Hebrews 4:16

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace: since our High Priest hath a sense of our infirmities, hath experienced our trials, and no sin is in him to shut up his bowels of compassion, therefore haste we to him, as those who desire to reach favours from our Sovereign, as our poor, guilty, needy souls want them. It is a soul-motion by faith and love, breathed forth in strong cries to his God and Father and ours, constantly approaching God in every duty by him: compare Hebrews... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Hebrews 4:14-16

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.—Hebrews 4:14-16The Divine-human High Priest.—This passage introduces the consideration of the priesthood of Christ, to which brief reference is made in Hebrews 3:1. Three things are argued: 1. His extraordinary dignity. 2. His perfect character. 3. His glorious work. The high priest was the prominent man, the example, of the Old Testament dispensation. There is an important distinction between a model and an example, which needs to be kept in view. F. W.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 4:12-16

Hebrews 4:12-16 I. The Word of God judges the Christian below. We are familiar with the Word of God. Like Israel, we possess the treasure in our country, in our families. Do we know that in possessing, reading, and knowing the Scriptures we are under a mighty, solemn and decisive influence, and that this Word judges us now, and will judge us at the last day? The Word is (1) living. It is the seed which appears insignificant, but which, if received in good ground, shows its vitality. Hence it is... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 4:15-16

Hebrews 4:15-16 The Sympathetic Saviour. We have her I. Christ's power of sympathy asserted. Sympathy was the heritage which earth gave Him to enrich His heavenly state. II. The conditions guaranteeing the power. (1) His exposure to temptation. Just as the light becomes tinged with the hues of the glass it passes through, so the unfathomable love of the Son of God becomes sympathetic towards men as it passes to them through the human heart, steeped in sorrow and agonised by the sufferings of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 4:16

Hebrews 4:16 I. We have here the idea of majesty. God is seated upon a throne. His estate is royal. To Him belongs kingly authority. He is to be approached as a monarch, with reverence and worship. The royal majesty of Jehovah rests not only on His power, but still more on His perfection, especially His moral perfection. II. We have here the idea of sovereignty. The sovereign occupant of a throne acts not of constraint, nor merely as limited by law or promise, nor always as his subjects may... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 4:15-16

DISCOURSE: 2286ENCOURAGEMENT DERIVED FROM THE CHARACTER OF CHRISTHebrews 4:15-16. We have not an High-priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.NOTWITHSTANDING the excellency of the Christian religion, when compared with that of the Jews, there were not wanting many specious objections,... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 4:16

throne of grace Grace (imparted). Hebrews 12:15; Hebrews 12:28; Romans 6:1; 2 Peter 3:18. read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - Hebrews 4:16

The Throne of Grace A Sermon (No. 1024) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 19th, 1871, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington "The throne of grace." Hebrews 4:16 THESE words are found embedded in that gracious verse, "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need"; they are a gem in a golden setting. True prayer is an approach of the soul by the Spirit of God to the throne of God. It is not... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 4:1-16

Chapter 4Let 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 entered into the rest of God? Do you have that deep peace of Christ tonight filling your mind, your heart, and your life? Or is there anxiety, strife, turmoil, unrest? What is the condition of your heart tonight? Let us beware, let us be careful. God has given us the promise of rest.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 4:1-16

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 reading does not satisfy. The ancient Israelites really did come short of the promised land, and the caution is expressly against casting away the gospel, making shipwreck of faith, and of a good conscience. Δοκη is not videatur, “should seem,” but as in Montanus, who follows the Vulgate, ... read more

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