SNT 1127 The Victoriously Living Christ

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We have Christ in us; we ought to believe in the second coming, the return. Hebrews 11:13, 16: ...but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. God is not ashamed to be called their God, because they believed Him. Even though all of them died never having received the promises, God was not ashamed of them because they did one thing: they believed God.That is why He prepared for them a city. The record of the believing of the elders continues. Verses 17, 20-24: Hebrews 11:17, 20-24: By faith [believing] Abraham,... By faith [believing] Isaac... By faith [believing] Jacob,... By faith [believing] Joseph,... By faith [believing] Moses, when he wa