Foundations of Enduring Faith

Introduction: Faith Defined & Illustrated (vv. 1-2)

“Faith represents these future benefits as if they are present reality. Hope, however, postpones the matter and considers it as yet having come to pass.” Wilhelmus à Brakel

Foundational Doctrines of Faith:

I: CREATION

A: Creation is a matter of faith (v.3)

B: Creation is a foundational doctrine

1: God is revealed in His creation – (Rom. 1:20; Ps. 	100:3)

Correctly then is this world called the mirror of divinity; not that there is sufficient clearness for man to gain a full knowledge of God, by looking at the world, but that he has thus so far revealed himself, that the ignorance of the ungodly is without excuse. Now the faithful, to whom he has given eyes, see sparks of his glory, as it were, glittering in every created thing. The world was no doubt made, that it might be the theater of the divine glory. John Calvin, Commentary on Hebrews
2: Creation & redemption are intertwined in the Bible (Ex. 20:8)

II: APPROACHING GOD & PLEASING GOD

A: Approaching God – Abel (v. 4)

B: Pleasing God – Enoch (vv. 5a, 6)

III: FINAL SALVATION

A: Being in God’s presence -- Enoch (v. 5,6) & Abraham (v. 10) (1 John 3:2-3)

B: Resurrection – Abraham (vv. 17-19)

C: Seeking our homeland (vv. 13-16)

IV: FINAL JUDGMENT
A: Noah (v. 7)

1: Godly fear

2: The response the warning (Gen. 6:3; 2 Peter 	2:5)