Hebrews 11:1. God said, "And when I pass through the land tonight and I see the blood, I will pass over that house and the first-born will be spared." The book As in Adam has this sentence: "The business of life, the way to life, consists in getting over fences, not in lying down and moaning on the hither side." And the evidence, that word has been translated conviction of the things not seen. There is nothing capricious about the usage. The moon arose in the east and the stars came out. and of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:8 ff.) By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both of the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, as he leaned on the top of his staff. It is that which infinitely exceeds the deliverance out of Egypt, or any ceremonial atonement ever wrought by a high priest for Israel. and of the fatness of the earth and plenty of grain and wine. We must believe not only that God exists but also that he cares and is involved in the human situation. Scripture Hebrews 11 Sort Bible Verse Sermon The Danger of Dull Hearing Apr 10, 1988 Scripture: Hebrews John Piper Sermon What Faith Knows and Hopes For Jun 1, 1997 Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3 John Piper Sermon Without Faith It Is Impossible to Please God Jun 8, 1997 Scripture: Hebrews 11:4-6 John Piper Conference Message This is the best way the people of God can take to condemn the wicked; not by harsh and censorious language, but by a holy exemplary conversation. See how Moses weighed matters: in one scale he put the worst of religionthe reproaches of Christ, in the other scale the best of the worldthe treasures of Egypt; and in his judgment, directed by faith, the worst of religion weighed down the best of the world. You may give yourself over to indulgence. Jesus sits down in perpetuity. Hence in Hebrews we never find the body of Christ as such referred to. She offered him a way into Jerusalem by stealth; and then, having gained his confidence, she slew him in his drunken sleep with his own dagger, cut off his head and carried it back to her people. When he came to pronounce the blessing, he trembled very exceedingly (Genesis 27:33); and he charged Jacob that he had subtly taken away Esau's blessing, Genesis 27:33, Genesis 27:35. ". It owns the creation; it recognizes sacrifice as the only righteous means of being accepted with God the only means of approaching Him worthily. (4.) We are not come to Sinai, the mountain that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and a voice more terrible than that of the elements. As the old story tells it, so it happened. It was as if God had so arranged things that the full blaze of his glory should not be revealed until we and they can enjoy it together. Of course, he had two steps. [3.] Seeing Abraham afar off, and Lazarus there being comforted in Abraham's bosom, said, 'Father Abraham, send Lazarus to me, that he might take his finger and dip it in water, and touch my tongue; for I am tormented in this heat.' Because as it goes on. He did not serve an ejectment, or raise a war against the old inhabitants, to dispossess them, but contented himself to live as a stranger, to bear their unkindnesses patiently, to receive any favours from them thankfully, and to keep his heart fixed upon his home, the heavenly Canaan. For whence had he so much greatness of mind, as to look down on whatever was elevated in the world, and to esteem as nothing whatever was precious in it, except that he had ascended up into heaven. These were the actings of their faith. Moffatt quotes a saying of A. S. Peake: "The courage to abandon work on which one's heart is set and accept inaction cheerfully as the will of God is of the rarest and highest kind and can be created and sustained only by the clearest spiritual vision." (iii) Noah's faith was a judgment on others. And he called the name of the place Jehovah-Jireh. , By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departing. "So Mattathias and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they ever had in the city" ( 1Ma_2:28 ). Can there be a doubt that Christianity is meant? . But whether the one or the other, all was by faith. We have the church, but even when the expression "church" occurs, it is the church altogether vaguely, as inHebrews 2:12; Hebrews 2:12, or viewed in the units that compose it not at all in its unity. Therefore there sprang even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and the sand which is by the seashore innumerable ( Hebrews 11:12 ). denoting the chosen people. He seemed to have forgotten how God had determined the matter at the birth of these his sons, ; Genesis 25:23. I refer to the fact just to exemplify on the one hand the true bearing of the epistle, and what I believe will be discovered in it, and on the other hand to guard against the mistake of importing into it, or trying to extract from it, what is not there. First of all, there is in this verse the glaring omission of the name of Adam, the mighty progenitor of the human race, neither he nor Eve, the mother of all living, being mentioned; and the circumstances that makes this omission so eloquent is that the author of Hebrews is embarking on a kind of roll-call of all the heroes of the past. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. This was the very thing that these Jewish Christians were shrinking, from, if not rebelling against. Oh, you'll be changed, yes, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. At the same time he exhorts the believers as to their chiefs, that is, those who guided them spiritually. For although outwardly, no doubt, the prosperity lasted in the time of Solomon, it was mainly the fruit of David's suffering, and power, and glory. And Isaac, being in the prime of his youth, could have easily overpowered his Dad and said, "Okay, Dad, that's enough. It is said that without this faith it is impossible to please God, without such a faith as helps us to walk with God, an active faith, and that we cannot come to God unless we believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those that diligently seek him. The supports of Abraham's faith (; Hebrews 11:10): He looked for a city that hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. There is no mystery in all creation like the love of God. A parepidemos ( G3927) was a man in lodgings, a man without a home in the place where life had sent him. Consequently, when He comes again to them that look for Him, it is simply to bring them into all the eternal results of that great salvation. Again the legends help to light up the picture. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God." "To Gaza." Where could they find such a Priest? And it is pleasant to see parents and children sojourning together in this world as heirs of the heavenly inheritance. not to sin, for so God tempteth no man, but only tried his faith and obedience to purpose. It was by faith that Jacob, when he was dying. Man never did nor could settle it without the word of God. No other seat was suitable to such a One. The reasons will be given in a moment. 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. There is nothing here below so difficult for the natural mind; and for the simple reason that man can never rise above that which is caused. Genesis 15:5; Genesis 18:11-13). We see the leaves that are blowing. When does it first appear? Charles Frohman, who had known Barrie so well, went down with the Lusitania in that disaster of 7 May 1915. We have here those whose names are not only mentioned, but the particular trials and actings of their faith are subjoined. Those who have been marked out must ever remember and acknowledge free and distinguishing grace. Noah tried to warn the people of the impending flood that was going to come, and they mocked him. First, to die and come back again so that he might know what death was like. Jephthah was an illegitimate son; he was driven into a kind of exile and into the life of an outlaw; but when the Ammonites were putting Israel into fear, the forgotten outlaw was called back and won a tremendous victory, although his vow to God cost him the life of his daughter. They 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 ( Hebrews 11:37-38 ): What a statement, remarkable statement, concerning these men. Thus does the apostle reason on it: "For if the blood of bulls and goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh" (which the Jew would not contest): "how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to do religious service to the living God? By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones ( Hebrews 11:20-22 ). He did not serve an ejectment, or raise a war against the old inhabitants, to dispossess them, but contented himself to live as a stranger, to bear their unkindnesses patiently, to receive any favours from them thankfully, and to keep his heart fixed upon his home, the heavenly Canaan. But a God who is a mathematician need not care. Secondly, All true believers desire this better country. They do not belong to heaven like the angels; but God had an eternal purpose, which brought them by an extraordinary favour there. Let him learn his error. All of them trusted God even if they could not fully imagine what God's promises would entail. So they saw the promises. By faith Joseph, when he died - When about to die; see Genesis 50:24-25. Men of faith and yet men who were tortured for their faith.Not accepting deliverance. They were not mindful of that country whence they came, ; Hebrews 11:15. Longfellow wrote: "There is no Death! VI. Popilius and Antiochus met on the boundaries of Egypt. In the first section is pretty much powerful, positive kind of reactions and responses to their faith. Enoch made three requests of him. It looks at only the first half of the list and ignores the second half of the list, but that isn't reality. Hebrews 11 The apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. He blessed both the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh; he adopted them into the number of his own sons, and so into the congregation of Israel, though they were born in Egypt. After this chapter on faith, only the rhetorical culmination (12) and closing matters (13) remain. because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins." Abraham had faith to obey, believing that God could bring Isaac back to life. A woman's weakness had become strength to save her country. Learn here, (1.) The word used for mastering kingdoms is what Josephus, the Jewish historian, used of David. Second, we will remember that, even when it may not look like it, somehow God is in control. While living in this tent I often groan earnestly desiring to be free, not that I would be unclothed or an unembodied spirit, but I want to be clothed upon with a body which is from heaven. And I see the evidence of God's existence, and thus, faith. If we take God at his word and stake everything on him, even when there seems to be nothing but a blank wall in front of us, the way of escape will open up. But how? The accommodation of this type is not difficult. 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