The Christian believes in the spirit rather than the senses. To wait is even harder than to adventure. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace ( Hebrews 11:31 ). A parepidemos was a person who was staying there temporarily and who had his permanent home somewhere else. with Him in this place of nearness. Hence, in Hebrews 8:1-13, the apostle draws his conclusion. . 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 Ecclesiasticus ( Sir_29:22-28 ) there is a wistful passage: "Better the life of the poor under a shelter of logs. You remember, though, that Sarah's faith wasn't always so perfect. This it was of all consequence to have stated first. It is of men who cheerfully and courageously and confidently accepted God-given tasks which, on human terms, were impossible. In each case it was the faith of a man to whom death was very near. And then, in the centre of all, we have God Himself. Hereby they declared plainly that they sought another country (. In other words, he was an impossible child anyhow. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise, that he exacted an oath of them that they would remove his remains with them, that he might be buried in the land of his fathers. "You mean you're moving your whole family and you don't know where you are going?" The reproaches of the church of God are. For those who knew the scriptures well in their Greek version, phrase after phrase would ring a bell in the mind. The story of their action is told in Exodus 2:1-10. In the previous chapter the writer asserted that people must join faith to perseverance if they are to enjoy the thing hoped for. as He will appear to the salvation of His own people. and made it still more manifest and heinous. NL. Culture & Commentary. 11:20-22 It was by faith that Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau in the things concerning the future. It is not merely that which goes on quietly waiting for the accomplishment of the counsels of God. (b) In Hebrews 11:9 he uses the word paroikein ( G3939) , to sojourn, of Abraham. Read full chapter Footnotes Hebrews 11:18 Gen. 21:12 Hebrews 10 Hebrews 12 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 gave full proof of their sincerity in making such a confession. Their own Psalm, in its grand prophetic sweep, and looking back on the law, pointed to the place in which Christ is now seated above; and where it is of necessity He should be, in order to give Christianity its heavenly character. Then we hear of "Jesus, the mediator of the new covenant" the pledge of Israel's full and changeless blessing. That is to say, he never doubted the success of the enterprise, never doubted that the people would be delivered from Egypt and that some day they would reach the promised land. I'm convicted of truths, though I may not have seen them, I'm convicted of their existence. . The thing which is pleasant at the moment may bring pain in the long run; the thing which hurts like fury at the moment may bring joy in the long run. In addition to these audio and video commentaries, you can review the available text commentaries. The departing of the children of Israel ( ). Be assured it is of the deepest possible moment to cherish the activity of Christ's present love and care for us, the activity of that priesthood which is the subject of this epistle. I know that God's word is faithful. There is nothing to divert the heart from Christ, the great High Priest in the heavens. This made the hidden children of the Israelites cry, too, and so they were discovered and killed. (6.) That faith held out to the last. What should we learn from it? Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.". A strange mystery is the simple act of faith. Scripture Hebrews 11 Sort Bible Verse Sermon The Danger of Dull Hearing Apr 10, 1988 Scripture: Hebrews John Piper Sermon What Faith Knows and Hopes For Jun 1, 1997 Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3 John Piper Sermon Without Faith It Is Impossible to Please God Jun 8, 1997 Scripture: Hebrews 11:4-6 John Piper Conference Message That God would not suffer Abel's faith to die with him, but would raise up others, who should obtain like precious faith; and so he did in a little time; for in the next verse we read. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. He had such a firm belief that they would possess the land of promise, that he exacted an oath of them that they would remove his remains with them, that he might be buried in the land of his fathers. But all the time he had never forgotten his fellow-countrymen; and the day came when he decided to ally himself with the downtrodden Israelites and say goodbye to the future of riches and royalty that he might have had. In point of fact they were reaching out after something better, I mean, the heavenly country. [2.] (2.) "For this he did once, when he offered up himself. This I take to be a general description of the scene of glory for which Abraham looked. Some must hazard their own lives to preserve their children, and they were resolved to do it; they knew the king's commandment was evil in itself, contrary to the laws of God and nature, and therefore of no authority nor obligation. "Isaac was probably twenty-seven years old by this time, not leading a little boy. but having seen them afar off, they were persuaded of them, and they [held on to them] embraced them, and they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the eaRuth ( Hebrews 11:13 ). 3. But it has pleased God to single two instances out of many of the faith of this patriarch, besides what has been already mentioned in the account of Abraham. He became one of the greatest of all Egyptian generals; in particular he conquered the Ethiopians when they were threatening Egypt and in the end was married to an Ethiopian princess. Selecteer de afdeling waarin je wilt zoeken. It is told that before a great battle Napoleon would stand in his tent alone; he would send for his commanders to come to him, one by one; when they came in, he would say no word but would look them in the eye and shake them by the hand; and they would go out prepared to die for the general whom they loved. (1.) Observe, [1.] It is believing in God that is the most important, not my works; they follow. The great artist or composer is driven by the thought of the performance he has never yet given and the wonder he has never yet produced. He only recognized that work of the spirit, the son of promise, Isaac. 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." What, then, is man's actual estate? After this chapter on faith, only the rhetorical culmination (12) and closing matters (13) remain. The first man replies: "I know." Now here is evidence of what men have wrought by faith. Hebrews 11:22 "By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones." King James Version (KJV) < Previous Verse Next Verse > View Chapter Hebrews 11:22 Context In Numbers 12:7-8 we read of God's verdict on him when there were those who were ready to rebel against him: "with him I speak mouth to mouth." But having looked up to Him who is above all, he speaks of the highest group next to God in His judicial character, namely, the Old Testament saints. They had known God in His providence and dealings on the earth, though looking for a Messiah and His day. What is the end of the story? It is not a question of justification here. That's all. 11:35-40 Women received back their own folk as if they had been raised from the dead. I am not aware that it is, nor do I believe that it could be, ever used in such a sense as "covenanting victim," for which some contend. Such is the emphasis. (2.) 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." That God will not suffer the injuries done to his people to remain unpunished, nor their sufferings unrewarded. He knew that they weren't going to be in Egypt forever. Fully does He allow, as connected with this, that the chastening seems not joyous but grievous. So then I believe in the gods and I honour them, because again and again I have experienced their power." Holy Scripture then demanded that a man should sit down at the right hand of God. Seeing Abraham afar off, and Lazarus there being comforted in Abraham's bosom, said, 'Father Abraham, send Lazarus to me, that he might take his finger and dip it in water, and touch my tongue; for I am tormented in this heat.' So, one, Abel offered in faith and was accepted. That is the way in which so many people would like to sacrifice to God; but only the dearest and the best is good enough for him. The promise is made to believers and their children, and to as many as the Lord our God shall call. For if he were on earth, he should not even be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: who serve the representation and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was oracularly told when about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown to thee in the mountain. l. 1. c. 8. p. 379. And if there were any sacred book of the law found, it was destroyed; and those with whom they were found miserably perished also" (Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews, 12: 5, 4). We now go on to. We can well understand that, because when the blood flows away, life ebbs away. [5.] It means that God loved Enoch so much that he removed him before age and degeneration descended hand in hand upon him. But they stedfastly adhered to God and duty under all discouragements and against all temptations to revolt from him. It was significant when the child was born they named him laughter, Isaac, which means laughter, because they laughed at how incredulous it seemed that Sarah should conceive in her old age and bear a son. Hebrews 11:22. O grave, where is thy victory?" I and the lad will go and will worship God and will come again. It remained for a brief season; but even then it soon began to show rents down. But they did not so fear as presently to give up their child; they considered that, if none of the males were preserved, there would be an end and utter ruin of the church of God and the true religion, and that though in their present state of servitude and oppression one would praise the dead rather than the living, yet they believed that God would preserve his people, and that the time was coming when it would be worth while for an Israelite to live. He blessed both the sons of Joseph, Ephraim and Manasseh; he adopted them into the number of his own sons, and so into the congregation of Israel, though they were born in Egypt. No doubt, natural affection could not but move them; but there was something further. 11:4 It was by faith that Abel offered to God a fuller sacrifice than Cain and so gained the verdict of being a just man, for God himself witnessed to that fact on the grounds of the gifts he brought: and although he died because of his faith, he is still speaking to us. Then we hear of the practical use of all. As we read of these people of great faith, we see that they made their mark in history because of their faith. But meanwhile we have not yet entered on the rest of God. [5.] 4. The description given of heaven: it is a city, a regular society, well established, well defended, and well supplied: it is a city that hath foundations, even the immutable purposes and almighty power of God, the infinite merits and mediation of the Lord Jesus Christ, the promises of an everlasting covenant, its own purity, and the perfection of its inhabitants: and it is a city whose builder and maker is God. (1.) The promise of a posterity, and of the Messiah, must either be fulfilled by means of this son or not at all; so that, besides his most tender affection to this his son, all his expectations were bound up in him, and, if he perished, must perish with him. Jesus alone. Where is the mountain that could stand out so well against Sinai? Let us next apply the word "covenant" here, and you will soon see the insuperable difficulties into which you are plunged. But when evening came, the sun sank in the west and Abraham said: "No! We need to be called, not only to set out well, but to go on well. God's word is true. 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. It is of men who never believed that God was on the side of the big battalions and were willing to take tremendous and even terrifying risks for him. Noah planted a teak tree and in twenty years it grew to such a size that out of it he was able to build the entire ark. It was so sure to him that he instructed his sons to carry his bones with them for burial in Canaan. JFB, Comp. "To Gaza." He who, having professed to value the blessing of God abandons it, and rushes here below into the sins of the flesh knowingly and deliberately, is evidently no Christian at all. She was a harlot, and lived in a way of sin; she was not only a keeper of a public house, but a common woman of the town, and yet she believed that the greatness of sin, if truly repented of, shall be no bar to the pardoning mercy of God. There is no indulgence of human curiosity. In similar fashion all believers should, in genuine faith, have confidence in the future of Gods people. The great improbability of the thing promised, that she should be the mother of a child, when she was of sterile constitution naturally, and now past the prolific age. The difference is very great. As ever we expect to be justified and saved. a. Both these requests were granted. As the old story tells it, so it happened. To the writer to the Hebrews faith is absolutely certain that what it believes is true and that what it expects will come. Christ has saved the chief of sinners. [2.] Therefore all such recurring sacrifices only call sins to remembrance; but what the blood of Christ has done is so completely to blot them out, that God Himself says, "I will remember them no more. For everyone at some time there comes something for which there seems to be no reason and which defies explanation. If He tells me to get out, I want Him to tell me where to go. There is no necessity for considering anything else, but that the Spirit of God, forecasting the future, was pleased to conceal the line of Melchisedec's parentage, or descendants if any, of their birth or death. "Isaiah, the sixty-first chapter, and the prophecy of the coming of Jesus Christ, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because he has anointed me to preach the good tidings to the meek; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, the day of the vengeance of our God." The grounds why Canaan could not consistently be made prominent in this epistle as a present thing, but only as a hope, we have already seen. II. "But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, by the better and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, nor by blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood entered in once into the holies, having obtained eternal redemption." For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. Heaven is a great reward, surpassing not only all our deservings, but all our conceptions. "So accounting that God was able to raise him even from the dead, "from whence also he received him in a figure." 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. Hallo, inloggen. He even commanded them to take his bones with them when they left. 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