Hebrews 4:12-13 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account. THE WORD OF GOD REVEALS OUR CONDITIONHEBREWS 4: 12-13 VS. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner […]

Hebrews 4:7-117 Again, He designates a certain day, saying in David, “Today,” after such a long time, as it has been said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.” 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.  THE PROMISE OF REST (PART 3)HEBREWS 4: 7-11  […]

Hebrews 4:2-62  For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as them; but the word which they heard did  not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said: so, I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter My rest, although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.  4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way:  And God rested on the Seventh day from all His works. 5 And […]

Luke 4:18-1918 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. THE NEW YEARLUKE 4:18-19 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me. . . to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. The Lord Jesus Christ quoted the Prophet Isaiah on a visit to Nazareth, where He had been […]

Isaiah 7:14-15 14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. 15 Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. THE BIRTH OF CHRISTISAIAH 7:14-15 Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son and shall call His name Immanuel. Curds and honey He shall eat, that He may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. The kingdom of Judah was in a condition of imminent peril. Two monarchs had leagued themselves […]

Hebrews 4:1 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 PROMISE OF REST (PART 1)HEBREWS 4: 1 Vs. 1, Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. We have just seen in the previous chapter an instance and example of God’s severity against unbelievers set forth and proposed for our consideration, let us fear. In this example of God’s dealing with those He brought out of Egypt, the […]

Hebrews 3:16-19 16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. FAILURE OF THE WILDERNESS WANDERERESHEBREWS 3:16-19 Vs. 16 For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?  The Apostle asks and then answers the question who having heard rebelled, it […]

Hebrews 3: 12-15  12Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, 15 while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” BE FAITHFUL (PART 3)HEBREWS 3: 12-15 Five paragraphs completing thoughts on verse 12 […]

Psalm 65:11 You crown the year with your goodness, and your paths drip with abundance THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER 2021 Next Thursday, I pray, our nation will celebrate Thanksgiving Day remembering God’s goodness to our ancestors, and in our day by establishing and maintaining this free land. Oh, that this would become true throughout the country. In our Psalm of Thanksgiving, we see it divides into two parts. We have crowning mercies that call for crowning gratitude and in the same verse, paths of abundance, which should be to us ways of delight. When we have thought upon these two points, […]

Hebrews 3:10-12 10  Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’11 So I swore in My wrath ‘they shall not enter My rest.’ 12 Beware brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God. BE FAITHFUL (PART 2)HEBREWS 3; 10-12 Vs. 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways. When God says He was angry with that generation, He […]