Analysis Of The Chapter
In the close of the previous chapter Hebrews 10, the apostle had
incidentally made mention of faith Hebrews 10:38, and said that the
just should live by faith. The object of th...
The exhortation to faith is interrupted by this great chapter, in
which the power of faith is illustrated from the history of ancient
Israel. It is assumed throughout the epistle that the old communit...
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 Jewish c...
THOSE WHO DID NOT DRAW BACK
-- Hebrews 11:1-40 --
The major purpose of the epistle to the Hebrews was to keep those
Hebrew Christians from going into apostasy by relapsing into Judaism.
In the previo...
_WHAT FAITH IS. WITHOUT FAITH WE CANNOT PLEASE GOD. THE WORTHY FRUITS
THEREOF IN THE FATHERS OF OLD TIME._
_Anno Domini 63._
THE apostle, in the end of the foregoing chapter, after mentioning the
pe...
_Special Study On Faith
What Faith Will Cause A Person To Do_
I.
Please God.
A.
In a sacrifice, Abel, Hebrews 11:4.
B.
Enoch, v. S.
II.
Defy kings.
A.
Moses-' parents, Hebrews 11:23, hid him...
XI.
This chapter is very closely connected with the last verses of Hebrews
10. Those verses have taught the necessity of faith for the attainment
of the promise. Here we read of men to whom, through...
to Hebrews 12:3. That the Hebrews may still further be encouraged to
persevere in maintaining faith the writer exhibits in detail its
victories in the past history of their people and especially in th...
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 g...
THE general nature of this epistle, as unto the kind of writing, is
parenetical or hortatory; which is taken from its end and design. And
the exhortation proposed is unto constancy and perseverance in...
* The nature and power of faith described. (1-3) It is set forth by
instances from Abel to Noah. (4-7) By Abraham and his descendants.
(8-19) By Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Israelites, and Rahab. (20-31...
CHAPTER 11 MY RIGHTEOUS ONES SHALL LIVE BY FAITH.
The writer now takes up and expands on the word, ‘But my righteous
one will live by faith. And if he shrink back, my soul has no pleasure
in him,' by...