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Hebrews 11- Faith

Benjamin Ng

01 The Faith of Abel

02 The Faith of Enoch

03 The Faith of Noah

05 The Faith of Sarah

08 The Faith of Jacob

09 The Faith of Joseph Part 1

11 The Faith of Moses’ Parents

10 The Faith of Joseph Part 2

13 The Faith of Moses Part 2

14 The Faith of Moses Part 3

12 The Faith of Moses Part 1

15 The Faith of Rahab

16 The Faith of Gideon

07 The Faith of Isaac

17 The Faith of Barak

19 The Faith of Samson

20 The Faith of Jephthah

21 The Faith of David

22 The Faith of Samuel

04 The Faith of Abraham Part 1

06 The Faith of Abraham Part 2

Father in heaven, thank you so much for your watch care over us this past week.

Thank you Lord that you've brought us to another Sabbath.

Thank you Lord that we can come and fellowship together.

Thank you Father for how you have been with us.

And now Lord once more we're asking that you would be with us again to lead us, to guide us, to teach us that we might understand the words that we're about to read and please Lord grace us with our presence we pray in Jesus name amen.

Turn your bowels with me to Hebrews chapter 11.

We have been studying the series on faith and as you see in the title before you clicked on the link, we are looking at the faith of Jacob this evening.

Hebrews chapter 11, we're starting and reading only verse 21.

Hebrews 11 verse 21, the Bible says this, By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph and worshipped leaning upon the top of his staff.

Now, we're not exactly sure what it means by leaning on the top of his staff while he was worshipping, but what we are looking at here this evening is how Jacob had faith by blessing the sons of Joseph.

Now look, by this time, Jacob is an old man.

His eyes have grown dim, he can't see very well anymore, just like what has happened to his father Isaac when he blessed Esau and Jacob, remember that?

And Joseph is now called to the side of Jacob and he knows, Joseph knows that he's soon to pass away and he brings his 2 sons.

Let's turn our Bibles to Genesis chapter 48.

This is a chapter that we're most interested in this evening for our study.

Genesis 48, we're going to start in verse 3.

Genesis chapter 48 and verse 3 the Bible says this multiply thee and I will make of thee a multitude of people and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession.

He blesses Joseph and his sons and in a sense he gives this prophecy to point forward to a time when the children of Israel would inherit the land of Canaan.

Because of the famine they went down to Egypt and it just so happened that his son was the prime minister there.

And so when Jacob utters this in Genesis 48, he's at the end of his life, they're still in Egypt, but yet he reminds him, I'm going to multiply you, I'm going to bless you, and I'm going to give you this land, not the land of Egypt, but the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession.

He saw beyond the comfortable life that he had in Egypt and where they'd already settled, that God would still fulfill his promise, even though in Jacob's eyes, he didn't understand why.

He would not live to see the fulfillment of the prophecy and the promise that was given to him that was passed down from Abraham to Isaac and now to him.

And with the eye of faith, he looks beyond the time that they're currently in and he gives this promise to Joseph, the 1 that who had been there for so long, but yet it was a reminder, Joseph, don't settle here.

Friends, look, we like creature comforts that this life affords.

And we got to be reminded that no matter how comfortable you are, you got to remember that this world is not your home.

And no matter where you live, no matter how big or small your house, we all like to be comfortable.

But we must remember like Jacob, that we're just temporary in this world and that we must live in such a way to remember that, friends.

This is what Hebrews 11 is talking about when it talks about how Jacob, he had faith by blessing the sons of Joseph because he saw beyond his present circumstances to remind him and remind the children, especially as he's passing the blessing on, that remember, the land that God promised, you're going to inherit 1 day.

Even though I don't see how it's gonna happen.

Let's look at this blessing that was given to Jacob.

This chapter, this is when Jacob is running from his brother Esau and he lays down on the floor and uses a stone as a pillow and he has a dream.

And behold, the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham, thy father, and the God of Isaac, the land whereon thou liest.

To thee will I give it and to thy seed, And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, to the east, to the north, and to the south.

And in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

And he called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

This was what Jacob was referring to when he was speaking to Joseph, when God appeared to him at Luz, right?

I just want to show you the progression of how this promise has come from Abraham down to Isaac, then to Jacob, and now he's passing it on to Joseph.

Genesis 26 verse 1 The Lord appeared unto him and said, Go not down into Egypt.

Dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of.

Sojourn in the land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee, for unto thee and to thy seed I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swear unto Abraham thy father.

It's the same promise that Jacob has, that he received and that he passed to Joseph.

And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in the generations for an everlasting covenant to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee and I will give unto thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou art a stranger all the land of Canaan for an everlasting possession and I will be their God." So Jacob is reminded he does not forget what we call the Abrahamic covenant, the covenant that was given to Abraham and that was passed on to Isaac, that was given to him, and that now he is passing it on to Joseph and his children and his seed to remember that Egypt is just a little time that you're here right now.

God still has a promise and a covenant that He must fulfill it.

And it was only by the eye of faith that Jacob saw this.

The book of Acts, I think it records 75 people only went into Egypt.

You will understand that maybe hundreds of years later, they came out and there was a million strong, but it only started with 75 people.

Abraham had no idea, pardon me, Jacob had no idea how this promise would be fulfilled.

It was only by the eye of faith, and that we understand it as He's blessing His sons, that Jacob has faith in God's Word, even though he doesn't know how it's going to be fulfilled, even though they're not coming close to its fulfillment, even though now he's moving away from the land of Canaan down to Egypt, yet he reminds Joseph, do not forget by faith Jacob he blessed the sons of Joseph.

And really, friends, that is the essence of what Hebrews 11, 21 is talking about this evening.

But I'm not going to have just a 10-minute study here with you this evening.

There are important lessons that we can learn from Genesis 48.

I want to go through this study with you and I want to show you this other interesting elements that we see about Jacob blessing the sons of Joseph and how it relates to our life today.

We knew from the fact of how he just blessed the children of Joseph.

But now, look, Jacob, pardon me, Jacob is about to pass down the blessing of the birthright to Joseph.

So when you look at this Abrahamic covenant, the covenant that was given from Abraham to Isaac and then to Jacob.

Remember Isaac was the somewhat only child.

There was Ishmael who was sent away and then Esau was meant to inherit the birthright.

We looked at this last week and then Jacob stole the birthright.

So Jacob, he's about to pass the blessing of the birthright down to Joseph.

Do you know who the birthright is meant for?

Turn with me in your Bibles to Deuteronomy 21.

And I think you know the answer to this, but I just want to show you a Bible text.

Look at this understanding of what the birthright or who inherits the birthright.

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Hebrews 11- Faith

08 The Faith of Jacob

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