(2.) Hebrews 11:32-34 Commentary. The story we have in Exodus, ch. The ground of Noah's faitha warning he had received from God of things as yet not seen. Aug 3, 1997. WebHebrews 11:1.Knowing that the believing Hebrews had been, and still were exposed to persecution on account of the gospel, and fearing lest they should be thereby cast down, His faith taught him to return all the praise and glory to God: this is the nature of faith; it has recourse unto God in all dangers and difficulties, and then makes grateful returns to God for all mercies and deliverances. There will always be a difference between those who worship the true God; some will compass him about with lies, others will be faithful with the saints; some, like the Pharisee, will lean to their own righteousness; others, like the publican, will confess their sin, and cast themselves upon the mercy of God in Christ. The first is the father of believers, so entitled by God, eminent in the What Abel gained by his faith: the original record is in Gen 4 4, God had respect to Abel, and to his offering; first to his person as gracious, then to his offering as proceeding from grace, especially from the grace of faith. He sojourned in the land of promise as in a strange country. Nothing could be more tender and moving than those words of Isaac: My father, here is the wood, here is the fire; but where is the lamb for the burnt-offering?
God is able to raise the dead, to raise dead bodies, and to raise dead souls. Observe. As a supposed criminal, when the king's wrath was incensed against him for killing the Egyptian (Exod 2 14, 15), where it is said he feared, not with a fear of despondency, but of discretion, to save his life. Christ accounts himself reproached in their reproaches; and, while he thus interests himself in their reproaches, they become riches, and greater riches than the treasures of the richest empire in the world; for Christ will reward them with a crown of glory that fades not away. 4. 4. ( Exo 2:110; 12:3151 ) Tools Heb 11:23 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. (2.) The author of Hebrews continues to show in our text (9:11-14) that Christ came as a high priest of the good things that have come.. IX. She had gone out of the way of her duty through unbelief, in putting Abraham upon taking Hagar to his bed, that he might have a posterity. He had parted with him to God, and God gave him back again. He lived there in an ambulatory moving condition, living in a daily readiness for his removal: and thus should we all live in this world. The time and season when Jacob thus acted his faith: when he was dying. And it is the same grace of faith that from spiritual weakness helps men to recover and renew their strength. Faith will not only put men upon making their vows to God, but paying their vows after the mercy received; yea, though they have vowed to their own great grief, hurt, and loss, as in the case of Jephthah and his daughter. Wherever this blood is applied, the soul receives a whole Christ by faith, and lives upon him. Their condition: Strangers and pilgrims. As various and new enemies rise up against the people of God, various and new deliverers are raised up for them. Observe. Hebrews 11:4 in all English translations. In this summary account the apostle mentions. Vui lng xc nhn t Zoiper to cuc gi! It is the excellency of the grace of faith that, while it helps men to do great things, it keeps them from having high and great thoughts of themselves. The faith of Moses himself (v. 24, 25, etc. Salem Media Group. The same faith enabled him to bear patiently the ungrateful malice of Saul and his favourites, and to wait till God should put him into possession of the promised power and dignity. 3. [3.] WebHebrews 11:20 HebrewsHeb11:19HebrewsHeb11HebrewsHeb11:21 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. ESV By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. That those who obtain this favour from God must expect the envy and malice of the world. II. Those are likely to grow up to some eminency in faith who begin betimes in the exercise of it. It is a firm persuasion and expectation that God will perform all that he has promised to us in Christ; and this persuasion is so strong that it gives the soul a kind of possession and present fruition of those things, gives them a subsistence in the soul, by the first-fruits and foretastes of them: so that believers in the exercise of faith are filled with joy unspeakable and full of glory. It is not seniority of birth, but grace, that makes men truly honourable. It is a greater honour and happiness to work righteousness than to work miracles; faith is an active principle of universal righteousness. 3 Truths These Verses about Breastfeeding Moms Can Teach Us All, Let's Go Back to the Beginning to Find the Gospel in Genesis, The Beauty of Humility Found in the Verse "My Ways Are Not Your Ways". His righteousness was relative, resulting from his adoption, through faith in the promised seed. They gave full proof of their sincerity in making such a confession. WebIt is observable that the Spirit of God has not thought fit to say any thing here of the faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has generally, by a pious charity, taken it for 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. A true believer is desirous, not only to be in covenant with God, but in communion with the people of God, and is willing to cast in his lot with them, and to fare as they fare. WebThe Epistle to the Hebrews (Ancient Greek: , romanized: Pros Hebraious, lit. We may be fully assured of his existence, of his providence, and of his gracious and powerful presence with us. Read the account of it, Gen 22 2. Joseph was eminent for his faith, though he had not enjoyed the helps for it which the rest of his brethren had. Salem Media Group. Hebrews 11:35-36 Commentary. 1. Now after the apostle has given this account of the faith of others, with Abraham, he returns to him again, and gives us an instance of the greatest trial and act of faith that stands upon record, either in the story of the father of the faithful or of any of his spiritual seed; and this was his offering up Isaac: By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac; and he that had received the promises offered up his only-begotten son, v. 17. It is doubtless a great blessing to be joined to the visible church of God in profession and privilege, but more to be so in spirit and truth. If Samson had not had a strong faith as well as a strong arm, he had never performed such exploits. Web22 x The glory that you have given me y I have given to them, t that they may be one even as we are one, 23 z I in them and you in me, a that they may become perfectly one, b so that the world may know that you sent me and c loved them even as d you loved me. Out of weakness they were made strong. 3. 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'to the Hebrews') is one of the books of the New Testament. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. a. 1. WebAt first, the fault may not be very great; next it becomes habitual, and at length, after that conscience has been laid asleep, he who has accustomed himself to despise God will think nothing unlawful for him, but will dare to commit the greatest wickedness. (3.) A definition or description of the grace of faith in two parts. [4.] The description given of heaven: it is a city, a regular society, well established, well defended, and well supplied: it is a city that hath foundations, even the immutable purposes and almighty power of God, the infinite merits and mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the promises of an everlasting covenant, its own purity, and the perfection of its inhabitants: and it is a city whose builder and maker is God. Scripture: Hebrews 11:2328. An instance of his faith in conquering the world. We hold this in the face of difficulties, doubts, and discouragements. Plug in, Turn on and Be Enlightened! They were stripped of the conveniences of life, and turned out of house and harbour. All sorts of deaths were prepared for them; their enemies clothed death in all the array of cruelty and terror, and yet they boldly met it and endured it. He tells the Hebrews that God had provided some better things for them (v. 40), and therefore they might be assured that he expected at least as good things from them; and that since the gospel is the end and perfection of the Old Testament, which had no excellency but in its reference to Christ and the gospel, it was expected that their faith should be as much more perfect than the faith of the Old-Testament saints; for their state and dispensation were more perfect than the former, and were indeed the perfection and completion of the former, for without the gospel-church the Jewish church must have remained in an incomplete and imperfect state.
He put himself into the hand of God, to send him whithersoever he pleased. We must well consider in divine matters what we should say, and suit it as well as we can to the time. Some would take this as detracting from his victory, that he gained it so late, that he did not make this choice sooner; but it is rather an enhancement of the honour of his self-denial and victory over the world that he made this choice when he had grown ripe for judgment and enjoyment, able to know what he did and why he did it. There were a great many instances of the faith of Jacob; his life was a life of faith, and his faith met with great exercise. The advantages that we have in the gospel for the exercise of this grace above what those had who lived in the times of the Old Testament, ver 39, 40. 
Now this sin of hers would make it more difficult for her to act by faith afterwards. [1.] We have yet another instance of the faith of Moses, in keeping the passover and sprinkling of blood, v. 28. That God will not suffer the injuries done to his people to remain unpunished, nor their sufferings unrewarded. of I. XIII. God usually warns sinners before he strikes; and, where his warnings are slighted, the blow will fall the heavier. Faith first influences our affections, then our actions; and faith works upon those affections that are suitable to the matter revealed. Hebrews 11:37-38 Commentary. The same faith made him a very successful and victorious prince, and, after a long life of virtue and honour (though not without some foul stains of sin), he died in faith, relying upon the everlasting covenant that God had made with him and his, ordered in all things and sure; and he has left behind him such excellent memoirs of the trials and acts of faith in the book of Psalms as will ever be of great esteem and use, among the people of God. (5.) [6.] WebHe first brings us into the joy and nearness of His presence. That, after the fall, God opened a new way for the children of men to return to him in religious worship. Their rashness was great, and their ruin was grievous. Read full chapter. One imperfection of the present state of the saints on earth is that their happiness lies more in promise and reversion than in actual enjoyment and possession. So did Joshua, the judges, and David. Those who would find God in these ways of his must seek him diligently; they must seek early, earnestly, and perseveringly. WebHeb 11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. They are strangers as saints, whose home is heaven; they are pilgrims as they are travelling towards their home, though often meanly and slowly. WebHebrews 11:20-22 Commentary. (3.) The actings of Abraham's faith in so great a trial: he obeyed; he offered up Isaac; he intentionally gave him up by his submissive soul to God, and was ready to have done it actually, according to the command of God; he went as far in it as to the very critical moment, and would have gone through with it if God had not prevented him. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. WebFind many great new & used options and get the best deals for Hebrews (Anchor Bible Commentaries): A New by Koester, C Paperback / softback at the best online prices at eBay! He subscribed to God's wisdom, as fittest to direct; and submitted to his will, as fittest to determine every thing that concerned him. 2. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Josephs sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. WebIt is a firm persuasion and expectation, that God will perform all he has promised to us in Christ. 
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As ever we expect to be justified and saved in the great and terrible day of the Lord, let us now prepare an ark, secure an interest in Christ, and in the ark of the covenant, and do it speedily, before the door be shut, for there is not salvation in any other. The walls of Jericho fell before them. That faith held out to the last. ), here observe. WebHebrews 11:21-24. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. He bore up with invincible courage under all danger, and endured all the fatigue of his employment, which was very great; and this by seeing the invisible God. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. WebHebrews 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; on StudyLight.org StudyLght.org. XIV. II. (5.) God often gives his people living comforts in dying moments; and when he does it is their duty, as they can, to communicate them to those about them, for the glory of God, for the honour of religion, and for the good of their brethren and friends. It is a happy thing where yoke-fellows draw together in the yoke of faith, as heirs of the grace of God; and when they do this in a religious concern for the good of their children, to preserve them not only from those who would destroy their lives, but from those who would corrupt their minds. They had time enough to return. How glorious was the triumph of his faith in so great a trial. Samson, another instrument that God raised up to deliver Israel from the Philistines: his story we have in Judges 13., 14., 15., and 16., and from it we learn that the grace of faith is the strength of the soul for great service. (2.) It will be thrown down by violence (Revelation 18:19). They were tempted; some read it, burnt, 2 Macc 7 5. WebJeremiah 4 Commentary. 2. His purpose utterly failed to secure the blessing for his profane but favourite son. By faith we may see this invisible God. That before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. Bible Study Tools Language Tools Study Library Historical Writings Pastoral (3.) A most honourable character and commendation from God, the true Judge and fountain of honourthat the world was not worthy of such men; the world did not deserve such blessings; they did not know how to value them, nor how to use them. The interests and powers of kings and kingdoms are often set up in opposition to God and his people. Hebrews 12:1. 15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. God had before this tempted or tried the faith of Abraham, when he called him away from his country and father's house,when by a famine he was forced out of Canaan into Egypt,when he was obliged to fight with five kings to rescue Lot,when Sarah was taken from him by Abimelech, and in many other instances. 2. Their acknowledgment of this their condition: they were not ashamed to own it; both their lips and their lives confessed their present condition. What it was that supported and strengthened the faith of Moses to such a degree as to enable him to gain such a victory over the world: He had respect unto the recompense of reward, that is, say some, the deliverance out of Egypt; but doubtless it means much morethe glorious reward of faith and fidelity in the other world. He showed thereby his dependence upon God, and testified his condition here as a pilgrim with his staff, and his weariness of the world, and willingness to be at rest. When the fire, an emblem of God's justice, consumed the offering, it was a sign that the mercy of God accepted the offerer for the sake of the great sacrifice. These are very good and useful instructions, and yet the blood of sprinkling speaketh better things than that of Abel. [2.] WebThe difference was that Abels sacrifice was made by faith . Hebrews 11:23-26 Commentary. [2.] The best way to enjoy our comforts with comfort is to resign them up to God; he will then return them, if not in kind, yet in kindness. Observe, [1.] The riches and honours of Joseph, as they could not secure him from death, so they did not make him unmindful of it; nor was he John Piper Jun 29, 1997. The Fellowship of the Believers Their sincerity appeared not only in not returning to their former country, but in desiring a better country, that is, a heavenly. He received his son. - Google Chrome: https://www.google.com/chrome, - Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new. Believing and praying commanders, at the head of believing and praying armies, have been so owned and honoured of God that nothing could stand before them. WebHebrews 11, Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this commentary by Albert Barnes, a dedicated student of the Bible, continues to be very popular even today. Observe. The prevalency of unbelief for a time: she laughed at the promise, as impossible to be made good. Jeremiah 15:15-21; Jeremiah 17 Commentary. The apostle tells us what these believers endured by faith. Hebrews 11:27-28 Commentary. All our spiritual privileges on earth should quicken us to set out early, and get forward, in our way to heaven. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Josephs sons, and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff. God, as a reward and encouragement of their faith, put to flight the armies of the aliens, of those who were aliens to their commonwealth, and enemies to their religion; God made them flee and fall before his faithful servants. WebHebrews 11:8-27_. IV. (3.) He was raised up to deliver Israel from the Ammonites. This is unfortunate, since As the church navigates an age of profound confusion and doubt, the Gospel of John serves as an immoveable anchor. This true faith makes sin bitter to the soul, even while it receives the pardon and atonement. (2.) We have another instance of the faith of Moses, namely, in forsaking Egypt: By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king, v. 27. He hath spoken it, and he hath also done it. It was a figure and earnest of the glorious resurrection of all true believers, whose life is not lost, but hid with Christ in God. 23 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. WebHebrews 11:22 Commentaries: By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones. (2.) Those who escaped death were used so ill that death might seem more eligible than such a life. It is applied effectually only to the Israelites, the chosen people of God. Hereby he became an heir of the righteousness which is by faith. . (1.) Faith has a long arm, and can lay hold of blessings at a great distance, can make them present, can love them, and rejoice in them; and thus antedate the enjoyment of them. Their deliverance was very glorious. But God has left the matter still under some doubt, as a warning to all who have great talents given to them, and a great trust reposed in them, that they do not prove unfaithful, since God would not enroll our first parents among the number of believers in this blessed calendar. 1. His faith influenced his practice. Web1. [4.]
These were the actings of their faith. What should we learn from it? Here was a great trial of their faith. The text does not mention the name of its author, but was traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.Most of the Ancient Greek manuscripts, the Old Syriac Peshitto and some of the Old Latin manuscripts have Those who by faith walk with God in a sinful world are pleasing to him, and he will give them marks of his favour, and put honour upon them. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of our faith. He accounted the reproaches of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, v. 26. 8. (5.) II. He was sold into Egypt. Then shall they seek him, and find him, if they seek him with all their heart; and when once they have found him, as their reconciled God, they will never repent the pains they have spent in seeking after him. (3.) They were not afraid of the king's commandment, Exod 1 22. (6.) The powerful success of the prescribed means. There you will find every word was a trial: "Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. So did the three children, or rather mighty champions, Dan 3 17-27. 3. They were an honour to their faith, and their faith was an honour to them. Faith is the firm assent of the soul to the divine revelation and every part of it, and sets to its seal that God is true. 7. They obtained promises, both general and special. 2. X. The accommodation of this type is not difficult. 6. XII. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. God has sometimes yielded so far to the tender affections of sorrowful women as to restore their dead children to life again. The grace of God often finds out, and fastens upon, the most undeserving and ill-deserving persons, to do great things for them and by them.
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Above all, let them take care that they be not a shame and reproach to their God, and so provoke him to be ashamed of them; but let them act so as to be to him for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory. Good examples will either convert sinners or condemn them. Their enemies spared them, only to prolong their misery, and wear out all their patience; for they were forced to wander about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, and tormented; they wandered about in deserts, and on mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, v. 37, 38. He lived by faith, and he died by faith and in faith. It is observable that the Spirit of God has not thought fit to say any thing here of the faith of our first parents; and yet the church of God has generally, by a pious charity, taken it for granted that God gave them repentance and faith in the promised seed, that he instructed them in the mystery of sacrificing, that they instructed their children in it, and that they found mercy with God, after they had ruined themselves and all their posterity. The book of Revelation fleshes out that idea more fully. The difficulties Isaac's faith struggled with. Hebrews 12:2 Commentary. They obtained an interest in the promises, though not the full possession of them. XV. (3.) The righteous are not worthy to live in the world, and God declares the world is not worthy of them; and, though they widely differ in their judgment, they agree in this, that it is not fit that good men should have their rest in this world; and therefore God receives them out of it, to that world that is suitable to them, and yet far beyond the merit of all their services and sufferings. What she did by her faith: She received the spies in peace, the men that Joshua had sent to spy out Jericho, Josh 2 6, 7. We now go on to. 9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 4. She received the promise as the promise of God; and, being convinced of that, she truly judged he both could and would perform it, how impossible soever it might seem to reason; for the faithfulness of God will not suffer him to deceive his people. WebHebrews 11:21-24.
The belief of this will carry us through the greatest difficulties and trials that we can meet with. [3.]
Now, the faith of Isaac thus prevailing over his unbelief, it has pleased the God of Isaac to pass by the weakness of his faith, to commend the sincerity of it, and record him among the elders, who through faith have obtained a good report. 22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his bones. The apostle next proceeds to. (2.) 1. Those who forsook Egypt must expect the wrath of men; but they need not fear it, for they are under the conduct of that God who is able to make the wrath of man to praise him, and restrain the remainder of it. If Abraham had ever so many sons, this was the only son who could convey to all nations the promised blessing. Notwithstanding their meanness by nature, their vileness by sin, and the poverty of their outward condition, God is not ashamed to be called their God: such is his condescension, such is his love to them; therefore let them never be ashamed of being called his people, nor of any of those that are truly so, how much soever despised in the world. The influence this had upon his present conversation: it was a support to him under all the trials of his sojourning state, helped him patiently to bear all the inconveniences of it, and actively to discharge all the duties of it, persevering therein unto the end. Faith is a great preservative against the sinful slavish fear of men, as it sets God before the soul, and shows the vanity of the creature and its subordination to the will and power of God. 1. Believers may and ought to have respect to this recompense of reward; they should acquaint themselves with it, approve of it, and live in the daily and delightful expectation of it. WebBarnes' Notes on the Bible. It is an excellent thing for persons to be seriously religious when in the midst of worldly business and enjoyments, to despise the world when they are most capable of relishing and enjoying it. Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning. And by faith Abel still speaks, even though he is dead. They had not received the promises, that is, they had not received the things promised, they had not yet been put into possession of Canaan, they had not yet seen their numerous issue, they had not seen Christ in the flesh. Israel's danger was very great; an enraged enemy with chariots and horsemen behind them; steep rocks and mountains on either hand, and the Red Sea before them. Hereby he judged and condemned the world; his holy fear condemned their security and vain confidence; his faith condemned their unbelief; his obedience condemned their contempt and rebellion. (2.) By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. God saved his family for his sake; it was well for them that they were Noah's sons and daughters; it was well for those women that they married into Noah's family; perhaps they might have married to great estates in other families, but then they would have been drowned.
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