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Faith is having confidence in what we hope for and being sure of what we don’t see. That’s what the people of long ago were praised for.

Without faith it’s impossible to please God, because those who come to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who try hard to find him.

By faith we understand that everything was made at God’s command, so that what we see was made out of what was not visible.

By faith Abraham obeyed God and went to the place he would later receive as his own. He did that even though he didn’t know where he was going when God told him to start on his way there. By faith he made his home in the promised land like an outsider in a strange country. He lived there in tents, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who received the same promise he did.

By faith Noah, out of great respect for God, built an ark to save his family after God warned him about things that could not yet be seen. By doing this Noah showed the world that it was guilty, but he was considered right with God because of his faith.

By faith Enoch was taken from this life so that he didn’t experience death. “He couldn’t be found, because God had taken him away.” Before God took him, Enoch was praised as someone who had pleased God.

By faith Abel brought a better offering to God than Cain did. Because of his faith, Abel was praised as a godly man when God said good things about his offerings. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he has died.

By faith Sarah was able to become a mother even when she was too old to have children. God had promised this would happen, and Sarah believed that he was faithful.

Abraham was looking forward to the city that has foundations, the one that God has planned and built.

By faith Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter after he had grown up. He chose to be treated badly with God’s people rather than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short time. He considered it more valuable to suffer shame for Christ than to have the riches of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward. By faith Moses left Egypt. He knew this would make Pharaoh angry, but he wasn’t afraid. He didn’t let anything stop him, because he saw the God who can’t be seen.

By faith Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice when God tested him. This man who had welcomed the promises was ready to offer his one and only son.

By faith Rahab, the prostitute, welcomed the spies, and she wasn’t killed with those who didn’t obey God.

By faith the people of Israel passed through the Red Sea as if it were dry land, but when the Egyptians tried to do that, they were drowned.

By faith Israel’s army marched around the city of Jericho for seven days, and then its walls fell down.

By faith Moses kept the Passover Feast. He commanded the people of Israel to sprinkle blood on their doorways so that the destroying angel wouldn’t kill their oldest sons.

By faith Joseph spoke to the people of Israel about how they would leave Egypt someday. As he was dying, he told them to take his bones with them, to be buried back in their land.

By faith Jacob blessed both of Joseph’s sons when he was dying. He worshiped God as he leaned on the top of his staff.

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau and told them what was going to happen to them.