PPT-Hebrews 12:1- 3 (NKJV)

1   Therefore we also since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares us and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us . Reading from God’s Word:. 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,. Lesson 1: . The beginnings of the Hebrew People. 2000 BC. Abraham moves family to Canaan. 1000 BC. 1500 BC. Moses. Receives 10 Commandments. Hammurabi rules Babylonian Empire. New Kingdom Begin in Egypt. Background Information. The High Priest. Source: Dr. Constable’s Notes. Background: Date. Before 70 AD. Author does not mention the destruction of the Temple. He speaks of the Temple in present tense. “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks…”. The . Superior Sacrifice. . Hebrews . 9:23 – 10:18. Jan 25, 2015 Prayer Requests. Danny . Lovato. and Family. Ruth . Gawith. Don Rob. Milton Davis & Kathy Davis. Young families – Gods guiding in upcoming changes.. A Call to Worship. Hebrews 13. Who was Melchizedek . AND 105 OTHER QUESTIONS. FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREWS. ?. NewScientist. More questions and answers from the popular ‘Last Word’ column. Keep on loving each other as brothers. Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and those who are ill-treated as if you yourselves were suffering.. (1) “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good report.. Hebrews 11:1-6. (3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.. 24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. 26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”. 8.. 1. ABRAHAM AND MOSES LEAD THE HEBREWS. A people called the Hebrews (HEE-. brooz. ) appeared in Southwest Asia sometime between 2000 and 1500 BC. Their writings describe the laws of their religion, . And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and . Jephthah. , also . of.  David and Samuel and the prophets: . 33 . who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, . Hebrews 11:1. Faces of Faith. Hebrews 12:1. Conviction…. A Firmly Held Belief. A belief you hold and will not change. Faces of Faith. Joseph’s Faith. Genesis 37-50. Is Unwavering. Genesis 37:2-4. “…and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight.” . -- Numbers 13:33. Background. . (Numbers 13-14). Israel faced great challenges traveling to the Promised Land . Hebrews 4:16. Hebrews. “A better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.”. Hebrews 7:19. Hebrews. Therefore, since we have confidence to enter the holy places . . . let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.”. . We do not know where it was written (Hebrews).. . One of the so far unsolved mysteries of sectarian scholarship is: . Who wrote the Epistle, God only knows” (. Dummelow,10-12. ).. . Martin Luther thought it was Apollos (.