We who believe, then. "If their unbelief disqualified them, then we who believe will be qualified to go in and rest with God." As he said. See Hebrews 3:11 and note. Even though. God intended man to go in and rest with him. If they do not do this, it certainly is not because God left his work unfinished! The sabbath is symbolic of this Eternal Rest, yet keeping the sabbath is not the same as entering into that Rest.
HEBREWS 4:3 eivserco,meqa ga,r {A} Among the connectives ga,r is to be preferred both because of early and good external evidence (î13, 46 B D K P Y 33 614 it vg syrh copsa eth) and because it suits...
Verse Hebrews 4:3. _FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST_] The great spiritual blessings, the forerunners of eternal glory, which were all typified by that earthly rest or felicity promised...
FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST - That is, it is a certain fact that believers “will” enter into rest. That promise is made to “believers;” and as we have evidence that “we” come under t...
CHAPTER 4 _ 1. What the rest of God is (Hebrews 4:1)_ 2. The power of the Word of God (Hebrews 4:12) Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into His rest, any on...
HEBREWS 4:1 continues the exposition of Psalms 95. The writer has already dealt with the warning contained therein; now he shows that this very warning implies a promise. In declaring that His rest is...
It is true that the promise which offers entry into the rest of God still remains for us; but beware lest any of you be adjudged to have missed it. It is indeed true that we have had the good news pre...
THE REST WE DARE NOT MISS (Hebrews 4:1-10)...
HAVE. Omit. BELIEVED. Greek. _pisteuo._ App-150. IN. Greek. _en._ App-104. IF, &C. See Hebrews 3:11. FROM. Greek. _apo._ App-104. FOUNDATION. See App-146. WORLD. Greek. _kosmos._ App-129....
_For we which have believed do enter into rest_ Rather, "For we who believed" (i.e. we who have accepted the word of hearing) "are entering into that rest." _if they shall enter_ This ought to have be...
ΕἸΣΕΡΧΌΜΕΘΑ ΓᾺΡ … ΟἹ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ. “_For we who believed_” (i.e. we who have accepted the word of hearing) “are entering into that rest.” The present implies a continuous process. ΕἸ ΕἸΣΕΛΕΎΣΟΝΤΑΙ, “_...
CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST...
CH. 4. CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST (1–13). EXHORTATION FOUNDED ON THE HIGH PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST (14–16)...
_GREAT PRIVILEGES UNDER CHRIST -- HEBREWS 4:1-4:_ The writer of Hebrews says that the example of the Jews dying in the wilderness because of unbelief should motivate us to faithfulness to God. Unbelie...
ΕΊΣΕΡΧΌΜΕΘΑ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΕΙΣΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1525) входить. Хотя _praes._ может быть использован как футуристический, лучше понимать его как выражение текущего факта (Westcott). _Praes._ може...
FOR WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED, &C.— This stands connected with the former part of the preceding verse: "Unto us was the good tidings of a rest preached, as well as unto them: _For all we who have believed,...
C. _Warning and exhortation in respect to rest: promises under Moses and Christ. Hebrews 4:1-13_. 1. _Danger of losing the heavenly rest through unbelief and rebellion. Hebrews 4:1-3_. _TEXT_...
CHRIST SUPERIOR TO JOSHUA. (Hebrews 4:1-3) The exhortation begun by the apostle in Hebrews 3:12 is not completed till Hebrews 4:12 is reached, all that intervenes consisting of an exposition and appl...
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. FOR - Ju...
7 The Hebrew of Psa_95:7-11 reads ''as at Meribah" and "the day of Massah", and the passage refers to the twentieth of Numbers. The quotation substitutes their meanings. Meribah is "contention," or "b...
JESUS CHRIST, GIVER OR THE PROMISED REST, AND HIGH PRIEST TO BEING MEN TO GOD 1-13. Israel through unbelief failed to enter into the promised rest. The rest, therefore, remains open and a promise of...
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST. The OT. itself testifies to His supremacy as God's Son over its own chief personages: (a) first the angels, through whom the Jews believed that creation had been effected and...
HOW CAN I GET TO HEAVEN? HEBREWS _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 WARNING TO OBEY 3:7-4:2 4V1 The same promise of entering the place of God's rest is still there for us. We should be afraid that some...
FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED. — The emphasis is two-fold, resting both on “believed” and on “we enter.” The former looks back to Hebrews 4:2, “by faith”_ — “for_ it is we who believed that enter.”... Th...
8. THE RETURN OF ELIJAH Malachi 4:4; Hebrews 4:3 With his last word the prophet significantly calls upon the people to remember the Law. This is their one hope before the coming of the great and terr...
CHAPTER III. FUNDAMENTAL ONENESS OF THE DISPENSATIONS. Hebrews 3:1 - Hebrews 4:13 (R.V.). "Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High-priest of our conf...
to Hebrews 4:13. Chapter s 3 and 4 as far as Hebrews 3:13, form one paragraph. The purpose of the writer in this passage, as in the whole Epistle, is to encourage his readers in their allegiance to Ch...
THE REST THAT JOSHUA COULD NOT GIVE Hebrews 4:1 The good news of Canaan's rest was preached to Israel but availed nothing, because the hearers were destitute of faith. They said, _Can God_ ? instead...
The picture of the whole generation who perished in the wilderness is brought to mind, and the question is, What did they lack, and why did they perish? They did not lack the message of "good tidings....
GOD'S REST IS LIMITED TO THE FAITHFUL The promise of entering God's rest is affirmed for all who believe, yet God's wrath would not allow those who rebelled in the wilderness to enter in (Psalms 95:11...
(2) For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. (2) Les...
It is faith that opens heaven; but faith animated by charity, nourished by good works, and perfected by mortification of the senses. God only enters into his rest after the accomplishment of his works...
(4) Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. (2) For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the w...
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all those which have been before us; so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of the apostle Paul, of Apollos,...
_THE PROMISED REST_ ‘We which have believed do enter into rest.’ Hebrews 4:3 How shall we describe the manifold features that characterise this union with the God of rest? I. THE REST OF THE YIELD...
He now begins to embellish the passage which he had quoted from David. He has hitherto taken it, as they say, according to the letter, that is, in its literal sense; but he now amplifies and decorates...
The apostle goes on to apply this part of Israel's history to those whom he was addressing, laying stress on two points:1st, That Israel had failed of entering into rest, through unbelief; 2nd, That t...
FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST,.... Not eternal rest; all believers shall enjoy this, and they only; but this is not now, or at present enjoyed, unless things future may be said to be p...
Many have variously reasoned and conjectured about the coherence of this part of the apostle's discourse with that which immediately goeth before. It is not my way to propose the interpretations or an...
For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. Ver. 3. _F...
HEB. 4:3. FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST, AS HE SAID, AS I HAVE SWORN IN MY WRATH, IF THEY SHALL ENTER INTO MY REST: ALTHOUGH THE WORKS WERE FINISHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD....
_For we who have believed_ Or, _who believe_, namely, in Christ, and the promises of rest made in the gospel, and are diligent in the use of the means appointed in order to the attainment of it; _do e...
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...
A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST UNBELIEF. The promise still in force:...
FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST, AS HE SAID, AS I HAVE SWORN IN MY WRATH, IF THEY SHALL ENTER INTO MY REST; ALTHOUGH THE WORKS WERE FINISHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD. The inspire...
"Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into His rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." This admonition is a continuation of Ch. 3. The promise has been left us,...
1-10 The privileges we have under the gospel, are greater than any had under the law of Moses, though the same gospel for substance was preached under both Testaments. There have been in all ages man...
OLBGrk; FOR WE WHICH HAVE BELIEVED DO ENTER INTO REST: a further reason setting home this counsel, was the certain benefit of our care in believing; for that the community of real Christians, partaker...
Hebrews 4:3 For G1063 who G3588 believed G4100 (G5660) enter G1525 (G5736) G1519 rest G2663 as...
Hebrews 4:3. FOR WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED ARE ENTERING INTO REST. We only are entering who believe; it is not, therefore, the rest of the Sabbath which the Jews long since possessed (Hebrews 4:4-6), nor i...
Hebrews 4:1-11. TO understand the force of the reasoning of these verses, and the naturalness of the different interpretations of the Psalm which the Apostle is explaining, note that ‘ MY REST ' is pr...
DO ENTER (εισερχομεθα). Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of εισερχομα. We are sure to enter in, we who believe.HE HATH SAID (ειρηκεν). Perfect active indicative for the permanent valu...
Hebrews 4:1 Fear and Rest. I. The worldly man neither fears nor loves God. He sometimes imagines he loves God, because he is not afraid, because he is not awed by the holy majesty of God, and does no...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest any of you should seem to come short of it._ Not only dread coming short, but dread the very appearance of...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ If you avoid the very seeming of it, you will avoid the thin...
CONTENTS: The better rest for the believer. The perfect work of redemption. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, David. CONCLUSION: The privileges by Christ under the Gospel are far greater than those enjoyed un...
Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it._ This caution is repeated from the preseding chapter, but the r...
_We which have believed do enter into rest_ THE DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS OF TRUE BELIEVERS 1. A sweet experience declared, “We do enter into rest.” It is an experience of a spiritual and heavenly...
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:1 Continuing to use Psalms 95:1, the author focuses on the word “rest.” The section makes most sense if the rest is understood as having begun but still awaiting completion.
HEBREWS—NOTE ON HEBREWS 4:3 WE WHO HAVE BELIEVED. Faith in God’s good news is necessary to ENTER God’s REST. The “rest” of God in...
SOUL-REST _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ THIS chapter should not have been separated from the previous one, as it is a continuation of the hortatory passage. There is, however, a break in the treat...
EXPOSITION A REST STILL OFFERED TO CHRISTIANS. HEBREWS 4:1 LET US FEAR, THEREFORE, LEST, A PROMISE BEING STILL LEFT OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO HAVE COME SHORT. This ve...
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it (Hebrews 4:1). As you look at your own heart tonight, is it at rest? Have you...
1 Peter 1:20; Ephesians 1:4; Exodus 20:11; Genesis 1:31; Hebrews 3:11;...
For we which have believed do enter into rest [ε ι σ ε ρ χ ο μ ε θ α γ α ρ ε ι ς τ η ν κ α τ α π α υ σ ι ν ο ι π ι σ τ ε υ σ α ν τ ε ς]. I say by faith, for, we believers, who embraced the Christian f...
LET US Hebrews 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Every book in the Bible is correlated with every other book. The Bible is a perfect whole. No book can be taken away without its unity and continuity being bro...
For we only that have believed enter into the rest — The proposition is, There remains a rest for us. This is proved, Hebrews 4:3, thus: That psalm mentions a rest: yet it does not mean, God's rest fr...
As if the apostle had said, There is. rest promised to us believers, as well as the typical rest, Canaan, was promised to the Israelites. Learn thence, That the state of believers, under the gospel,...