Hebrews 11:25
He preferred sharing the hardships of God’s people to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.
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Psalms 47:9Princes of nations gather with the people of Abraham’s God: for the shields of the earth are God’s; greatly exalted is he.
Psalms 84:10for better a single day in your courts than a thousand in my own chambers: better stand at the door of the house of my God than live in the tents of ungodliness,
Matthew 13:21but, as they have no root, they stand for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises because of the message, they fall away at once.
Luke 16:25‘Child,’ answered Abraham, ‘remember that you in your lifetime received what you thought desirable, just as Lazarus received what was not desirable; but now he has his consolation here, while you are suffering agony.
Matthew Henry on Hebrews 11:5-32
Exemplars of Faith. ( a. d. 62.) 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: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that… Read the whole commentary →