Series: Jesus Is The Better Hope
Speaker: Daniel Broyles
Big Truth:
Faith In Jesus Brings Endurance
Hebrews 11:32–12:2
[32] And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—[33] who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, [34] quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. [35] Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. [36] Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. [37] They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—[38] of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
[39] And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, [40] since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
[12:1] 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, [2] looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Big Ideas:
Faith In Jesus Leads Us To Hope In God’s Promises (Phil. 3:13-14)
Faith In Jesus Leads Us To Expect Suffering (2 Tim. 3:12)
Faith In Jesus Leads Us To Persevere Through Suffering (Rom. 8:18)
Faith In Jesus Leads Us To Live A Life Of Repentance (Eph 4:22–24)
Faith In Jesus Leads Us To Look To Jesus (Heb. 12:1-2)
Additional References:
Hebrews 11:24–27
[24] By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, [25] choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. [26] He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward. [27] By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.
Romans 8:18–25
[18] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. [19] For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. [20] For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope [21] that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. [22] For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. [23] And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. [24] For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? [25] But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Philippians 3:13–14
[13] Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, [14] I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Matthew 10:34–39
[34] “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. [35] For I have come to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. [36] And a person’s enemies will be those of his own household. [37] Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. [38] And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. [39] Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Matthew 16:24–26
[24] Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. [25] For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. [26] For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul?
John 17:14–26
[14] I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. [15] I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. [16] They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. [17] Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. [19] And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth. [20] “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, [21] that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. [22] The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, [23] I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. [24] Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. [25] O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. [26] I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Ephesians 4:22–24
[22] to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, [23] and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, [24] and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
Hebrews 11 Cross References:
- Abel – Hebrews 11:4 Genesis 4
- Enoch – Hebrews 11:5 Gen. 5:18–24
- Noah – Hebrews 11:7 Gen. 5:29–10:32
- Abraham – Hebrews 11:8–19 Genesis 12–25
- Sarah – Hebrews 11:11 Genesis 12–23; Isa. 51:2
- Isaac – Hebrews 11:17–20 Genesis 17–35
- Jacob – Hebrews 11:21 Genesis 25–50
- Joseph – Hebrews 11:21–22 Genesis 37–50
- Moses – Hebrews 11:23–28 Ex. 2:10 and throughout the Pentateuch
- Rahab – Hebrews 11:31 Josh. 2:1, 3; 6:17–25
- Gideon – Hebrews 11:32 Judges 6–8
- Barak – Hebrews 11:32 Judges 4–5
- Samson – Hebrews11:32 Judges 13–16
- Jephthah – Hebrews 11:32 Judges 11–12; 1 Sam. 12:11
- David – Hebrews 11:32 Ruth 4; 1–2 Samuel
- Samuel – Hebrews 11:32 1 Samuel; 1 Chronicles 6; 9; 11; 26; 2 Chron. 35:18
Application
- Know: Jesus is the founder and perfecter of our faith. Memorize Hebrews 12:1-2.
- Feel: Hope through suffering. Don’t be surprised (1 Peter 4:12), faith in Jesus leads us to expect suffering. Set your hope beyond the circumstances of the day. Consider 1 Peter 4:1–2, [1] Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, [2] so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God.
- Do: Encourage family and friends who are experiencing devastating hardships with the hope of the gospel.
- Want: Meditate on Matthew 6:33, Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.