I don't know, but I am worried about the salvation of these people mentioned below. I think that they are works salvationists.....all I see is Works, works, works,,,,,
4 By faith Abel
offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks.
5 By faith Enoch was
taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God had taken him”; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith
it is impossible to please
Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and
that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
7 By faith Noah, being divinely warned of things not yet seen, moved with godly fear,
prepared an ark for the saving of his household, by which he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
8 By faith Abraham
obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he
dwelt in the land of promise as
in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker
is God.
11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she[
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bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born
as many as the stars of the sky in multitude—innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore.
13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off [
e]were assured of them, embraced
them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 14 For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland. 15 And truly if they had called to mind that
country from which they had come out, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly
country. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested,
offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten
son, 18 [
f]of whom it was said, “In Isaac your seed shall be called,” 19 concluding that God
was able to raise
him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
20 By faith Isaac
blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying,
blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped,
leaning on the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and
gave instructions concerning his bones
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was
hidden three months by his parents, because they saw
he was a beautiful child; and they were
not afraid of the king’s command.
24 By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, 25
choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the [
g]passing pleasures of sin, 26 esteeming the [
h]reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures [
i]in Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
27 By faith he
forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he
endured as seeing Him who is invisible. 28 By faith he
kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they
passed through the Red Sea as by dry
land, whereas the Egyptians, attempting to do so, were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were
encircled for seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab did not perish with those who [
j]did not believe, when she had
received the spies with peace.
32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also
of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith
subdued kingdoms,
worked righteousness,
obtained promises,
stopped the mouths of lions, 34
quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were
made strong, became
valiant in battle, turned to
flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women
received their dead raised to life again.
Others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had
trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and
imprisonment. 37 They were
stoned, they were
sawn in two, [
k]were
tempted, were
slain with the sword. They
wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being
destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They
wandered in deserts and mountains,
in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise, 40 God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.
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