All these people were still living by faith when they died. 

These words remind us of the inevitability of death. ‘Death is the ultimate statistic: one out of one dies.’

But they also speak to us regarding the invincibility of genuine faith. It does ‘keep right on to the end of the road.’

As we have seen repeatedly, these Hebrew Christians were tempted to ”shrink back” (10:39). Under the pressure of persecution, they felt the pull to return to the old Jewish religion, and they needed to be severely warned about the spiritual danger they were in (e.g. 10:26ff), and to be exhorted:

”You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised” (10:36).

Jesus warned of a coming time when, He said:

”Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will wax cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved” (Matthew 24:12,13).

” Integrity is built by defeating the temptation to be dishonest; humility grows when we refuse to be prideful; and endurance develops every time you reject the temptation to give up.” Rick Warren.

PRAYER: Lord God, please help me to keep walking by faith and not sight until that day when faith becomes sight.