Category: 2022 – Hall of Faith

Dr. Alan Redpath, a Bible expositor of a past generation, once said, “When God seeks to accomplish an impossible task, he takes an impossible man and crushes him!” What an apt summary of Jacob, the unlikely wrestler!

Jacob spent his life as a deceiver—known as the “Heel-Grabber” from the womb, the “Supplanter,” and the “Trickster”—yet he lands in the hall of faith. 

Out of Jacob’s entire life of 147 years, the writer of Hebrews singles out his act of blessing Joseph’s sons as the outstanding example of Jacob’s faith. As Jacob blesses Joseph and his sons, he recalls how God has been his shepherd and his guardian angel (Genesis 48:15-16). 

Consider the ways that God has been a shepherd to you to guide you and provide for you, or how God has been an angel to protect you from harm.

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Is it hard for you to make decisions without knowing some aspect of what’s going to happen next?  Consider what God asked Abraham to do:

1. Leave his support system, church, and extended family behind without any clear understanding of what the experience would be like; and
2. Sacrifice one of his children.

And, God found Abraham faithful.

When the writers of Scripture wanted a model of faith, their eyes almost always turned to Abraham.  In fact, he occupies nearly half the space in our “Faith” chapter (Hebrews 11).  Other men and women lived lives of impressive faith, but no one’s faith is celebrated like Abraham’s.

Abraham is the greatest hero of faith before Jesus and “the father of all who believe” (Romans 4:11)—who should be celebrated this Father’s Day!

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