Faith & Identity - Epistle to the Hebrews Part 30

<p>The author encouraged the Jewish believers to remain steadfast with their faith despite the social discrimination and persecution. He warned them not to shrink back because God would not be pleased. The author taught them that it was impossible to please God without faith (11:6). The author explained that the Jewish heroes lived by faith, inferring that the Jewish believers should continue in faith. Faith is the certainty of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (11:1). The heroes displayed certainty of God’s promises. Some of the people of faith mentioned were the patriarchs. The Patriarchs lived as sojourners; they never adjusted. None of them turned back to their former country; Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob believed until their last breath. They searched for a better place, a heavenly one.</p>