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Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Devotional: October 20th

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Hebrews 10:32-39; ; Hebrews 11:1-7

The Hebrew Christians had accepted, and accepted joyfully, the loss of their earthly possessions (cf. Matthew 5:12). What was their secret? Faith, which laid hold of better things beyond the reach of their persecutors. But faith is not just necessary on bad days or at the time of conversion. It is the living, vital principle of the righteous. It makes the future present and the invisible visible. Those who do not have faith cannot persevere. They draw back and God has no pleasure in them (v. 38; Hebrews 4:2; 1 Corinthians 10:5). Without faith, repeats Hebrews 11:6, it is impossible to please Him. But now God is going to introduce to us some of those in whom He does take pleasure (Psalms 16:3). In ch. 11 different aspects of the life of faith are illustrated by witnesses from the Old Testament. In Abel we see this faith laying hold of redemption by the offering of a sacrifice acceptable to God. In Enoch it walks towards its heavenly goal. In Noah it condemns the world and preaches divine righteousness. Thus faith characterises the whole Christian life. And having reached the last steps of this walk of faith, now is not the time to throw away our confidence. "For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come" (v. 37). This description is enough. The Lord Jesus is the One who is coming; we are "them that look for him" (Hebrews 9:28).

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