Heb 10:26-27
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
Very potent words!

Heb 11:1-2
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
Remember the “shadow” from yesterday’s reading? The ancients believed that the “shadow” represented the real thing that they could not see. This was credited to them as righteousness. They believed in advance.

Heb 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

This reward comes to those who “seek”. This is not just the reward of eternal life (though that would certainly be enough) but He rewards us now with the joy we have in reading and studying His word.

Heb 11:17
By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son,
Wait a minute…didn’t Abraham have a son before Isaac? Ishmael? Why is Isaac called his only son? And interestingly, Abraham had other sons after the death of Sarah by his wife Keturah. Isaac, however, was the son of promise.

Heb 11:23
By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.
In Chapter 106 of the book of Enoch, it gives great detail about the appearance of Moses when he was born. No question, according to Enoch that Moses was not “ordinary”!

Heb 12:1
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

We are in control of throwing off things that hinder us. We must get rid of the sin that captures and holds us hostage so that we may be unencumbered to “live a life worth of the calling we have received”.

“Let us fix our eyes on Jesus…”
Run the race with the prize in mind.

Heb 12:7
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?
Remember God is the perfect parent!