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Our Examples

 Hebrews 11: 1- 40

Our lengthy text passage shows us what faith is, it reveals to us the exploits of faith and informs us that it is in faith that God created the world!

The passage goes on to show us the exploits of faith that God worked through men like you and I.

Those individuals we read about in the passage are examples to us.

These are people who have walked before us, people whose stories show their strengths, weaknesses, successes and failures.

They are called the cloud of witnesses.

They are witnesses who cheer us on from the grand stands of heaven when we please God, do right, walk in love and fulfil our destinies.

We need these examples and their stories in the Bible is worth getting acquainted with.

We are meant to learn from them, that is what the wise will do.

In Mathematics text books, before we get to the sums the students have to solve; there are samples or examples of the topics the students have to study and learn. 

The wisdom in showing examples is to help the student better understand the topic, make learning easier, and to leave the teacher without any blame.

In the same manner God has not left us without examples.

We have been given life examples, spiritual examples.

These examples are characters found in the Bible, they are the heroes of faith who have gone before us or ahead of us.

The Bible calls these cloud of witnesses great examples for us to run our race effectively.

From these life examples or cloud of witnesses, we see how faith is used, how relationships are developed and nurtured with God, we see examples of how to overcome, how to prosper, how to fulfil destiny, how to bring down our giants, how to overcome the enemy and how to receive miracles.

We learn how to win by righteousness, how to advance without compromise, and how to achieve what God has called us to.

Through our examples we learn how to release our faith, we see spiritual realities, we receive insights into what God can do and what we can receive from God.

Their lives have been made an open book to us that in reading and observing their lives we may take note and be inspired.

2 Timothy 3:16

As we learn from them we become blessed.

From them we learn to obtain a good report.

Their lives have been put together by God, that they may mentor us on our life's journey.

These examples we have are not things or inanimate objects.

These are the stories of living people who are still alive today.

The Bible informs us God is a God of the living and not the dead.

Mark 12: 26,27

The cloud of witnesses are alive today, they cheer us on as we move progress on our spiritual journey.

The children of Israel have been given to us as examples, we learn from their historical accounts, from their sufferings, their journeys, their actions, and their choices.

1 Corinthians 10:6

1 Corinthians 10:11

Jesus the Christ, our Savior and soon coming king is part of the cloud of witnesses.

He is our standard and ultimate example.

In Him we do not only see how to overcome sin but we receive grace to overcome sin.

Through Him we do not only learn how to release faith but we receive faith from Him.

In Jesus we do not only learn how to pray but we are encouraged and empowered to pray.

Through the life story of Jesus we do not only get inspiration, we get empowerment from Him through His Spirit.

Matthew 3:11

We are surrounded by all these great, interesting, and inspiring examples that we may run our life's race well and not have reasons to fail God and ourselves.


Olutosin Ogunkolade a Teacher-Pastor shares this teaching

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