◄ Hebrews 11 Devotional Commentary ►
Hebrews 11:1
The good news of salvation and life eternal, is by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Whether Old Testament saints or New Testament believers, the only way to access this free and eternal gift from the Father is to trust in His Word and believe in His Son.
Faith is simply having the confidence that the future things God has revealed in His written Word, will unquestionably happen. The reformation verse that read more...
Hebrews 11:5
The first people listed in the 'roll-call of 'faith' in Hebrews, lived before the flood. The essential quality that identified them as men of faith was having the confident assurance that future events revealed by the Lord will certainly take place, and that things that may be invisible, or hidden from our understanding, are nonetheless true. What God has promised to do, He will do. And what God has revealed in His Word is also true even though it may be concealed read more...
Hebrews 11:6
So much within the New Testament epistles is mistakenly thought to be addressed to the unbeliever, when it is written to Christians. Hebrews is an example of Scripture that gives maturing believers guidance on how to live by faith - how to live a life that is pleasing to the Lord. While the first, obvious step in pleasing God is to get saved by believing in the redeeming work of Christ, it is the ongoing, living faith of a believer that pleases God, in the day read more...
Hebrews 11:8
There are certain differences in the way that God deals with His servants in different dispensations, and the permanently indwelling Holy Spirit is one unique difference in the Church age. However, faith is the constant that unites all believers. The imputed righteousness of Christ is received only by faith; by believing the Word of God, by trusting the Lord to carry out His promises, and by obeying His Word.
Abraham was living in read more...
Hebrews 11:10
What we see with our physical eyes and experience through our five senses is generally sufficient evidence to make a statement of fact, about the material world in which we live... while faith is the absolute assurance that the God-breathed Scriptures are factually accurate, and provide us with tangible proof of the spiritual sphere and irrefutable evidence about the invisible realm.
Faith is read more...
Hebrews 11:19
The early verses of Hebrews 11, begin an in-depth exposition of faith. It explains that faith is required to receive God's acceptance, approval, and rewards. It begins by listing examples and the achievements of a succession of Old Testament men and women of faith. The later verses in this chapter list far too many heroes to name them all or discuss their various exploits and experiences. Nevertheless, the chapter's concluding read more...
Hebrews 11:39
In Hebrews 11, we gain a tiny glimpse into the life, expectations, and endurance of men and women of faith in Old Testament times. The various trials and tribulations they faced are catalogued in breath-taking detail, but most of these heroes of the faith remain an unidentified 'cloud of faithful witnesses'.
Problems and persecution, destitution and defeat, became the food of faith on which these unnamed champions fed. They read more...
Hebrews 11:40
The urgent message of Hebrews is that Christians, and particularly Jewish believers, should not return to the religiosity and legalistic practices of the Mosaic Law and pre-Cross Israel, for we are not under the Law but under grace. Today, we live in 'the dispensation of the grace of God'.
Many Jews readily responded to the read more...