By faith we may see this invisible God. The mighty intervention of God in grace yea, more than that, forgiveness, deliverance, victory, glory, for the people of God. 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. This prediction of Joseph could have rested only on faith in the promise of God. Are you supposed to die in faith? When the fire, an emblem of God's justice, consumed the offering, it was a sign that the mercy of God accepted the offerer for the sake of the great sacrifice. Observe, [1.] Read the account of it, Genesis 22:2. I know that you will not withhold anything from Me. He leaves an influence of good or ill; every one when he dies still speaks. "We don't know what fate [does he not believe in providence?] A son for whom he waited so long, whom he received in so extraordinary a manner, upon whom his heart was setto have this son offered up as a sacrifice, and that by his own hand; it was a trial that would have overset the firmest and the strongest mind that ever informed a human body. First, He makes a scene where sin enters at once. Had he merely referred to the covenant ( i.e. The atonement was at least as real as our sin; and God Himself dealt with Christ as laying sin upon Him, and treating Him, the Great Substitute, as sin before Himself, that at one blow it might be all put away from before His face. (2.) Note, Those that are once effectually and savingly called out of a sinful state have no mind to return into it again; they now know better things. The difference is very great. "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. Because Christians are a heavenly people, and none but a heavenly Priest would suit them. He that possesses the one must not eschew the other. Nothing but absolute establishment of heart in God's grace could have gazed on a destroyed universe, and yet call it a "promise." They suggested to him that they would bring him dressed meat which was not pork, and that he should eat it pretending that it was pork. The reason for the success of his salvation - his ability to deal with both our outward sins and our inward condition - is that he lives forever with power to save. He dwelt in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise. Looking forward to that day when we shall be changed and fashioned like unto His own glorious image according to the mighty power of the Spirit of God that even works in our lives today. For that goodness, for the blessings, for the richness that is ours through Jesus Christ, for the promises and for the hope. Joseph's coffin, the Jews say h, was put into the river Nile; and so says Patricides i, an Arabic writer: others say it was in the buryingplace of the kings, until it was taken up and removed by Moses. is one of several phrases in N.T. If we believe that this is God's world then into our lives come a new sense of responsibility and a new power of acceptance, for everything belongs to God and all is in his hands. Moses wisely chose the eternal over the immediate. They expected little from the world. As those who would follow the faithful steps of Abraham would die and would come into this compartment of hell, Abraham would say, "Don't worry, God's faithful. He is called their God. Samuel is listed after David and so that's the only break in the chronology. Obviously if he was going to accept that word of God, he had to lay aside his normal activities and concentrate on doing what his message commanded. For what did the Jews wait in hope? The Jews had still another story to explain the first murder. Manasseh the evil son of Hezekiah ordered him sawed in two. Thus it will be observed, at the end of all the moral and experimental dealings with the first man (manifested in Israel), we come to a deeply momentous point, as in God's ways, so in the apostle's reasoning. In this passage the writer lets his mind's eye roam back over the history of his people; and out of it there springs to memory name after name of those who were heroic souls. In the second part of the passage the writer to the Hebrews tells what these men did and others like them in a series of machine-gun-like phrases. [2.] The gracious Lord gives and designs that we should take His own place both in heaven and here. 3. 22 By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel, and gave instructions concerning his bones. 11:17-19 It was by faith that Abraham offered up Isaac when he was put to the test. When we remember that the one who makes the promise is God, there comes the realization that however astonishing that promise may be, it must none the less be true. So Abraham began to journey not knowing where he was going. It owns the creation; it recognizes sacrifice as the only righteous means of being accepted with God the only means of approaching Him worthily. He is showing us the efficacy of Christ's death. Beyond question the Lord is regarded as the completer of the whole walk of faith in its deepest and, morally, most glorious form. This is the meaning of the phrase, not that He will sit there throughout all eternity. Author: VICTOR C. Pfitzner Genre: Religion Topic: Biblical Commentary / New Testament Item Width: 4.4in. Abraham lived till Isaac was seventy-five years old, and Jacob fifteen. In this way he declared his faith that one day his people would inherit the land God promised them (20-22; cf. It begins with Abel, one of the first saints, and the first martyr for religion, of all the sons of Adam, one who lived by faith, and died for it, and therefore a fit pattern for the Hebrews to imitate. If we have to wait for the exercise at a future day, the order is as true and plain now as it ever can be. He was said to be the first to teach men to make shoes to protect their feet. Here the apostle warns those that turn their back on Christ's one sacrifice. 2. They were not mindful of that country whence they came, ; Hebrews 11:15. They embraced or held on to the promises and they made their confession. Accordingly advantage is taken of an unquestionable meaning of the word for this added illustration, which is based on the death of Christ, "Where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator." On the other side you have the affliction of the people of God, the reproach of Christ. The patriarchs mentioned here likewise looked to the future in faith. 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. But he withstood their tortures and died faithful. No, he had another son by Hagar named Ishmael, who was some thirteen years older than Isaac. He taketh away the first" (that is, the law), "that he may establish the second" (that is, God's will, often unintelligently confounded by men with the law, which is here set in the most manifest contradistinction). Here we may observe, (1.) "For a testament is of force after men are dead (or, in case of dead men, ): since it is never of force when the testator liveth. Hebrews 11:1. A lot of times as we read of these people of faith, we sort of think them out of our category. There is evidence for the existence of God, and it causes me to believe in God. God is the God of all true believers; faith gives them an interest in God, and in all his fullness. In all the other passages of the epistle the meaning of the word is, that He took His seat, or simply sat down there. Interesting! All the saints are heirs of the same promise. The principle upon which his faith acted in these his motions: He endured, as seeing him that was invisible.He bore up with invincible courage under all danger, and endured all the fatigue of his employment, which was very great; and this by seeing the invisible God. Thermouthis, much to her sorrow, was childless; so she took the baby Moses home, and cared for him as her own son. They stripped him naked and scourged him with whips, while a herald stood by him, saying: "Obey the king's commands," His flesh was torn off by the whips and he streamed down with blood and his flanks were laid open by wounds. They saw them afar off. Hebrews 11:22. 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). "Into the second [goes] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: the Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way of the holies was not yet made manifest, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing: which is a figure for the present time according to which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not, as pertaining to the conscience, make him that did the religious service perfect; which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation." There must be the death of him who so disposes of his property in order that the heir should take it under his testament. Well, she was eavesdropping over in the tent, listening to what the Lord was saying to Abraham. In the city of Jericho there lived a woman whose name was Rahab, who had received the spies that Joshua had sent. (ii) The second story the writer to the Hebrews takes is that of Rahab. I should like to ask whether (or how far) all the believers here assembled can take this as their place with simplicity. Pharaoh's wise men were full of foreboding that this child would some day trample the royal power under foot. But they journeyed on in obedience to God. This was an effectual call, by which he was converted from the idolatry of his father's house, ; Genesis 12:1. The meal offering it was called. When does it first appear? We shall not want opportunities to revolt from God; but we must show the truth of our faith and profession by a steady adherence to him to the end of our days. He was tried by preferment and power in the court of Pharaoh, and yet his faith held out and carried him through to the last. First, we will use it as such. Let us then seek to combine these two things perfect nearness to God, and the place of utter scorn in the presence of man. They know that they cannot explain the existence of the world solely by reasoning from the things that can be seen (11:1-3). To some extent this story has fallen into disrepute. He went down to Hebron and back up to the area of Shechem. There it was in the Psalms. A paroikos ( G3941) was a resident alien. They believed He would provide for them what He had promised. They did not take the opportunity that offered itself for their return. The trial of their faith in the imperfection of their present state. He had a share in these negotiations and in the long discussions which were necessary. It is a reward suitable to the price paid for itthe blood of Christ; suitable to the perfections of God, and fully answering to all his promises. 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