But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased." such power and prosperity as, was never reached again. So that all of the material things that we see are made up of things that cannot be seen: of atoms, protons, electrons. It was by faith that Rahab, the harlot, did not perish with the disobedient because she had welcomed the scouts in peace. Again he insists upon the honour and purity of the marriage tie, and the abhorrence that God has for those that despise and corrupt it, and the sure judgment which will come upon them. First of all, as has been hinted, that which suggests "testament" is the end of verse 15 "They which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance." When Sarah heard it she laughed within herself ( Genesis 18:12). (1.) He believed the message which God sent him. Brought nigh to God by the blood of Jesus, we have perfect access, so that there is nothing between God and us; for Christ suffered once to bring us to God, as He intercedes that we may have communion. . In Jesus' name. His faith silenced all objections, and set him to work in earnest. 3. Someone asked him if he never got tired of it all. "Through faith he instituted the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. In Hebrews 10:1-39 he applies the matter to the present state of the believer. That God will not suffer the injuries done to his people to remain unpunished, nor their sufferings unrewarded. A person who lives for their own pleasure is living out of sync with God. It is evident that in these we have the two main parts of Christianity. Such is the emphasis. That which to us alone is impossible is always possible with him. The two extremes, offensive to every lover of the vi media of religious rationalism, must be combined in Christianity and the Christian man, if he is to maintain it unimpaired and pure. Hence, therefore, he now introduces us "to the spirits of just men made perfect." Command the children of Israel that they take a lamb out of their flock, the first year, to kill it and put the blood in a basin and with hyssop sprinkle the blood upon the lentils and on the doorposts." "But now once in the consummation of the ages," this is the meaning of "the end of the world;" it is the consummation of those dispensations for bringing out what man was. Fascinating statement!Now he begins to list those men of faith from the Old Testament. By faith he looked beyond to a higher fulfilment of the promise (8-10; cf. It is the conflict which introduces the reign of peace founded on righteousness, when God will manifest Himself as the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth. Hebrews 11:22. Abraham would ask them how old they were and they would answer perhaps fifty or sixty years of age. 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? Now after the apostle has given this account of the faith of others, with Abraham, he returns to him again, and gives us an instance of the greatest trial and act of faith that stands upon record, either in the story of the father of the faithful or of any of his spiritual seed; and this was his offering up Isaac: 1. With Zion then the apostle justly begins. Time will fail me if I try to recount the story of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, or Jephthah, of David. Adam then gave the girl to Abel and Cain was sorely vexed. The reproaches of the church of God are the reproaches of Christ, who is, and has ever been, the head of the church. Here is some outstanding insight on the story of Abraham offering up his son Isaac to the LORD. But in Cain's heart there was still bitter envy. It was the more urgent to insist on it, because the Jews, like others, would like to have been settled in rest here and now. He received his son. Having been schooled in the schools of Egypt in the sciences and the arts, Moses having been raised in the Pharaoh's palace, having been adopted by the Pharaoh's daughter, having at his disposal all of the riches of Egypt, all of the glory of Egypt. And so he journeyed through the land. and of Elisha ( 2 Kings 4:8 ff.) God is again to be found of us through Christ, the second Adam. "And who is the lord of Nimrod?" It is said (; Genesis 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. Genesis 15:5; Genesis 18:11-13). In the original, the meaning of the story is difficult. (3.) And as he starts towell, before he gets into it, he starts with just the creation of the world itself. There were no events then occurring which would be likely to lead to this, and nothing which could be a basis of calculation that it would be so, except what God had spoken. When Abraham heard the promise he fell upon his face and laughed ( Genesis 17:17). Hebrews chapter 11 New International Version 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. He was possessed of a true justifying righteousness; he was heir to it: and, [2.] His third request was to be permitted to see into Paradise so that he might see what the blessed enjoyed. I'm only a stranger and a pilgrim here. After three days the Lord showed to Abraham Mount Moriah. God had promised that this should be. Thus, writes William Lincoln, while surrounded by Egypts pomp and splendor, his heart was not there at all, but with his people in their future glory and blessing. BBC, And gave commandment concerning his bones - Genesis 50:25. He chose "rather to suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward." They watch as those that shall give an account. Because His people had no heart for His promises, He imposed a system of law and ordinances that was unjudged in them, which provoked the sin. If he had gone on recklessly he would simply have thrown his life away and the deliverance from Egypt might never have happened. It may be observed, too, that the Holy Ghost appears but little in this epistle. This calls us not only to leave sin, but sinful company, and whatever is inconsistent with our devotedness to him. He reasons that, while our parents only chastise us the best way they can (for after all their judgment might not be perfect), the Father of spirits never fails. Wait a minute! will deliver to us and when. The goal of LifeLight is that through a regular program of in-depth personal and group study of Scripture, more and more Christian adults may grow in their personal faith in Jesus Christ. Josephs faith was recognized from the time he was a small child (approximately seventeen years of age) when he was sold by his brothers and taken to Egypt until near the time of his death. He alludes to several facts, but leaves them. We can well understand that, because when the blood flows away, life ebbs away. One story tells how Noah was in doubt as to the shape he was to give the ark. In view of this, Amram and Jochebed decided to make a little ark and to entrust their child to it on the waters of the Nile. Beyond question the Lord is regarded as the completer of the whole walk of faith in its deepest and, morally, most glorious form. For now God came out, so to speak, in His own power and grace, and, in the person of Christ on the cross, put away sin abolished it from before His face, and set the believer absolutely free from it as regards judgment. The earth was watered by a mist that came out of the ground every evening. Christ has saved the chief of sinners. Moving on ahead now, a jump of several hundred years here. There, is no ground, in my judgment, for the thought of anything mysterious in the facts as to his person. "For the law made nothing perfect" is a parenthesis. There were two specially famous interpretations of the death of Enoch. In the case of Abel and Cain, Adam tried to change this and planned to give the twin sister of Cain to Abel. 2. Now is the time for self-denying labour, and endurance in grace; by-and-by the account must be given to the Lord that appointed them. What comes in between the two? Sometimes, not always, the countenance is the index of the mind. It is extraordinary how Rahab became imprinted on the memory of Israel. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God." You're forgetting something, Dad." David Guzik commentary on Hebrews 1, in which the author declares that Jesus is the superior Savior, as proven by the Scriptures. The Christian stands between the cross and the glory of the Lord Jesus. Search Results in Other Versions. not as the papists dream, that he worshipped some image of God engraven on the head of his staff, but intimating to us his great natural weakness, that he was not able to support himself so far as to sit up in his bed without a staff, and yet that he would not make this an excuse for neglecting the worshipping of God; he would do it as well as he could with his body, as well as with his spirit, though he could not do it as well as he would. In this faith of Moses's parents there was a mixture of unbelief, but God was pleased to overlook it. He insisted that we must take the long view. If we can grip that fact, two things follow. He began by being the child of faith. It is of men who cheerfully and courageously and confidently accepted God-given tasks which, on human terms, were impossible. When it says that Abraham looked for the city, it means a blessed and ordered scene of glory on high, which eclipsed the Holy Land before his eyes. The honour roll of history is of men who chose to be in God's minority rather than with earth's majority. We now go on to. The belief of this will carry us through the greatest difficulties and trials that we can meet with. The gospel state is more perfect than the patriarchal, because more of the promises are now fulfilled. faith: Genesis 50:24, Genesis 50:25; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16. These men had the something beyond--and so may we. May your life be enriched in the fullness of that mercy and grace that he has extended towards us through Jesus our LORD. "Others, who had run together into caves near by, to keep the Sabbath day secretly, being discoveredwere all burnt together" ( 2Ma_6:11 ). I feel the presence of God. (Compare Acts 15:22.) But if people and priest and king were proved thus vain, God was there, and His grace could not fail. Observe here, (1.) It is "the blood that speaketh better than Abel." But not the patriarchs. It was because of faith that the men of old time had their record attested. So when they died they did not enter in to the heavenly kingdom, but they had to wait for the promise of God to be fulfilled. They gave full proof of their sincerity in making such a confession. (:17-22) FAITH OF THE PATRIARCHS - PASSING THE BATON OF GOD'S PROMISES TO THE NEXT GENERATION -- LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE BLESSING. In this way he declared his faith that one day his people would inherit the land God promised them (20-22; cf. Those who forsook Egypt must expect the wrath of men; but they need not fear it, for they are under the conduct of that God who is able to make the wrath of man to praise him, and restrain the remainder of it. You have the riches of Egypt at your disposal. He was brought before Antiochus and ordered to eat swine's flesh, being threatened with the direst penalties if he refused. ", Having laid this as the first application of faith, the next question is when man fell, how was he to approach God? (4.) "And unto the city of the living God, (not of dying David,) the heavenly Jerusalem" (not the earthly capital of Palestine). But far from this, it is the simple fact Of the gospel. (3.) They were prepared to believe that God could make their obvious weakness able for an incredible task. Of Christ who was given up to death, who is risen and gone above, in whom we find all the blessing promised, and after a better sort. That was a wicked and a cruel edict, that all the males of the Israelites should be destroyed in their infancy, and so the name of Israel must be destroyed out of the earth. So Abel, who was a shepherd, took his best lamb to the place of sacrifice; but Cain, who was a tiller of the ground, took the poorest sheaf of corn he could find and laid it on the altar. The legends tell how Abraham was the son of Terah, commander of the armies of Nimrod. The supports of his faith. (2.). (2.) Lord, we believe and we trust and we know that Your Word is sure. There remains, therefore, a sabbath-keeping for the people of God. He had beyond all mere men known sorrow and rejection in Israel; yet he himself not only mounted the throne of Jehovah, but raised up His people to. That, if our persons and offerings be accepted, it must be through faith in the Messiah. 2. To some extent this story has fallen into disrepute. when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones: As Joseph was dying, he showed his faith like his father, Jacob, by calling his sons to him and telling them about the future when they would leave Egypt and return to Canaan. We will remember that everything in it is God's and will try to use it as God would have us use it. The favourite thought is "development;" and so they hold a development or genesis of matter, not a creation: matter continually progressing, in various forms, until at last it has progressed into these wise men of our day. 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. Had the energetic activity of faith been first noticed, it would have made more of man; but when the heart had been disciplined in quiet endurance, and lowly expectancy from God, then he could be clothed with the energy of the Spirit. It is not seniority of birth, but grace, that makes men truly honourable. If in these two verses we bear in mind that it really means "testament," growing out of the previous mention of the "inheritance," I am persuaded that you will have better understanding of the argument. Like Abraham he has to go out not knowing where he is going. Abraham is the supreme example of faith. The next instance of faith is that of the Israelites, under Joshua their leader, before the walls of Jericho. In the most admirable manner he proves that this was what God was all along waiting for. When the writer to the Hebrews cites her, the point he desires to make is this--Rahab in face of all the facts believed in the God of Israel. By faith, then, Jacob himself blessed his sons and the two sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh. The Stoics were wise; they held that a man should not throw his life away by needlessly provoking the wrath of a tyrant. The apostle argues that, just as the blood of the beast was brought into the holiest of all, while the body of the same animal was taken outside the camp and burnt, so this too must be made good in our portion. This is one of the first instances that is upon record of fallen men going in to worship God; and it was a wonder of mercy that all intercourse between God and man was not cut off by the fall. 11:5-6 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. Then, very gently, Popilius told Antiochus that Rome did not wish him to proceed with the campaign but wished him to go home. If people have faith, it means they believe that things hoped for according to God's promises will be achieved and that unseen powers of God are real. The epistle sets before us the seat of glory prepared on high; the Revelation speaks of the bride represented as a glorious golden city with figures beyond nature. And the word substance there has been translated in the new versions the substantiating of the things that we hope for. It became God to give Him to die; for such was our estate by sin that nothing short of His atoning death could deliver us; but, having delivered us, God would make us to be heavenly. Still worse was to come. It often happens that simply by being himself the Christian passes judgment on other people. [2.] , By faith Joseph, when dying, made mention of the departing. So Antiochus turned for home, almost mad with rage; and on the way he turned aside and attacked Jerusalem, capturing it almost without an effort. It is a recompense of reward, because given by a righteous Judge for the righteousness of Christ to righteous persons, according to the righteous rule of the covenant of grace. 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 (; Exodus 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. 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. he had respect unto the recompense of the reward ( Hebrews 11:26 ). 2. like pilgrims who need a word of encouragement; Hebrews encourages us to listen to the Word of God revealed in the Son of God, Jesus. For they that say such things declare plainly that they are seeking for a country. The Holy Spirit said to Philip in Samaria, "Go down to Gaza, that desert area." Thenceforward how it figures in the Psalms and prophets! 2 for by it the men of old gained approval. The man with the wanderlust is lured on by the thought of the countries he has never yet seen. They saw them afar off. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. At first sight every one may have been surprised, especially those that read the New Testament in the language in which God wrote it, at the double meaning of the word which is here translated "covenant." Faith is the ability to lay hold on that grace which is sufficient for all things in such a way that the things which are humanly impossible become divinely possible. "As Isaac was three days and three nights dead in the mind of his father, so Jesus three days and three nights before His resurrection. He now supports this statement with illustrations from the Old Testament. (Hebrews 9:15). 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