Hebrews 11:16
But as things are, they are reaching out for something better: a homeland in heaven. So God does not count it a shame to be known as their God, and he has made a city ready for them.
Treated in 9 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The First Stage cites Heb. 11:16
…and that fadeth not away, 1 Peter 1:4; and it is laid up in heaven, and safe there, Heb. 11:16, to be bestowed, at the time appointed, on them that diligently seek it. Read it so, if…
- He Holds My Tomorrows ·
The Confession of Faith cites Hebrews 11:16
…God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them” (Hebrews 11:16). How attached to this world are you? Do you find your value in how much of its wealth or…
- The Key Teachings of John Calvin ·
Meditation on the Future Life cites HEBREWS 11:16
…God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. HEBREWS 11:16 The honest caution is that Calvin’s strong language about contempt for the world, taken…
- Selected Sermons of Jonathan Edwards ·
Notes cites Heb. xi. 16
…sermon by Edwards in Northampton was in the afternoon of October 13, 1751, from the text Heb. xi. 16. But even this is doubtful; for among the manuscripts in New Haven, Professor Dexter…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Christ's Prophetic Office cites Heb 11:16
…are delights of angels, rivers of pleasure, the flower of joy, fully ripe and blown. Heb 11:16. How does Christ’s teaching differ from other teaching? Several ways. (1.) Christ teaches…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Assurance cites Heb 11:16
…the best things of the world; the reproaches of Christ before the world’s embraces? Heb 11:16. (2:) Have we the indwelling of the Spirit? ‘The Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.’ 2 Tim…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Sixth Stage cites Heb. 11:13-16
…world, and that they were going to their own country, which was the heavenly Jerusalem, Heb. 11:13-16; and that they had given no occasion to the men of the town, nor yet to the…
- The Life of Trust ·
The Scriptural Knowledge Institution cites Heb. xi. 13-16
…to read on in the Scriptures where I left off last evening. In doing so, when I came to Heb. xi. 13-16, I felt that this was the text. Having prayed, I was confirmed in it, and the Lord was…
- Holiness ·
The Fight cites Heb. xi. 2-27
…Messiah. They saw Him that is invisible. “By faith the elders obtained a good report.” (Heb. xi. 2-27.) Let us turn to the pages of early Church history. Let us see how the primitive…