Hebrews 11:29-31

 

  I.  By faith we have courage to obey when our path is difficult.

-Ex. 14:10-12, 13-14,

-Ex. 14: 21:22

-when they attempted = he peiran labontes = when they attempted to take

-drowned = katapino = to swallow down, to engulf

-O'Brien "Our author, who is aware of the biblical account with its emphasis on God's awesome salvation, uses it to draw attention to the theme of faith. Israel's trust consisted of their willingness to go forward at God's word, and so they were saved. By contrast, the implication is that the Egyptians came to grief because they had no faith."

 

  II.  By faith we maintain the resolve to obey when our path seems illogical.

-Joshua 5:13-15

 

 III.  By faith we sacrifice all to obey seeing the high price of the path of disobedience.

-Joshua 2:9-11

-Gen. 15:16, Deut. 20:17

-Francis Schaeffer "When the children of Israel were about to leave Egypt, they were given the blood of the Passover lamb under which to be safe. When the people were about the enter the land, they were met by a different, but parallel sign - a red cord hanging from the window of a believer."

-Joshua 6:24-25

-Numb. 7:12, I Chronicles 2:10-11, Matt. 1:4-6

-Luke 9:23-26