We could think of faith as a kind of time travel! When we act as if what God promises is true (and of course, it is), we bring something of the future into our present. Our current reality gets re-aligned to match what will be. This is powerful stuff, faith, and it's the subject of one of the most impressive chapters in the Bible: Hebrews 11. That's where we're going today, and the writer will take us back to Genesis for an early example of a faith-filled man. And no, it's not Abraham; it's Abel.

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What we think of as the "Promised Land" was just the little promise! We've been walking through Hebrews 11, and in that list of faith heroes, perhaps none is greater than Abraham. The writer shows us that this towering patriarch was looking forward to more than just a large tract of real estate. He was focused beyond that, to a heavenly homeland. That vision kept him from getting too comfortable - or too disappointed - here. Here's Part 1 of Abraham: When the Pursuit Depends on Others, from Pastor Jim.

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