Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ - Hebrews 11-12

In this epistle, Paul instructs the saints to show their faith by abandoning their sins. He encourages them to look to Jesus Christ as an example and guide. He continues his discourse on faith by describing great examples of faith in the Scriptures.

Name	Verse	How They Demonstrated Faith	Blessings They Received
Abel	4	Offered a “more excellent sacrifice”	A witness from God that he was righteous
Enoch	5	Had a testimony that “pleased God”	He was translated
Noah	7	Prepared an ark by revelation	Became an heir of righteousness
Abraham	8	By obedience he journeyed in the wilderness	The inheritance of the Lord
Sara	11	“Judged him faithful who had promised”	Strengthened to conceive seed
Isaac	20	Gave Priesthood blessings	Revelation of things to come
Joseph	22	Prophesied concerning the children of Israel	Authority for revelation
Moses	23	Parted the Red Sea	Blessed with Safety
Rahab	31	“Received the spies with peace”	Did not perish

Three more examples of the faithful in the Book of Mormon are:

Nephi, who obeyed his father’s words and believed on his testimony and was blessed with leadership over his people.

Abinadi, who died while bearing his testimony and God received his soul.

Samuel the Lamanite, who preached to the Nephites and was protected from their attacks.

Sometimes faith and belief are used synonymously. These two concepts are, however, different. Belief is an intellectual acceptance of a concept, but faith is more powerful. “Faith implies such confidence and conviction as will impel to action.” One can believe in something without having faith in it. In order to develop faith, one must change and act according to those beliefs. Faith, then, is living action. When fully developed and actively utilized, faith becomes power. Heavenly Father acts by the power of faith; he created the heavens and the earth with it.