By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

Heb 11:11, 13, 18, 33

¹¹ And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she^[b]considered him faithful who had made the promise.

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. 

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸ even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[c] 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

2)    By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸ even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[

3)    Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets through their faith

a)     conquered kingdoms

b)    administered justice

c)     gained what was promised

d)    shut the mouths of lions

e)     quenched the fury of the flames

f)      escaped the edge of the sword

g)     turned their weakness to strength

h)    Became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.