Hebrews 11:8 . When you get nearer to God, Satan will sometimes seem to get nearer to you. Your sins will be forgiven, your transgressions cast away, and you shall henceforth go and sin no more, God having renewed you, and he will keep you even to the end. I thought it was a great nuisance to be had in at such a time to pray, and more especially to be made to cry, as my mother used to make me cry. It must be sooner or later exercised. Oh sinners, who know your sins! There are a few weeks and then cometh harvest, will another harvest leave you where you are, and will you again have to say, "The harvest is passed, the summer is ended, and we are not saved"? When people slander and persecute you no longer, be afraid. In the first place, this woman's faith was SAVING FAITH. I must not dwell on this theme, delightful as it is; I want a few words with you, my friends, direct and personal, before I close. 1877. The Tempter he is, the Destroyer he would be, if we were not delivered from his snares. Faith has its reasons. Out of weakness we shall be made strong, if we fully rely upon the faith "once for all delivered to the saints.". This is the place from which he went. They dwelt in tents--Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, but he has prepared for them a city. It seems, therefore, but right, that faith, which is the mightiest of the mighty, should have a pillar raised to its honor, upon which its valiant deeds should be recorded. Believe in him, though you see no flashes of delight nor sparkles of joy. If we are really Christ's Christians, let us say,"It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good." Do not give a penny for that man's piety which will not spread itself. But now for other reasons. Faith is to be exercised upon the promises; for there its sweetest business lies. If you are a stranger, they naturally bark at you. PORTION OF SCRIPTURE READ BEFORE SERMON--Hebrews 11:0 . If we do as God commands, and do not seem to succeed, it is no fault of ours. Many a man has felt keenly enough the separation from home and kindred, and next to that, the sad banishment from his native land. Oh, that God would give to every preacher of righteousness this full reward himself and his house! Alas, I have had to mourn over Christian men--at least I thought they were such--who have waxed very poor, and when they have grown poor, they hardly felt they could associate with those they knew in better circumstances. It weakens the sense; vague but vast is the craving expressed in the sentence, "They desire a better"--I know I long for something far better, something infinitely preferable to that which my eyes can see or that my tongue can express. Have a thorough, and entire, and childlike faith in the revelation of the Most High, and you will be made strong in those mental conflicts for which in yourself you are so weak. ABRAHAM left his country at God's command, and he never went back again. By this you shall know whether you are Christ's or not when you have opportunity to return--if you don't return, that shall prove you are his. They called his warning "an old wives' fable," and he himself was "an old fossil." Even if in your own house you find your worst foes, hold on, and never doubt. These men were fed on substantial meat, and they became sturdy old fellows, able to cope with the world, and fight their way. I do not find that he said, "Lord let me tarry till harvest be reaped." Intended for Reading on Lord's-Day, June 21st, 1891, "Out of weakness were made strong." 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. You must do as Lot did when the angels pressed him and said, "Haste to the mountain, lest thou be consumed." The Promise: A Redeemer In Hebrews 11 there is a constant reference to the promise that God had given to various people. And because we desire this better thing, we cannot go back and be content with things which gratified us once. you dwell in a land where you find some sort of repose, but I have heavy tidings for you. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and in the power of the ever-blessed gospel. HYMNS FROM "OUR OWN HYMN BOOK" 913, 652, 504. how often will our imagination paint sin in very glowing colors, and, though we loathe sin and loathe ourselves for thinking of it, yet how many a man might say, "had it not been for divine grace, where should I have been?--for my feet had almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipped." Ah! "Along the cool, sequestered vale of life they hold the even tenor of their way." If God be God to-morrow he is God to-day; if Christ be worth having next week he is worth having to-day. Oh! By the time of Christ, many thought God chose Abraham because he was a righteous man in a godless world. II. You see, then, they had many opportunities to have returned, to have settled down comfortably and tilled the ground which their fathers did before them; but they continued to follow the uncomfortable life of wanderers of the weary foot, who dwell in tents, who own no plot of land. The infinite rolls, like Noah's flood, over the tops of the hills of the present and the finite. Come, now, my hearer, are you willing to be one of the separated? Obedience is hard work to proud flesh and blood; indeed, these ingrained rebels will never obey through our own efforts. When does he forget his gold? Do are not read of those who "stumbled at the word, being disobedient"; surely there must be a command and a duty, or else there could not be disobedience. Whose of you who have had to part from those you loved, who have had your hearts rent when loved ones have been torn away, can sympathize somewhat with Abraham's trial when he left home and family, and country, and all, to go forth into an unknown land. We have among us those who are not exposed to persecution, but have to stand against assaults of unbelief. If you attempt his conversion apart from heavenly power, you might as well try to take leviathan with a hook! He has locked it up tonight, and he goes to bed, but he is afraid he heard a footstep downstairs, and he goes to see. By E. D. Jones, A. M., St. Louis. The Christian's Condition In This World Hebrews 11:13, 14 W. Jones These all died in faith, not having received the promises, etc. They simply blow a number of rams' horns; her neighbors say, "Why, Rahab, you do not mean to say you believe now? If any man pleases God, he does that which conduces most to his own temporal and eternal welfare. I do not know to whom that dog belongs, but I'll tell you directly. and then, thirdly, what was the result of that conduct? "Dare to be a Daniel, Dare to stand alone; Dare to have a purpose true, Dare to make it known. It never built an ark like Noah; it never offered a sacrifice like Abraham; it never subdued kingdoms like Joshua; it never quenched the violence of fire as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. "I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob," and while he calls himself their God he never forbids them to call him their God; and in the presence of the great ones of the earth they may call him their God--anywhere. ONE IS STRUCK with the practical character of this verse. This is . Or if your occupation keeps you alone, yet, my brethren, there is one who is pretty sure to keep us company and to seek our mischief--the destroyer, the tempter. To this end may the Spirit of God enable you. 9, IN holy Scripture faith is placed in opposition to the sight of the eyes, and yet it is frequently described as looking and seeing. If they obey at all, it is because their own superior judgements incline that way; but to go forth, not knowing whither they go, and to go at all hazards, is not to their minds at all. Trust you in Christ to overcome by his Spirit that which he has put away by his death. Let's read the text ( Hebrews 11:1-3 ): Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. "Well," said he, "my good man, I will offer it, but it's not a bit of use while the wind is in the east, I'm sure." By nature we love our own will and way; and it goes against the grain for us to bring ourselves into such complete subjection as the law of the Lord requires. He hath prepared for them, not for all of you, but only for such as he has prepared for the city, has he prepared the city. We have faith dividing seas, and casting down strong walls. It can not be. Now, Rahab's faith, sinner as she was, had this glory, this crown about its head, that she stood alone, faithful among the faithless found.". Not that we have to take our journey into a far country, or to forsake our kindred perhaps it would be an easier task to walk with God if we could do so but our calling is to be separate from sinners, and yet to live among them: to be a stranger and a pilgrim in their cities and homes. "THE SWORD AND THE TROWEL." They are coming to a cross road. Indeed, it seems to me as if the word "opportunity" as it occurs in the text, were hardly strong enough to express the influence and incentive, the provocations and solicitations, by which, in our case, we have been urged. That is his master. And there is something very solemn in the utterance of our text: "Without faith it is impossible to please God." Jun 23, 1996. Thus Abraham obeyed! Ay, thou mayest conclude with absolute certainty that thou shalt never see perdition. Alas! For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. Mother! Methinks, that by what he has prepared for them, we may judge how he esteems and loves them--estimating them by what he means them to be, rather than by what they appear to be at present. What will you do then if you have not faith? If you feel incapable, throw yourself upon the infinite capacity of God. we answer, "We buy the truth." They are mad." We may as well gather the rosebuds while we may. Doubtless he was the frequent subject of sarcastic remark. The King will send his armies against that guilty city and destroy it, and if you are citizens of it, you will lose all you have--you will lose your souls--lose yourselves. Into the unknown land he made his way; through fertile regions, or across a wilderness; among friends or through the midst of foes, he pursued his journey. Trust in the precious blood: that is the great sin-killer. Where Jesus died, there you shall live. Take care you have it; for if not, cling to your works, and there you go floating down the stream! and, secondly, what was there peculiar in Abraham's conduct? says one, "I have prayed for my husband these twenty years!" Another thing strikes me. Does that thought burn within your heart? Indeed there is, unless faith is strong; and then the bullets turn to pellets, and the stones are soft as sponges. That which believers in past ages have accepted as truth, is not believed in many places nowadays; and so it comes to pass that one brings to us a bit of sceptical science which he has picked up from Huxley or Tyndall; another comes with a criticism that he has found in some of the modern divines, who are the devil's instruments for spreading infidelity; and a third appears with a vile blasphemy from one of the coarser assailants of religion, and each one demands an immediate answer to his quibble, or his difficulty. Hebrews ii. I had a good deal sooner people would say, "There, now, we do not believe in God nor in his Christ," and speak out straightforwardly, than go on for ever behind this mud wall of "We will by-and-by," and "We hope it will be so one day." Noah was a stranger to this paralyzing fear: he bestirred himself, and built an ark. "Believe on the Lord Jesus, and ye shall be saved." Bible Study Series: Revealing Jesus in Revelation. If they do go out, they must know where they are going, and how much is to be picked up in the new country. It is forgiven thee. It is not so. What shouts of triumph would they raise, and how would they welcome him! Or, if you have spiritual discernment to perceive the spiritual creature, you only see it as it is veiled by reason of the flesh, and beclouded by the atmosphere of this world; but he sees it as it will appear, when it shall be radiant like unto Christ, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Those sons of Heth also were willing to make him a present of a piece of land around the cave of Machpelah; but he did not want a present from Canaanites, and so he said, "No, I will pay you every penny. This is our inn, not our home. They are, in truth, the pilgrim's solace. And then, as though the greatest victory should be recorded last, we have faith entering the lists with sin, holding a tournament with iniquity, and coming off more than a conqueror. Like the countryman who waited to cross the river when all the water had gone by, he waits till all difficulties are removed, and he is not one whit nearer that imaginary period than he was years ago. Now, perhaps, God is beginning some good thing in her heart. If a little flood had happened and moved his ark a little, he would have had some evidence for his faith; but there was no flood at all; and his ark lay high and dry for a century and a quarter! "Well, then," said the other, "I don't think you are, because you are worse than a heathen man and a publican, for you don't care for your own household; therefore I don't think you give much evidence of being God's elect, for they love their fellow-creatures." Ah! The Pastors' College Conference Address, 1891. In seeking the Lord, let us exercise our best thoughts. who that knows himself does not find strong incentives to return? Opportunities to return! "Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace." The current does not run that way. Then we have faith combating the allurements of a wealthy court. John Piper Jun 2, 1996. Take heed of your good works; get them after faith, but remember, the way to be saved is simply to believe in Jesus Christ. How can he own them? Like a good soldier, he obeyed his marching orders, asking no questions. I. At times he has to feel that it were better for him to fight with beasts at Ephesus than to bear the taunts, and threats, and slanders of ungodly kinsfolk. The curse has fallen: let us get away to the country that never was cursed, to the city that is for ever blessed, Where Jesus dwells there may we find a home and abide for aye. If you are in real earnest, you might possibly do more by a break-down than by anything else. Even bad men will obey God when they think fit; but good men will obey when they know not what to think of it. But do you not think that we are too apt to attempt to spread the gospel in our own strength; and need we wonder if we break down? If you are what you profess to be, you are strangers. This woman's faith was A SELF-DENYING FAITH. What honor, also, the patriarch had among his contemporaries; he was a great man, and held in high esteem. Again, this trial of faith cometh oftentimes in matters of providence. Do not say that you would accept that call if it were spoken with a voice rather than written; you know that it is not so in daily life. Scripture: Hebrews 2:9-13. "O! God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him Learn more about Desiring God take comfort. And Jacob, he had found a wife, nay, two, in Laban's land, but he was not content. it was a mighty deed which faith accomplished when he bore her off in safety. Trust him! When you have opportunity to return, if you do not return, that shall prove you are his. And O! Let no one run away, when I shall have expounded the first point, and miss the rest, for you can not apprehend the whole power of her faith unless you remember each of those particulars I am about to mention. The forlorn hope of Christendom has generally been led by men who have proved the high efficacy of grace to an eminent degree by having been saved from the deepest sins. Let him feel, "God commands, and therefore he will bear me through;" and he will be strong. -- Hebrews 11:34. Did not Rebekah come from thence? Do not come down a stop or two as to holiness, nor seek a lower platform upon which to meet more cordially an ungodly world. Others mentioned in Scripture, have done something; but God did not accept them. Be steadfast, unmovable. He looks to that iron safe to be quite sure that it is well secured--he cannot forget his dear gold. if you start on the voyage of life, by divine grace, with the resolve that you will follow the track; marked down on the chart by the Lord your God, you will find that you have chosen a course to which the Lord's hand alone can keep you true. God be praised for our psalms and spiritual songs. God does not need your strength: he has more than enough of power of his own. As you have glanced over the scroll of history, or narrowly scanned the records of men's lives, the pomp of Pharaoh has not dazzled you, but the purity of Joseph has charmed you; the choice of Moses was to your taste, though it did involve leaving a court where he was flattered, for fellowship with enslaved kinsmen by whom he was suspected; and, you would rather have been with Daniel in the lions' den than with Darius on the throne of empire. Let us fly away and find our home in the rock of ages." If thou puttest one atom of trust in thyself thou hast no faith; if thou dost place even a particle of reliance upon anything else but what Christ did, thou hast no faith. Teachers should aspire to be what they would have their classes to be. Men are never right by accident, nor obedient to the Lord by chance; preparation of heart is wanted, and this the Lord must give. The fact soon comes home to us that we are weak where we most of all desire to be strong. It delivers the sinner from the stream of sin, and so, laying hold upon the omnipotence of the Spirit, it rescues him from that great whirlpool of destruction into which his soul was being hurried. Here, indeed, all our strength must come to us by faith in the thrice-holy God. By no means. Jesus said, "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" He hath put all things under the feet of such a man as that, and crowned him with glory and honor in the person of Christ, and the angels themselves are ministering servants to such. How splendidly he bore himself; no king ever behaved more royally. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. But note what it is. We have gone too far in sin already to dream of pardon and favour. Preaching is not taking out a manuscript sermon, asking God to direct your heart, and then reading pages prepared beforehand. Elijah, after he had slain the prophets of Baal, was found fleeing into the wilderness from the face of Jezebel. Remember, upon whomsoever it shall fall it will grind him to powder. The old fable speaks of the Augean stable, foul enough to have poisoned a nation, which Hercules cleansed; but our sins were fouler than that. Perhaps you will say, "Why does the Lord make them so plentiful? Rahab's faith was a SANCTIFYING FAITH. the Spirit of God comes to many when they are in much the same condition; and what a work it is to bring up from the horrible midnight, and to give strength to rise out of the inky waters! "Whither away?" O! C.H. But it is just the same with adversity. For an offensive weapon, take "the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God"; and if this does not serve your turn, nothing will. I dare say he wished him a long way off, especially if he had some haughty acquaintance with him at the time, who would perhaps turn round, and say, "Why, who is that wretched, seedy-looking fellow you spoke to?" I ask no man to-day to come to Christ, and then continue his sins. By faith alone can you bear persecution, and turn it to account for the good of others. Neither will we admit into our minds a suspicion of the incorrectness of the Word of God in any matter whatever, as though the Lord himself could err. I can only pray the Lord to give you to believe in him. The obedience of faith springs from a principle within, and not from compulsion without. We have to close with two or three words about what was THE RESULT OF ABRAHAM'S ACTION. We either curse or bless those around us. I like to hear a man say, when his father has gone, "My dear father was a man that feared God, and I would fain follow him. What had he to leave? It is for us in our weakness to go forward as the Lord leads us; and the day of the resounding timbrels and the twinkling feet will come in due time, and Jehovah will be magnified when even humble maidens "sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously." Men are seldom equally skilled in the use of the two hands of doing and bearing. The obedience of a slave ranks very little higher than the obedience of a well-trained horse or dog, for it is tuned to the crack of the whip. While our voices blend, do not our very souls become more and more richly cemented? There is no doubt he could, but it never was the Master's intention that we should all be hothouse plants. God grant his grace to us! The father of the family must not know whither he was going, and shall you, the sons and daughters, long to read the future with whistful curious eyes? "My Father is the husbandman," said Christ. "Is there a heart that will not bend To thy divine control? Only that is true faith which believes everything that is revealed by the Holy Spirit, whether it be joyous or distressing. Patience is a grace which is rarer and harder to come at than activity and zeal. You need not even appeal to friends for consolation. Even if other gracious things be not in thee as yet, they will be ere long produced by faith. I sigh to think of how many that appeared very earnest Christians when they were struggling for bread have become very dull and cold now that they have become rich. Crown 8vo, 64 pages. Leave off saying, "I do not know," or "I do not care." See, then, dear friends, what we must have if we are to be numbered with the seed of Abraham, we must have faith in God and a consequent obedience to his commands. "By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a plane which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went." When does he forget his gold? If God had commanded Abraham to go to the utmost bounds of the green earth, to "rivers unknown to song," Abraham would have departed. A little have l read of it, and somewhat has been revested by the Spirit to my soul; but how little do we know of the realms of the future! WE HAVE FOR THIS REASON GREAT BLESSEDNESS. If God had commanded him to ford the Atlantic, Abraham would have obeyed. If we never have done so, may we this morning be led to give God his due by trusting him, to give the blood of Christ its due by relying upon it, to give the Spirit of God his due by yielding ourselves to him. 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