CONTENTS
The same precious Subject is continued through this whole Chapter. The Lord's People are here shewn, that Christ is their Rest. Christ having passed into the Heavens, is made an unanswerable Argument, to come unto him boldly.
CHAPTER IV. _As the Christian rest is to be obtained by faith, we should_ _beware of unbelief lest we lose it, as the Hebrews did theirs_, 1. _The reason why they were not brought into the rest pr...
LET US THEREFORE FEAR - Let us be apprehensive that we may possibly fall of that rest. The kind of “fear” which is recommended here is what leads to caution and care. A man who is in danger of losing...
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)...
LEST. lest haply. Greek. _me pote._ REST. Greek. _katapausis._ See Acts 7:49. ANY. Greek. _tis_. App-123. COME SHORT. have failed. Greek. _hustereo._ See Romans 3:23....
_Let us therefore fear_ The fear to which we are exhorted is not any uncertainty of hope, but solicitude against careless indifference. It is a wholesome fear taught by wisdom (Philippians 2:12). _le...
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)...
CONTINUED EXHORTATION TO EMBRACE THE YET OPEN OFFER OF GOD’S REST...
ΦΟΒΗΒΩ͂ΜΕΝ. The fear to which we are exhorted is not any uncertainty of hope, but _solicitude against careless indifference_. It is a wholesome fear taught by wisdom (Philippians 2:12). We have the sa...
_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...
ΦΟΒΗΘΏΜΕΝ _aor. conj. pass. (dep.) от_ ΦΟΒΈΟΜΑΙ (G5399) бояться, страшиться. Увещевательный _conj._ используется для выражения приказа или побуждения в форме 1 _pers._: "давайте будем бояться" ΟΎΝ (G...
DISCOURSE: 2281 CANAAN TYPICAL OF THE BELIEVER’S SPIRITUAL AND ETERNAL REST Hebrews 4:1. _Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to com...
LET US THEREFORE FEAR, &C.— The promise of God's _rest,_ signifies such a rest as his is; namely, a state of peace and enjoyment, and freedom from labour. When a rest was promised to the children of I...
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...
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. LET US THEREFORE FEAR - not with slavish terror, but godly "fear and trem...
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...
BEING LEFT] God's promise of rest cannot fail. Israel having failed to enter into it, the promise remains unfulfilled, and therefore it is open for us to enter in, if we keep the faith. SHOULD SEEM] e...
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...
LET US THEREFORE FEAR. — The emphasis rests upon “fear,” not upon “us.” It is noteworthy that the writer begins with “Let us,” though about to write “lest any of _you;”_ he will have gained his object...
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...
7. THE JUDGMENT TO COME Malachi 3:13; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 4:1 This is another charge to the doubters among the pious remnant of Israel, who, seeing the success of the wicked, said it is vain to ser...
φοβηθῶμεν οὖν, “let us then fear,” the writer speaks in the name of the living generation, “lest haply, there being left behind and still remaining a promise to enter [ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν; _cf._ ὥρα...
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....
A LESSON ON REST LEARNED FROM ISRAEL'S FAILURE Though the children of Israel failed to enter the promised rest, a promise of rest still remains for those in Christ. Remember, in 3:15 the writer quoted...
_Let us, therefore, fear, &c. St. Paul continues his exhortation to them, not to be like the incredulous Jews, and so to be excluded from the place of eternal rest. (Witham)_...
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,...
1._Let us therefore fear, etc. _He concludes that there was reason to fear lest the Jews to whom he was writing should be deprived of the blessing offered to them; and then he says, _lest anyone, _int...
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...
LET US THEREFORE FEAR,.... Not with a fear of wrath and damnation; nor with a fear of diffidence and distrust of the power, grace, and goodness of God; but with a cautious fear, a godly jealousy, a ca...
Φοβηθῶμεν ου῏ν, μή ποτε, καταλειπομένης ἐπαγγελίας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ, δοκῇ τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ὑστερηκέναι. Καὶ γάρ ἐσμεν εὐγγελισμένοι, καθάπερ κάκεῖνοι· ἀλλ ᾿οὐκ ὠφέλησεν ὁ λόγος τῆς ἀκοῆς...
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. Ver. 1. _Let us fear_] With a fear not of diffidence, but of diligence. _...
HEB. 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. We begin Edwards' commentary of Hebrews 4 with his _Blank Bibl...
In this chapter, which is of the same nature with the foregoing, the apostle proceeds with his exhortation to the Hebrews, and all professing Christians, to faith, obedience, and perseverance; and enf...
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...
A FURTHER WARNING AGAINST UNBELIEF. The promise still in force:...
LET US THEREFORE FEAR, LEST, A PROMISE BEING LEFT US OF ENTERING INTO HIS REST, ANY ONE OF YOU SHOULD SEEM TO COME SHORT OF IT....
"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; HEBREWS CHAPTER 4 HEBREWS 4:1 The rest of Christians to be attained by faith. HEBREWS 4:12,13 The power of God's word. HEBREWS 4:14 Having Jesus the Son of God for our High Priest, we must hol...
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore G3767 promise G1860 remains G2641 (G5746) entering G1525 (G5629) G1519 His G846 rest...
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...
Hebrews 4:1. LET US THEREFORE FEAR. A stronger expression than the caution of Hebrews 3:12 (‘take heed'), and the fitting preparation for the ‘earnest labour' of chap. Hebrews 4:12. We are not to doub...
LET US FEAR THEREFORE (φοβηθωμεν ουν). First aorist passive volitive subjunctive of φοβεομα, to be afraid. There is no break in the argument on Hebrews 4:95. This is a poor chapter division. The Is...
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...
LET US FEAR, THEN. "Since the Israelites were not allowed in because of their unbelief, we should fear that the same thing could happen to us, and be careful that we go all the way into the promised l...
_Let us therefore fear_ FEARFUL OF COMING SHORT I. WITH WHAT DOES THE FEAR ENJOINED IN THE TEXT MAINLY CONCERN ITSELF? Now, the apostle cannot mean that we are to fear lest we should come short of h...
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.
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 Corinthians 10:12; 1 Corinthians 9:26; 1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Samuel 2:30;...
Being left [κ α τ α λ ε ι π ο μ ε ν η ς]. Still remaining : not being neglected. It is not a reason for fearing that is given, but a circumstance connected with the thing to be avoided. As there is no...
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...
As if the apostle had said, "Seeing you have so dreadful an example of God's wrath executed upon your fathers in the wilderness for their unbelief, take heed of their sins, lest ye suffer the like pun...