Heb 11: 13All 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, admitting that they were foreigners and stranger on earth.
This chapter of Hebrews is the ‘faith chapter’ which
mentioned nineteen people who had lived committed lives to the Lord and whose
names have been recorded for posterity as a light house and a guide for holy
living.
The writer of Hebrews said that all of them were men and
women of great faith and they lived purely by faith and all died in their
faith. They could only look forward to the things which have been promised to
the believers but they only had a picture of the inheritance of the kingdom but
they could not experience the glory of it.
The writer said that we are different from the saints of old
as we now have the Holy Spirit and His work among us. Jesus Christ had sent the
Holy Spirit who now dwells within us and also empowers us to works of miracles.
With the gifts of the Holy Spirit we are now able to have power and authority
over the powers of darkness and we are able to perform miracles of healing and
other supernatural works.
This chapter also reminds us of the faith and the working of
it in the lives of the saints of old. It encourages us to follow in their
footsteps and lean to live and walk like them in the Spirit. They did not have
the Holy Spirit in them and working with them, all they had was the faith and
hope whereas we have the anointing and the presence f the Holy Spirit working
alongside us as we do the work of ministry.
This chapter was written to strengthen and encourage the
present day believers turn our eyes upon the author and finisher of the gospel.
Today we can partner with Jesus and the Holy Spirit to go out and to do the
work of the kingdom.
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