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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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’. 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. The...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. 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. See...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
But without faith it is impossible to please him,.... Or do things well pleasing in his sight; or any of the duties of religion, in an acceptable way; as prayer, praise, attendance on the word and ordinances, or any good works whatever; because such are without Christ, and without his Spirit; and have neither right principles, nor right ends: for...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, These are the things with which faith always deals; — not with the things that are seen or are apprehensible by the senses or...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. No one can come to God if he does not believe that there is a God, and that he justly dispenses rewards and punishments.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. You must believe that God hears prayer. You must believe that he will punish the guilty, and that he will reward the righteous. Without this sure faith, you cannot come to him.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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. Do we not sometimes fail in this matter? We try to come to God without believing that he is. We seem to pray to nothing, or to nobody, to a spectre, to a phantom. But that prayer which is...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
By faith Noah, being warned of God,.... In the Greek text, Noah is called "Noe", and so the Septuagint interpreters of the Old Testament call him; but Josephus calls him "Noeos": or "having received an oracle from God"; in which he was admonished, how to make an ark, as Moses was, in like manner, how to make a tabernacle, Hebrews 8:5. This oracle...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. So you see that faith has a condemning power towards an ungodly world. You do not need to be constantly telling worldlings that they are doing wrong; let them see clearly the evidence of your...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. There is an unholy fear which is cast out by perfect love, but there is a holy fear, a filial fear, which dwells most happily with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; You see, faith and fear can live in the same heart; and they can work together to build the same ark. Faith and fear are very sweet companions, when the fear is filial fear, a holy dread of disobeying, God. When we are moved...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; He did not hesitate to leave his family, to leave his property, to leave his country; but he obeyed, “when he was called to go out into a...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, For there is a fear which comes of faith — a fear which is the strength of faith’s arms, by which it moves us into action. It is not slavish fear. It is a fit, and proper, and reasonable fear, such as any man must have that believes God’s threatenings. “Moved with...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Fear and faith may sometimes dwell together. There is a holy, humble fear that perfect love never casts out, but entertains and...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. See how faith within a man masters all his emotions. Noah, in preparing the ark, was “moved with fear;” but that fear, instead of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Noah was the second great father of men as Adam was the first. In the flood, all died except Noah and his family. Faith made him...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. Faith can outlive a deluge which drowns the whole world. She hath an Ark even when God’s wrath sweeps all the rest away. Next we...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
By faith, Abraham, when he was called,.... The Alexandrian copy and the Vulgate Latin version read, "by faith he who was called Abraham"; but this call is not to be understood of his name; for though his first name Abram might be given him, in the faith of his being a great man, and his second name Abraham, when he himself was a believer; yet this...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. That is, surely, the very masterpiece of faith. God bade Abraham go forth from his native land, he believed that God knew where he was to go though he did not himself know; so he left...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed: and he went out, not knowing whither he went. Though Abraham did not know where he was going, God knew, and that was quite sufficient for the patriarch. As a little child is willing to be led by his parent, so Abraham was willing...