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Hebrews 11:6
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.
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.
Verse Hebrews 11:6. _HE THAT COMETH TO GOD_] The man who professes that it is his duty to worship God, must, if he act rationally, do it on the conviction that there is such a Being infinite, eternal...
BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM - Without “confidence” in God - in his fidelity, his truth, his wisdom, his promises. And this is as true in other things as in religion. It is impossi...
IV. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS CHAPTER 11 _ 1. Faith in regard to creation and salvation (Hebrews 11:1)_ 2. The patience of faith (Hebrews 11:8) 3. The energy of faith (Hebrews 11:23
Examples of faith from the primitive history, as given in the early Chapter s of Genesis. Abel, on account of his faith, was not only accepted by God in his lifetime (Genesis 4:4), but even after his...
THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
It was by faith that Enoch was transferred from this to the other life so that he did not die but passed from men's sight, because God took him from one life to the other. For, before this change came...
WITHOUT. Greek. _choris._ See Hebrews 4:15. BELIEVE. Greek. _pisteuo._ App-150. IS. Greek. _esti._ The verb substantive. IS. Greek. _ginomai,_ to become. REWARDER. Greek. _misthapodotes._ Only here...
_that he is_ The object of Faith is both the existence and the Divine government of God. "We trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe" (1 Timothy 4:10)....
CH. 11. THE HEROES OF FAITH The main task of the writer has now been performed, but the remainder of the Epistle had also a very important purpose. It would have been fatal to the peace of mind of a J...
ὍΤΙ ἜΣΤΙΝ. The object of Faith is both the existence and the Divine government of God. “We trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe” (1 Timothy 4:10). Γ...
_SOME WHO LIVED BY FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:4-31:_ The writer of Hebrews has now set forth what faith is and how faith works. He proceeds to list a "Hall of fame" of Old Testament characters who lived 'by...
ΧΩΡΊΣ (G5565) с _gen._ без. ΆΔΎΝΑΤΟΝ (G102) невозможно, ΕΎΑΡΕΣΤΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf., см._ Hebrews 11:5. _Inf._ объясняет, что невозможно, ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить. Инфин...
DISCOURSE: 2320 THE NECESSITY OF FAITH Hebrews 11:6. _Without faith it is impossible to please_ [_God_.] THIS whole chapter is one continued commendation of faith: which is marked, throughout, as the...
BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM:— This verse is added by the apostle, to complete his reasoning in that which precedes. He had there said, that God translated Enoch without dying, on...
II. _Progressive development of faith during patriarchal and Mosaic dispensations. Hebrews 11:4-40_. A. _The antediluvian: faith in God. Hebrews 11:4-7_. _TEXT_ Hebrews 11:4
THE FAITH OF ENOCH (Hebrews 11:5, Hebrews 11:6) The apostle makes it his principal design in this chapter to convince the Hebrews of the nature, importance and efficacy of saving faith. In the execut...
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. WITHOUT, [ chooris (G5565)] - 'apar...
1 Faith is neither "substance" nor "evidence", as is the usual rendering of this passage. The word "substance" is changed to "confidence" in most later translations, as this word seems to agree with i...
HEROES OF FAITH The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel, beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The writer has already mentioned faith as a necessary co...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 11 5 THE BETTER WAY 11:1-13:25 THE WAY OF TRUST AND HOPE 11:1-40 THE MEANING OF *FAITH (TRUST IN GOD) 11:1-3 V1 *Faith, that is, trust...
BUT WITHOUT FAITH. — Better, _and apart from faith it is impossible to be_ “_well pleasing_” (unto Him); _for he that draweth near_ (Hebrews 7:25; Hebrews 10:1; Hebrews 10:22) _to God must believe_......
FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM Hebrews 11:1 Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of things wh...
Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God. Afte...
FAITH FROM CREATION TO THE FLOOD The faith of Abel is seen through his actions (Genesis 4:3-5; 1 John 3:11-12). Since Paul says faith comes by hearing God's word (Romans 10:17), it is clear that Abel...
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 (d) rewarder of them that diligently seek him. (d) This reward is not refer...
He proves the Henoch [Enoch] was translated by faith, or on account of faith, thus: Henoch was translated because he pleased God; now he could not please God but by faith; therefore by faith he was tr...
(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. (6) But withou...
The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
_THE IMPORTANCE OF FAITH_ ‘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.’ Hebrews 1...
6._But without faith, etc. _What is said here belongs to all the examples which the Apostle records in this chapter; but as there is in the passage some measure of obscurity, it is necessary to examin...
It is not a definition of this principle, that the epistle gives us at the commencement of Chapter 11, but a declaration of its powers and action. Faith realises (gives substance to) that which we hop...
BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE HIM,.... Or do things well pleasing in his sight; or any of the duties of religion, in an acceptable way; as prayer, praise, attendance on the word and ord...
There being no direct mention made of faith in the testimony given unto Enoch, but only that by walking with God he pleased him, the apostle in this verse proves from thence that it was by faith that...
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. Ver. 6. _But without faith_] Th...
HEB. 11:6. 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. _ Blank Bible: _ 6...
_By faith_ That is, his firm faith in the being and perfections of God, especially his omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence; his truth, justice, mercy, and goodness; and in consequence of that exemp...
This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now C...
4-7 Here follow some illustrious examples of faith from the Old Testament. Abel brought a sacrifice of atonement from the firstlings of the flock, acknowledging himself a sinner who deserved to die,...
The Spirit here proveth that Enoch pleased God by faith, though it was not expressly written in his text by Moses, because of the impossibility of pleasing God without faith. BUT WITHOUT FAITH IT IS I...
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‘And without faith it is impossible to be well-pleasing to him; for he who comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek after him.' The introduction to the chapter...
THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN THE ANTEDELUVIAN WORLD (HEBREWS 11:3). Faith is seen as giving us an understanding of the world as it is, and why it is as it is. Faith says it is like it is because God cr...
Hebrews 11:5-6. BY FAITH ENOCH WAS TRANSLATED. The language of this verse is taken from the Septuagint (Genesis 5:22-24). ‘He was not' is there rendered ‘he was not found.' The phrase ‘God took him' i...
IMPOSSIBLE (αδυνατον). Strong word as in Hebrews 6:4; Hebrews 6:18. See Romans 8:8 for same idea with αρεσα (αρεσκω, Galatians 1:10).Must belie...
Hebrews 11:1 Abel, Enoch, Noah. Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, and Noah, the preacher...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report._ So it was written, in the olden time, that believers «obta...
This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen, with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
This is the triumphal arch of faith. Here we find the names of many of the heroes of faith, and a brief record of some of the battles in which they fought and conquered. May you and I possess «like pr...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report._ The names of those who lived in old time are handed down...
This is a very familiar chapter, but it is none the less precious. It is the roll of the heroes of faith. Here you have a list of the men who believed in God, and who therefore did great things. Hebr...
First, a definition of faith. Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand...
In this chapter we read of the wonders of faith; but I have never read a chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing; but fai...
These men, of whom we are now briefly to read, are a company of God's witnesses; and the apostle calls them, in the next chapter, «a cloud of witnesses,» who, from their lofty seats above, are watchin...
CONTENTS: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,...
Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for._ Paul uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3, that the Son is the express image of the Father's _hypostasis,_ or person. Then fa...
NO MAN. "Enoch's faith brought him to God. But unbelief will drive a man away from God. _Unbelief_ calls God a liar!" FOR WHOEVER COMES. No one can come to God unless he believes: (1) that God exists;...
_Without faith it is impossible to please Him_ THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF FAITH I. THIS NATURE OF FAITH IN GENERAL. NOW the term, faith, “expresses a confidence or persuasion of the truth of anythi...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:6 TO PLEASE HIM. The Greek Septuagint translation of Genesis 1:1 states that certain patriarchs “pleased God” (translating the Hebrew phrase for “walke
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Hebrews 11:4. MORE EXCELLENT.—Because Abel made it the offering of _himself_. It is the offering of the man himself, through his sacrifice, that God accepts. DEAD YET...
EXPOSITION HEBREWS 11:1 NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE _ _OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF THINGS NOT SEEN. On the senses in which the word ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be used, see unde...
Hebrews, chapter 11: Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). This is not so much a definition of faith as it is the declaration of what faith d...
1 Chronicles 28:9; 2 Peter 1:10; 2 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 3:14; Galatian
FAR-FLUNG VISIONS A New Year's Study Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for u...
THE PLACE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens up the cha...
THE LIFE OF FAITH Hebrews 11:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the substan...
But without faith — Even some divine faith in God, it is impossible to please him. For he that cometh to God — in prayer, or another act of worship, must believe that he is....
WITHOUT FAITH, that is, without justifying faith, without faith in the Messiah, for that is the faith here spoken of, there is no possibility of pleasing God, and if so, then no possibility of being s...