Heb 11:13-16 Faith Sets its Hope Beyond the Grave

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Faith Sets its Hope Beyond the Grave

Heb 11:13-16 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. Instead, they were longing for a better country— a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

"We live by faith, not by sight." 2Cor 5:7 What characterizes a lifestyle of faith? It's what you say and what you do.

Paul says of the Thessalonians, "For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you" 1Th 1:4 Why?

• You became imitators of us and of the Lord; 1Th 1:6a
• in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 1Th 1:6b
• you became a model to all the believers 1Th 1:7a
• The Lord’s message rang out from you ... your faith in God has become known everywhere. 1Th 1:8
• you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead— Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. 1Th 1:9,10
  

1Peter 2:11,12 Dear friends, I urge you, as aliens and strangers in the world, to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul. Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.

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