We read yesterday in Hebrews ch. 11 of the men and women of faith who “pleased God” [v.5] The list started with Abel and included worthies such as Abraham, Moses, Samuel and David who “though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised” [v.39]  This leads into today’s chapter 12 which starts – “Therefore, since we are surrounded ...

After the testimony about men and women of faith we read yesterday in Hebrews 11, we now notice how the next chapter starts  with “therefore” and then states, “since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also ….”  The witnesses are understood as the men and women of faith listed in ch. 11, they should ...