614 - Les Feldick Bible Study - Lesson 1 Part 2 Book 52 - By Faith - Part 2

https://lesfeldickbiblestudy.com Through the Bible with Les Feldick LESSON 1 * PART 2 * BOOK 52 By Faith - Part 2 Hebrews 11:9–23 In our last lesson we finished verse 9 of chapter 11. So let’s go to verse 10. Hebrews 11:10a Abraham - because of that Abrahamic Covenant. As I mentioned in the last program, they became a nation of people when they were in Egypt in slavery. Come all the way back to Genesis chapter 46, and let’s start with verse 1. Genesis 46:1-3a 2. And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. 3. And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt;…" Now you remember in the last program we read where God told Isaac what? Don’t go to Egypt. Sojourn in the land of promise and I will bless you. "…fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there (down in Egypt) make of thee a great nation:" See how plain this is. Now back to Hebrews chapter 11, and verse 10. Hebrews 11:10 "For he looked for a city (a city of which this King would be ruling and reigning) which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." Well, all that was out in the future from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’s day, but they looked forward by faith. All right, now verse 11. Hebrews 11:11 Now you’re going to probably get tired of hearing me hammer faith, but remember, this is what God is looking for. God wants people who will believe what He says. All right, that’s the whole idea, how that God responds to the faith of human kind. Now verse 12. So because of the faith of Abraham and Sarah: Now finishing the verse. Hebrews 11:12b It’s just simply to show us that the number of people that came from Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were such a multitude. That a little nation of only an average of 10 million people should have disappeared. Verse 13 now. Hebrews 11:13a faith,…" They never stopped believing that this Abrahamic promise was going to be fulfilled through this nation of people coming from these three men. All right, they didn’t receive the promises. Not on this earth. Hebrews 11:13b All right now then, verse 14. Hebrews 11:14 Let’s go back to Luke chapter 1 - and this of course is the father of John the Baptist at the time of John the Baptist’s birth. Luke 1:67-68a Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;…"Now every time I teach this I make the point - there’s no Gentile in here. Israel. "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel." Romans 15:8 "Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:" That’s what Paul writes in Romans, that Jesus Christ came to confirm these promises that Hebrews is also reviewing. The promises that have been made to Israel. All right, verse 69. Luke 1:69-70 We’re talking to Israel. Luke 1:71a "That we (the Nation of Israel) should be saved from our enemies,…" Now goodness sakes, who were Israel’s enemies at the time of the birth of John the Baptist? The Egyptians hated the Jews. The Arab world hated the Jews. Luke 1:71b-73 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73. The oath which he sware to our father Abraham," They hadn’t forgotten what God had promised to Abraham. Israel is back in the land for the most part. Hey, this is all promised. Matthew 24:9 Now, never forget, why are the Jews such a hated people? Because Satan knew, from the day that God told Abraham, that that nation of people would be the nation through whom all the blessings of the world would come. And Satan knew that if he could destroy the Jewish people, then everything that God said falls through the cracks. Satan is doing everything he can to thwart the will of God and if God does not have the Nation of Israel on which He can fulfill His promises, then He’s lost His Sovereignty and Satan knows that. We did verse 73. "The oath which he sware to our father Abraham." Now here comes the promise again. Now remember this Zacharias, a priest of Israel, is under the power of the fullness of the Holy Spirit as he speaks. Luke 1:74-75 "That he would grant unto us, (the Nation of Israel) that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him (their Messiah, their King, their Savior, their Redeemer. How?) without fear, (it’ll be Heaven on earth. See?) Hebrews 11:13 "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, (they never did have that king. All right, verse 14. Hebrews 11:14-15 "Oh, would to God that we’d stayed in Egypt." See? You know I’ve said on this program over and over - God never, through Paul’s writings or anybody else, promises the believer a life of a rose-petaled pathway. God does not promise us a rose-petaled pathway. Okay, now verse 16. Verse 16. Hebrews 11:16a Hebrews 11:16b "…that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city." God hasn’t forgotten. God is never going to go back on His Word. #LesFeldick #BibleStudy #Bible