Hebrews 11:6

And no one can please God without faith, since anyone who approaches God has to believe both that he exists and that he repays those who search for him.
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Treated in 25 passages across the library.

  1. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

    Dealing with Those Who Entertain False Hopes cites Heb. xi. 6

    …that you have broken the first and greatest of God’s laws?” Then show him the passage. Heb. xi. 6, John vi. 29, show that the one thing that God demands is faith and that without that it…

  2. Lord, Teach Us To Pray · Andrew Murray

    Alone with God cites Hebrews 11:6

    …draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.’ Hebrews 11:6. Not on the strong or the fervent feeling with which I pray does the blessing of the…

  3. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Controversy cites Hebrews 11:6

    …mentioned in 2 Corinthians 5:7? Since, “it is impossible to please God without faith” (Hebrews 11:6), the desire of every believer should be to understand what faith is. Paul declares…

  4. The Key Teachings of Gareth Evans · Ochorus Originals

    What Faith Is Not cites HEBREWS 11:6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 He Holds My Tomorrows opens not with a definition but with a wound. Evans tells of a…

  5. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    New Lessons in God's School of Prayer cites Hebrews xi. 6

    …as confirmed by His oath. Not to believe Him is to make Him both a liar and a perjurer. (Hebrews xi. 6; vi. 13-20.) 4. Asking in accordance with His will. Our motives must be godly: we must…

  6. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Enoch cites Hebrews 11:6

    …This walking with God was a walk of faith, without which it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). He knew what it was to fellowship closely with his creator, to hear His voice and to…

  7. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

    Preface: Sections IX–XXVII cites Heb. xi. 6

    …cometh, must believe that God is, and that He is a rewarder of them that hope in Him.” (Heb. xi. 6.) . If, therefore, we are taught, and if we believe, that we ought not to know the…

  8. He Holds My Tomorrows · Gareth Evans

    Hebrews 11 cites Hebrews 11:6

    …draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). We shall now begin to consider each of the characters named in Hebrews 11 to see how…

  9. Stepping Stones · Gareth Evans

    Faith - A Sovereign Gift cites Hebrews 11:6

    …equate this with sin! It is true that “without faith, it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), but let us understand what faith is. In many people’s theology, there is a very thin…

  10. The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds · Ochorus Originals

    Believe That Ye Receive cites HEBREWS 11:6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 Faith rests on a Person It would be easy to hear all this as a technique: work up enough…

  11. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Paul’s Prayer cites Heb 11:6

    …by many in the church. As I study faith , without which it is impossible to please God (Heb 11:6), I see it expressed in three different ways. There is ‘saving faith’ (Eph 2:8) – the…

  12. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    Think Greatly of God cites HEBREWS 11:6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 Not less than we need Owen is careful not to let this humility become an excuse. We know…

  13. The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon · Ochorus Originals

    Blow the Fire Softly cites HEBREWS 11:6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 This is more important than it looks. Many people approach prayer as though its success…

  14. The Key Teachings of Catherine Booth · Ochorus Originals

    A True and a False Faith cites HEBREWS 11:6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. HEBREWS 11:6 There is real wisdom here, and some danger. Her language of will and committal belongs to…

  15. The Mortification of Sin in Believers · John Owen

    Thoughtfulness of the excellency of the majesty of God cites Heb. xi. 6

    …God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,” Heb. xi. 6. Our knowledge of him and his rewarding (the bottom of our obedience or coming to him)…

  16. A Call to the Unconverted · Richard Baxter

    Preface cites Heb. xi. 6

    …now you will not set your hearts upon, nor be persuaded first and diligently to seek, Heb. xi. 6. and xii. 28. Matt. vi. 12. Did you but know the endless life with God which you now…

  17. Answers to Prayer · George Müller

    Precious Answers to Prayer cites Hebrews xi. 6

    …as confirmed by His oath. Not to believe Him is to make Him both a liar and a perjurer. (Hebrews xi. 6; vi. 13-20.) 4.—Asking in accordance with His will. Our motives must be godly: we must…

  18. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Heb. 11:6

    …must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him,” (Heb. 11:6). But they observe not what the method of seeking is. Then in regard to the term grace…

  19. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    On Faith cites Heb. 11:6

    Sermon 106 On Faith “Without faith it is impossible to please him.” Heb. 11:6. 1. But what is Faith? It is a divine “evidence and conviction of things not seen;” of…

  20. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Heb. 11:6

    …by the testimony of an apostle, that “without faith it is impossible to please God?” (Heb. 11:6). 5. But the proof will be still clearer if divine grace is set in opposition to the…

  21. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    A Woman to Be Remembered cites Heb. xi. 6

    …or any need for such hasty flight. But without faith it is impossible to please God. (Heb. xi. 6.) The moment a man begins to think he knows better than God, and that God does not mean…

  22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Being of God cites Heb 11:6

    …there is a God. The belief of God’s essence is the foundation of all religious worship. Heb 11:6. ‘He that comes to God must believe that he is.’ There must be a first cause, which gives…

  23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Faith cites Heb 11:6

    …only faith, whereby we look on Christ. ‘Without faith it is impossible to please God.’ Heb 11:6. If we do not please him by believing, he will not please us in saving. Faith is the…

  24. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Heb. 11:6

    …“must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him,” (Heb. 11:6). Here Christ makes both claims for his Father, first, that we place our faith in him…

  25. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    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…

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