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God’s Hall of Faith
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth…But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them [Hebrews 11:13, 16].
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, they were justified, declared not guilty, by the Lord even during their sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, they did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord. But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned in heaven. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, they were justified, declared not guilty, by the Lord even during their sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, they did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord. But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned in heaven. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Genesis: Volume 1 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005PJ761C
https://sites.google.com/site/heavenl...
God’s Hall of Faith
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth…But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them [Hebrews 11:13, 16].
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, they were justified, declared not guilty, by the Lord even during their sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, they did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord. But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned in heaven. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Leviticus: Volume 3 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, they were justified, declared not guilty, by the Lord even during their sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, they did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord. But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned in heaven. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Leviticus: Volume 3 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
God’s Hall of Faith
All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth…But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them [Hebrews 11:13, 16].
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, he was justified (declared not guilty) by the Lord, even during his sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, he did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord.
But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned there. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Leviticus: Volume 3 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
There are two perspectives on sin we need to be aware of, as it pertains to the thrice holy God. First, He cannot tolerate it, any of it, not even the most miniscule trace of it! Secondly, He paid the penalty for sin by giving His one and only Son as a propitiation for all the sins of mankind. Those who have true Biblical faith are already declared by God to be justified, to be not guilty. They don’t have to wait until eternity to be judged. Those without true Biblical faith are guilty as sin and will be so judged at the Great White Throne Judgment in eternity (cf., Revelation 20).
Are we to conclude from this that nobody identified in the Bible but Jesus ever had true Biblical faith? What I mean is that in Scripture everybody sinned and it is recorded therein to note this condition of all mankind. If we are already adjudged not guilty, why are sins recorded for those who supposedly did have true Biblical faith?
Hebrews 11 was recorded to shed light on this very issue, dear people. When we page through the Old Testament and read the accounts therein of all the “celebrities” itemized in Hebrews 11, we find a stark contrast between the accounts in the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. No, there are no contradictions between the two accounts. The contrast is between putting the finger on sin in their lives as recorded in the Old Testament, and leaving their sins unrecorded in the Hebrews 11.
The reason for this contrast has to do with another contrast between the Old Testament and Hebrews 11. The Old Testament accounts are a record of the lives of these “celebrities” as they took place while they walked the earth with a sin nature. The accounts in Hebrews 11 are a record of their remembrance in eternity without a sin nature.
Because each “celebrity” did have true Biblical faith while walking the earth, he was justified (declared not guilty) by the Lord, even during his sojourn on earth. Nonetheless, he did commit sins and had to be forgiven by the Lord.
But it is all water under the bridge, once we are promoted to eternity. God no longer remembers our sins in eternity. He casts them behind His back, never to turn around to look at them again. He buries them in the deepest depths of the sea, and He doesn’t go fishing either!
Heaven will be home for all eternity to everyone who has true Biblical faith. In heaven the Lord has His own Hall of Fame; but since it is based on faith, the better title for it is God’s Hall of Faith. Everyone in heaven has his/her own bust prominently displayed on a pedestal. Not one former sin of any person in heaven is ever mentioned there. Practically speaking, no saint has any sins, and history books of their lives don’t record them as having sinned either.
Praise God for His Hall of Faith! Praise Him for recording Hebrews 11 for our consolation and edification! May His name be glorified both now and forevermore!
Thank you, Jesus. Let’s do that now, shall we?
To further research this issue, I direct you to my book Leviticus: Volume 3 of Heavenly Citizens in Earthly Shoes. To purchase my books please go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Randy-Green/e/B...
