There is only one place where we can find God’s inductees into Faith’s Hall of Fame–the eleventh chapter of the New Testament book of Hebrews. There is only one qualification for entry–the possession of great faith. There are some predictable heroes enshrined there—people like Noah, Abraham and Moses. But there are some notable surprises as well. People like Enoch, Jacob and Rahab have also found their way there, for they demonstrated God honoring faith in some unique ways.
When our “experience” doesn’t line up with our selectively desired attributes of God, we begin to elevate our experience above the totality of God’s character revealed in Christ and evident in Scripture. Instead, we need to be even more vigilant in remaining confident in God’s character because our hope from Him is unlike any other hope on this side of eternity.
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By examining a portion of the resurrection of Jesus found in Luke 24, we discover three powerful truths about the resurrection of Jesus. We see that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a paradigm-shattering historical event, is the key to understanding the message of the entire Bible and is the strongest message of hope for the world possible.
Even Jesus’ birth evoked violent opposition and that opposition resulted in horrible tragedy. By studying this story we will learn three lessons: (1) Jesus’ entrance into the world evokes opposition, (2) God works in unexpected ways, and (3) the whole Bible is really about Jesus!
What does God say about where human history is headed? Even though these two chapters near the end of the Bible were addressed to the 1st century readers, we too can use them to find the hope we need to move forward.
James says Elijah was a man with a nature like ours (James 5:17)—and from him we learn that effectual, earnest prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.
