Faith That Wins • Hebrews 11:32-40
purpose and audience of sermon? 4 points
By show of hands, who knows what this this?
That’s right, it’s a telescope. what one writer referred to as the invention that has done the most to redefine our place in the universe, and is perhaps the most important instrument of all time.
Why? What is it about this simple tool, that holds so much power, power to change minds, change lives, to change entire societies?
What does the telescope do for you when you look into it?
It gives you supernatural sight.
By peering into a telescope you are transported into another realm. A very real and grand and glorious and expansive realm, a realm that is all around you, all the time but distant and because it’s so distant, it remains unseen by natural eyes.
For 99.9 percent of human history, most people held a natural viewpoint of the world and their rightful place: All our senses scream out to us that the Earth is the center of the universe, and we are the center of the earth and everything revolves around us.
But once your eyes are opened by the telescope, you are immediately confronted with the majestic and terrifying truth. Infinite Grandure and beauty and strength exist and it all belongs to another, to one that is beyond you. You are but a speck of a speck of a speck revolving around an object, which is revolving around a greater object, which itself is spinning in unison with countless other such heavenly bodies, inside of a deep web of endless galaxies, all spoken into existence and held in place by the Creator.
It’s no wonder the telescope changed everything. It changed the way humans viewed not only the sun and moon and stars, but it changed the way men viewed themselves, their lives and their place and purpose on this planet.
Now, who knows that this sermon isn’t about telescopes?
Listen to the word of God and see if you can figure out the metaphor.
Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

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