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  • Faith that waits
    Heb 11:32-12:3
    Faith operates with a lowest common denominator = below that it evaporates
    When God says follow me then we have a basis on which to go

    V32 the Author gives us some rapid-fire examples of people
    V33 gives in some rapid-fire detail of events

    The point is not to put in chronological sequence but to point to a particular era in Jewish History ... from the Judges to the Kings ... a transition point. Of the Six individuals listed here five of them really failed.

    So why Barak? Judges 4:4-7 Deborah delivered the message ... Barak obeyed

    Why Samson didn’t he take things so casually? He took more to death in his death than in all his life

    Jephthah?
    Judges 11 = he kept his vow

    What about these ''events" = all these were because of the faith of people in God

    The mouths of lions- Daniel
    Quench fire = Shadrach Meschach and Abednego

    Waxed mighty in war = Several times in the OT

    Others tortured ... this word is from the word we get tympani from stretched and beaten like on a Rack

    Mocked - stoned - Sawn in half -

    The names of faith serve as a real encouragement to you and I

    The nature of these people varied wildly

    The nature of these acts reaches far