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Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:4

DISCOURSE: 2318ABEL’S OFFERING INSTRUCTIVE TO USHebrews 11:4. 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.IN reading the history of the saints under the Old Testament dispensation, we are constrained to admire their conduct on many occasions, and to regard them as excellent patterns for our imitation. But we should not readily have traced all their... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:5

DISCOURSE: 2319ENOCH’S TRANSLATIONHebrews 11:5. 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.AMONGST those who obtained a good report through faith, Enoch bears a very distinguished placc. He was a prophet, and bore testimony against the abominations which obtained around him, with the utmost possible fidelity. His prophecy, indeed, is preserved to us, as it... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:6

DISCOURSE: 2320THE NECESSITY OF FAITHHebrews 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 one source of every good action, and as the certain prelude to everlasting felicity. But, in what is spoken of Enoch, there seems, to a superficial observer, to be no connexion with faith: for his translation was a mere act of God’s favour: and, though it is said that “he pleased God,” it may be supposed... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 11:4

righteous Hebrews 11:4; Hebrews 11:7; Romans 10:10 (See Scofield "Romans 10:10- :") . read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hebrews 11:6

Faith A Sermon Delivered on Sabbath Morning, December 14, 1856, by the REV. C. H. Spurgeon at the Music Hall, Royal Surrey Gardens. "Without faith it is impossible to please God." Hebrews 11:6 . THE OLD Assembly's Catechism asks, "What is the chief end of man?" and its answer is, "To glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever." The answer is exceedingly correct; but it might have been equally truthful if it had been shorter. The chief end of man is "to please God;" for in so doing we need not... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-40

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 does. It is the substance of things that are hoped for. And the word substance there has been translated in the new versions the substantiating of the things that we hope for. And the evidence, that word has been translated conviction of the things not seen. I'm convicted of truths, though I may not... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:1-40

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 faith identifies itself with its object. All the ideas embraced by faith subsist in God: they are all realities, as the existence of deity is a reality. Faith is therefore the evidence of things invisible, the strong argument or demonstration. Hebrews 11:2 . By it the elders obtained a good... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:1-2

Hebrews 11:1-2Now faith is the substanceThe use of history:Hitherto the Jewish Christians had continued to celebrate the ancient ritual, and their presence in the temple and the synagogue had been tolerated by their unbelieving countrymen; but now they were in danger of excommunication, and it is hardly possible for us to conceive their distress and dismay.Their veneration for the institutions of Moses had not been diminished by their acknowledgment of the Messiahship of the Lord Jesus; for... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:3

Hebrews 11:3The worlds were framed by the word of GodSpirit in matter:The whole order of the natural world and man’s physical being may be said to be the expression of chemical combination, and of the various forces resulting therefrom.The whole is presented to us, after scientific examination, as a most elaborate and exquisite piece of mechanism. Some would also explain man’s mental and moral life as only a higher development of this same mechanism. To prevent misunderstanding, I may state... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:4

Hebrews 11:4By faith Abel offeredExternal worship rendered by two kinds of menI.CARNAL MEN MAY JOIN WITH THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN EXTERNAL DUTIES OF WORSHIP. 1. Natural conscience will put men upon worship. 2. Custom will direct to the worship then in use and fashion. 3. Carnal impulses will add force and vigour to the performances. (1) Vainglory. (2) Secular aims and advantages. Use 1. It serves to inform us that the bare performance of the duties of religion is no gracious evidence. Cain may... read more

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:4

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:5

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 11:6

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 11:4

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hebrews 11:6

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 11:1-40

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 11:1-40

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:1-2

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:3

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 11:4

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