Hebrews 11:1,2
A WONDERFUL EPIC ON THE POWER OF FAITH. Faith as a trust in that which is invisible and future:... [ Continue Reading ]
A WONDERFUL EPIC ON THE POWER OF FAITH. Faith as a trust in that which is invisible and future:... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW, FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR BY IT THE ELDERS OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT. The sacred writer here states the fundamental thought of this chapter, the most impressive section on the power of faith in his entire letter, if not in the whole Bible. He begins with a definition of faith: But faith is a conviction of mind concerning th... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The example of Abel, Enoch, and Noah:... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The sacred writer begins his recital with a general reference, purposely ascribed, n... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS CALLED TO GO OUT INTO A PLACE WHICH HE SHOULD AFTER RECEIVE FOR AN INHERITANCE, OBEYED; AND HE WENT OUT, NOT KNOWING WHITHER HE WENT.... [ Continue Reading ]
The example of Abraham and Sarah:... [ Continue Reading ]
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;... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE LOOKED FOR A CITY WHICH HATH FOUNDATIONS, WHOSE BUILDER AND MAKER IS GOD.... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH FAITH ALSO SARAH 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 SEASHORE INNUMERABLE. Since he was the father of the Old Testament believers, the example of Abraham is treated at length, no fewer than five points in which his... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, NOT HAVING RECEIVED THE PROMISES, 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
An application of the truths here offered:... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEY THAT SAY SUCH THINGS DECLARE PLAINLY THAT THEY SEEK A COUNTRY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND TRULY, IF THEY HAD BEEN MINDFUL OF THAT COUNTRY FROM WHENCE THEY CAME OUT, THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE RETURNED.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sacred writer here shows that his definition of faith applies well in the case of Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, and Jacob: These all died in keeping wit... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH ABRAHAM, WHEN HE WAS TRIED, OFFERED UP ISAAC; AND HE THAT HAD RECEIVED THE PROMISES OFFERED UP HIS ONLY-BEGOTTEN SON,... [ Continue Reading ]
The example of the patriarchs:... [ Continue Reading ]
OF WHOM IT WAS SAID, THAT IN ISAAC SHALL THY SEED BE CALLED;... [ Continue Reading ]
ACCOUNTING THAT GOD WAS ABLE TO RAISE HIM UP, EVEN FROM THE DEAD; FROM WHENCE HE ALSO RECEIVED HIM IN A FIGURE.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH ISAAC BLESSED JACOB AND ESAU CONCERNING THINGS TO COME.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH JACOB, WHEN HE WAS A-DYING, BLESSED BOTH THE SONS OF JOSEPH, AND WORSHIPED, LEANING UPON THE TOP OF HIS STAFF.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH JOSEPH, WHEN HE DIED, MADE MENTION OF THE DEPARTING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND GAVE COMMANDMENT CONCERNING HIS BONES. The history of Abraham was by no means exhausted by the incidents mentioned in the preceding paragraphs. There is another lesson recorded here: By faith Abraham offered... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
The example of Moses:... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH MOSES, WHEN HE WAS COME TO YEARS, REFUSED TO BE CALLED THE SON OF PHARAOH'S DAUGHTER,... [ Continue Reading ]
CHOOSING RATHER TO SUFFER AFFLICTION WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD THAN TO ENJOY THE PLEASURES OF SIN FOR A SEASON;... [ Continue Reading ]
ESTEEMING THE REPROACH OF CHRIST GREATER RICHES THAN THE TREASURES IN EGYPT, FOR HE HAD RESPECT UNTO THE RECOMPENSE OF THE REWARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH HE FORSOOK EGYPT, NOT FEARING THE WRATH OF THE KING; FOR HE ENDURED, AS SEEING HIM WHO IS INVISIBLE.... [ Continue Reading ]
THROUGH FAITH HE KEPT THE PASSOVER AND THE SPRINKLING OF BLOOD, LEST HE THAT DESTROYED THE FIRST-BORN SHOULD TOUCH THEM.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH THEY PASSED THROUGH THE RED SEA AS BY DRY LAND; WHICH THE EGYPTIANS AS SAYING TO DO, WERE DROWNED. The first incident from the history of Moses is that which illustrates the faith of his parents: By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that... [ Continue Reading ]
The achievements of faith in the times of Joshua and later:... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH THE WALLS OF JERICHO FELL DOWN AFTER THEY WERE COMPASSED ABOUT SEVEN DAYS.... [ Continue Reading ]
BY FAITH THE HARLOT RAHAB PERISHED NOT WITH THEM THAT BELIEVED NOT, WHEN SHE HAD RECEIVED THE SPIES WITH PEACE.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHAT SHALL I MORE SAY? FOR THE TIME WOULD FAIL ME TO TELL OF GIDEON, AND OF BARAK, AND OF SAMSON, AND OF JEPHTHAH; OF DAVID ALSO, AND SAMUEL, AND OF THE PROPHETS;... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO THROUGH FAITH SUBDUED KINGDOMS, WROUGHT RIGHTEOUSNESS, OBTAINED PROMISES, STOPPED THE MOUTHS OF LIONS,... [ Continue Reading ]
QUENCHED THE VIOLENCE OF FIRE, ESCAPED THE EDGE OF THE SWORD, OUT OF WEAKNESS WERE MADE STRONG, WAXED VALIANT IN FIGHT, TURNED TO FIGHT THE ARMIES OF THE ALIENS.... [ Continue Reading ]
WOMEN RECEIVED THEIR DEAD RAISED TO LIFE AGAIN; AND OTHERS WERE TORTURED, NOT ACCEPTING DELIVERANCE, THAT THEY MIGHT OBTAIN A BETTER RESURRECTION;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND OTHERS HAD TRIAL OF CRUEL MOCKINGS AND SCOURGINGS, YEA, MOREOVER OF BONDS AND IMPRISONMENT;... [ Continue Reading ]
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;... [ Continue Reading ]
( OF WHOM THE WORLD WAS NOT WORTHY;) THEY WANDERED IN DESERTS, AND IN MOUNTAINS, AND IN DENS AND CAVES OF THE EARTH. After the children of Israel had finally crossed the Jordan by another miracle, they were given an opportunity to show their faith in the Lord at the siege of Jericho: By faith the wa... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THESE ALL, HAVING OBTAINED A GOOD REPORT THROUGH FAITH, RECEIVED NOT THE PROMISE,... [ Continue Reading ]
The author's conclusion:... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD HAVING PROVIDED SOME BETTER THING FOR US, THAT THEY WITHOUT US SHOULD NOT BE MADE PERFECT. In this respect the believers of old serve as excellent examples: And these all, although they were testified to through faith, did not receive the promise, God having provided something better for us, tha... [ Continue Reading ]