Is there something you are holding on to by faith right now — something you have not yet received — where you are tempted to let go? Leave your honest answer in the comments. We read every one.Scripture reading from the World English Bible (WEB). Calm, verse-by-verse devotional format. New episodes every chapter.📺 https://www.youtube.com/@BibleChapterByChapterStudy🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6MnjQf5YAsxCAhha7jCSGD🌐 www.biblechapterbychapter.com#BibleStudy #Hebrews #HoldFast #ByFaith #HebrewsChapter11 #ChristianPodcast #BibleChapterByChapter #Scripture #Faith #Devotional #NewTestament