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. (3.) WebJeremiah 4 Commentary. We have here those whose names are not only mentioned, but the particular trials and actings of their faith are subjoined. 
(2.) This persuasion gives the soul to enjoy those things now; it gives them a 
The actings of his faith here mentioned, and they are two:.
(5.) That the maker of the worlds is god; he is the maker of all things; and whoever is so must be God. He worshipped, leaning on his staff; that is, he praised God for what he had done for him, and for the prospect he had of approaching blessedness; and he prayed for those he was leaving behind him, that religion might live in his family when he was gone. Here observe, [1.] The manner in which he was called Stephen relates in Acts 7 2, 3, The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in MesopotamiaAnd said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee. Heaven is a great reward, surpassing not only all our deservings, but all our conceptions. 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. Jeremiah 11:18-20; Jeremiah 14 Commentary. 1. It is the evidence of things not seen. He went out, not knowing whither he went. Faith in regard to creation and salvation ( Hebrews 11:1-7 ) 2. Here consider. 
The destruction of the Egyptians. ESV By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones. 3. Hebrews 11:29-31 Commentary. It is our duty to be reasoning down our doubts and fears, by the consideration of the almighty power of God. ch. They were persuaded of them, that they were true and should be fulfilled. 4. (2.) Their condition: Strangers and pilgrims. So did the widow of Zarepath (1 Kings 17 23), and the Shunamite, 2 Kings 4 36. True faith draws forth sincere and fervent desires; and the stronger faith is the more fervent those desires will be. It is not owing to our inherent righteousness or best performances that we are saved from the wrath of God, but to the blood of Christ and his imputed righteousness. Hebrews 12:1 Commentary. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left. 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. Never was the grace of faith more severely tried, never more nobly exerted, nor ever more gloriously rewarded, than theirs was. [2.] True faith is acknowledged and accepted, even when mingled with many failings. This is why the They gave full proof of their sincerity in making such a confession. If any of the families of Israel had neglected the sprinkling of this blood upon their doors, though they should have spent all the night in prayer, the destroying angel would have broken in upon them, and slain their first-born. New American Standard Version I. (3.) 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. 4 By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. Jeremiah 14:7-10, 19-22; Jeremiah 15 Commentary. A greater trial was never put upon any creature. The actings of their faith during this imperfect state of things. WebHe first brings us into the joy and nearness of His presence. 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. (2.) Aug 3, 1997. The strength of nature, as well as grace, is from God: he can make the barren soul fruitful, as well as the barren womb. 3. By it he, being dead, yet speaketh. But this trial was greater than all; he was commanded to offer up his son Isaac. It is the substance of things hoped for. God is able to raise the dead, to raise dead bodies, and to raise dead souls. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. 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 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. Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete). I. Sermon. 
He was tried by temptations, by sin, by persecution, for retaining his integrity. Learn hence, (1.) 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. Women received their dead raised to life again, v. 35. They stopped the mouths of lions; so did Samson, Judg 14 5, 6, and David, 1 Sam 17 34, 35, and Daniel, 6:22. Here observe, [1.] Observe, (1.) It is said (Gen 22 1), God in this tempted Abraham; not to sin, for so God tempteth no man, but only tried his faith and obedience to purpose. 
2. 3. 1. He had good company with him, and they were a great comfort to him in his sojourning state. She not only bade them welcome, but she concealed them from their enemies who sought to cut them off, and she made a noble confession of her faith, v. 9-11. This was followed by a certain spiritual decline (Hebrews 5:12-14). 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. Web1. Gideon is directed to offer sacrifice, and, instructed in his duty, goes forth against the Midianites, when his army is reduced from thirty-two thousand to three hundred; yet by these, with their lamps and pitchers, God put the whole army of the Midianites to confusion and ruin: and the same faith that gave Gideon so much courage and honour enabled him to act with great meekness and modesty towards his brethren afterwards. That he believed the resurrection of the body, and the communion that his soul should presently have with departed saints, as his body had with their dead bodies. Those whose names are mentioned, and the particular exercise and actings of whose faith are specified. God can and will in his own time and way cause all the powerful opposition that is made to his interest and glory to fall down, and the grace of faith is mighty through God for the pulling down of strong-holds; he will make Babylon fall before the faith of his people, and, when he has some great thing to do for them, he raises up great and strong faith in them. (8.) He had parted with him to God, and God gave him back again. 5 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. [4.] He chose rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, v. 25. [2.] This inheritance is not immediately possessed by them; they must wait some time for it: but the promise is sure, and shall have its seasonable accomplishment. The faith of Jacob (v. 21), who, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. His purpose utterly failed to secure the blessing for his profane but favourite son. (2.) Cain was the elder brother, but Abel has the preference. The actings of his faith: He blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. We must well consider in divine matters what we should say, and suit it as well as we can to the time.
They confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on earth. Observe. 3. Pharaoh's daughter is said to have been his only child, and was herself childless; and having found Moses, and saved him as she did, she resolved to take him and bring him up as her son; and so he stood fair to be in time king of Egypt, and he might thereby have been serviceable to Israel. Christ dwells in the soul by faith, and the soul is filled with the fullness of God, as far as his present measure will admit; he experiences a substantial reality in the objects of faith. In this faith of Moses's parents there was a mixture of unbelief, but God was pleased to overlook it. That this Isaac was his only-begotten son by his wife Sarah, the only one he was to have by her, and the only one that was to be the child and heir of the promise. Those who escaped death were used so ill that death might seem more eligible than such a life. They are: Acts, 1 and 2 Corinthians, Hebrews and James, 1 and 2 The apostle tells us what these believers endured by faith. (3.) And it is pleasant to see parents and children sojourning together in this world as heirs of the heavenly inheritance. Good examples will either convert sinners or condemn them. How Abraham lived in Canaan, not as heir and proprietor, but as a sojourner only. He mentions some things that easily apply themselves to one or other of the persons named; but he mentions other things that are not so easy to be accommodated to any here named, but must be left to general conjecture or accommodation. It is a full approbation of all that God has revealed as holy, just, and good; it helps the soul to make application of all to itself with suitable affections and endeavours; and so it is designed to serve the believer instead of sight, and to be to the soul all that the senses are to the body. 3. Though believers are chiefly concerned for their souls, yet they cannot wholly neglect their bodies, as being members of Christ and parts of themselves, which shall at length be raised up, and be the happy companions of their glorified souls to all eternity. The reasons of their thus acting. (2.) 4. Thus did David, Joshua, and many of the judges. Their deliverance was very glorious. What Is Apologetics and Why Is it Important? (3.) It is faith that gives us an interest in the promises; it is by faith that we have the comfort of the promises; and it is by faith that we are prepared to wait for the promises, and in due time to receive them. Lord by these things men live, and in these is the life of my spirit. They endeavoured to lay aside every weight, to gird up the loins of their minds to mind their way, to keep company and pace with their fellow-travellers, looking for difficulties, and bearing them, and longing to get home. 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. 7. Those who have been marked out must ever remember and acknowledge free and distinguishing grace. It raised him above the fear of the king's wrath. Observe, The practical belief of the existence of God, as revealed in the word, would be a powerful awe-band upon our souls, a bridle of restraint to keep us from sin, and a spur of constraint to put us upon all manner of gospel obedience. 1. Their sincerity appeared not only in not returning to their former country, but in desiring a better country, that is, a heavenly. His first appearance on the stage of the world was a great evidence of his 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 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. This true faith makes sin bitter to the soul, even while it receives the pardon and atonement. They endured trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, and bonds and imprisonment, v. 36. All the saints are heirs of the same promise. The ground of Abraham's faith, the call and promise of God, v. 8. The energy of faith ( Hebrews 11:23-40 ) Hebrews 11:1-7. How could law-keeping under the Old Covenant be superior to faith in Christ through the New Covenant if no Old Testament saint was ever declared righteous because of 2. WebTHE FAITH WHICH DEFEATS DEATH ( Hebrews 11:20-22 ) 11:20-22 It was by faith that Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in the things concerning the future. It will be thrown down by violence (Revelation 18:19). The previous tents of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies are now a perfect tent in Jesus Christ. [5.] They cared not to engage much in it. By faith they subdued kingdoms, v. 33. The walls of Jericho fell before them. (7.) The apostle next proceeds to. There is no despair in hope. Since believers have a confident hope, they will share with certainty the hope they have in Christ. The disastrous effect of unbelief has been pointed out in the earlier part of this epistle ( Hebrews 3:12 ; Hebrews 3:19 ; Hebrews 4:2 ) as well as the necessity of faith. [2.] XII. 1. 'to the Hebrews') is one of the books of the New Testament. 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". This country they seek: their designs are for it; their desires are after it; their discourse is about it; they diligently endeavour to clear up their title to it, to have their temper suited to it, to have their conversation in it, and to come to the enjoyment of it. By faith Joseph, when he died 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 afraid of dying, or uneasy about it; nor did his prosperity make him proud, or above speaking to his brethren, nor revengeful to them, nor unthoughtful of their future afflictions; nor did his affluence of temporal things take off his regards to divine promises, nor weaken his faith in them, which is here commended in the following instances; as that at the time of his death. That fallen man has leave to go in to worship God, with hope of acceptance. No better answer is given in perhaps all the Bible than in the great eleventh chapter of the book of Hebrews. To Samuel he adds, and of the prophets, who were extraordinary ministers of the Old-Testament church, employed of God sometimes to denounce judgment, sometimes to promise mercy, always to reprove sin; sometimes to foretell remarkable events, known only to God; and chiefly to give notice of the Messiah, his coming, person, and offices; for in him the prophets as well as the law center. (2.) Of the faith of Isaac, v. 20. 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. The preservation and safe passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea, when there was no other way to escape from Pharaoh and his host, who were closely pursuing them. 
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. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. In this place we are told that he obtained by his faith some special advantages; as, (1.) 16 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. Twice Moses forsook Egypt: [1.] WebThe Answer from Hebrews 11 What is faith? 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. In the story of Jephthah observe, (1.) Faith has a clear and a strong eye, and can see promised mercies at a great distance. This secret warning he was to communicate to the world, who would be sure to despise both him and his message. 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. The principle upon which his faith acted in these his motions: He endured, as seeing him that was invisible. Revelation 12-22 MacArthur New Testament Commentary - John F. MacArthur 2000-09-01 These study guides, part of a set from noted Bible scholar, John 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. Observe. There appeared in him something uncommon; the beauty of the Lord sat upon him, as a presage that he was born to great things, and that by conversing with God his face should shine (Exod 34 29), what bright and illustrious actions he should do for the deliverance of Israel, and how his name should shine in the sacred records. 1. He is called their God. Note, Those that are once effectually and savingly called out of a sinful state have no mind to return into it again; they now know better things. He owed his life to this princess; and to refuse such kindness from her would look not only like ingratitude to her, but a neglect of Providence, that seemed to intend his advancement and his brethren's advantage. 22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. The power of God is above the power of the creature. 2. 2.
1. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. (3.) Hebrews 12:2 Commentary. Faith and hope go together; and the same things that are the object of our hope are the object of our faith. We hold this in the face of difficulties, doubts, and discouragements. Though the covenant of grace takes in the children of believers, yet it leaves them subject to natural death. We now go on to. WebFaith in Action. The disastrous effect of unbelief has been pointed out in the earlier part of this epistle ( Hebrews 3:12 ; Hebrews 3:19 ; Hebrews 4:2 ) as well as the necessity of faith. Here we have, I. , By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departing. The book of Revelation fleshes out that idea more fully. (1.) 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. WebHebrews chapter 11 strikes a powerful blow to the attraction of Old Testament Judaism. 6. Here was a great trial of their faith. This was a figure or parable of something further.
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