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Category Archives: Hebrews
How acceptable…how effective…
How acceptable to God this sacrifice was, or how effective in the purifying of heart and life, let those bear witness who have found through faith in him the peace with God and release from sin that nothing else could … Continue reading
Through dullness and sloth…
Calvin on Hebrews 5:11… 9And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him, 10called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,” 11of whom we have much to say, and hard … Continue reading
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Nothing more difficult…
There is, indeed, nothing more difficult than to keep our thoughts fixed on heaven, when the whole power of our nature inclines downwards, and when Satan by numberless devices draws us back to the earth. Calvin, Hebrews, 146
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Obedience of faith…
Calvin on Hebrews 5:9… And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him… “If then we desire that Christ’s obedience should be profitable to us, we must imitate him; for the Apostle means … Continue reading
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Encouragement enough and to spare…
The Scriptures contain encouragement enough and to spare for the feeblest believer, but are full of solemn warnings to those who think they stand to beware lest they fall. Bruce, Hebrews, 147
Ultimate Merciful, Faithful, Sympathetic…
Just some ‘thinking out loud.’ I note that in Hebrews, the adjectives merciful, faithful and sympathetic are used to describe Jesus Christ in His high-priestly vocation. The ‘faithfulness’ sources in a comparison between Jesus and Moses in Chapter 3. He … Continue reading
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Authentic obedience…
Authentic obedience is practised in particular, concrete circumstances. Peter O’Brien, The Letter to the Hebrews, 201
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Calvin on Hebrews 4:1: Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. “The illative therefore, or then means that by the fall of others we … Continue reading
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Doctrine and corollary…
The doctrine of the final perseverance of the saints has its corollary the salutary teaching that the saints are the people who persevere to the end. Bruce, Hebrews, 94
Look there…not in this navel…
We are supposed to be looking to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. We are not to be looking at ourselves, trying to determine if we are believing or not. Wilson, C&HR, 92
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Livin' in the foothills 