text: Before Anything Else - Favorite Passages of Holy Bible Scripture - SEASONS OF LIFE Seasons of Life In Jesus Christ.
  I pray that you have been taking the fullest advantage of the time away from 'the world', to read more of His Word; to come aside and 'learn to rest' in Him; to pray and praise Him with a heart full of gratitude and thanks to Him. You do know that He cares for us. Let us with our whole heats just love Him in gratitude, and be ever more and more, attentive to the Good Shepherd's Voice. [John 10:11]
  Let us be far more quickly responsive, saying, 'Here am I Lord, use me'. [Isaiah 6:8] Amen. Amen.
  Let us 'truly' 'Examine ourselves'. Is He showing you something to repent of, to give up; to get out of; to help some place; to forgive someone; to come closer to Him, or otherwise? [2 Corinthians 13:5]
  Did you know that you or I, or for that matter, any human being can know definitively what 'pleases God'?
  ​Let's slow down and do a 'thorough study' through a series of posts to see what is found in one of the most important 'chapters' of the Holy Bible, Hebrews Chapter 11. ​audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html Part A
  The nature and power of faith described. (1-3) It is set forth by instances from Abel to Noah. (4-7) By Abraham and his descendants. (8-19) By Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Israelites, and Rahab. (20-31) By other Old Testament believers. (32-38) The better state of believers under the gospel. (39,40) ​audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html
  1 'Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
  [Romans 8:24; 2 Corinthians 4:18; Hebrews 11:13] ​audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html
  3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.' [Genesis 2:1; Job 26:13; Psalm 33:6]
  Now, to dig even deeper in this section, after checking all the cross-reference Scriptures, let's see what Matthew Henry has to add, with the Holy Spirit continuing to direct us to understand Hebrews Chapter 11. ​
  1-3 'Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received, concerning justification by the sufferings and merits of Christ. And the same things that are the object of our hope, are the object of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation, that God will perform all he has promised to us in Christ. This persuasion gives the soul to enjoy those things now; it gives them a subsistence or reality in the soul, by the first-fruits and foretastes of them. Faith proves to the mind, the reality of things that cannot be seen by the bodily eye. It is a full approval of all God has revealed, as holy, just, and good. This view of faith is explained by many examples of persons in former times, who obtained a good report, or an honourable character in the word of God. Faith was the principle of their holy obedience, remarkable services, and patient sufferings. The Bible gives the most true and exact account of the origin of all things, and we are to believe it, and not to wrest the Scripture account of the creation, because it does not suit with the differing fancies of men. All that we see of the works of creation, were brought into being by the command of God.'
  Ponder all the Scriptures, looking up all the cross-references and more as the Holy Spirit leads you.
  We will continue with more 'sections' of Hebrews Chapter 11, with notes and comments on our next post around August 23, 2020.
  Enjoy taking the time, un-interrupted in the Presence of Abba, Father, through Jesus, as led by the 'Indwelling Holy Spirit'. I truly believe this is an advantage of 'time' away from the world, due to such as Covid-19.
  Oh, do not miss this great opportunity to 'seek' and to 'develop' a more 'personal relationship' with the Living God. Continued blessings abound to you as you do so. Amen. Amen.