Faith - Hebrews

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Faith in Braille


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Leap of faith


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Take the first step in faith.

You don't have to see the

whole staircase, just take

the first step.

--Martin Luther King, Jr.


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Faith

11 To have faith is to be sure of thethings we hope for, to be certain of the

things we cannot see.


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11 To have faith is to be sure of thethings we hope for, to be certain of

the things we cannot see.2 It was by their faith that people ofancient times won God's approval.3 It is by faith that we understandthat the universe was created by

God's word, so that what can be

seen was made out of what cannot

be seen.

FAITH / TRUST / BELIEVE


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Gen 1 In the beginning, when God

created the universe, 2 the earth was

formless and desolate. The raging

ocean that covered everything was

engulfed in total darkness, and theSpirit of God was moving over the

water.3 Then God commanded, Let there be

lightand light appeared. 4 God waspleased with what he saw. Then he

separated the light from the

darkness, 5 and he named the light

Day and the darkness Night.

Evening passed and morning came

that was the first day.

Sarah Collins, Hover


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21 When Enoch had lived sixty-five years, he

fathered Methuselah. 22And Enoch walked with

God after he fathered Methuselah three

hundred years, and fathered sons anddaughters. 23And all the days of Enoch were

three hundred and sixty-five years. 24And

Enoch walked with God, and he was no more,

for God took him.

11 5 It was faith that kept Enoch from dying.

Instead, he was taken up to God, and nobody

could find him, because God had taken him

up. The scripture says that before Enoch wastaken up, he had pleased God. 6 No one can

please God without faith, for whoever comes to

God must have faith that God exists and

rewards those who seek him.

Enoch and Elijah (17th c.)


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Noah's Ark by Edward Hicks 1846

Gen 6 11 Now the earth was corrupt in Gods sight and was full of

violence.12 God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people

on earth had corrupted their ways. 13 So God said to Noah, I am going to

put an end to all people, for the earth is filled with violence because ofthem. I am surely going to destroy both them and the earth. 14 So make

yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with

pitch inside and out.22 Noah did everything just as God commanded him.


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8 It was faith that made Abraham obeywhen God called him to go out to a

country which God had promised to

give him. He left his own country

without knowing where he was

going.9

By faith he lived as a foreignerin the country that God had promised

him. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and

Jacob, who received the same

promise from God. 10 For Abraham

was waiting for the city which God has

designed and built, the city with

permanent foundations.

12 The LORD said to Abram,

Leave your country, yourrelatives, and your father's

home, and go to a land that I am

going to show you.


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11 It was faith that made Abraham able

to become a father, even though he

was too old and Sarah herself could

not have children. He trusted God tokeep his promise. 12 Though Abraham

was practically dead, from this one

man came as many descendants as

there are stars in the sky, as many as

the numberless grains of sand on theseashore.

Gen 15 4 Then the word of

the LORDcame to him: Thisman will not be your heir, but a

son who is your own flesh and

blood will be your heir.5 He

took him outside and said,Look up at the sky and count

the starsif indeed you can

count them. Then he said to

him, So shall your

offspring be.


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Romans 418

Against all hope, Abraham in hopebelieved and so became the father of many

nations,just as it had been said to him, So shall

your offspring be.19 Without weakening in his faith,

he faced the fact that his body was as good as

deadsince he was about a hundred years old

and that Sarahs womb was also dead.20 Yet he did

not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of

God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave

glory to God, 21 being fully persuaded that God hadpower to do what he had promised. 22 This is why it

was credited to him as righteousness.


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13 It was in faith that all these persons died. They did not

receive the things God had promised, but from a long way

off they saw them and welcomed them, and admitted

openly that they were foreigners and refugees on

earth.

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Those who say such things make it clear that theyare looking for a country of their own. 15 They did not keep

thinking about the country they had left; if they had, they

would have had the chance to return. 16 Instead, it was a

better country they longed for, the heavenly country. And so

God is not ashamed for them to call him their God,because he has prepared a city for them.


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23 It was faith that made the parents of Moses hide him for three months after he was

born. They saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid to disobey theking's order.

The Finding of Moses 1904

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

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24 It was faith that made Moses, when he

had grown up, refuse to be called the son

of the king's daughter. 25 He preferred to

suffer with God's people rather than to

enjoy sin for a little while. 26 He reckoned

that to suffer scorn for the Messiah was

worth far more than all the treasures of

Egypt, for he kept his eyes on the future

reward.27 It was faith that made Moses leave

Egypt without being afraid of the king'sanger. As though he saw the invisible

God, he refused to turn back. 28 It was

faith that made him establish the

Passover and order the blood to be

sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angelof Death would not kill the first-born sons

of the Israelites.29 It was faith that made the Israelites able

to cross the Red Sea as if on dry land;

when the Egyptians tried to do it, the

water swallowed them up.

The Israelites are eating the

Passover Lamb - Marc Chagall 1931


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30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had

marched around them for seven days.

Tissot, The Seven Trumpets of Jericho


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31 It was faith that kept the

prostitute Rahab from being

killed with those who disobeyed

God, for she gave the Israelite

spies a friendly welcome.

The Harlot of Jericho

and the Two SpiesJames Tissot


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32And what more shall I say? I do not havetime to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson

and Jephthah, about David and

Samuel and the prophets, 33 who through

faith conquered kingdoms, administered

justice, and gainedwhat was promised;

who shut the mouths of lions, 34 quenched

the fury of the flames, and escaped the

edge of the sword; whose weakness was

turned to strength; and who became

powerful in battle and routed foreign

armies.

--Tissot, Gideon and the Angel


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Deborah and Barak go to battletogether from the Saint Louis

Psalter (c. 12521270).

Th Bli di f S R b dt H Rij 1636


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The Blinding of Samson Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1636


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Elisha Raising The Son Of The Shunamite

Frederic Lord Leighton


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28 The woman said to him, Sir, did I ask you for a son? Didn't I tell you not to

get my hopes up?

29 Elisha turned to Gehazi and said, Hurry! Take my walking stick and go.

Don't stop to greet anyone you meet, and if anyone greets you, don't take timeto answer. Go straight to the house and hold my stick over the boy.30 The woman said to Elisha, I swear by my loyalty to the living LORD and to

you that I will not leave you! So the two of them started back

together. 31 Gehazi went on ahead and held Elisha's stick over the child, but

there was no sound or any other sign of life. So he went back to meet Elisha

and said, The boy didn't wake up.

32 When Elisha arrived, he went alone into the room and saw the boy lying

dead on the bed. 33 He closed the door and prayed to the LORD. 34 Then he lay

down on the boy, placing his mouth, eyes, and hands on the boy's mouth,

eyes, and hands. As he lay stretched out over the boy, the boy's body startedto get warm. 35 Elisha got up, walked around the room, and then went back and

again stretched himself over the boy. The boy sneezed seven times and then

opened his eyes. 36 Elisha called Gehazi and told him to call the boy's mother.

When she came in, he said to her, Here's your son.37 She fell at Elisha's feet,

with her face touching the ground; then she took her son and left.


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Others, refusing to accept freedom,

died under torture in order to be raised

to a better life. 36 Some were mocked

and whipped, and others were put in

chains and taken off to prison. 37 Theywere stoned, they were sawed in two,

they were killed by the sword. They

went around clothed in skins of sheep

or goatspoor, persecuted, and

mistreated. 38 The world was not goodenough for them! They wandered like

refugees in the deserts and hills, living

in caves and holes in the ground.39 What a record all of these have won

by their faith! Yet they did not receivewhat God had promised, 40 because

God had decided on an even better

plan for us. His purpose was that only

in company with us would they be

made perfect.

Ascension of Isaiah

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. And they took Isaiah the son ofAmos and sawed him in halves with a

wood saw. And Manassah, Belkira,

and the false prophets, as well as the

princes and the people stood by and

looked on.8. But as for the prophets that were

with Isaiah, before he was sawed in

halves he had said to them to go to the

district of Tyre and Sidon, because for

me alone the Lord has mixed this cup.9. And while Isaiah was sawed inhalves he did not cry out nor weep, but

his mouth spoke with the Holy Spirit

until he was sawed in two.


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39 These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been

promised, 40 since God had planned something better for us so that only together with

uswould they be made perfect.

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