hebrews-10:35-36

"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith" (Heb. 12:2). "But without faith it is impossible to please him" (Heb. 11: 6). "Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward" (Heb. 10: 35). Having unfolded the first two themes of the epistle, Christ our Apos... Read More

When God has shown us something that He is going to do, we should never let down in faith until He has fulfilled what He has promised. “Cast not away therefore your confidence…For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise” (Hebrews 10:35-36). Go... Read More

“They that stood by … said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them? Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the Man” (Matthew 26:73,74). “Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, loves thou Me more than these? He said unto Him, Yea, Lord; Thou knowest that I love Thee. He s... Read More

“Be not slothful but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises” (Heb. 6:12). “Without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him” (Heb. 11:6). “Ye have need of patience... Read More

Several years ago, I knelt in prayer with a young woman who wanted to be holy. I asked her if she would give up everything for Jesus. She answered that she would. I then thought I would put a hard test to her, and asked her if she would be willing to go to Africa as a missionary for Jesus. She said,... Read More

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise" (Hebrews 10:36). A peculiar blessing is pronounced in the Bible upon those who in loving patience wait upon God for the fulfillment of His promises. We all know how necessary is the faith which ove... Read More

1. Purifying ourselves and letting God sanctify us wholly (Colossians 3:4-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24; 1 John 3:3) 2. Abiding in Christ (John 15:1-6; 1 John 2:28) 3. Abounding more and more in love, knowledge, and judgment (Philippians 1:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13) 4. Meeting together to exhort o... Read More

All time (1336) (dienekes from dia = through + phéro = carry, bear) means carried through. It is used in the Greek idiomatic phrase "eis to dienekes" which means unlimited duration of time with particular focus upon the future, and therefore means always, forever, forever and ever, eternally, contin... Read More

Labor (2873) (kopos from kopto = chop, hew, cut down, strike; figuratively to lament which apparently came from the idea of striking one's breast) (See also study of related verb kopiao) is strictly a smiting as a sign of sorrow, then sorrow itself. Kopos thus describes a state of discomfort or dist... Read More

Collected a tenth (1183) (dekatoo from dekatos = tenth) means to take tithes or a tenth from (active voice as in Hebrews 7:6) or to pay tithes (passive voice in Hebrews 7:9). There is one use in the Septuagint (LXX)... Nehemiah 10:37 We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the ... Read More