Bible Study (1) - Walking by Faith - Hebrews 11:1-40 - June 1, 2025

 

Bible Study (1) – Walking by Faith – Hebrews 11:1-40 – June 1, 2025

Walking and living by faith begins with being in right relationship with GOD through faith in JESUS.

The right relationship with GOD and JESUS for any person is to be “born-again” Spiritually into GOD’S eternal Family.

This is a radical change for the redeemed person. He/she has been changed by the power of GOD from being a person traveling to Hell to a redeemed person on the path to eternal Life in Heaven through faith in JESUS.

How does a person do that? GOD has HIS redemptive plan through faith in HIS only SON, JESUS. HIS plan is open to all people. Salvation is open to any and all people. A person must believe that JESUS was and is the perfect acceptable sacrifice to GOD for all sin. The sinless blood of JESUS was shed upon the cross to pay, in full, for all sins for all who place their faith in the passion of JESUS.

The basics of salvation as written in John 3:16-21:

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he (GOD) gave his one and only Son (JESUS), that whoever believes in him (JESUS) shall not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him (JESUS) is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. ¹⁹ This is the verdict: Light (JESUS) has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. ²⁰ Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. ²¹ But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.

Nothing is hidden!!!

GOD and JESUS already know your heart, so fess up and ask JESUS to forgive you for all of your sins and ask JESUS to come into your heart and save your soul. That is Spiritual Birth or being “Born-again.”

Being born again in your spirit is spiritual birth and it is eternal because the Divine Sperm, The Holy Spirit unites with your human spirit and spiritual conception takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye. In that instant you become GOD’S eternal Son or Daughter and will never experience the physical death of your body. Your “born-again” spirit will exit your physical body before your physical body dies.

How do I know that? You might go to actsclass.blogspot.com and in the upper left corner of the blog you will see a space, type in Mrs. Green.

This is why JESUS came to earth physically as 100% human, yet 100% GOD and subject to sinning. JESUS was tempted in all ways humans are tempted, yet without sin.

For JESUS to be the perfect sacrifice for all sin. JESUS had to be the perfect and acceptable sacrifice to GOD, HIS FATHER for all sin. HE had to be capable of sinning, but HE chose not to sin. So, anyone reading this has the opportunity to be “born-again,” through faith in JESUS. Ask JESUS to forgive you for all your sins and ask JESUS to come into your life believing that JESUS paid your sin debt in full by HIM giving HIS sinless life to pay your sin debt.

The Holy Spirit came upon The Virgin Mary, who was chosen by GOD. Mary conceived JESUS by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit came upon Mary and conceived and physically gave birth to JESUS, nine months later. The power of the Holy Spirit coming upon the Virgin Mary, resulted in JESUS. The power of the Holy Spirit coming upon a person asking GOD to forgive him/her for their sins through faith in JESUS and for JESUS to redeem him/her from his/her sins is also a miracle. The result is a person, male or female being “born-again” or “Spirit-born” into GOD’S eternal Family.

Spiritual birth is a miracle which reveals to all people GOD’S power for any person, male or female, of any race to be “born-again” Spiritually. The instant a person asks JESUS to forgive him or her for his/her sins and for JESUS to come into his or her heart, that person is “born-again.” The Divine Sperm of GOD, The Holy Spirit unites with the human spirit (consider the human spirit as the human egg), Spiritual conception takes place quicker than the twinkle of the eye.

It is the “born-again”/” Spirit-born” person that is conceived by the Holy Spirit and is GOD’S eternal “Son” or “Daughter.” This conversion is possible for any person, through faith in JESUS. There is no other way to eternal life except through faith in JESUS.

JESUS willingly came to earth to live a sinless life and to give HIS sinless life to atone for all sin. However, each individual must be redeemed from his/her sins by placing his/her faith in JESUS, which was and is GOD’S redemptive plan of salvation for ALL people through faith in JESUS and HIS passion.

JESUS lived a sinless life upon earth. JESUS was capable of sinning, but HE knew HIS FATHER’S redemptive plan rested upon the fact that HE had to remain sinless and HE accomplished HIS purpose for HIS FATHER-GOD and for all people who place their faith in JESUS to be “Born-again” and become eternal citizens of Heaven. Thank YOU, JESUS!!!

JESUS lived a sinless life upon earth, thus becoming the perfect acceptable sacrifice to GOD to pay, in full, for both the original sin of Adam and Eve and all the sins of humanity. JESUS paid the sin debt for all people by HIS shed Blood. JESUS paid the sin debt in full but each and every person must acknowledge that HE did and accept the fact that HE did by faith.

How about children? There is an age of accountability. Only GOD knows that age for every person from the fetus to the oldest person to ever live. But do not try to get to Heaven on a technicality, ask JESUS to forgive you for your sins and for JESUS to come into your heart/life and save you from eternity in Hell. Heaven is just that, Heaven!!! And you don’t want to miss it. Eternity is just that – eternal!

GOD and JESUS redemptive plan is just for you. If you had been the only person to accept JESUS as your Savior, JESUS would have given HIS sinless life just for you. Now, that is personal. This was and is GOD’S redemptive plan.

The shedding of blood goes back to the Law as revealed in the Old Testament and repeated in the New Testament in Hebrews 9:22:

According to the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

The atonement for all sin had to be prefect and acceptable to GOD!!!

JESUS was the perfect acceptable sacrifice to GOD for all sin for all who will place their faith in JESUS and HIS Passion – physical death upon the cross, shedding of HIS blood, physical death and bodily resurrection, which shows to all people that JESUS conquered death!!!

When any person places his/her faith in JESUS, he or she will conquer eternal death because faith in JESUS is the ONLY way to eternal life.

How do you choose? The choice is yours to make. Choose wisely my friend.

GOD is the architect of salvation as revealed in John 3:16: ¹⁶ For God loved the world in this way:^[a] He gave^[b] his one and only Son (JESUS), so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

Faith in JESUS and HIS passion is the only way to eternal life.

What did JESUS’ passion entail? – HIS physical life as a human upon earth, sinless life, physical death to reveal that JESUS was 100% human. GOD resurrected JESUS from physical death to eternal life on the third day and JESUS physically walked upon earth 40 days after HIS resurrection. JESUS is the first fruit from the grave to be resurrected and walk physically and eternally as proof that HE conquered physical death and received eternal life. JESUS is proof to all humans and is their guarantee that any person who places his/her faith in JESUS will be “Born-again” and receive eternal life. It is the Spirit-born person’s “born-again” Spirit that exits the human body before the Spirit-born person’s body dies physically.

As GOD’S Son or Daughter, talk to GOD as you would to your very closest friend to whom you can talk truthfully and plainly. HE already knows you intimately. GOD even knows the number of hairs on your head. You are GOD’S SON or DAUGHTER through faith in JESUS.

Dear FATHER, thank YOU for sending YOUR ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, JESUS, to earth to atone for all sin and redeem all from eternal death who place their faith in YOU, JESUS, and YOUR passion.

What does “begotten” mean? Natural born, yet a divine relationship. Yes, JESUS, who lived a 100% human life was conceived by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the Virgin Mary. GOD chose Mary to give birth to HIS Only SON, JESUS. The immaculate conception of JESUS is a foreshadow of the redemption of all who place their faith in JESUS and are “born-again” in their spirit and redeemed from Hell.

FATHER, for all who read this, open their eyes to YOUR truth of eternal life through faith in JESUS, The Hope of Glory. All who have been redeemed have received one or more Spiritual gifts. Reveal to each person his/her Spiritual Gift (s) and empower them to live by Faith and use their Spiritual Gift or Gifts as YOU lead and direct as he/she grows Spiritually and walks with YOU, as led by the Holy Spirit.

I am praying and considering a series on Spiritual Gifts. Please pray with me.

Once a person is born-again, faith is vital as he/she walks with GOD through faith in JESUS.

What is faith? Let’s explore!!!

Living by Faith – GOD’S Hall of Fame:

Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the reality^[a] of what is hoped for, the proof^[b] of what is not seen. ² For by this our ancestors were approved.

³ By faith we understand that the universe was^[c] created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.^[d]

⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was approved as a righteous man, because God approved his gifts, and even though he is dead, he still speaks through his faith.

⁵ By faith Enoch was taken away, and so he did not experience death. He was not to be found because God took him away.^[e] For before he was taken away, he was approved as one who pleased God. ⁶ Now without faith it is impossible to please God, since the one who draws near to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

⁷ By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, Noah built an ark to deliver his family from death. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of righteousness that comes by faith.

⁸ By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed, and set out for a place that he was going to receive as an inheritance. He went out, even though he did not know where he was going. ⁹ By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

¹¹ By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she^[f] considered that the one who had promised was faithful. ¹² Therefore, from one man—in fact, from one as good as dead—came offspring as numerous as the stars of the sky and as innumerable as the grains of sand along the seashore.

¹³ These all died in faith, although they had not received the things that were promised. But they saw them from a distance, greeted them, and confessed that they were foreigners and temporary residents on the earth. ¹⁴ Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. ¹⁵ If they were thinking about where they came from, they would have had an opportunity to return. ¹⁶ But they now desire a better place—a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and yet he was offering his one and only son, ¹⁸ the one to whom it had been said, Your offspring^[g] will be traced through Isaac.^[h] 19 He considered God to be able even to raise someone from the dead; therefore, he received him back, figuratively speaking.^[i]

²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. ²¹ By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.^[j] 22 By faith Joseph, as he was nearing the end of his life, mentioned^[k] the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions concerning his bones.

²³ By faith Moses, after he was born, was hidden by his parents for three months, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they didn’t fear the king’s edict. ²⁴ By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter ²⁵ and chose to suffer with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure of sin. ²⁶ For he considered reproach for the sake of Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt since he was looking ahead to the reward.

²⁷ By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees him who is invisible. ²⁸ By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites. ²⁹ By faith they crossed the Red Sea as though they were on dry land. When the Egyptians attempted to do this, they were drowned.

³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after being marched around by the Israelites for seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the prostitute welcomed the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.

³² And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, ³³ who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the raging of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight. ³⁵ Women received their dead, raised to life again. Other people were tortured, not accepting release, so that they might gain a better resurrection. ³⁶ Others experienced mucking and scourging, as well as bonds and imprisonment. ³⁷ They were stoned,^[l] they were sawed in two, they died by the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, and mistreated. ³⁸ The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and on mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

³⁹ All these were approved through their faith, but they did not receive what was promised, ⁴⁰ since God had provided something better for us, so that they would not be made perfect without us.

Faith in JESUS provides full and complete redemption from sin and physical death which was bestowed upon the human race when Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit. Adam in the Garden of Eden was the first Adam. GOD put Adam in charge of the Garden of Eden, and he failed his calling. GOD had a backup redemptive plan which required a second Adam, GOD’S only SON JESUS. JESUS willingly left HIS eternal home in Heaven to come to earth to be the perfect acceptable sacrifice to GOD for all sin and establish the path to eternal life through faith in JESUS for humans seeking salvation.

JESUS lived a sinless life upon earth, yet HE was tempted in all ways as we are tempted, yet without sin. When we, by faith, ask JESUS to forgive us for our sins and for JESUS to come into our hearts, HE does, and we Spiritually become eternal members of GOD’S Family through the miracle of Spiritual birth.

But we sin, then what? We are to confess our sins, repent (stop sinning) and ask GOD to be our strength through our faith in JESUS and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Some may say, “I do not believe in the HOLY SPIRIT.” The HOLY SPIRIT is the third person of the Trinity. Then you have put up your own barrier. If you have been “born-again” rebuke that lie in the Name of JESUS and ask GOD and JESUS to reveal to you what you need to confess to get back in right standing and fellowship with GOD, through your faith in JESUS.

You may need to ask the Holy Spirit to examine your relationship with JESUS and you may need a redo.

Once truly saved, always saved! But we can allow barriers to come between us and faithfully walking with GOD and JESUS, according to the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

Dear FATHER and JESUS, if anyone who is reading this and who has been in fellowship with YOU and JESUS through faith in JESUS but now is in the far country, know that you, GOD, and JESUS are exactly where you left them. Return home and ask for forgiveness as a prodigal son or daughter and ask for your relationship with both GOD, your FATHER and JESUS, your Savior and Brother be restored in a most profound way. I ask that your fellowship be fully restored.

You are precious to both GOD and JESUS. Continue your walk with JESUS because HE has not given up on you. Do not give up on YOURSELF. You are precious to both GOD and JESUS. Welcome home fellow Christian, hold your head high and walk with pride because JESUS gave HIS sinless life just for you.

Satan will come after you and when he does rejoice, because then you will know that you are walking in step with JESUS.

Know that JESUS, WHO is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world. Live in victory!!!

Blessings!!!