 | John Wilson (minister at Montrose.) - 1829 - 486 страници
...Cain's, is affirmed by Paul to have been the one's possession, and the other's destitution of faith. 4 By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which be obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts, and by it he being dead yet... | |
 | 1829 - 396 страници
...difference in Abel and Cain. "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain ; Ly which he obtained witness that he was righteous ; God testifying of his gifts."f But Cain, through unbelief and self-righteous pride, disdained to offer such a sacrifice.... | |
 | Thomas Binney - 1830 - 456 страници
...I may assert ETERNAL PROVIDENCE, And justify the ways of God to man." SERMON II. THE FAITH OF ABEL. HEB. XI. 4. By faith Abel offered unto God a more...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it, he, being dead, yet speaketh. WE proceed, my brethren, to the fulfilment of the purpose intimated... | |
 | Alexander Nicoll - 1830 - 408 страници
...sacrifice, or at least that this is the implied meaning, and that allusion is made to a preceding verse, " by faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh 0 ;" where the apostle is evidently speaking of the sacrifice of Abel,... | |
 | Eliza Cheap - 1830 - 306 страници
...Lamb, they might behold them rejoicing in salvation,—the Lord having respect to their offering. " By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it, he being dead, yet speaketh." Heb. xi. 4. O unhappy brother! to be divided in spirit, and not... | |
 | 662 страници
...real positive spiritual force not seen, but the results of faith are always made clear and visible, 4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 11:4 - It was not necessarily the offering that God looked at but... | |
 | Betty Miller - 2003 - 68 страници
...yet do not obey God, our faith would be in vain. Let's look at Hebrews 11:4 for an example of this: By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of His gifts: and by It he being dead yet speaketh. Why was God pleased with Abel and not with Cain? Cain's heart was... | |
 | Colin D. Standish, Russell R. Standish - 2003 - 422 страници
...faith recorded in the eleventh chapter of Hebrews. Let us briefly review a few of these men of faith. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. Hebrews 11:4 Would Abel's faith have been shown had he not obeyed... | |
 | Walter E. Patt - 2003 - 126 страници
...kingdom of glory even though they had never seen it. Look at the heroes of faith mentioned in Hebrews 11: "By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice...he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh," "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and... | |
 | David M. Levy - 230 страници
...(Gen. 4:4). God did not accept Cain's sacrifice, and the writer to the Hebrews records the reason: “By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent...that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts” (Heb. 11:4). Abel's sacrifice was more excellent because it was the prescribed blood offering required... | |
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from observing what the Apostle to the Hebrews tells us, (Heb. xi. 4.) " 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. 
