HEB. 6:1. THEREFORE LEAVING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHRIST, LET US GO ON UNTO PERFECTION; NOT LAYING AGAIN THE FOUNDATION OF REPENTANCE FROM DEAD WORKS, AND OF FAITH TOWARD GOD, Edwards makes a comprehensive remark about Hebrews chapter six in his first major analytical work, _Distinguis... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:2-3. OF THE DOCTRINE OF BAPTISMS, AND OF LAYING ON OF HANDS, AND OF RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, AND OF ETERNAL JUDGMENT. AND THIS WILL WE DO, IF GOD PERMIT _ Blank Bible: _ 3._ and this will we do if God permit_] And this the apostle actually proceeds to do in the beginning of Heb. 7, where h... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:4-6. FOR (IT IS) IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WERE ONCE ENLIGHTENED, AND HAVE TASTED OF THE HEAVENLY GIFT, AND WERE MADE PARTAKERS OF THE HOLY GHOST. AND HAVE TASTED THE GOOD WORD OF GOD, AND THE POWERS OF THE WORLD TO COME, IF THEY SHALL FALL AWAY, TO RENEW THEM AGAIN UNTO REPENTANCE; SEEING TH... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:7. FOR THE EARTH WHICH DRINKETH IN THE RAIN THAT COMETH OFT UPON IT, AND BRINGETH FORTH HERBS MEET FOR THEM BY WHOM IT IS DRESSED, RECEIVETH BLESSING FROM GOD: At the very beginning of the Edwardsean Awakening, Solomon Stoddard's hold-outs are warned by this verse.: It seems by God's provi... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:8. BUT THAT WHICH BEARETH THORNS AND BRIERS (IS) REJECTED, AND (IS) NIGH UNTO CURSING; WHOSE END (IS) TO BE BURNED. _ Blank Bible: _ The notice of those apostates and persecutors who committed the unpardonable sin is with special fitness compared to briars and thorns. See Song of Solomon 2... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:9. BUT, BELOVED, WE ARE PERSUADED BETTER THINGS OF YOU, AND THINGS THAT ACCOMPANY SALVATION, THOUGH WE THUS SPEAK. In "Miscellaneous Observations concerning the Divine Decrees in General, and Election in Particular" Edwards finds use for Hebrews 6:9. The apostle speaks of their being chosen... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:10. FOR GOD (IS) NOT UNRIGHTEOUS TO FORGET YOUR WORK AND LABOUR OF LOVE, WHICH YE HAVE SHEWED TOWARD HIS NAME, IN THAT YE HAVE MINISTERED TO THE SAINTS, AND DO MINISTER. _ Blank Bible: _ [For God is not unrighteous to forget, etc.] This is spoken in the same sense as that in the 1 John 1:9... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:11. AND WE DESIRE THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU DO SHEW THE SAME DILIGENCE TO THE FULL ASSURANCE OF HOPE UNTO THE END: _ Blank Bible: _ Here the words, _to the end, _ are to be joined not with the immediately preceding words, _the full assurance of hope _ but those going before _shew the same dilig... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:12. THAT YE BE NOT SLOTHFUL, BUT FOLLOWERS OF THEM WHO THROUGH FAITH AND PATIENCE INHERIT THE PROMISES. _ Blank Bible: _ [inherit the promises] an evidence that those saints that are dead are in a state of reward and not in a state of inactivity and insensibility for the _word _ translated... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:13. FOR WHEN GOD MADE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM, BECAUSE HE COULD SWEAR BY NO GREATER, HE SWARE BY HIMSELF. This verse shows the profound significance of God's covenant-binding of Himself in the sermon on God's sovereignty. 4. Hence we learn what cause we have to admire the grace of God, that he... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:14-15. SAYING, SURELY BLESSING I WILL BLESS THEE, AND MULTIPLYING I WILL MULTIPLY THEE. AND SO, AFTER HE HAD PATIENTLY ENDURED, HE OBTAINED THE PROMISE. _ Blank Bible: _ _ obtained the promise] _ this is an evidence that the saints in heaven are acquainted with the affairs of the church he... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:16-17. FOR MEN VERILY SWEAR BY THE GREATER: AND AN OATH FOR CONFIRMATION (IS) TO THEM AN END OF ALL STRIFE. WHEREIN GOD, WILLING MORE ABUNDANTLY TO SHEW UNTO THE HEIRS OF PROMISE THE IMMUTABILITY OF HIS COUNSEL, CONFIRMED (IT) BY AN OATH: Here is further evidence of an important argument in... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:18. THAT BY TWO IMMUTABLE THINGS, IN WHICH (IT WAS) IMPOSSIBLE FOR GOD TO LIE, WE MIGHT HAVE A STRONG CONSOLATION, WHO HAVE FLED FOR REFUGE TO LAY HOLD UPON THE HOPE SET BEFORE US: A non-sign of true religious affection is "that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of... [ Continue Reading ]
HEB. 6:19. WHICH (HOPE) WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL, BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST, AND WHICH ENTERETH INTO THAT WITHIN THE VEIL; A lengthy one of the _Notes on the Bible _ explains Hebrews 6:19. [284] Hebrews 6:19, "Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which e... [ Continue Reading ]
Heb. 6:20 HEB. 6:20. WHITHER THE FORERUNNER IS FOR US ENTERED, (EVEN) JESUS, MADE A HIGH PRIEST FOR EVER AFTER THE ORDER OF MELCHISEDEC. In "Justification by Faith Alone" Hebrews 6:20 is seen to confirm the positive aspect of justification, "his acceptance to his reward." this his justification:... [ Continue Reading ]