The course of argument in this chapter, to verse Hebrews 4:11, is as follows: There is a rest promised to us, which we should be careful not to lose by our unbelief and disobedience, after the example of the ancient Israelites in the wilderness. This cannot be the rest upon which God entered after h... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GOSPEL; good news of a future rest. UNTO THEM; the Israelites in the wilderness. THE WORD PREACHED; the offer to them of a future rest. DID NOT PROFIT THEM; because they did not, by believing God, comply with its instructions.... [ Continue Reading ]
DO ENTER INTO REST; literally, into the rest; that, namely, which the Holy Ghost, through David, warns us not to lose. There is a rest promised to believers now as really as there was to believers in the days of Moses; and true Christians have a foretaste of it. It is a spiritual, holy rest, like th... [ Continue Reading ]
IN A CERTAIN PLACE; GENESIS 2:1-3, showing that there is a rest upon which God entered when he had finished the works of creation.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THIS PLACE AGAIN; showing that God has still another rest into which he invites us to enter.... [ Continue Reading ]
SEEING THEREFORE-HARDEN NOT YOUR HEARTS; some connect verse Hebrews 4:6 immediately with verse Hebrews 4:11, making the intervening verses a parenthesis. But the passage is plainer if taken without any parenthesis, thus: "Seeing therefore"-as has been shown by the preceding argument-"it remaineth"-l... [ Continue Reading ]
JESUS; Joshua; Jesus being the same in Greek as Joshua in Hebrew, meaning Saviour. AFTERWARD; in the days of David. ANOTHER DAY; or time when the rest spoken of could, by believing, be obtained.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE; as the certain conclusion from the above-mentioned facts, the rest spoken of by God is one which is spiritual and future; the keeping of an eternal Sabbath, a holy, blessed rest in heaven. The rest promised to the faithful and obedient in the Old Testament, was not merely a temporary rest... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS REST; in heaven. HATH CEASED; from his work on earth. AS GOD; ceased from his work of creation on the first Sabbath. God's method of salvation was not designed, and is not adapted to encourage idleness, but great and persevering diligence in the discharge of duty.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE; as there is such a glorious, heavenly rest, and many through unbelief have lost it, let us give all diligence by faith and obedience to secure it, lest through unbelief we also lose it.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WORD OF GOD; all his declarations, whether of law or grace, whether of promise or threatening. God, who is its author, imparts to it his own divine energy. It lays open every heart, and detects all hypocrisy and unbelief. QUICK; living, and powerful in its effects. John 6:63; 2 CORINTHIANS 10:4... [ Continue Reading ]
IN HIS SIGHT; the sight of God the author of this word. In order to be saved, men must be Christians in reality as well as in appearance. God sees men as they are, and will treat them according to their works.... [ Continue Reading ]
PROFESSION; of faith in Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE THRONE OF GRACE; God on his gracious throne dispensing mercy to sinners. In God is help for men; and it is their duty to come unto him in the name of Christ, that for his sake they may receive it.... [ Continue Reading ]