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Verse 16. _BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER_] They all expected
_spiritual blessings_, and a _heavenly inheritance_; they sought God
as their _portion_, and in such a way and on such principles that he
i...
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BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY, THAT IS, AN HEAVENLY - That is,
at the time referred to when they confessed that they were strangers
and sojourners, they showed that they sought a better country...
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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
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Passing now from the men of the primeval world, the writer comes to
the patriarchs, and especially to Abraham, who stands out in the OT as
the chief example of faith. Abraham showed his faith by his o...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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All these died without obtaining possession of the promises. They only
saw them from far away and greeted them from afar, and they admitted
that they were strangers and sojourners upon the earth. Now...
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NOW. as. matter of fact.
DESIRE. Greek. _oregomai._ Only here, 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 6:10.
HEAVENLY. See Hebrews 3:1.
ASHAMED. See...
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_But now_ "But, as the case now is."
_they desire_ The word means, "they are yearning for," "they stretch
forth their hands towards."
_is not ashamed to be called their God_ Rather, "is not ashamed...
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ΝΥ͂Ν ΔΈ. “_But, as the case now is_.”
ὈΡΈΓΟΝΤΑΙ. The word means, “_they are yearning for_,”
“_they stretch forth their hands towards_.”
ΟΥ̓Κ ἘΠΑΙΣΧΎΝΕΤΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟῪΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. “_Is
not ashamed of them, to...
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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...
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_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...
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DISCOURSE: 2324
THE CHRISTIAN’S DESIRE
Hebrews 11:16. _Now they desire a better country, that is, an
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God_.
WHEREVER the Gospel is faithfully...
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BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY,— This made them carry their
thoughts still further; and since they did not enjoy Canaan, nor see
how Canaan could answer their expectations, they _desired_ and
ex...
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B.
_The patriarchal: faith in God plus faith in His promises. Hebrews
11:8-27_.
_TEXT_
Hebrews 11:8-27
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out
unto a place
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THE REWARD OF FAITH
(Hebrews 11:15, Hebrews 11:16)
Once more we would remind ourselves of the particular circumstances
those saints were in to whom our Epistle was first addressed. Only as
we do so a...
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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.
Proving that the old fathers did not 'look onl...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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They confess themselves but sojourners (Hebrews 11:13), and thus make
it plain that they are still seeking their true home (14); and yet,
if. they had sought nothing more than an earthly home, there i...
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CHAPTER XI.
THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM.
"By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out unto a place
which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not
knowing whither he went. By fai...
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SEEKING THE BETTER COUNTRY
Hebrews 11:11
Faith has the twofold power, first, of making the unseen real; and
second, of receiving the grace and strength of God into the heart.
Sarah, through faith, r...
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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...
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THE HOPE OF HEAVEN
Milligan points out the meaning of the expression "these all died in
faith," saying, "they died as they had lived, in faith." He goes on to
say that the all referred to includes Abr...
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(13) 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...
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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...
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_A PREPARED CITY_
‘Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for He hath
prepared for them a city.’
Hebrews 11:16
What are the special qualities of the town through which the Divine
can...
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16._Wherefore God is not ashamed, etc. _He refers to that passage,
“I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”
(Exodus 3:6.) It is a singular honor when God makes men illustriou...
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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...
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BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY,.... Which is not to be
understood of the then present time, in which the apostle wrote; for
the patriarchs, of whom he speaks, were not then on earth, nor in any...
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The apostle hereon draws another inference, wherein he expresseth the
true, real object of their faith and desires, with the great advantage
and dignity which they obtained thereon.
Hebrews 11:16. Νυ...
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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.
Ver. 16. _God is not ashamed_] But honoureth t...
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HEB. 11:16. BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER (COUNTRY), THAT IS, A
HEAVENLY: WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT ASHAMED TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD: FOR HE
HATH PREPARED FOR THEM A CITY.
In October 1751, in Northampton, a...
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_For they that say such things_ That speak of themselves as strangers
and pilgrims; _declare plainly that they seek a country_ Different
from that in which they dwell. Or rather, that they seek their...
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GOD IS NOT ASHAMED; because they place such confidence in him and
desire such pure and elevated joys, he has prepared for them a
permanent abode and unending bliss in heaven. God is ashamed of those
w...
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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...
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An application of the truths here offered:...
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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...
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8-19 We are often called to leave worldly connexions, interests, and
comforts. If heirs of Abraham's faith, we shall obey and go forth,
though not knowing what may befall us; and we shall be found in...
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BUT NOW THEY DESIRE A BETTER COUNTRY, THAT IS, AN HEAVENLY: having
deserted this world, as strangers in it, they sought, desired, and
hoped for with the greatest earnestness and fervency, a city in th...
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Origen Commentary on John Book II
For it was a great gift to the Patriarchs that God in place of His own
name should add their name to His own designation as God, as Paul
says,[48]...
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Hebrews 11:16 But G1161 now G3570 desire G3713 (G5734) better G2909 is
G5123 (G5748) heavenly G2032 country There
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‘And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they went
out, they would have had opportunity to return. But now they desire a
better, that is, a heavenly, for which reason God is not ashamed...
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FAITH REVEALED IN POSITIVE PRESENT ACTION BY THOSE WHO BELIEVED THE
PROMISES OF GOD'S FUTURE REWARD FOR HIS OWN IN THE LIGHT OF THE FUTURE
HOPE (HEBREWS 11:7).
The essential of this next section is th...
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Hebrews 11:16. BUT NOW (the case is that, see chap. Hebrews 8:6) THEY
DESIRE A BETTER, THAT IS, A HEAVENLY (home); WHEREFORE GOD IS NOT
ASHAMED OF THEM, TO BE CALLED THEIR GOD. Of old He honoured them...
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Hebrews 11:13-16. The one attribute of the faith of all these men is
that it continued till death. IN FAITH (rather, consistently with it,
still looking forward to a glorious future as yet unrealized)...
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Hebrews 11:8-22. From the elders of the antediluvian world the writer
now appeals to the elders of Israel, the great men who, under God,
founded the Jewish state. Theirs also was a condition of patien...
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THEY DESIRE
(ορεγοντα). Present middle indicative of ορεγω, old word
for stretching out after, yearning after as in 1 Timothy 3:1.THEIR GOD
(θεος αυτων). Predicate nominative with the epexegetic...
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Hebrews 11:8
The Patriarchs.
I. The period of the patriarchs has a very peaceful and lovely
character. God appeared and spoke to them. There was as yet no law.
What is the real peculiarity of the pat...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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THE HEAVENLY COUNTRY. Their faith pointed them to this heavenly
country! See Philippians 3:20. AND SO GOD IS NOT ASHAMED. He might
have been ashamed, if he failed to fulfill the promise. This proves
t...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:14 The people he has mentioned in vv.
Hebrews 11:1 were seeking a BETTER (HEAVENLY)...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Hebrews 11:13_
Living and Dying in Faith.—This rhetorical chapter, reviewing
rapidly the stories of the other saints, could not fail to interest
the Jewish Christia...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 7:32; Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8;...
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Now they desire [ν υ ν ο ρ ε γ ο ν τ α ι]. Nun now is
logical : as the case now stands. For ojregontai desire, see on 1
Timothy 3:1.
Is not ashamed [ο υ κ ε π α ι σ χ υ ν ε τ α ι]. Because
they have c...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ABRAHAM THE FRIEND OF GOD
Hebrews 11:8
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Early beginnings. Perhaps, in all history there is none who has
ever attained unto the honor and fame of Abraham. Abraham lived half
way...
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But they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly — This is a
full convincing proof that the patriarchs had a revelation and a
promise of eternal glory in heaven. Therefore God is not ashamed to...