SARAH’S FAITH

Text: Hebrews 11:11

11 Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

1. Sarah’s Faith Judged God Faithful

• Why did she conceive? Not because she had the strength or ability. She was able to do it because of her faith in God.

• Why did she have faith? Why did she believe God? She judged God faithful who promised.

  • If we are going to live by faith, we must do two things:

  1) Take

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  of God’s precious promises (2 Pet 1:4; cf. 2 Pet 1:15-21)

  2) Judge God faithful

2. Sarah’s Faith Overcame Her Own Unbelief (cf. Gen 18:1, 9-12)

1) Faith begins in unbelief

2) Faith must be

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Tyler VanderWeele : “Any educated person should, at some point, have critically examined the claims for Christianity and should be able to explain why he or she does, or does not, believe them.”

3. Sarah’s Faith Experienced The “Impossible”

1) God’s promise was fulfilled in His timing (Gen. 21:1-2)

2) God’s

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was revealed in His timing

3) God’s people were rewarded in His timing

• While we wait we
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  in godliness and faith.

Bottom line: A faith that judges God faithful will grow and experience the fulfillment of God’s promise in His timing.