NOTES for Heb 11:24-12:2

Today we read about the choice of a person. About Moses, who "considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked to the reward." And about how the foundation for choice is faith. Faith that "God had provided something better for us."

But this is not faith that recompense is given for fulfilling the law. It is active trust in Christ. Faith in His constant presence. Faith in His love. Faith as faithfulness, as faithfulness to the path He offers us, faithfulness to His plan, according to which we were not meant to leave paradise. It is confidence that life with Christ is greater labor and greater work than everything we do in this world, and that it is the most worthy thing of all that is offered to us. Not rejecting the works of this world, but caring only for the benefit of the soul and the preaching of the Gospel.