Hebrews 11မွ လူႀကိဳက္ႏွစ္သက္ေသာ က်မ္းပိုဒ္မ်ား။

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This is what it means to trust God: We will be sure about the things that we hope for. We will be sure in our minds about things that we cannot even see. It was because of the faith of our ancestors that God said good things about them.

Unless we trust God, it is impossible for us to make God happy. Anyone who comes to God must believe that God is there. They must also believe that God helps everyone who wants to know him.

Because of faith, we understand about how God made the universe. He spoke his word to make it happen. In that way, God made all the things that we can see. He made them from things that nobody can see.

Abraham also believed God. When God told him to leave his home, he obeyed God. He left his home to go to another country, but he did not know where he was going. It was the place that God had promised to give to Abraham. Because of his faith, Abraham went to live like a stranger in that foreign country. God had promised to give that country to him, but Abraham lived there in tents. Isaac and Jacob also lived there in tents like strangers. God had also promised them that the land would belong to them one day.

Noah believed God too. God told Noah about bad things that would happen. Nobody could see what would happen, but Noah believed God's message. He was careful to do exactly what God told him. He built a large ship to save his family. As a result of his faith, Noah showed that everyone else in the world was wrong. Noah himself became one of those people that God accepted as righteous. They are right with God because they trust him.

Enoch also believed God. Because of Enoch's faith, God took him away to heaven. He did not die like other people. As a result, nobody could ever find him, because God had taken him away. Before God took him away, it was clear that Enoch had made God happy.

Abel believed God. So he offered a better sacrifice to God than Cain did. And because of Abel's faith, God accepted him as a righteous man. God said that he was pleased with Abel's gifts. Because Abel trusted God, we can still learn from his faith. Abel died long ago, but it is like he is still speaking to us.

Abraham and his wife, Sarah, were too old to have children. But Abraham believed God's promise that they would have children. He trusted God to do what he had promised. As a result of his faith, God made it possible for him and Sarah to have a baby.

We see that Abraham was waiting to live in God's special place. That is the city that God himself has built. God has made it very strong so that it will be there for ever.

Moses himself also believed God. When he became a man, he refused to be called the son of the king's daughter. Instead, Moses chose to join with God's people. He chose to suffer together with them. He did not want to live in the king's house and do wrong things. He would only be happy for a short time there. Moses could have been very rich in Egypt. But instead, he let people insult him. He chose to suffer on behalf of God's Messiah. He thought that was worth more than if he had a lot of money. He thought carefully about what God would give him at a future time. As a result of his faith, Moses left Egypt. He knew that the king would be angry, but Moses was not afraid of him. Instead, he continued to trust God. Nobody can see God, but Moses lived as if he could see God.

Here is another example of Abraham's faith. God wanted to see whether Abraham really trusted him. Because Abraham believed God, he offered his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice. God had promised Abraham that he would have many descendants. But Abraham was still ready to offer his only son as a sacrifice.

Rahab, who had been a prostitute in Jericho, also trusted God. She helped the men from Israel who had secretly come to the city earlier. Rahab welcomed them into her home. As a result of her faith, she did not die with all the other people in Jericho who did not obey God.

Because of their faith, Israel's people walked across the Red Sea. They walked through there as if they were walking on dry land. But when the soldiers from Egypt tried to go across the same place, they drowned.

Because of their faith, Israel's people marched around Jericho city for seven days. Then the city's walls fell down.

As a result of his faith, Moses told Israel's people to prepare the first Passover meal. He told them to put blood from the sacrifice round their doors. Then the angel who destroyed each family's oldest sons came to every home in Egypt. When he saw the blood, he did not kill anyone in the families of Israel's people.

Joseph also believed God. At the end of his life, he spoke about what would happen to the Israelites after his death. He understood that they would leave Egypt one day. As a result of his faith, he told his family where they should bury his bones.

Jacob believed God. As a result of his faith, he asked God to bless each of Joseph's sons. Jacob did that when he was dying. At that time, he used his stick to hold himself up while he worshipped God.

Isaac himself also believed God. As a result of his faith, he asked God to bless his sons, Jacob and Esau. He trusted that God would help them in the future.