Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for, the proof of realities we do not see.
Treated in 30 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
XI. It is no sign that affections are right, or that they are wrong, that they make persons that have them exceeding confident that what they experience is divine, and that they are in a good estate cites Heb. 11:1
…the Scriptures, which speak of faith in opposition to sight; as 2 Cor. 4:18, and 5:7, Heb. 11:1, 8, 13, 17, 27, 29, Rom. 8:24, John 20:29. But this doctrine, as it is understood by…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
V. Truly gracious affections are attended with a reasonable and spiritual conviction of the judgment, of the reality and certainty of divine things cites Heb. 11:1
…are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.” Heb. 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen;”…
- Prayer – The Pulse of Life ·
Types of Prayer cites Hebrews 11:1
…is faith? “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” Hebrews 11:1 (KJV). What does it mean? Faith calls what is not as though it were. See how the ESV puts…
- Communion with God ·
How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Heb. xi. 1
…of old made that present and done before their eyes [which had] not yet come to pass, Heb. xi. 1, so faith now makes that present which was accomplished and past many generations ago.…
- The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans ·
What Faith Is Not cites Hebrews 11:1
…Christ is simply to have faith in Him. Hope and faith are also closely woven together in Hebrews 11:1. Evans himself acknowledges that saving faith begins with believing, and his real target…
- All Things for Good ·
An exhortation to love God cites Heb. xi. 1
…be no affliction. In heaven we shall need no faith because faith looks at things unseen (Heb. xi. 1). But then we shall see God face to face; and where there is vision, there is no need of…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Abraham Tested cites Hebrews 11: 1
…to try him in the furnace first. The following principles are revealed in this portion of Hebrews 11: 1. God is faithful in our testing times. 2. When God calls us to lay something down in…
- Christ the Healer ·
How to Appropriate the Redemptive and Covenant Blessing of Bodily Healing cites Heb. 11:1
…“Faith means we are confident of what we hope for, convinced of what we do not see.” (Heb. 11:1—Moffatt’s translation.) Convinced, of course, because God, Who cannot lie, has spoken.…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Learning to Walk by Faith cites Hebrews 11:1
…says, “Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1, ASV). The chapter then presents men and women who acted because they regarded God as…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Hebrews 11 cites Hebrews 11:1
…“Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1). We have already considered verse one as a definition of faith, a gift and a fruit. “For…
- Stepping Stones ·
Faith - A Sovereign Gift cites Hebrews 11:1
…hand (walk in His will) and a yield in obedience to His leading. To me, that is faith. Hebrews 11:1 defines faith as “the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not seen.”…
- The Way Into the Holiest ·
Faith and Its Exploits cites HEBREWS xi. 1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." HEBREWS xi. 1. SOCIETY rests on the faith which man has in man. The workman, toiling through the week…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Hebrews 11:1
…strength. Scriptures to revisit John 5:19; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 1:17-18; Hebrews 11:1; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 1:9; John 7:17. Reflection 1. Who has permission to correct…
- The Key Teachings of Derek Prince ·
Faith Cometh by Hearing cites HEBREWS 11:1
…Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 Prince thought many believers lived on hope and called it faith. They expected that God…
- Days of Heaven Upon Earth ·
October cites Heb. xi. 1
…to act according to our faith. October 15 “Faith is the evidence of things not seen” (Heb. xi. 1). True faith drops its letter in the post-office box, and lets it go. Distrust holds on…
- Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 ·
Day 10 — Faith Is Not a Feeling cites Hebrews 11:1
…faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.” — Hebrews 11:1 (BSB) You come home from a camp or a conference, and God feels so close you could almost…
- The Pursuit of God ·
The Gaze of the Soul cites Hebrews 11:1
…no effort made to define faith. Outside of a brief fourteen-word definition in Hebrews 11:1, I know of no Biblical definition, and even there faith is defined functionally, not…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 9 — Christ, Though Known to the Jews Under the Law, Yet Only Manifested Under the Gospel cites Heb. 11:1
…of the heavenly life, and yet that faith is only a vision “of things not seen,” (Heb. 11:1). Only there is this difference to be observed in the nature or quality of the promises…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
A Firm and Certain Knowledge cites HEBREWS 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 If union with Christ is the way His benefits reach us, faith is the hand by which we…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Heb. 11:1
…faith in Noah, that he feared the destruction of the world, when as yet it was not seen (Heb. 11:17). If fear of impending punishment was a work of faith, threatening ought not to be…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Believe That You May Understand cites HEBREWS 11:1
…know. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 This freed him from the arrogance that assumes a thinking person may accept nothing he…
- The Key Teachings of John Wesley ·
The Scripture Way of Salvation cites HEBREWS 11:1
…for me. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 The only condition Third, how are we saved by faith? Here Wesley makes his central claim.…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
The Life of Faith cites HEBREWS 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 Baxter preached a sermon before the king in 1660 on the life of faith, and afterwards…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
The Life of Faith cites HEBREWS 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. HEBREWS 11:1 Everything in Simpson’s teaching is received the same way, and it is worth setting out…
- Our Daily Walk ·
November cites Heb 11:1
…assurance of that for which we hope, and a conviction of the reality of the unseen” (Heb 11:1. Weymouth). We must indicate a difference between this faith and “the faith once…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Heb. xi. 1
…species of that which we believe. Faith is all the argument we have of “things not seen,” Heb. xi. 1. I might here insist upon the nature of it; and from all its concomitants and…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
Walking by Faith cites Hebrews 11:1
…the writer to the Hebrews? When I ask people to define faith the usual answer is to quote Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” yet…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
Scriptural Christianity cites Heb. 11:1
…the operation of God, which was the very substance, or subsistence, of things hoped for (Heb. 11:1, ) the demonstrative evidence of invisible things, he instantly received the Spirit of…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On the Discoveries of Faith cites Heb. 11:1
Sermon 110 On the Discoveries of Faith “Now faith is the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1. 1. For many ages it has been allowed by sensible men, Nihil est in intellectu quod non…
- Sermons on Several Occasions ·
On Faith cites Heb. 11:1
Sermon 122 On Faith “Now faith is the evidence of things not seen.” Heb. 11:1. 1. Many times have I thought, many times have I spoke, many times have I wrote upon…