1. Faith makes us sure of what we hope for and gives us proof of what we cannot see.
2. It was their faith that made our ancestors pleasing to God.
3. Because of our faith, we know that the world was made at God's command. We also know that what can be seen was made out of what cannot be seen.
4. Because Abel had faith, he offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. God was pleased with him and his gift, and even though Abel is now dead, his faith still speaks for him.
5. Enoch had faith and did not die. He pleased God, and God took him up to heaven. That's why his body was never found.
6. But without faith no one can please God. We must believe that God is real and that he rewards everyone who searches for him.
7. Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. He obeyed and built a boat that saved him and his family. In this way the people of the world were judged, and Noah was given the blessings that come to everyone who pleases God.
8. Abraham had faith and obeyed God. He was told to go to the land that God had said would be his, and he left for a country he had never seen.
9. Because Abraham had faith, he lived as a stranger in the promised land. He lived there in a tent, and so did Isaac and Jacob, who were later given the same promise.
10. Abraham did this, because he was waiting for the eternal city that God had planned and built.