Hebrews 11:1. Hebrews 11:4. Very easy to read about that, but not so easy to do it — to tear yourself from home and friends — to go into a totally unknown country, swarming with enemies, solely on the promise that one day that country should belong to his seed. Hebrews 11:9-10. God must keep his promise. If, like his, your life is to be a speaking life, — a life which shall speak even out of the grave, — its voice must be the voice of faith. Hebrews 11:2. Read. Keep looking, beloved, there is nothing here worth looking for; but look for “a city which hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God.”. Their wishes are prayers. A believing man can bless his children. Study the bible online using commentary on Hebrews 11 and more! Hebrews 11:40. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. The Christian martyrs have shown the extremity of human endurance when they have been sustained by faith; and the head-roll of Christian heroes, since their Lord ascended to heaven, is longer and even brighter than that of the faithful ones who came before them in the earlier dispensation. Hebrews 11:22-23. “So on I go — not knowing, I would not if I might; I’d rather walk in the dark with God, than go alone in the light; I’d rather walk by faith with him, than go alone by sight. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. It was “by faith” that Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain presented. Next we learn the obedience of faith. It was faith that enabled him to present an acceptable sacrifice, and it was faith that presented him to heaven. Life and Immortality - Basil Atkinson, M.A., PhD. There was nothing to make it out of. Their blessings then are realities. Hebrews 11:5. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: These worthies lived before Christ came; but, since then, equally noble exploits have been performed by the heroes and heroines of faith. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. Hebrews 11:1. You do not need to be constantly telling worldlings that they are doing wrong; let them see clearly the evidence of your faith, for that will bear the strongest conceivable witness against their unbelief and sin, even as Noah, by his faith, “condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”. We try to come to God without believing that he is. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar of, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Tonight we may well say, “Lord, increase our faith.”. It is a fit, and proper, and reasonable fear, such as any man must have that believes God’s threatenings. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Yet the Church, for the most part, has allowed it to go unnoticed. God will bless you in seeking to do good. And that was good judgment, was it not? Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received, concerning justification by the sufferings and merits of Christ. Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. And he went out, not knowing whither he went. Faith gives us amazing answers to our prayers (vs. 16-22). The most gorgeous ceremonies are as nothing in his sight; it is the faith of the heart which he accepts. Hebrews 11:10. Here you have the expectation of faith. Hebrews 11:34-35. Hebrews 11:32-35. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Can True Christians Commit Apostasy? By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; You see, faith and fear can live in the same heart; and they can work together to build the same ark. Hebrews 11:12. The promises are afar off, and yet faith embraces them tonight. Live a holy life, and you will judge the ungodly. Hebrews 11:13. God must keep his promise. Hebrews 11:16. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead. So, you see, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, all lived by faith, and did their works by faith, and distributed blessings to their children by faith. Do we not sometimes fail in this matter? Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. That is the epitaph which God has carved over the resting-place of his faithful ones: “These all died in faith.” Will this be the record concerning all of us, “These all died in faith”? You must believe that he will punish the guilty, and that he will reward the righteous. Their blessings then are realities. Hebrews 11:38-39. Hebrews 11:12. Their wishes are prayers. Hebrews 11:5. When faith takes to working, how mightily she works. God bade Abraham go forth from his native land, he believed that God knew where he was to go though he did not himself know; so he left the direction of his wanderings entirely in the Lord’s hands, and obeyed, and “went out, not knowing whither he went.” We are not to ask for full knowledge before we will be obedient to the will of the Lord; but we are to obey God in the dark, even as Abraham did. Amen. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. Hebrews 11:13. The life of faith is wonderful, but so also is the walk of faith. 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But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. She is satisfied with God’s word. Perhaps the reference is to Abraham, who was as good as dead, being so old; or to Isaac, who was as good as dead, for he was laid upon the altar, and was practically “offered up” as a sacrifice unto the Lord. Hebrews 11:4. The Epistle to the Hebrews. Hebrews 11:1. In the 20th verse you get the discernment of faith, faith foreseeing: —. But having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. Hebrews 11:20. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. This was one of the grandest achievements of faith. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. God bade Abraham go forth from his native land, he believed that God knew where he was to go though he did not himself know; so he left the direction of his wanderings entirely in the Lord’s hands, and obeyed, and “went out, not knowing whither he went.” We are not to ask for full knowledge before we will be obedient to the will of the Lord; but we are to obey God in the dark, even as Abraham did. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Remember the doom of any that apostatize. : A Closer Look At A Popular Tradition, Audio of "Church Leaders and the Use of Honorific Titles", The Nativity Story - Download A 16min Edited Version for Christmas, Binding and Loosing (Matthew 16:19) - w/audio, What does "God blesses those who bless Israel really mean? It is faith that muzzles the mouth of death, and takes away the power of the sepulcher. If the first who entered heaven entered there by faith, rest assured that will be true to the last; and none will enter there but those who believe. The staff which had helped him so often in his early pilgrimage, the staff on which he leaned when he came back from the place of his wrestling, halting on his thigh. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel: and gave commandment concerning his bones. They were strangers and pilgrims here, and they sought a country elsewhere. Hebrews 11:8-10. Some of the most powerful evidence that proves Jesus to be Whom he claimed to be is found in the historical fulfillment of the prophsies He foretold in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 a.d. When we are moved with that fear, our faith becomes practical. If they had had no faith, we should have had no report of them. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Faith does not always account. Oh! The first of the long line of martyrs triumphed by faith; and if you are to be strong to bear witness for God, you must be made strong by the same power which wrought so effectually in Abel. Perhaps the reference is to Abraham, who was as good as dead, being so old; or to Isaac, who was as good as dead, for he was laid upon the altar, and was practically “offered up” as a sacrifice unto the Lord. We see by faith what cannot be seen by our eyes; we grasp by faith what cannot be grasped with our hands. He did not try to do so, “for he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God.”. for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: There are some names, in this chapter, which we should hardly have expected to see there, the characters mentioned having been so disfigured by serious faults, and flaws, and failings; but the distinguishing feature of faith was there in every instance, and especially in the case of Samson. In the Hebrews volume, we find over 450 pages of commentary, and in typical Spurgeon fashion, it is full of reflective and provoking exposition. A strange mystery is the simple act of faith. He did not try to do so, “for he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God.”. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. D, The Duration And Nature Of Future Punishment - Henry Constable. They have not come to it yet; nor will they as long as they are here below. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet. The world was not made out of the world. There had been no such chapter for Abraham to read as that wonderful one, the fifteenth chapter of the first Epistle to Corinthians; and yet his faith seemed to have a revelation within itself. Commentary on Hebrews 11:20-31 (Read Hebrews 11:20-31) Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things to come. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: It lay in the future to them far more than it does to us, for Christ has now come, and we look hack to that glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour, but they had altogether to look forward. For by it the elders obtained a good report. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death. By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. Do you feel those desires within your heart? Hebrews 11:22. We try to come to God without believing that he is. Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. Here is the judgment of faith, by which she judges wisely, choosing rather to be reproached for Christ than to reign with the world. What wonders faith can work. Oh, you who, like Nicodemus, come to Christ by night, be ashamed that you are ashamed, and come out, and boldly confess what you are! By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompense of the reward. There was a wondrous confidence in God in that weak, strong man, which though it does not excuse his faults, yet nevertheless puts him in the ranks of the believers. The Great Lie: What about the Immortal soul? Whatever difficulties may lie in the way, we may always know that he is faithful who hath promised. Hebrews 11 Commentary, One of over 110 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. You remember ‘his discernment, how he crossed his hands willingly that he might lay the right hand upon the younger son. You do not need to be constantly telling worldlings that they are doing wrong; let them see clearly the evidence of your faith, for that will bear the strongest conceivable witness against their unbelief and sin, even as Noah, by his faith, “condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.”. What a depth of meaning there is in those five words, “a city which hath foundation,” — as if all other cities had none! Hebrews 11:20-21. And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented: You have seen the works of faith and the sufferings of faith; now you see God’s estimate of faith. Greek: Kai outoi pantes marturethentes dia tes pisteos ouk ekomisanto ten epaggelian,. Hebrews 11:36-39. Oh! By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; He did not hesitate to leave his family, to leave his property, to leave his country; but he obeyed, “when he was called to go out into a place which be should after receive for an inheritance.”. Hebrews 11:36-39. Hebrews 11:3. Do we not also fail in our belief as to the success of prayer? Hebrews 11:22. But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. The fantastic blessings of faith in God: 1. And what shall I more say? And was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Faith and fear are very sweet companions, when the fear is filial fear, a holy dread of disobeying, God. Hebrews 6:4-8 on Apostasy - By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment. The best part of the report about them is, that they believed their God, and believed all that was revealed to them by his Word and his Spirit. Hell Under Fire - CIANZ Annual Conference Address, Jesus' Teaching on Hell - Samuel G. Dawson, The Nature of Hell - Evangelical Alliance, The Origin of Hell-Fire in Christian Teaching, The Bible Verses the Traditional View of Hell - Babu G. Ranganathan, Applying the Resurrection Place a straight one by the side of it, and the thing is done directly. Hebrews 2:10-11. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. There was nothing to make it out of. 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