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. Confessed faith is requisite. Next see faith’s safety. They were not evolved out of something else that existed before; evolution is a rank lie against revelation. 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. God must keep his promise. Hebrews 11 Home | M. Henry Commentary | Play! He spoke by faith when he lived. That is a rich word, they “embraced them.” They were far off, and yet faith brought them so near that they seemed to receive them to their hearts and feel the comfort of them. It is enough for us who have faith that God has told us how he made the world, and we believe it. Hebrews 11:33. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness. For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. Hebrews 11:3. 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. They were not evolved out of something else that existed before; evolution is a rank lie against revelation. This is the triumphal arch of faith. Hebrews 11:1-2. All Videos PDFs. Hebrews 11:7. Let us all be worthy of our high pedigree; and may God grant that, if the saints of these latter days are to perfect the history of the Church of Christ, the end may not be less heroic than the beginning was! Next we read of the reward of faith. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. Men who did not believe in God were, some of them, made to feel condemned, and others were condemned, even if they did not feel it, when they saw this holy man building a great ship upon dry land — a ship which he never would launch, but to which God would bring the sea, so that he should float over the waters deep, absolutely secure, whilst others perished. This is true, literally, of Abraham’s seed according to the flesh. Hebrews 11:11. Growing Up With Two Moms: The Untold Children’s View. Hebrews 11:33-34. Hebrews 11:5. There you have the difference between faith and presumption: faith goes through the sea, presumption is drowned in the sea. There were many deaths to work against the life of faith; yet life triumphed over death after all. Hebrews 2:10-11. God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. Embrace the promises, dear friends, and stretch out your hands by faith to hands that have gone before. It is also true in a spiritual sense, for he is “the father of all them that believe”, and they are a multitude whom no man can number. - Oscar Cullmann, Immortality of the Soul - by Kaufmann Kohler, Technical Terms and Usages Preclude Innate Immortality - Froom, The Development of the Doctrine of Immortality from the Apostolic Fathers to Augustine, The Doctrine of Immortality in the Early Church. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Their prayers are heard. See this reward then; it pleases God, and that is reward enough far anyone of us. When we are moved with that fear, our faith becomes practical. Necessary to Methodist Students. The new dispensation is necessary to complete the old, the New Testament is the complement of the Old Testament, and New Testament saints join hands with Old Testament elders. There is no end to the blessing that faith can bestow upon others. 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. 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; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Hebrews 11:33-34. Hebrews 11:8. Here, again, you have the obedience of faith, taking God’s precepts and carrying them out. Hebrews 11:8. 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. Hebrews 10:11-12. The names of those who lived in old time are handed down with commendation because of their faith. 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. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Every man wants a country; and if we have not one beneath the stars, we seek it somewhere else. - Herman Hanko, Problems and Limitations of the Traditional "Sermon" Concept, Quitting Church: Why the Faithful Are Fleeing - Ingrid Schlueter, Should One Man Be The Dominant, Focal-Point Of A Church Service. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Hebrews 11:13. The story harrows one’s heart even to read it; what must it have been actually to endure? Every act of faith condemns the world. Denomination: Baptist. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. It is a fit, and proper, and reasonable fear, such as any man must have that believes God’s threatenings. What does the phrase "gnashing of teeth" mean? The facts about creation must be the subject of faith. By which is meant, not that they did not receive the promises, but they did not receive the things promised. Men who did not believe in God were, some of them, made to feel condemned, and others were condemned, even if they did not feel it, when they saw this holy man building a great ship upon dry land — a ship which he never would launch, but to which God would bring the sea, so that he should float over the waters deep, absolutely secure, whilst others perished. That is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. If they are believers, they have power with God. It is true that they can be substantiated, by the argument from design, and in other ways; still, for a wise purpose as I believe, God has not made even that matter of the creation of the universe perfectly clear to human reason, so there is room for the exercise of faith. She hath an Ark even when God’s wrath sweeps all the rest away. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. By faith they passed through the Red Sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. You are not past age, my sister. 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 These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them. Hebrews 11:13. If they had had no faith, we should have had no report of them. Therefore, if I, in obedience to him, put the promised seed to death, God can raise him up, for he must keep his promise. Tonight we may well say, “Lord, increase our faith.”. Evidently he and they are well agreed. Seeing Jesus. that it may be said of us that we pleased God. Faith can outlive a deluge which drowns the whole world. And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 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. It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” Lord, keep thy servants! Hebrews 11:17-19. The Christian & Politics: Has the Contemporary Church Become Obsessed With Political Solutions? He leaned on it as he sat upright on his death-couch, and pronounced the parting blessing. Hebrews 11:1-3. 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. Here is the confession of faith. Yes, that it is; to have, by faith, preserved a holy character, in such a world of temptation as this, is a far grander achievement than to have conquered any number of kingdoms by force of arms. I question whether we should ever get in the matter of the creation beyond what is revealed to our faith. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. God must keep his promise. Presented here is a verse by verse exposition of the New Testament. Hebrews:11:21 . 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; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. Hebrews 11:10. Through faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. That which is to come she regards as eternal, not like a mere tent in which she dwells here, but a city that hath foundations, fixed and firm. Hebrews 11:11. She hath an Ark even when God’s wrath sweeps all the rest away. The Epistle to the Hebrews. The next verse illustrates the worship of faith. There have been many here in this house of prayer who have looked for this city, and they have gone to it. There was no pre-existent matter, the world was made by God’s word, so that prior to the things which are seen, there existed that which is not seen. They come, and they go, as if they were molehills raised on the surface of the earth, or little mounds of sand made by the children’s wooden spades upon the seashore, which the next tide will wash away. Hebrews 11:7-8. They are still seeking a country. There is scarcely anything which faith cannot do, for faith ranks itself on the side of the omnipotent God, and becomes all but omnipotent. 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. But here is no mention of him as the object of faith; and in several of the instances that follow, no notice is taken of him or his salvation, but only of temporal blessings obtained by faith. 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. Hebrews 5:11-12 Commentary. They not only were strangers and pilgrims, but they confessed it. 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. Hebrews 11:5. Hebrews 11:20. Hebrews 11:33. Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness. For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Faith makes him speak now that he is dead. The evidence of things not seen. By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son. I believe in the blessings of good men. Hebrews 11:11-13. Read. The Immortality of the Soul: (Amplified Bible - Lockman) Hebrews 11:1-3. Their blessings then are realities. The Spurgeon Commentary: Hebrews makes Spurgeon’s content accessible—there’s no longer a need to comb through many volumes looking for one nugget of wisdom. If any man, who had not been a believer, had been translated as Enoch was, we should have been able to point to a great feat accomplished apart from faith. Amplified: And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised, . 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 11:31. What a depth of meaning there is in those five words, “a city which hath foundation,” — as if all other cities had none! Here you have faith uniting itself with the people of God: she perished not with them that believed not, for she had come out from among them and allied herself with the people of God by receiving the spies. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. Hebrews 11:31. Hebrews 9:11-12. The chapter is a very long one so I must condense it, as the apostle himself did when he came to the 32nd verse; there was so much to be said that he added, —. 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. It is faith that muzzles the mouth of death, and takes away the power of the sepulcher. SermonAudio.com - Hebrews 11 Sermons. In the Hebrews volume, we find over 450 pages of commentary, and in typical Spurgeon fashion, it is full of reflective and provoking exposition. 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. “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. By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel: and gave commandment concerning his bones. We, dear friends, when we are trusting in the unseen God, are going back to first principles, we are getting to that which is the essence and the source of all. By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death.