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Day By Day By Grace
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Bob Hoekstra
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November 17
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<h1>Reflecting on the Extensive Consequences of Walking by Faith</h1>
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<div class="block"><i>By <b>faith Noah</b>…By <b>faith Abraham</b>…By <b>faith Sarah</b>…By <b>faith Moses</b>…By <b>faith</b> the harlot <b>Rahab</b>…<b>David</b> and <b>Samuel</b> and the <b>prophets</b>: who through <b>faith</b>…And <b>others</b>…Still <b>others</b>…<b>all these</b>, having obtained a <b>good</b> <b>testimony</b> through <b>faith</b>.</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '7-7');">Hebrews 11:7</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '8-8');">8</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '11-11');">11</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '24-24');">24</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '31-31');">31</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '32-33');">32-33</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '35-35');">35</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '36-36');">36</a>, <a onClick="return mV('Hbr', 11, '39-39');">39</a>)</div>
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<p>God wants us to live by His <b>grace</b>. <i>"<b>Grow</b> in the <b>grace</b> and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('2Pe', 3, '18-18');">2 Peter 3:18</a>). Therefore, we must walk by <b>faith</b>, since <b>faith</b> accesses <b>grace</b>. <i>"Through whom also we have <b>access</b> by <b>faith</b> into this <b>grace</b> in which we stand"</i> (<a onClick="return mV('Rom', 5, '2-2');">Romans 5:2</a>). In a series of meditations, we have been considering the <b>extensive consequences of walking by faith</b> (and thereby drawing upon the effective grace of God). <b>Reflecting</b> upon the broad and diverse dimensions of these consequences brings encouragement and edification.</p>
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<p><i>"By <b>faith Noah</b>"</i> undertook an amazing task (building an ark) to prepare for an event never before experienced (a worldwide flood). <i>"By <b>faith Abraham</b>"</i> obediently left his familiar homeland for an uncertain destination. He also counted on God to do all the great things He had promised (including, blessing all nations through him). <i>"By <b>faith Sarah</b>,"</i> miraculously (in her old age) bore a son for the fulfillment of God's plan. Later, by <b>faith</b>, <b>Abraham</b> laid the promised son upon the altar of God. All along the way, he lived as a pilgrim journeying toward an eternal, heavenly home.</p>
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<p><i>"By <b>faith Moses</b>"</i> forsook the privileges and pleasures of the world to lead God's people out of bondage. <i>"By <b>faith</b> the harlot <b>Rahab</b>"</i> helped the Israelites, identified with the true and living God, and was rescued from judgment. <i>"<b>David</b> and <b>Samuel</b> and the <b>prophets</b>"</i> (and others like them) <i>"through <b>faith</b>"</i> conquered nations, grew in godliness, experienced God's fulfilled promises, survived the den of lions, withstood the fiery furnace, were spared death by the sword, experienced God's strength in weakness, found courage on the battlefield, caused enemy armies to flee, and received resurrected loved ones.</p>
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<p><i>"And <b>others</b>"</i> (also by faith) endured tortures. <i>"Still <b>others</b>"</i> experienced mockings, beatings, bonds, prisons, stonings, severings, painful enticements, deprivations, impoverishments, general tribulations, and cruel torments. <i>"<b>All these</b>…obtained a <b>good testimony</b> through <b>faith</b>."</i></p>
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<p>Through these testimonies, God is showing us the limitless extent that His grace can work in our lives. Through these examples the Lord is encouraging us to trust Him to work comprehensively for us, as He has faithfully done for others.</p>
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<div class="dbdbg_prayer">Lord God of all Grace, my heart is stirred as I consider the great extent to which Your grace can work in lives that humbly trust in You. Father, I ask You to make of my life a growing testimony of Your abounding grace, through Jesus Christ, my Lord, Amen.</div>
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