The description implies —1. Oh! D. "He giveth more grace." W. Robertson, M. If a man abound in wealth, and be desirous of tongues, arts, and sciences in another country, he hath a calling to it.2. practices of our society, to live lives that are devoted to the service of God. "By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed." 1. "If we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it." In verses 8-10 of Hebrews 11, we are given a brief synopsis of Abraham’s life. Its walls are too high to be sealed by the wily foe, too firmly built to be beaten down; its gates are too strong to be forced, and He who possesses the keys too wise not to discover a friend from a foe, under whatever disguise, when seeking admittance. Text: Hebrews 11:8-10 Sermon Series: Outrageous Faith This is illusion, and this is the painter's art: never for one moment to deceive by attempted imitation, but to produce a mental state in which the feelings are suggested which the natural objects themselves would create. OBSERVE IT IS A CITY OF DIVINE ORIGIN.1. Where is the land flowing with milk and honey? Because with a city we associate ideas of substantial strength, immense wealth, regular government, social intercourse, refinement of manners, and external splendour. There may be differences of character in these hopes; finer spirits may look on life as the arena of successful deeds, the more selfish as a place of personal enjoyment. 1. However well we may be pleased with it, however fully satisfied with what it can afford, we know that our abode in it is only for a time; it is not the place of our rest. It displays, in a peculiar degree, His power, wisdom, and goodness. Yet he obeyed the heavenly call. It will nerve your arm for battle and your bosom for resistance. It may be suggested that his perseverance in a wandering course shows him to have been a mere barbarian, one who was unable to appreciate the comforts of a settled life, or rather, who had never had experience of them. This non-fulfilment of promise fulfils it in a deeper way. Jones, D. D.There is a time when a man may leave his own country and travel into strange countries, yet great circumspection is to be had in it.1. Nothing so effectually breeds indifference to present objects as the hope of better things to come. But the purposes of a Christian life are eternal; and the very certainty of the promise on which they rest leaves no regret or disappointment in the hour of death. whose antiquity was of ancient days, and whose defence was the munition of rocks. As soon as a tower is erected, it begins to decay. Was it, then, because he thought it wrong to lead a settled life in towns and cities, that he dwelt in tents? Not as if every one should expect such a calling as Abraham had by God's immediate voice. Maclaren, D. D.)LinksHebrews 11:8 NIVHebrews 11:8 NLTHebrews 11:8 ESVHebrews 11:8 NASBHebrews 11:8 KJVHebrews 11:8 Bible AppsHebrews 11:8 ParallelHebrews 11:8 Biblia ParalelaHebrews 11:8 Chinese BibleHebrews 11:8 French BibleHebrews 11:8 German BibleHebrews 11:8 CommentariesBible Hub, (2)Conscious strangeness on earth. But then neither were Enoch or Noah. One is the way of sentiment; the other is the way of faith. The other is the way of faith: the ancient saints felt as keenly as any moralist could feel the brokenness of its promises; they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims here; they said that they had here no continuing city; but they did not mournfully moralise on this; they said it cheerfully, and rejoiced that it was so. 2. Being Led By Faith. The account we have given already, were it to end there, would be insufficient to excuse the failure of life's promise; by saying that it allures us would be really to charge God with deception. Is there no other city which I have not seen, no fairer lands than those which I have traversed? Hebrews 11:8-10 "Abraham's Faith" Introduction Abraham is a hero of faith. A number of weeks ago, I mentioned that there are four times in Abraham’s life that are highlighted in God’s Word in connection to faith. The heart, the soul is in the look, and where a man looks his soul will go. 2. And so thickly were they settled, in the central part at least, that there was not room for Abraham and Lot to live together. It is worth sp, The primary focus of the psalm is not the blessings of family life (of which some are mentioned), but the blessings that come to believers through fearing the Lord. It should moderate our attachment to worldly objects.2. Oh! We read that when Abraham first crossed the Jordan from the East, "the Canaanite was in the land." I suppose from an outward 8/28/2005. It was this " patience of hope" that rendered Abraham indifferent to the walled cities of the Canaanites around him. A good illustration of this is A suitable dwelling for them that have had a life of trouble in this world.III. Why, then, was Abraham a wanderer, a homeless man, a sojourner in the land of promise? God can find us out in all places; for whither shall we fly from His presence?4. As the city is Divine in its origin, so we may rightly conclude that its inhabitants would correspond in character with its Supreme Founder. In the next place, we shall enjoy a life free from its heaviest cares. Now this feeling of uneasiness, this sense of homelessness, is, as you well know, incompatible with happiness. In Jesus the compassionate Teacher, we see how If your world is your family, whose affections God calls you willingly and cheerfully to resign, faith points to a re-union in heaven. Heywood. The view that may be seen from yonder summit — the glimpse that may be caught, perhaps, as the road winds round yonder knoll — hopes like these, not far distant, beguile the traveller on from mile to mile, and from league to league. We may paint wood so as to be taken for stone, iron, or marble; this is delusion: but you may paint a picture, in which rocks, trees, and sky are never mistaken for what they seem, yet produce all the emotion which real rocks, trees, and sky would produce. Lawson.I. Do men so live in this world that they would be justified in saying, "We do not need to look beyond this life. III. live in Ur, the terms for us are to separate ourselves from the sinful The account we have given already, were it to end there, would be insufficient to excuse the failure of life's promise; by saying that it allures us would be really to charge God with deception. The immortality of its inhabitants. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN THE EXPRESSION THAT ABRAHAM LOOKED FOR THE CITY.1. Even amongst the heroes of religious faith he is conspicuous as a believer in God. All is illusion; "but we look for a city which hath foundations"; and in this the promise is fulfilled. THE RESULT OF ABRAHAM'S ACTION. It hath foundations; for nothing can be firm which is not firmly fixed upon an immovable ground. instant forgiveness. we are also strangers and pilgrims, and our way through the world may be precipitous and rugged, and so long as we look only at the things around us, our hearts may well grow faint and our knees feeble. And it clearly shows us that obeying God doesn’t always work out the way we think it will. There is no trace of such a doctrine in the Word of God, and Abraham was too well grounded in the Divine will to hold it as a superstition. Let us take heed in travelling that we travel not away faith and good conscience; wheresoever we become, let us keep ourselves undefiled of the superstitions and corruptions that be in other countries. These are not the true incentives to knowledge; such incentives are not the highest — they are even mean, and partially injurious; yet these mean incentives stimulate and lead on, from day to day and from year to year, by a process the principle of which the boy himself is not aware of. The faith of Abraham was childlike and humble. To us a fuller, clearer, brighter revelation of the future is given. with only his family as his companions. God can use any of us provided that we believe in him. instructed him to leave his country and promised him his presence until he But in this city we shall abide for ever, and reign with Christ for evermore; therefore let us all long for it. We read that when Abraham first crossed the Jordan from the East, "the Canaanite was in the land." Sermon Series: Hebrews 11 by Stephen Whitney. the place in our lives that belongs to God: it can be a person, a career, a The glory of the state. How grand is this conception of heaven as the masterpiece of Divine skill! We must not imagine our travelling to be meritorious, as pilgrimages were in former times.5. It is illusion still; but it has fulfilled the promise. Obedient faith is the way to eternal life; nay, it is eternal life revealing itself. The series in the midweek meeting is from Psalm 119. The Bible version on which they are based is the English Standard Version. Message 1 “Faith That Pleases God” Hebrews 11:1-3, 6 January 21, 2018 AM. We are taught a noble indifference to the accommodation of our pilgrimage.4. Among His children, they are best who best know their Father's mind, and yield to it the gladdest obedience. about the true God. of us is offered by God his company through life. 4. Every human life is a fresh one, bright with hopes that will never be realised. THE EFFECTS RESULTING FROM THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE HEAVENLY STATE.1. The psalm may contain the words of a priest as he blessed the pilgrims who had gathered at the temple in Jerusalem for the annual feasts. And had not they foundations? 4. This city is very strong and stable. FAITH DISCERNING ARIGHT THE GLORY OF SPIRITUAL PROMISES, WILL MAKE THE SOUL OF A BELIEVER CONTENTED AND WELL SATISFIED WITH THE SMALLEST PORTION OF EARTHLY ENJOYMENTS, &C.(John Owen, D. D.)On travellingW. ABRAHAM'S EXPECTATION OF THIS CITY BY FAITH. Now, suppose a man on pilgrimage going through a number of such cities, and coming at last of purpose to the best. This sermon was preached on January 22, 2017 . Let us take heed in travelling that we travel not away faith and good conscience; wheresoever we become, let us keep ourselves undefiled of the superstitions and corruptions that be in other countries. P. Angels 101 . 2. But let it be observed that these tribes inhabit the Arabian desert, where cultivation exists only in detached spots, and where the herdsman is obliged to change his pasture-ground and home continually. In this place the word "city" must be taken spiritually, for such a kind of habitation, society, and estate as is not found in this world.1. HEAVEN IS A SETTLED QUIET HABITATION. It tells us what he did; more importantly, it tells us why he did it. It is a city free from sin. No doubt many of his neigh-hours derided him for what they might have thought an act of folly; and it is more than probable that in travelling over wide and lonely deserts he felt the difficulty of his undertaking. It was during the later years of David and the earlier years of Solomon; but we have the warrant of Scripture itself for affirming that even then the promise was not fulfilled. And we "sail under sealed orders"; we all go out "not knowing whither we go."(E. The account we have given already, were it to end there, would be insufficient to excuse the failure of life's promise; by saying that it allures us would be really to charge God with deception. "A city." It hath foundations; for nothing can be firm which is not firmly fixed upon an immovable ground. We look out of our windows on sights in the streets, gardens, orchards, etc., but not out of the windows of our hearts for this city. "He looked for the city." You have lived a fairly successful life, and you and your wife are reasonably happy living out your days in the same hometown your family had lived in for generations. 1. "Yes," he said; "he is a fellow that preaches with his feet." Hebrews 11 Sermon Illustrations. A CERTAIN EXPECTATION OF THE HEAVENLY REWARD, GROUNDED ON THE PROMISES AND COVENANT OF GOD, IS SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE THE SOULS OF BELIEVERS UNDER ALL THEIR TRIALS IN THE WHOLE COURSE OF THEIR OBEDIENCE.II. "It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof." It should moderate our attachment to worldly objects.2. It would almost seem a satire on existence to compare the youth in the outset of his career, flushed and sanguine, with the aspect of the same being when it is nearly done — worn, sobered, covered with the dust of life, and confessing that its days have been few and evil. But to rise by their means to higher ideas like them, is just what the teaching of Scripture enables us to do. He was parted from his friends, but then he had the sweet society of his God, and was treated as the friend of the Most High, and allowed to intercede for others, and clothed with power on their behalf. Without result indeed they would be, if the conflict ended with their lives and their example perished. This was the view under which the future state was presented to him; and it suggests —1. What had Abraham to give up?" Jesus referred to his 'Could you not suppose such a man, at such a time, rejoicing in the privilege of taking his place beside Abraham, and "looking for a city which hath foundations"?I. To one man nature is his world: he has a mind to enjoy extremely the beauties and the works of nature. And what a contrast with the strongest cities and securest abodes of men! Ah, yes! He that careth not for them of his house is worse than an infidel. city of his hopes these firm foundations? Its happiness is permanent.3. But we will examine this in particulars.1. A Good Decision in Difficult Times (Hosea 6:1-3), sermons on the seven sayings on the cross. His outward man is perishing far more rapidly than walls and towns, and rooms and pictures. What came of this act of obedience? What grand life ever was easy? AN INHERITANCE MAY BE GIVEN ONLY FOR A LIMITED SEASON. THE SORT OF LIFE WHICH WILL COME OF THIS FAITH AND OBEDIENCE. V. SELF-DENIAL IN FACT OR RESOLUTION, IS THE FOUNDATION OF ALL SINCERE PROFESSION. He is Architect and Artificer. The earthly he well knew would perish. This sermon was preached on 24/2/2013 Can you remember what you said to one another as you came into church today? The present and visible does not limit our history.2. They may measure and weigh the heavenly bodies with the lines and balances of their thought; they may analyse those beams of light which are shot down on us, and describe the chemistry of the stars; but after they have said all, and told all they know, there is still no sign of the city. The faith of Abraham was childlike and humble. Society. and go into the land that I will show you.” Then he went out from the land of Raleigh, D. D. Hebrews 11:8-10: The Tent and the City: D. Young : Hebrews 11:9, 10: Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. of other people’s sins, he had still fallen short of God’s standards. D. D.Here he had a tent, but there he looked for a city; τὴν, for that city which alone deserves the name of a city. 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. The call of Abraham is a pattern of the call of the Church (Psalm 45:10; 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18). The more unsatisfactory you find this world, look the more eagerly and steadfastly on that which is to come.12. He has linked it with the laws of the universe, and with the invisible mind of God; and it brings to him a thrill of awe, and the sense of a mysterious, nameless beauty, of which the child did not conceive. 4. They may even repent of their own folly in attempting so adventurous a journey, and wish themselves in safety at their own distant firesides. (2) a Divine communication. For ages the world's hope has been the Second Advent. Assuring us of this future, faith gives songs in present trouble. It should endue us with patience under all the afflictions and trials which it may be ours to suffer. This looking for, or expectation, includes many things; as —1. and the other is termed ‘effectual’ because it achieves what God intended in And in the spirit of this text we have to say that it is a wise and merciful arrangement which ordains it thus. to govern an encampment, not a city or a kingdom. And what a contrast with the strongest cities and securest abodes of men! 5. The author of Hebrews is saying that when Abraham went out from his father’s country to Canaan, he was not just counting on God’s promise for that piece of real estate. A man must be called to it: we must do nothing without a calling. In the intervals of work, however, it is a good thing to see, as one can, the famous cities of the world. And even taking the promise literally, though they built in tents, and could not call a foot of land their own, was not its beauty theirs? 1. We are taught a noble indifference to the accommodation of our pilgrimage. I. Believe me, multitudes have looked for that city who have never reached it. This "looking" is the whole soul acting in faith, rising in desire, answering to the word and assurance of God in reference to the life to come. 2. (3)Glorious prospect.(Homilist. WHERE FAITH IS ONCE DULY FIXED ON THE PROMISES, IT WILL WAIT PATIENTLY UNDER TRIALS, AFFLICTIONS, AND TEMPTATIONS, FOR THEIR FULL ACCOMPLISHMENT; as did that of Abraham, which is here celebrated.IV. Raleigh, D. D.)The hope of AbrahamW. It had foundations. They give an answer to our wondering inquiries. The sublime hope of it sustained him in his earthly sojourn. But amidst these discouragements, look upward to the heavenly hills, and, through the dust and smoke of this world's troubles, keep the eternal city steadfastly in view. Message 3 “Enoch’s Faith” Hebrews 11:5 February 4, 2018 AM. All other cities, societies, and their condition is from men; but in this man hath no hand at all; for God made it according to the model contrived by Himself. (Revelation 21:27). 2021 Audio Sermon Archive ... "Profiles in Faith: Abraham's Foresight" from Hebrews 11:8-10 by Pastor Brent Snow. Consequently, while expecting it he must have disciplined himself in all goodness, and in all obedience to the commands of God, as a qualification for entering it and for associating with its inhabitants. Saint, sage, sophist, moralist, and preacher, have repeated in every possible image, till there is nothing new to say, that life is a bubble, a dream, a delusion, a phantasm. Man is still weaker than his house. III. Have you such a home? Travelling is a dangerous thing. Where are the charms of character, the perfection, and the purity, and the truthfulness, which seemed so resplendent in our friend? Abraham no doubt included this view of the city in his expectations. Notes of sermons preached in Greyfriars Free Church of Scotland by its pastor, Malcolm Maclean. "We, which are alive, and remain until the coming of our Lord." What a command! The object for which you educate your son is to give him strength of purpose, self-command, discipline of mental energies; but you do not reveal to your son this aim of his education; you tell him of his place in his class, of the prizes at the end of the year, of the honours to be given at college. This is also intimated by the term "foundations." The Ultimate Son. Every one of them deserved God’s wrath and curse, his everlasting They go from one city to another at the different seasons of the year, arranging to come to each just at the season of its highest bloom. ABRAHAM'S EXPECTATION OF THIS CITY BY FAITH. PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS WHICH THIS SINGULAR, BUT INSTRUCTIVE, CONDUCT OF ABRAHAM SUGGESTS. The kingdom of God was forming in their souls, for ever disappointing them by the unreal, and teaching them that what is spiritual and belongs to mind and character alone can be eternal. A faith which led him in its moral influence to tread only in one path, and that path was Christ. (2) That believers and expectants of heaven, who are candidates of eternity, are of a most noble and Divine spirit. The victory, predicted in such glowing terms, turned out to be the victory of submission — the law of our humanity, which wins by gentleness and love. recognised the Lord on these occasions even although there was no dramatic It displays, in a peculiar degree, His power, wisdom, and goodness.4. Remember that earthly homes, in reference to eternity, are nothing worth. It is, manifestly, faith in God as having the right to command our obedience. Whose Builder and Maker is God. Let us thank God for that word — or these: "a country," "a better country, that is, an heavenly." Faith can foot it over mountains and difficulties, and wade through afflictions, though they be very wide; but when reason comes to any affliction, to wade through that and to go over some great difficulties, then it cries out, and says, "Oh Faith, good Faith, go back again; good Faith, go back again." lived in Haran and said to him, “Go out from your land and from your kindred Our natural anticipations deceive us — I say natural in contradistinction to extravagant expectations. (Hebrews 11:8-10) 2) Faith sees God’s power. to govern an encampment, not a city or a kingdom.5. Faith never works better than when it works most alone. Next, faith produces a far-seeing obedience. Now, suppose a man on pilgrimage going through a number of such cities, and coming at last of purpose to the best. has been given a greater revelation of God than was given to Abraham. That which afar off seems oval turns out to be circular, modified by the perspective of distance; that which appears a speck, upon nearer approach becomes a vast body. ABRAHAM'S EXPECTATION OF THIS CITY BY FAITH. II. 3. 3. THE SPIRITUAL PRODUCTION OF TRUE RELIGION. To some the thought may here occur that we are searching for the explanation of a fact which needs none. Browse Sermons on Hebrews 11:8-10. Let us keep our religion safe and sound, that the least crack be not found in it. We distinguish between illusion and delusion. That is not the way to the city. Hebrews 11:8-10 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. The object for which you educate your son is to give him strength of purpose, self-command, discipline of mental energies; but you do not reveal to your son this aim of his education; you tell him of his place in his class, of the prizes at the end of the year, of the honours to be given at college. Should we have any other ambition, within the walls of our:Father's house, than to be perfectly obedient children before Him and implicitly trustful towards Him? 1. as we know, is one of the most prominent Bible characters, with even this In Jesus the Sender, we see God’s desire for sinners But these thoughts all vanish when the summit is attained, and from the mountain's brow they catch a glimpse of Olivet and Zion, and the forsaken city seated in her widow's weeds upon her throne of hills. ” This man is revered by over one-half the world’s population. One is the way of sentiment; the other is the way of faith. Faith can foot it over mountains and difficulties, and wade through afflictions, though they be very wide; but when reason comes to any affliction, to wade through that and to go over some great difficulties, then it cries out, and says, "Oh Faith, good Faith, go back again; good Faith, go back again." God has said that this is the way to the city, the way of the faith-look; and if we are to be wise, we must walk in this way, on and on, until the city comes in sight. In order to be happy you must have a home, either present or in prospect. 10. took the initiative in coming to Abraham, extended to him an invitation to We are taught by this conduct of Abraham the true ground of the eminent piety of God's ancient saints.2. One is the way of sentiment; the other is the way of faith. Lifting us unto this future, faith dwarfs present need. The other is the way of faith: the ancient saints felt as keenly as any moralist could feel the brokenness of its promises; they confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims here; they said that they had here no continuing city; but they did not mournfully moralise on this; they said it cheerfully, and rejoiced that it was so. The purposes generally for which men live here, when properly considered, are beneath the capacity, the calling, and the destiny of man. Where faith enables men to live unto God, as unto their eternal concerns, IT WILL ENABLE THEM TO TRUST UNTO HIM IN ALL THE DIFFICULTIES, dangers, and hazards of this life. A. Alexander, D. D.Abraham, the friend of God and the father of the faithful, was homeless man in a strange country, dwelling in tents like an Arab or a Tartar. And we "sail under sealed orders"; we all go out "not knowing whither we go."(E. But to rise by their means to higher ideas like them, is just what the teaching of Scripture enables us to do. THE SIMPLE FAITH BY WHICH THIS HARD TASK WAS FULFILLED. Yet withal, though the way is in some places steep and rugged, it is safe, and its end is peace and rest for evermore.(W. To quote the expression of one of the most eloquent of their writers, "If there be nothing yet future for Israel, then the magnificence of the promise has been lost in the poverty of its accomplishment." He was offered The believer is no longer the helmsman of his own vessel; he has taken a pilot on board. GOD'S PROMISES NEVER ARE FULFILLED IN THE SENSE IN WHICH THEY SEEM TO HIVE BEEN GIVEN. A desire to have a place in it.3. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN THE EXPRESSION THAT ABRAHAM LOOKED FOR THE CITY.1. And as by faith they did sojourn, so by the same faith they did look for this city.(G. We 3. It is a relief to leave the well-known streets and the scenes of accustomed occupation for a time; and some expansion of the mind is attained amid the new and varied scenes which come into view. He has a greater claim upon our ardent service than He has upon the services of angels; for while they were created as we have been, yet they have never been redeemed by precious blood. If a man abound in wealth, and be desirous of tongues, arts, and sciences in another country, he hath a calling to it. 2. This city is no such thing; but the place of abode, the persons, and their felicity, endure for ever. 1. 9 And even when he reached the land God promised him, he lived there by faith—for he was like a foreigner, living in tents. It is a delightful thing to think of meeting with our Christian friends who have long since gone to their rest, to see the prophets who foretold the day of Christ..3. or not the call will be effectual belongs to God. Yet over and above and beyond this, there was a more blessed fulfilment of the promise; there was "a city which had foundations" — built and made by God — toward which the anticipation of this Canaan was leading them. 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