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2. And without faith it is
impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes
to him must believe that he
exists and that he rewards
those who earnestly seek
him.
Hebrews 11:6

3. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Astounded by his
majestic creative energy.
2. Awed by his nearness
3. Amazed by what He
pleases Him.
4. Astonished by His love

4. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Anyone who comes to
him.
What Pleases God

5. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
existsand that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Anyone who comes to
him.
2. Belief in his existence
What Pleases God

6. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
existsand that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Anyone who comes to
him.
2. Belief in his existence
3. Earnestly seek Him
What Pleases God

7. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. People (Anyone)
Who God Values

8. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. People (Anyone)
2.
John Gray
Straw Dogs: Thoughts
on Humans and Other
Animals.
Who God Values

9. 1. People (Anyone)
2.
John Gray
Straw Dogs: Thoughts
on Humans and Other
Animals.
Who God Values
Thoughts of virtue, morality,
or progress whether it
comes from seculars,
liberals, conservatives, or
Christians, is derived from
an erroneous Christian
notions of humans as
morally autonomous beings
categorically different from
other animals. This belief,
and the corresponding idea
that history makes sense, or
is progressing towards
something, is merely a
Christian prejudice.

10. If there is no
resurrection of the
dead, then not
even Christ has
been raised.
1 Corinthians
15:13
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

11. And if Christ has
not been raised,
our preaching is
useless and so is
your faith.
1 Corinthians
15:14
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

12. And is Christ has
not been raised,
your faith is futile;
you are still in your
sins.
1 Corinthians
15:17
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

13. If only in this life
we have hope in
Christ, we are to
be pitied more
than all men.
1 Corinthians
15:18
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

14. BUT Christ has
indeed been raised
from the dead, the
1 Corinthians
15:20
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

15. Look at the birds of
the air; they do not
sow or reap or store
away in barns, and
yet your heavenly
Father feeds them.
Are you not much
valuable than they?
Matthew 6:25b-26
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
4. Jesus
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God,
because anyone who comes to him must believe
that he exists and that he rewards those who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

16. When I consider your
heavens, the works
of your fingers, the
moon and the stars,
which you have set
in place, what is man
that you are mindful
of him, the son of
man that you care
for him? Psalm 8:3-4
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
4. Jesus
5. David
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he
rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

17. You made him ruler over
the works of your hands;
you put everything under
his feet: all flocks and
herds, and the beasts of
the field, the birds of the
air, and the fish of the sea,
all that swim the paths of
the sea. O, Lord, Our Lord,
how majestic is your name
in all the earth. Psalm 8:3-4
1. People (Anyone)
2. Straw Dogs:
3. Paul
4. Jesus
5. David
Who God Values
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone
who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he
rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6

18. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
God is Generous

19. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
God did this so that we
would seek him and
perhaps reach out for
him and find him,
though he is not far
from each of us. For in
him we live and move
and have our being
Acts 17:27-28
God is Generous

20. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you what is
best for you, who directs
you in the way you
should go. If you had
only paid attention to my
commands, your peace
would have been like a
river, your well being like
the waves of a sea.
Isaiah 48:17-18
God is Generous

21. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint
Romans 5:5
Hope does not
disappoint us,
because God has
poured his love into
our hearts by the
Holy Spirit, whom
he has given us.
God is Generous

22. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint .
3. Rewards (Work)
James 2:17
Faith by itself, if it is not
accompanied by action, is
dead.
God is Generous

23. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint .
3. Rewards (Work)
James 2:17
Faith by itself, if it is not
accompanied by action, is
dead.
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have
been saved, through faith-
and this is not from
yourselves, it is the gift of
God, not by works, so that
no one can boast.
God is Generous

24. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint .
3. Rewards (Work)
1 Corinthians 3:8
Each one will be rewarded
according to his own
labor.2 Peter 1:8
For if you possess these
qualities in increasing
measure, they will keep
you from being ineffective
and unproductive in your
knowledge of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
God is Generous

25. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint .
3. Rewards (Work)
4. Rewards (Grace)
Ephesians 1:3
He blesses us with every
spiritual blessing.
Ephesians 3:20
He is able to more than all we
ask or imagine, according to his
power that is at work within us.
1 Samuel 26:23
The Lord rewards all for their
righteousness and faithfulness.
God is Generous

26. And without faith it is
impossible to please
God, because anyone
who comes to him
must believe that he
exists and that he
rewardsthose who
earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6
1. Earnestly seek him
2. God does not disappoint .
3. Rewards (Work)
4. Rewards (Grace)
5. Reward (God Himself)
Genesis 15:1
The Word of the Lord came to
Abram in a vision: Do not be
afraid, Abram, I am your shield,
your very great reward.
2 Chronicles 16:9
The eyes of the Lord range
throughout the earth to
stengthen those who hearts are
fully committed to him.
God is Generous

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