Abel.
Enoch.
Noah.
Abraham.
Sarah.
They had faith.
The eleventh chapter of Hebrews has this to say about each one:
Because Abel had faith, he offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. ( from verse 4)
Enoch had faith and did not die. (from verse 5)
Because Noah had faith, he was warned about something that had not yet happened. (from verse 7)
Abraham had faith and obeyed God. (from verse 8)
Even when Sarah was too old to have children, she had faith that God would do what he had promised,
and she had a son. (from verse 11)
Continuing on, it speaks about them collectively:
Every one of those people died. But they still had faith, even though they had not received what they had been promised. They were glad just to see these things from far away, and they agreed that they were only strangers and foreigners on this earth. When people talk this way, it is clear that they are looking for a place to call their own. If they had been talking about the land where they had once lived, they could have gone back at any time. But they were looking forward to a better home in heaven. (Hebrews 11:13-16a)
I am reminded of the old hymn lyrics,
Have faith in God
Hes on His throne
Have faith in God
He watches oer His own
He cannot fail
He will prevail
Have faith in God
Have faith in God
(Have Faith in God by B.B. McKinney)
