Patriarchs—Faith In The Program of God

							                                                                The ______________ Of The Patriarchs
                          Building Your Faith

        Patriarchs—Faith In The                                            What Does It Mean To Live By Faith
            Program of God                                             The following are some of the more important
                                                                  characteristics of faith that the patriarchs exemplified and
                                  Lesson 14                      which we will exhibit in our lives if we also live by faith in the
                               January 13, 2010                                                Lord.




                                                                    1. Faith believes in ________ _________




                                                                                                                   2. Faith does not lose its strength at ____




                                                                                                                                                                                                          4. Faith draws _________________from
                  Get with the program—God’s program!




                                                                                                                                                                    ___________ as if they were already
                             Hebrews 11:20-22




                                                                                                                                                                 3. Faith thanks God for __________
Seldom is faith in God as plainly evident in people’s lives
than in the time leading up to their death. This very kind of




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 5. Faith glorifies God for His
faith was exhibited by the three men who are the subject of




                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    __________________
this lesson. We have called them “patriarchs” because the
term means “the father and ruler of a family” and is used in




                                                                                                                                                                                                             God’s promises
Scripture to refer to Abraham (Heb. 7:4), the twelve sons of




                                                                       for His people
Jacob (Acts 7:8-9) and David (Acts 2:29).

The ___________ Of The Patriarchs




                                                                                                                                                                    past.
                        The Fathers and Rulers of Families

                       Isaac           Jacob         Joseph
                                                                As the patriarchs firmly believed in God’s faithfulness to the
                                                                program He had designed for Israel, so we must believe in
 How They Had
 Faith in God’s




                                                                what God has designed for believers today.
   Program




                                                                                                              Get with the program—God’s program!
                                                                                                                         Hebrews 11:20-22