As we begin our exposition of Hebrews 11, we need to see why it's here and what it has to do with your life. Go back with me five weeks and six verses to Hebrews 10:34. You may remember that some Christians were imprisoned and the others made the hard decision to identify with them and risk their property and their lives. Verse 34 tells what happened. "You showed sympathy to the prisoners, and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one."

This is the kind of life the whole book of Hebrews is aiming to produce - a