Faith is Where it all Begins and Were it all Ends

Hebrews 11–12. Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

1.    In Hebrews 11, Paul recounted the faith of many ancient men and women. Read Hebrews 11 and fill in the chart below listing eight other people and how each person demonstrated his or her faith and what blessings the Lord gave each of them.

Name	Verse	How They Demonstrated Faith	Blessings They Received
Abel	4	Offered a “more excellent sacrifice”	A witness from God that he was righteous
Enoch ​	5	He had an overly strong testimony of the Lord	Was translated and never knew death
Noah	7	Did as the lord asked and made the ark	His family was saved and became heir of faith & righteousness
Abraham	8&17	1)   Left the Land he desired 2)   Willing to sacrifice his son	1)   Found a land of promise 2)   Blessed the lives of His family
Sara	11	Had faith that the Lord would not lie and then conceived son	Was blessed with a son who was righteous and given strength to give birth.
Joseph	22	Prophesied of the departure of the children of Israel	Bones buried in the promise land.
Moses	23	Basically forsake everything to be with his people	Was able to lead the people out of bondage and many others
Joshua	30	Trusted the promise of the Lord	The walls of Jericho came down
Rahab	31	Received the spies of Children of Israel in Peace	She did not die with the others in the city

2.    Give at least three examples of other individuals found in scriptures or whom you know who could be included in this chapter.

Nephi as he showed great faith time and time again and was blessed by his people being saved for a time is one example.

Abinadi, following the commandments of the Lord even after being persecuted and died for the cause had his Spirit taken up and was blessed by the life of Alma and all those that Alma was able to convert.

Alma who not only left his rank and position for the gospel but taught and defended it many years later, after which the Lord heard his prayers and blessed His sons.

Joseph Smith who knew he saw a vision and despite all odds translated the book of Mormon, and just as with Abinadi all converts to the church owe him a debt of gratitude for the work he did.

Mormon Pioneers held the faith during all the moving even traveling across the plans in which finally they were given the freedom of their religion and to practice without as much, persecution.

3.    Read Hebrews 12:1–2 and write what Paul encouraged the Saints to do to show their faith.

We need to as saint lay down the lives of rebellion against the commandments and anything that causes us to sin. We need to have faith in Jesus Christ to deliver us and to make us stronger as a body of Christ then as individuals. We need to lay our lives down for the Lord just as he was willing to do so and was also willing to bear the cross for us and those sins we do commit.

4.    Read the institute student manual Points to Ponder sections, “Developing Faith Is Active Belief, Which Is More than Just Belief” (p. 400) and “Fully Developed Faith Is Power” (pp. 400–401). Describe in writing how faith is different than belief.

 Faith is something that will have an outcome or a benefit that can be seen. It also requires the action of another. Where belief is more of a passive and for some optional thing, that does not require those that are involved with it to do much more then have a little more then something. When we belief something enough then we will use faith to do something about it. Faith is also the force of power. It was by the word and faith of an all loving God that everything was created and still is. It is something that causes men to change their life styles and become something more. This is one of the reasons that we refer to faith as being the first principle in the gospel. Without faith then there is not a whole lot to believe in or change in our lives. This is also why we can say by faith all things truly are possible.