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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 11 The apostle having, in the preceding chapter, spoken in commendation of the grace, and life of faith, and of its usefulness to preserve from apostasy, proceeds in this to give some account of the nature and actings of it; and which he illustrates by the examples of many of the Old Testament saints: he begins with a...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,.... The "faith" here spoken of is not a mere moral virtue, which is a branch of the law; nor a bare assent to anything revealed, declared, and affirmed in the Gospel; nor a faith of doing miracles; nor an implicit one; nor a mere profession of faith, which sometimes is but temporary; nor the word or...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
The apostle having, in the close of the foregoing chapter, recommended the grace of faith and a life of faith as the best preservative against apostasy, he how enlarges upon the nature and fruits of this excellent grace. I. The nature of it, and the honour it reflects upon all who live in the exercise of it, ver. 1-3. II. The great examples we...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elder obtained a good report. So it was written, in the olden time, that believers “obtained a good report;” and this second verse shows that they obtained it by their faith. The best part of the report about them is, that they believed their God, and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, Though the “things” are only “hoped for” and “not seen” at present, the eye of faith can see them, and the hand of faith can grasp them. Faith is more mighty than any of our senses, or than all our senses combined.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, It gets a grip of what it hopes for, and holds it in its hand. Heb_11:1. The evidence of things not seen. We do see by faith. We see by faith what cannot be seen by our eyes; we grasp by faith what cannot be grasped with our hands. A strange mystery is the simple act of faith.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. The names of those who lived in old time are handed down with commendation because of their faith. If they had had no faith, we should have had no report of them.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. “The elders”— that is, those who lived in the ancient times — wrought wondrous works by faith, and the “report” of them still encourages others to try to do likewise.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Those of the olden time, who were men of noble character, won that character by their faith.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith — That is, belief, trust in God,- Heb_11:1. If the substance of things hoped for, It gets a grip of them, and holds them fast Heb_11:1. The evidence of things not seen, The height of what we cannot see with our mortal eyes,
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. There was no pre-existent matter, the world was made by God’s word, so that...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For by it the elders obtained a good report. By whom are meant, not merely old men, or elders in age, but such who lived in ancient times; some before the flood, and to a great age, and others who were in office, civil or ecclesiastical, and were the ancestors and predecessors of the Hebrews; who in general obtained or received a good report from...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For by it the elders obtained a good report. It is noteworthy that they obtained this “good report” by their faith. Doubt gives a man an evil reputation; it is only believers who obtain such a “report” as even the Holy Spirit describes as “good.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For by it the elders obtained a good report. All the godly of the olden time had a good report of God and of holy men as the result of their faith.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For by it the elders obtained a good report, Those who lived in the olden time gained fame and glory from God himself by faith.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God,.... The celestial world, with its inhabitants, the angels; the starry and ethereal worlds, with all that is in them, the sun, moon, stars, and fowls of the air; the terrestrial world, with all upon it, men, beasts, c. and the watery world, the sea, and all that is therein:...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. The facts about creation must be the subject of faith. It is true that they can be substantiated, by the argument from design, and in other ways; still, for a wise purpose as I believe, God has not made...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. It is only by believing the inspired record that we can obtain a true understanding of the wondrous work of creation. Science and reason are of little or no avail here, but the opening words of divine...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. They were not evolved out of something else that existed before; evolution is a rank lie against revelation. The worlds were not made, not one of them was made, out of something pre-existent; but they...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. The world was not made out of the world. There was nothing to make it out of. It was created simply by the word of God, and our faith knows that. I question whether we should ever get in the matter of...