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Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And he went out, not knowing whither he went. Faith puts her hand into God’s hand, and follows where he leads, with sweet contentment, knowing that, if she cannot see, God can, and he will not lead us wrong. Do you not remember that hymn that our Brother Chamberlain sings so sweetly? “So on I go — not knowing, I would not if I might; I’d rather...
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. Very easy to read about that, but not so easy to do it — to tear yourself from home and friends — to go into a totally unknown country, swarming with enemies, solely on the promise that...
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. He was self-exiled from his home,— a wanderer upon the face of the earth. Yet, when called of God, it mattered not to him where he was bidden to go; he seemed to say, “Appoint my way,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith Abraham,— To whom Paul devotes a long passage, because he is the father of the faithful, the greatest exponent of faith that we have ever met with: “By faith Abraham,”—
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
When he was called to go out into a place which he should afar receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles— That is, in tents—
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. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city...
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. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise,.... The land of Canaan, so called, because it was promised to Abraham and his seed; and is typical of heaven, which is not by the works of the law, but by the free promise and grace of God: here Abraham sojourned for a while, as in a strange country; which was not his native place, and not his own, but...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith he adjourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: It is one of the great evidences of true faith for her to keep on, to continue, to abide, without any visible signs or tokens of what she knows is hers. The life of faith is wonderful, but so...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. He was only a sojourner in the land of promise, he knew that even the promised land was only a tenting-ground...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. There have been many here in this house of prayer who have looked for this city, and they have gone to it....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, Not building a house there — not becoming a citizen of it, but always dwelling there in gypsy fashion. Heb_11:9. Dwelling in tabernacles That is, in tents.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. He did not build a city. He did not try to do so, “for he looked for a city which hath foundations whose builder and maker is God.”
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
With Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. And he was content to be a pilgrim and wanderer till he should reach that city; he was quite willing to dispense with all present comfort for the sake of that glorious future which God set before the eyes...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For he looked for a city which hath foundations,.... Not the city of Jerusalem, nor the Gospel church state; but either the city of the new Jerusalem, said to have twelve foundations, Revelation 21:14 and in which glorious state, Abraham, with the rest of the saints, being raised from the dead, will in person possess the promised land; or else the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. What a depth of meaning there is in those five words, “a city which hath foundation,” — as if all other cities had none! They come, and they go, as if they were molehills raised on the surface of the earth, or little mounds of sand made by the children’s wooden spades...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Through faith also Sarah herself,.... Some copies add "being barren"; and so read the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions; which is a circumstance which makes her faith appear the greater: but it is a question whether the apostle speaks of the faith of Sarah, or of Abraham; some think he speaks of Abraham's faith; and that it was through...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. Perhaps the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Sarah’s faith was not like Abraham’s, yet it was true faith, and therefore her name appears among faith’s worthies.