In Judges 5, we read Deborah's song after Barak's victory over Sisera. In this song, we read of Deborah's thanks to the LORD, because it was the LORD who had gotten Barak the victory. It is a lesson for us that we ought to be a people of thanksgiving to the LORD for all that He does for us in our lives! The LORD is worthy of our praise and thanksgiving!

After God saves a sinner, it is critical for that former sinner, now saint of God to be under the authority, protection, care, and under-shepherding of a local New Testament church. The local New Testament Church is the means that God has provided to feed, nurture, and care for His people. Jesus said, I will build by church, and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.

You will often hear naysayers. who will criticize the church and Christianity saying there is too much hypocrisy in them. But there has always been hypocrites in the church and among professing Christians, it's not something new, today we see that it existed in Jesus day. In this text, Jesus rebuked the hypocrisy of the most learned among the people, the scribes of Israel. They were supposed to be shepherds to the people, but they were not.

With Deborah, Barak went forth to the battle. He would not go to battle without her. And the honor of this victory would go to a woman, but not Deborah, but to Jael.

Although Sara struggled to believe the promise of God, in the end, she believed and trusted in the faithfulness of God to give her strength and the ability to have a son with Abraham her husband, when he was 100 years old and she was 90 years old.

After no one dared to ask Jesus any more questions, Jesus then asked them as question. References Isaiah 11: 1-2, Psalm 110:1, Jeremiah 23:5-6

Abraham's great faith in his God. He is the father of our faith and we are to walk in the steps of Abraham and emulate him in our Christian lives.

By faith is written at least 16 times in this 11th chapter of Hebrews. We must be very careful that we glorify not these Old Testament saints, but God, who deserves all of the glory and honor in granting each of them that faith which we so admire. Faith is the gift of God to all whom God saves! Salvation is of the LORD! And yet, once God has graciously given to us faith, now it's ours, and God expects us to live by it. The just shall live by faith.

One of the most important things we do as Christians is pray! This doesn't mean we are constantly on our knees in prayer, but rather, that we continue in prayer throughout each day to our heavenly Father.

Jesus was asked, What is the first or greatest commandment of all, from the Old Testament law. This scribe had heard Jesus speaking and then asked Jesus what was the first and great commandment. Jesus said, the Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. After he heard Jesus' answer, he said that Jesus had spoken or answered well.