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Welcome to Day 2274 of Wisdom-Trek. Thank you for joining me.\nThis is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom\nHebrews 20 Triumphs and Tragedies of the Faithful \u2013 Daily Wisdom\nPutnam Church Message \u2013 09/17/2023\n\nTriumphs and Tragedies of the Faithful - Hebrews 11:23-40\n\nWe continue our extended series through the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. Last, we explored Faithful Walks Worth Following. Our focus was on the patriarchs of Israel: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. This week, we continue this theme and explore the Triumphs and Tragedies of the Faithful.\n\nLet\u2019s read Hebrews 11:23-40.\n\nFaith in Action\n\nBy faith Moses\u2019 parents hid him for three months after he was born,\xa0because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king\u2019s edict.\n\nBy faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh\u2019s daughter. \xa0He chose to be mistreated\xa0along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.\xa0He regarded disgrace\xa0for the sake of Christ\xa0as of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, because he was looking ahead to his reward.\xa0By faith he left Egypt,\xa0not fearing the king\u2019s anger; he persevered because he saw him who is invisible.\xa0By faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood, so that the destroyer\xa0of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.\n\n\xa0By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to do so, they were drowned.\n\nBy faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the army had marched around them for seven days.\n\nBy faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies, was not killed with those who were disobedient,\n\nAnd what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon,\xa0Barak,\xa0Samson\xa0and Jephthah,\xa0about David\xa0and Samuel\xa0and the prophets, \xa0who through faith conquered kingdoms,\xa0administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,\xa0\xa0quenched the fury of the flames,\xa0and escaped the edge of the sword;\xa0whose weakness was turned to strength;\xa0and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.\xa0Women received back their dead, raised to life again.\xa0There were others who were tortured, refusing to be released so that they might gain an even better resurrection.\xa0Some faced jeers and flogging,\xa0and even chains and imprisonment.\xa0They were put to death by stoning;\xa0they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword.\xa0They went about in sheepskins and goatskins,\xa0destitute, persecuted and mistreated\u2014\xa0the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves\xa0and in holes in the ground.\n\nThese were all commended\xa0for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised,\xa0\xa0since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us\xa0would they be made perfect.\n\nBefore we jump back into Hebrews 11, let\u2019s pause for a \u201ctrue or false\u201d quiz.\n

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• (T) (F) Christians never wrestle with doubts.
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• (T) (F) Christians never stumble into sin.
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• (T) (F) Christians are free from imperfection.
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