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Verse Hebrews 11:3. _THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND_] By _worlds_,
τους αιωνας, we are to understand the _material fabric of
the universe_; for αιων can have no reference here to age or any
measurement...
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THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLDS WERE FRAMED - The first
instance of the strength of faith which the apostle refers to is that
by which we give credence to the declarations in the Scripture...
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IV. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTIONS AND EXHORTATIONS
CHAPTER 11
_ 1. Faith in regard to creation and salvation (Hebrews 11:1)_
2. The patience of faith (Hebrews 11:8)
3. The energy of faith (Hebrews 11:23
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HEBREWS 11:1 F. The chapter opens with a definition of faith as the
assurance whereby we lay hold of things still in the future, and the
proving_ i.e._ the inward certainty which is stronger than any...
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Faith means that we are certain of the things we hope for, convinced
of the thing we do not see. It was because of faith that the men of
old time had their record attested. It is by faith that we unde...
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THE CHRISTIAN HOPE (Hebrews 11:1-3)...
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WORLDS. ages. Greek. _aion_. App-129.
FRAMED. prepared, as Hebrews 10:5. Greek. _katartizo_. App-125.
WORD. Greek. _rhema._ See Mark 9:32.
GOD. App-98.
SO. to (Greek. eis) the end.
WERE... MADE. c...
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_Through faith_ In this chapter we find fifteen special instances of
the work of faith, besides the summary enumeration in the 32nd and
following verses.
_we understand_ -we apprehend with the reason...
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ΜῊ ἘΚ ΦΑΙΝΟΜΈΝΩΝ. This is the true reading. See the
note.
3. ΠΊΣΤΕΙ. In this chapter we find fifteen special instances of
the work of faith, besides the summary enumeration in the 32nd and
following...
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CH. 11. THE HEROES OF FAITH
The main task of the writer has now been performed, but the remainder
of the Epistle had also a very important purpose. It would have been
fatal to the peace of mind of a J...
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_AN EXPLANATION OF SAVING FAITH -- HEBREWS 11:1-3 :_ The writer
described that faith whereby the just man lives in these words, "Now
faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things...
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ΠΊΣΤΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΠΊΣΤΙΣ (G4102) вера (_см._
Hebrews 11:1). _Dat._ instr., "верой". Использование
этого слова в этой главе служит
обозначением перехода к новой теме,
ΝΟΟΎΜΕΝ _praes. ind. act. от...
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THROUGH FAITH WE UNDERSTAND, &C.— _"By faith we understand that the
worlds were adjusted by the word of God,_ and the several revolutions
of them directed by the operations of his secret providence; _...
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PART THREE
_THE NATURE, DEVELOPMENT AND DUTIES OF FAITH. Hebrews 11:1 to Hebrews
13:25_
I.
_The nature of faith. Hebrews 11:1-3_
_TEXT_...
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THE EXCELLENCY OF FAITH
(Hebrews 11:1-3)
Ere we take up the contents of the 11th chapter let us briefly review
the sound already covered. Chapter s 1 and 2 are more or less
introductory in their char...
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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.
WE UNDERSTAND - we perceive with our spiritual int...
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1 Faith is neither "substance" nor "evidence", as is the usual
rendering of this passage. The word "substance" is changed to
"confidence" in most later translations, as this word seems to agree
with i...
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HEROES OF FAITH
The Achievements of Faith, illustrated from the annals of Israel,
beginning with the patriarchs and coming down to the martyrs. The
writer has already mentioned faith as a necessary co...
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HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN?
HEBREWS
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 11
5 THE BETTER WAY 11:1-13:25
THE WAY OF TRUST AND HOPE 11:1-40
THE MEANING OF *FAITH (TRUST IN GOD) 11:1-3 V1 *Faith, that is, trust...
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THROUGH FAITH. — Rather, _By faith,_ as in the following verses. The
first place is not given to “the elders,” for the writer’s
object is to set forth the achievements of _faith._ With these, he
would...
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CHAPTER X.
FAITH AN ASSURANCE AND A PROOF.
"Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the proving of things
not seen. For therein the elders had witness borne to them. By faith
we understand t...
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FAITH'S TRIUMPHS FROM ABEL TO ABRAHAM
Hebrews 11:1
Faith is the _sixth_ sense. It makes us as sure of unseen or future
things, which we know about only through the divine Word, as we are of
things wh...
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Then follows a series of illustrations of the power of faith taken
from the history of the Hebrew people. The first is that by faith men
know that the ages have been fashioned by the Word of God.
Afte...
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UNDERSTANDING FAITH"Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a
conviction of things not seen" (Hebrews 11:1 A.S.V.). It appears the
King James translators got the full meaning of the word "substanc...
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(3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the
word of God, so that things which are (b) seen were not made of things
which do appear.
(3) He shows the property of faith, by setti...
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(1) Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen. (2) For by it the elders obtained a good report. (3)
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the...
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The apostle now resumes his great theme, Christ called a Priest of God
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. He alludes, in the beginning
of our chapter, to the historical facts of Genesis. We must...
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3._Through, _or by, _faith we understand, _(205) _etc. _This is a most
striking proof of the last verse; for we differ nothing from the brute
creation, if we understand not that the world has been cre...
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It is not a definition of this principle, that the epistle gives us at
the commencement of Chapter 11, but a declaration of its powers and
action. Faith realises (gives substance to) that which we hop...
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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...
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He enters on the confirmation and exemplification of his proposition
by instances; first from an _especial object of faith,_ and then
proceeds unto the _actings_ of it in them who by virtue of it did...
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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.
Ver. 3. _Through faith we understand_] It is the nat...
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HEB. 11:2-3. 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 APP...
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_Through faith we understand that the worlds_ Although the expression,
τους αιωνας, generally signifies _the ages_, yet here the
subsequent clause determines its signification to the material fabric
o...
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WE UNDERSTAND; through God's testimony.
WORLDS; heaven and earth.
THINGS WHICH ARE SEEN; the whole visible universe.
THINGS WHICH DO APPEAR; things visible to sense. The matter itself of
which heave...
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The example of Abel, Enoch, and Noah:...
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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....
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This chapter in itself forms a complete division of the book of
Hebrews. If previously the doctrine has been thoroughly laid down that
faith is the principle of all actual relationship with God, now C...
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1-3 Faith always has been the mark of God's servants, from the
beginning of the world. Where the principle is planted by the
regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause the truth to be received,
concer...
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OLBGrk;
This proves the second part of faith's description, HEBREWS 11:1, that
it is _the evidence of things not seen; _ for by it only we understand
the creation, which no eye saw. It is the same Div...
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Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third
and much inferior place they will be laid, and that, too, only when
they have been tortured and completed the days of their sins. And on
this account will they be tran...
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Hebrews 11:3 faith G4102 understand G3539 (G5719) worlds G165 framed
G2675 (G5771) word G4487 God G2316 so...
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THE FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH IN THE ANTEDELUVIAN WORLD (HEBREWS 11:3).
Faith is seen as giving us an understanding of the world as it is, and
why it is as it is. Faith says it is like it is because God cr...
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‘ By faith we understand (know in our minds) that the worlds (the
ages) have been framed by the word of God, so that what is seen has
not been made out of things which appear.'
So it is by faith that...
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Hebrews 11:3. Here begin the examples of the power and nature and
effects of faith. BY FAITH WE KNOW THAT THE WORLDS (the universe) HAVE
BEEN FRAMED BY THE WORD OF GOD. ‘The worlds' all that exists in...
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BY FAITH
(πιστε). Instrumental case of πιστις which he now
illustrates in a marvellous way. Each example as far as verse Hebrews
11:31 is formally and with rhetorical skill introduced by πιστε.
Aft...
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Hebrews 11:3
Faith in God the Creator.
I. Reason _cannot_ascend from nature to nature's God. The most
comprehensive observation of things seen, and of which we can take
cognisance, and the most minut...
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Hebrews 11:1
Abel, Enoch, Noah.
Before the flood and the Abrahamic covenant God had a people on earth
who lived by faith. Abel, the first martyr, Enoch, the seventh from
Adam, and Noah, the preacher...
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This is a very familiar chapter, but it is none the less precious. It
is the roll of the heroes of faith. Here you have a list of the men
who believed in God, and who therefore did great things.
Hebr...
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Hebrews 11:1. _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...
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These men, of whom we are now briefly to read, are a company of God's
witnesses; and the apostle calls them, in the next chapter, «a cloud
of witnesses,» who, from their lofty seats above, are watchin...
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In this chapter we read of the wonders of faith; but I have never read
a chapter setting forth the wonders of unbelief. Unbelief is barren
impotent, a mere negation, a dead and accursed thing; but fai...
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First, a definition of faith.
Hebrews 11:1. _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...
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This is the triumphal arch of faith. Here we find the names of many of
the heroes of faith, and a brief record of some of the battles in
which they fought and conquered. May you and I possess «like pr...
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This is the Arc de Triomphe erected to the memory of the heroes of
faith, whose names are here recorded by the apostle's inspired pen,
with a brief mention of some of their most memorable actions. If...
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Hebrews 11:1. _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 «obta...
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CONTENTS: Superiority of the way of faith. Instances of faith.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Abel, Cain, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Isaac,
Jacob, Sara, Joseph, Moses, Pharaoh's daughter, Rahab, Gideon, Barak,...
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Hebrews 11:1. _Now faith is the substance of things hoped for._ Paul
uses here the same Greek word as in Hebrews 1:3, that the Son is the
express image of the Father's _hypostasis,_ or person. Then fa...
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THAT THE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED BY GOD'S WORD. The only knowledge we can
have of this event which was not witnessed by human eyes, is through
faith! In fact, even our knowledge of human history is only...
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_The worlds were framed by the word of God_
SPIRIT IN MATTER:
The whole order of the natural world and man’s physical being may be
said to be the expression of chemical combination, and of the vario...
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HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 11:3 God created the UNIVERSE by his WORD.
The wording SO THAT WHAT IS SEEN WAS NOT MADE OUT OF THINGS THAT ARE
VISIBLE is consistent with the doctrine of creation “
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ILLUSTRATIONS OF FAITH AS A PRACTICAL POWER IN LIFE
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
THIS chapter contains a series of illustrations, taken from the heroic
ages of Hebrew history, of the nature and in...
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EXPOSITION
HEBREWS 11:1
NOW FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE _ _OF THINGS HOPED FOR, THE EVIDENCE OF
THINGS NOT SEEN. On the senses in which the word
ὑπόστασις (translated "substance") may be used, see unde...
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Hebrews, chapter 11:
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things
not seen (Hebrews 11:1).
This is not so much a definition of faith as it is the declaration of
what faith d...
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2 Peter 3:5; Acts 14:15; Acts 17:24; Genesis 1:1; Genesis 2:1;...
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Neither does this verse belong to the list of historical instances
from Genesis, in which men exercised faith. It is merely the first
instance presented in O. T. history of an opportunity for the exer...
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FAR-FLUNG VISIONS
A New Year's Study
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Another New Year has come to us freighted with every possibility of
life and service. At such a time as this it is natural for u...
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THE PLACE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Unbelief is black with the frown of God; faith is regnant with the
smile of God. Unbelief closes every channel of blessing; faith opens
up the cha...
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THE LIFE OF FAITH
Hebrews 11:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Faith defined. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews opens with something
that is very definite it is a definition of faith. "Now faith is the
substan...
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By faith we understand that the worlds — Heaven and earth and all
things in them, visible and invisible. Where made — Formed,
fashioned, and finished. By the word — The sole command of God,
without an...
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The design of the apostle in these words is to prove, that faith
satisfies itself in the world be now visible, and the things contained
in it are said to be seen, yet the original framing and making o...