Tag: hebrews 4
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Come Hungry — Hebrews 4:16
Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. Notice the word therefore. Because Jesus is our great High Priest…Because He understands our weaknesses…Because He has been tempted in all the ways we are… Therefore — come. Not cautiously.Not nervously.Not…
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He Knows the Feeling — Hebrews 4:14–15
Hebrews 4:14–15 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet…
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Nothing Hidden — Hebrews 4:13
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Right after saying that the Word of God pierces the heart like a sharp sword, the writer adds another thought. God sees everything.…
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The Sword That Reveals the Heart — Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Most of us grew up hearing this verse explained one…
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Learning to Ride — Hebrews 4:11
Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. At first glance the verse sounds almost contradictory. “Labour… to enter into rest.” How do you work at resting? Here is what the writer is saying. The real effort of the Christian life is…
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When the Hammer Stops — Hebrews 4:10
Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. From the very beginning of the Bible we see a pattern. God created the heavens and the earth in six days. Then on the seventh day He rested. Not because He was…
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A Rest Beyond Canaan — Hebrews 4:7–9
Hebrews 4:7–9 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.There remaineth therefore a rest to…
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A Rest Bigger Than a Day — Hebrews 4:3
Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest… To the Jewish mind, the idea of rest was already settled. “Of course we have rest,” they would say. “Every seventh day we stop. The Sabbath is our rest.” But the writer of Hebrews gently opens their eyes to something far greater. Notice the…