Key Thought: Hebrews 11 tells us that faith is confidence in God’s promises and how it was obtained through examples of the past.
March 12, 2022

1. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 11:1-19.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What did these heroes of faith do that exemplified their faith?
3. Personal Application: Have you ever seen God leading you in your past? Share an experience that has affected you personally.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why is meditating on how God has led in our lives in the past so important for maintaining our faith and trust in Him now?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 11:20-28.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What did these men of faith do? How are their actions related to things not seen?
3. Personal Application: What are some struggles you have experienced because of your faith? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Have ever had to give up anything for your faith? Why is the reward worth it, if you can’t see it now?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 11:31, Joshua 2:9-11.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Why was Rahab, a pagan prostitute, included in the list of sacred Biblical characters?
3. Personal Application: How do we react to this? Hope, because if He could take a prostitute: He could take all of your sins; or uneasiness, because how could He save a pagan prostitute? Where is the standard of goodness and holiness? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “Why do you have so much faith in the six-day Creation, the Exodus from Egypt, the cross of Christ as Biblical historical events when you haven’t seen any of these things happen?” How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Hebrews 12:1-4.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How do we resist unto blood, striving against sin? Do we get tired and weak-minded in our efforts?
3. Personal Application: How do we lay aside the sin that so easily besets us? We aren’t David, Paul, Moses, or Samuel. We are just regular people trying to survive and live good lives. Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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Read Hebrews 11:20-28. What did these men of faith do? How are their actions related to hope and to things not seen?

Moses is the second major example in this chapter of faith. The life of Moses is introduced and concluded by two actions of defiance to the king. His parents hid Moses when he was born, because “they were not afraid of the king’s edict” (Hebrews 11:23, ESV), and Moses left Egypt, “not being afraid of the anger of the king” (Hebrews 11:27, ESV).

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The most significant action of Moses was, however, that he “refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter” (Hebrews 11:24). The reference to Moses’ adoptive mother as “Pharaoh’s daughter” suggests that he was slated to be the next Pharaoh. Moses, however, was willing to leave behind the prospect of becoming the ruler of the most powerful nation at that time and to become, instead, the leader of newly freed slaves-refugees, actually.

Compare Hebrews 11:24-27 and Hebrews 10:32-35. What were the similarities between the situation of the original recipients of Hebrews and the experience of Moses?

The greatness of Moses was that he was able to see beyond the promises of the king of Egypt and look toward the unseen, namely, the promises of God. Hebrews says the key was that Moses’ sight was fixed on “the reward,” not on the riches of Egypt. This reward is the same reward mentioned in Hebrews 10:35, which God has promised to all who believe in Him.

Paul’s words about Moses’ decision must have echoed powerfully in the hearts of his original readers. They had been enduring reproaches and insults because of their faith in Christ. They had also been afflicted and lost their possessions (Hebrews 10:32-34). Some were in prison (Hebrews 13:3). In parallel, Moses chose to be mistreated with God’s people, exchanging the wealth of Egypt for bearing the insults associated with Christ because he believed that the reward of Christ was greater than whatever Egypt could offer.

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