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Hebrews 4 - Introduction

Questions on Chapter Four

True or False

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Fear of God is an Old Testament doctrine and has no place in New Testament times.

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Jesus is surely qualified to understand our needs, for He has suffered and has been tempted,

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The sharpness of the Word of God is compared to a fine-grained, single-edged sword,

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Give diligence to enter into the rest indicates that man has a responsibility,

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The great High Priest of the Christian has yet to pass through the heavens,

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The Word of God teaches humility; therefore, we ought not to approach the throne of grace with boldness.

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The temptation of Jesus was in no respect like ours.

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Unbelief has kept people who had received the promise of rest from receiving it.

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The Word of God does not deal with the intents of the heart, but the thoughts of the heart.

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This chapter warns lest we go past the rest of God.

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11.

The author speaks of a hearing that did not profit.

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This chapter exhorts man as a creature who has no need.

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This chapter seems to use soul and spirit interchangeably.

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14.

The same example of disobedience is an expression of this chapter.

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Hearing needs to be united, or mixed, with faith,

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The failure of Joshua's rest is a teaching in Chapter Four,

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God completed His work on the seventh day, giving a few finishing touches, then rested.

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A sabbath rest for the people of God remains.

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Good tidings were preached to Israel even as unto us is an idea expressed in Chapter Four.

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The Word is able to lay naked all things.

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A description of Jesus includes, yet without sin.

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God is spoken of as one who has sworn.

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The names Joshua and Jesus sometimes are used interchangeably.

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We have been taught that God is a God of love, and yet this chapter pictures a different sidea God of wrath.

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The Word of God is able to pierce both joints and marrow.

SUMMARY OF CHAPTER FOUR

Chapter Four consists of a series of exhortations based on the discussion in Chapter Three about the faithfulness of Christ and the failure of Israel because of lack of faith in the journey from Egypt to Canaan.

The first exhortation is in Hebrews 4:1; Let us fear. The second is in Hebrews 4:11, Let us enter the rest. The third is in Hebrews 4:14, Let us hold our confession. The last one is in Hebrews 4:16, Let us draw near with boldness to the throne of grace.

The first exhortation urges the Christian to remember that there is a rest for God's people in heaven. Evidence is presented to show why that rest could not have been either the sabbath that the Jews kept or the Promised Land into which Joshua led the Israelites. So there must be a heavenly rest for those who are faithful to Christ.
The second exhortation urges the Christian to be diligent and to strive eagerly to enter that rest, rather than follow the example of disobedience that proved fatal to Israel.
The third word of encouragement has to do with the necessity of holding fast the acknowledgment that Jesus, the Son of God, is High Priest, with sympathetic concern for the weaknesses of His people.
The closing word urges us to come boldly to the throne of grace for help in time of need.

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See also Hebrews 4 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Analysis Of The Chapter This chapter Hebrews 4 comprises two parts. In the first Hebrews 4:1, the apostle pursues and completes the exhortation which he had commenced in the previous chapter, drawn fr...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Continued exhortation to embrace the yet open offer of God's rest (1 14). Exhortation founded on the High Priesthood of Christ (14 16)...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    OUR PRIVILEGES UNDER THE GOSPEL -- HEBREWS FOUR -- In Hebrews three the author set forth the sin of the Jews and the punishment for their actions. Here in Hebrews four he begins to show the benefits...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 formerly (g-11) Or 'of old.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IV. This chapter is manifestly a continuation of the last, and should not have been detached from it. As with the exhortation of Hebrews 3:12, are interwoven some of the early words of the quotation...

  • Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

    Between Chapter s 3 and 4 there is no break. The unbelief of the wilderness generation is held up as a warning, and its use in this respect is justified by the fact that the promise made to them is st...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO HEBREWS 4 From the punishment inflicted on the unbelieving Hebrews, who died in the wilderness, and entered not into the land of rest made mention of in the preceding chapter, the apo...

  • John Owen’s Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews(7 vols)

    THIS chapter is of the same nature and carrieth on the same design with that foregoing. That contained an exhortation unto faith, obedience, and perseverance, enforced by an instance in the pernicious...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Humble, cautious fear is urged, lest any should come short of the promised rest, through unbelief. (1-10) Arguments and motives to faith and hope in our approaches to God. (11-16)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 4. WE MUST THEREFORE SEEK TO ENTER INTO GOD'S REST, AVOIDING THE FAILURES OF ISRAEL, FOR WE HAVE A FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST WHO WILL ENABLE US. This chapter deals with God's rest into which we can...

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