Monday Night Bible Study Lesson 22-Hebrews 11

QUESTIONS

Day 1:Read Commentary Notes

1.What interested you the most in the Commentary Notes?

2.What was your greatest challenge from the lecture?

Day 2:Read Hebrews 11:1-6[Open NIV][Open NKJV]

3.How is faith described in verse 1?

4.Personal Question: How are you encouraged by the two synonyms, confidence and assurance in verse 1?

5.In verse 3 what do we understand by faith?

6.Summarize what happened to both Abel and Enoch by faith in verses 4-6.

7.According to verse 6, explain how someone pleases God?

Day 3:Read Hebrews 11:7-12[Open NIV][Open NKJV]

8.From verse 7, list the ways Noah’s faith affected his and his family’s lives.

9.Using verses 8, 9 and 12, how does Abraham’s faith impact his life?

10.Personal Question: List a few ways your faith has affected your life.

11.Thought Question: According to verse 10, why was Abraham willing to live a nomadic life in the Promised Land?

12.Why was Sarah considered faithful, despite her age and predicament in verse 11?

Day 4:Read Hebrews 11:13-19[Open NIV][Open NKJV]

13.Thought Question: Verse 13 states that all these people did not receive the things promised. How were they still considered men and women of faith by God?

14.What does verse 16 say that they longed for?

15.Personal Question: What evidence in your own life would suggest that you too are longing for a better heavenly country?

16.In verses 17-19, why/how was Abraham willing to offer his son, Isaac, as a sacrifice to God? What was his reasoning?

Day 5:Read Hebrews 11:20-30, Exodus 14, Joshua 6[Open NIV][Open NKJV]

17.Personal Question: The faith of Isaac, Joseph, and Moses are mentioned in verses 20-28. What in these verses amazes you the most and why?

18.Personal Question: Read Exodus 14 about Israel crossing the Red Sea. What is your main takeaway from this story?

19.Personal Question: Read Joshua 6 describing Israel defeating Jericho. What is your main takeaway from this story?

Day 6:Read Hebrews 11:31-40[Open NIV][Open NKJV]

20.What lessons do you learn about living a life of faith from reading verses 31-40?

21.Thought Question: Explain in your own words what you believe verses 39 and 40 mean.

22.What discourages you from today’s verses?

23.What encourages you from today’s verses?

24.Personal Question: From our passages today, what can you apply to your own life?