 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 574 דפים
...2 Cor. iv. 8, 9, 13—18. ( 1 John v. 4. MMCCCXVIII. ABEL'S OFFERING INSTRUCTIVE TO us. Heb. xi. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh. IN reading the history of the saints under the Old Testament dispensation, we are constrained to admire... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 דפים
...angels, from a vale of tears to fulness of joy : took him immediately to him self without dissolution — "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not...before his translation he had this testimony, that he V'eased God." VOL. I. 14 But what was this privileged being who was saved from the wa; of all the earth... | |
 | 1833 - 896 דפים
...refer to the first instance of sacrifice contained in the sacred Scriptures. " By faith Abel offered to GOD a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which...his gifts : and by it he being dead yet speaketh." Here you perceive Cain and Abel hrought their sacrifices — the one was received, the other rejected.... | |
 | John Watkins - 1833 - 526 דפים
...his offering he had not respect." The reason of this difference is thus accounted for by St. Paul : " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts." Hebreius xi. 4. He came before God with a heart filled with the love of him, and fully relying on his... | |
 | Stephen Andrews - 2004 - 202 דפים
...sacrifice from his garden didn't please God, was provoked by envy and killed his brother Abel. Hebrews\ll:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh, Continuing on in the book of Genesis we see a man that may more clearly than any other illustrate the... | |
 | Ruth-Mary Bean - 2004 - 158 דפים
...framed by the Word of God, so that things, which are seen, were not made of things which do appear. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. Even though Abel is dead in the flesh, the Word of faith still speaks. When all else is gone, the Word... | |
 | Beth Lynch - 2004 - 206 דפים
...head (p. 46). As he awaits execution, James preaches to his friends in Newgate prison, finishing " 'By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh' (Hebrews 11. 4). the sermon which he was preaching to them at the time of his arrest. The proof text... | |
 | Padrika Gray - 2004 - 226 דפים
...20:5) 120 «AH things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient..." (I Corinthians 6:12) 121 "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts..." (Hebrews 11:4) It's Those Little Foxes That Spoil The Vine The scriptures tell us any branch in the... | |
 | John Phillips - 2004 - 200 דפים
...The Holy Spirit, in summarizing the totally different attitude and approach of Cain and Abel, says, "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...by which he obtained witness that he was righteous . . ." (Heb. 1 1 :4). Because "faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God" (Rom. 10:17),... | |
 | Earl Roy Miner, William Moeck, Steven Edward Jablonski - 2004 - 520 דפים
...wickedness and warning of God's judgment. [N] 670 a Cloud descending snatch 'd him thence. Hebrews 11.5, "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not...and was not found, because God had translated him." [Hume] 67 1-73 so violence / Proceeded, and Oppression . . . and refuge none was found. Hesiod, Works... | |
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By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 
