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Hebrews 11:1–17

11/19/2012

 
Click here to read today's passage on Bible Gateway.

Faith
In today's reading we dip into what is often called "the faith chapter" or "the hall of faith".  Many see this as a kind of hall of fame for great faith heroes.  I would urge you to exercise a lot of caution in thinking that way.  There's so much here to encourage us and talk about, but I'll keep it to a simple challenge about being "ordinary heroes":

    "How would you and I live today if we believed absolutely that God existed and loved us completely and had a destination for us that made all the world pale by just one square foot of its turf? How would we live if we believed that God cared about our every action and every concern and wished to reward us magnanimously for our faith? How would you and I live in the face of opposition if we believed in God, really believed as if our whole lives depended on him and his? You say, “But I do; I do believe absolutely. I believe with all I am and all I have.”
    Then how would you live differently if you did not believe? Would there be much difference?
This is a critical question. If all I am and have and do differs little from my unbelieving neighbor, then I have embraced his world and his values and fool myself by saying I am living for another world and kingdom values. My life must be radically different in what I embrace—the values of a heavenly kingdom. When I live “by faith,” I then will be one to whom God can bear witness and one who bears witness to God in such a way that others will be stimulated to faith. My life will portray that “faith works!” Then I will be a “hero” in the best sense of the word, for I will live a life that helps others and honors Another. Then I will be extraordinary, having chosen a narrow path.
    This is not the provenance of “super Christians,” however. Do not check the “Not Applicable” box yet. As Christians we are extraordinary because of what God has done in the midst of and in spite of our spiritual dullness."
[1] (emphasis mine)

[1] George Guthrie, Hebrews, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1998), 390-91.

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