They, presumptuously attempting to follow Israel through the Red Sea, being thus blinded and hardened to their ruin, were all drowned. If it be some good thing, faith stirs up love and desire; if some evil thing, faith stirs up fear. They expected little from the world. They examined the animals in their toy ark and finally decided on a sheep with a broken leg. (2.) "Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.". In ordering his bones to be exported, he had no regard to himself, as though his grave in the land of Canaan would be sweeter or better than in Egypt; but his only object was to sharpen the desire of his own nation, that they might more earnestly aspire after redemption; he wished also to strengthen their faith, so that they might confidently hope that they would be at length delivered. No doubt, natural affection could not but move them; but there was something further. They believed in God's salvation that He promised that He would provide. He had shown the work of Christ and His coming again in glory. There it was written, "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God." The difference is observable in their persons: Abel was an upright person, a righteous man, a true believer; Cain was a formalist, had not a principle of special grace. Biblical References: Hbr 11:23-30 . The Holy Spirit said to Philip in Samaria, "Go down to Gaza, that desert area." 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. To Claudio the worst and bitterest of life was to be preferred to death. Joseph had attained to greatness but it was the greatness of a stranger in a strange land; and yet they never doubted that the promise would come true. So it is said here, "Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. Basic fact of our existence--you were created for God's pleasure. "So he was going on sheer faith in the word of God, "Through Isaac shall thy seed be called." What Abel did by faith: He offered up a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, a more full and perfect sacrifice, pleiona thysian. 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. God's arm is not shortened; his power is not grown less. We shall find another use before we have done, which I hope to notice in its place. The leading instance and example of faith here recorded is that of Abel. In this passage the writer to the Hebrews has done as before. From the beginning to the end of it the Christian in Hebrews is not thus dealt with apart from the old nature, as we may see him regarded in the ordinary epistles of Paul, where the old and the new man are most carefully separated. Behold, there is a ram caught by its horns in the thicket. Clement of Rome quotes her as an outstanding example of one who was saved "by faith and hospitality.". In that day it will be the joy of Him who is the true Melchisedec, to bring out not the mere signs, but the reality of all that can be the stay and comfort of man, and all that sustains and cheers, the patent proof of the beneficent might of God, when "no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.". So be believed, notice, he believed that God was able to raise him up really from the dead. The prevalency of their faith over their fear. It was not the church, I repeat, but what God prepares above for those who love Him. Thus the cross and heavenly glory must go together. When the apostle Paul, speaks of "the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem," he means the scene of future heavenly blessedness; whereas when John speaks of the new Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, he means, not where but what we are to be. They were persuaded of them, that they were true and should be fulfilled. Observe, The practical belief of the existence of God, as revealed in the word, would be a powerful awe-band upon our souls, a bridle of restraint to keep us from sin, and a spur of constraint to put us upon all manner of gospel obedience. He alludes to several facts, but leaves them. I like Him to spell out the whole thing. "Will you hold back anything from Me, Abraham? The phrase about being made strong out of weakness might conjure up many a picture. The phrase about quenching the violence of fire goes straight back to the story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in Daniel 3:19-28. It is just what he had been speaking of throughout, if covenant were still meant. But let not the Gentile boast, no less unbelieving no less arrogant, against true Christianity. 1. 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 was the response of a man who was asked to offer God his own son. The apostle earnestly insists on them both. These people heard God's promises and believed them in spite of waiting a very It has been said that no astronomer can be an atheist; but it has also been said that an astronomer is bound to believe that God is a mathematician. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. It was at that moment that the faith of Moses communicated itself to the people and drove them on when they might well have turned back. The thought in the mind of all these men was the same: "God's promise is true, for he never breaks a promise. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, It gets a grip of what it hopes for, and holds it in its hand. It does not appear that he had any expectation of being countermanded, and prevented from offering up his son; such an expectation would have spoiled the trial, and consequently the triumph, of his faith; but he knew that God was able to raise him from the dead, and he believed that God would do so, since such great things depended upon his son, which must have failed if Isaac had not a further life. 11:35-40 Women received back their own folk as if they had been raised from the dead. It is an idea that superstition hatched, for the purpose of spuriously exalting a clerical order. But here he was seeking communion with God when sin was in his heart. God said to first deal with the sin. As for the first Adam and all his race, their portion was only death and judgment, because he was a sinner. Observe the due regard that Abraham had to this heavenly city: he looked for it; he believed there was such a state; he waited for it, and in the mean time he conversed in it by faith; he had exalted and rejoicing hopes, that in God's time and way he should be brought safely to it. No argument could be more distinct or conclusive. We are brought, then, washed from our sins, to God, and, according to this epistle, into the holiest of all, where He displays Himself. 1. In an age when men disregarded God, for Noah he was the supreme reality in the world. 3. [1.] The addition of this last clause as a necessary condition confirms the sense assigned. (Verses 1-7.). Hallo Bestemming kiezen Alle. So we are told that when Jesus died for our sins He descended into hell and He preached, according to Peter, to those souls that were in prison. ", Bacon said: "Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark." Jewish and eastern legends gathered largely round Abraham's name and some of them must have been known to the writer to the Hebrews. A new covenant shows that the other must have thereby become old, and therefore is decaying and ready to vanish away. His wish was fulfilled (Joshua 24:32; Acts 4:16). 4. It is quite evident, on the contrary, that this is not only not the truth which all recognize when stated, but altogether inconsistent with the Bible, with all books, and with all experience. In the blood of the Lamb, sprinkled on the door-posts of Israel, we see the type of God's judgment of their sins; next, in the passage of the Red sea, the exhibition of His power, which, in the most conspicuous way, saved them, and destroyed for ever their enemies. 3. that they might obtain a better resurrection ( Hebrews 11:35 ): It's better to have a resurrection unto eternal life than resurrection unto damnation, and that they might have that better resurrection unto eternal life. "There is employed in that particular text what is known grammatically in the Hebrew as a polysyndeton. "I don't know." It's yours." I am old, I do not know the day of my death" ( Genesis 27:2). (ii) In spite of everything these men never lost their vision and their hope. Hold it. But if people and priest and king were proved thus vain, God was there, and His grace could not fail. All our spiritual privileges on earth should quicken us to set out early, and get forward, in our way to heaven. For by it [that is, by faith] the elders obtained a good report ( Hebrews 11:2 ). (i) They lived for ever as strangers. Thus distinctly have we set before us the general doctrine of the chapter, that Christ has suffered but once, and has been offered but once; that the offering cannot be severed from the suffering. By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the things to come. He did not dispute with God why he should make an ark, nor how it could be capable of containing what was to be lodged in it, nor how such a vessel could possibly weather out so great a storm. That he would go as far with his people as he could, though he could not go as far as he would. And she said, "I wasn't laughing" ( Genesis 18:13-15 ). Exodus 1:15-22 tells how the king of Egypt in his hatred tried to wipe out the children of the Israelites by having them killed at birth. They all died in faith not having received the promise, for you see, God provided some better thing for us. Observe. With God there is very little difference between vision and provision. 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. 2. we read how. The ground of Noah's faitha warning he had received from God of things as yet not seen. With reverence and obedience Noah took God at his word and so in the destruction of the world he was preserved. It was not only that there had been at the beginning such a priest, but that fact became the form of a glorious anticipation which the Holy Ghost holds out for the latter day. If he takes them into such a relation to himself, he will provide for them accordingly. To take it seemed impossible. This leads him, from speaking of Esau's case, to add as a known fact, that afterward, when he desired to have inherited the blessing he was rejected (for he found no place of repentance), though he sought it carefully with tears. But whether the one or the other, all was by faith. "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?" 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. Heaven, therefore, by man's own conviction, must be arrayed in justice against earth because of sin, But the day is coming when Israel shall be no more rebellious, and the nations shall be no longer deceived, and Satan shall be dethroned from his bad eminence, and all idols shall flee apace, and God shall be left the undisputed and evidently Most High, the possessor of heaven and earth. He does not actually mention these things. "For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. For Christ, on whom the promises depend. If he takes them into such a relation to himself, he will provide for them accordingly. In the original, the meaning of the story is difficult. Let me emphasize that God has never given such a command, either before or after Abraham's time. Beyond question the Lord is regarded as the completer of the whole walk of faith in its deepest and, morally, most glorious form. And observe that it is assumed to be so common and obvious a maxim that it could not be questioned. As Chrysostom put it: "The things of God seemed to fight against the things of God, and faith fought with faith, and the commandment fought with the promise." And so I believe in the magnetic powers or the magnetic force, but I have never seen it. Now truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned ( Hebrews 11:14-15 ). With all this Christianity is contrasted. Hence, therefore, he now introduces us "to the spirits of just men made perfect." Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen ( Hebrews 11:1 ). We know that there was predicted in the Old Testament the death of Christ. 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. Hence the apostle takes care to keep up the real link with the past witnesses for God in faith and suffering, not in ordinances. (iv) Noah was righteous through faith. Thank You, Lord for the unchanging promises upon which our souls are anchored this evening through Jesus Christ.
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