Sapate Siulai 25, 2021
ko e anga ‘o tui...
Now faith is...
Hepelu 11 (Hebrews 11)
(v. 1) Now faith is the assurance of things
hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
(v. 1) PEA ko eni, ko e anga ‘o tui, ‘oku ne
fakasino ‘a e ngaahi me‘a ‘oku ‘amanekina, ‘oku ne mafakamo‘oni ‘a e ngaahi
me‘a ‘oku ‘ikai hā.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible
* The nature and power of faith described. (1-3) It is set forth by
instances from Abel to Noah. (4-7) By Abraham and his descendants. (8-19) By
Jacob, Joseph, Moses, the Israelites, and Rahab. (20-31) By other Old Testament
believers. (32-38) The better state of believers under the gospel. (39,40)
1-3 Faith
always has been the mark of God's servants, from the beginning of the world.
Where the principle is planted by the regenerating Spirit of God, it will cause
the truth to be received, concerning justification by the sufferings and merits
of Christ. And the same things that are the object of our hope, are the object
of our faith. It is a firm persuasion and expectation, that God will perform
all he has promised to us in Christ. This persuasion gives the soul to enjoy
those things now; it gives them a subsistence or reality in the soul, by the
first-fruits and foretastes of them. Faith proves to the mind, the reality of
things that cannot be seen by the bodily eye. It is a full approval of all God
has revealed, as holy, just, and good. This view of faith is explained by many
examples of persons in former times, who obtained a good report, or an
honourable character in the word of God. Faith was the principle of their holy
obedience, remarkable services, and patient sufferings. The Bible gives the
most true and exact account of the origin of all things, and we are to believe
it, and not to wrest the Scripture account of the creation, because it does not
suit with the differing fancies of men. All that we see of the works of
creation, were brought into being by the command of God.
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