June 14th, 2026
REAL ID: Discovering the God-Made Masterpiece You Really Are
Sojourners: Our Eternal Hope
Jon Fredricks
Today's Scripture: Hebrews 11:13-16 NIV
Hebrews 11:13-16 NIV
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 16 Instead, they were longing for a better country—a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.
Hebrews 11:9 ASV
9 By faith he became a sojourner in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Hebrews 11:10 NIV
10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Hebrews 9:15 NIV
15 For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
1) SOJOURNERS HAVE A CERTAIN HOPE
Hebrews 11:1 NIV
11 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
1 Corinthians 15:18-20 NIV
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
John 14:2 NIV
2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:3 NIV
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.
Philippians 1:21 NIV
21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
2) SOJOURNERS COURAGEOUSLY SERVE
Hebrews 11:13 NIV
13 All these people were still living by faith when they died…
John 13:3-4 NIV
3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had handed all things over to Him, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, 4 *got up from supper and *laid His outer garments aside; and He took a towel and tied it around Himself.
Colossians 3:23-24
23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.
Matthew 25:21 NIV
“His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’
3) SOJOURNERS BRING OTHERS TOO!
John 14:6 NIV
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Acts 1:8 NIV
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
4) SOJOURNERS ENDURE
Hebrews 13:14 NIV
14 For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Hebrews 12:2-3 NASB
2 looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
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Jesus, I know that I have been separate from you my entire life. I have tried to pretend otherwise, but I realize today that my decisions, choices...my sin has separated me from God. I believe you are the Son of God and my only way forward. Please save me as I surrender the rest of my life into your hands. Thank you that you hear me!
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