We know that the romans destroyed the temple in ad 70. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin. Every protestant commentary has trouble with this because, to them, justification and salvation are the same thing, but they are not. Verses 920 the apostle, having applied himself to the fears of the hebrews, in order to excite their diligence and prevent their apostasy, now proceeds to apply himself to their hopes, and candidly declares the good hope he had concerning them, that they would persevere. The precept is directed against impurity hebrews 12. Easyenglish is a system of simple english designed by wycliffe associates uk. Of these wilful total apostates he declares, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance. If anything, verse nine shows how badly these struggling christians needed encouragement. I will, for the sake of argument, assume were talking about the salvation of the subject being described. The apostle here describes the case of those who have cast away both the power and the form of godliness.
Read and study hebrews 4 with the verse by verse bible commentary. Rather, let marriage be held in honour among all, and let the bed be undefiled. The good news, then, included the occurrences of and the knowledge about all the steps along the way, all of the. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. A bible study in easyenglish 2800 word vocabulary on the book of hebrews.
Their belief flies in the face of the reality of gods word. Hebrews 6 therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine. This light either leads to the complete acceptance of jesus christ or produces condemnation in those who reject such light. And then second, that same person falls away and, in doing so, recrucifies the son of god and puts him to an open shame. Hebrews is a name for the israelites and for the descendants of abraham compare genesis 14. Commentaries for hebrews chapter 4 and encourages them to persevere in faith and holiness. The addressees must not only have been very familiar with the ot. Hebrews 6 niv therefore let us move beyond the bible. We must first see who is being discussed in the above verse, and what their true spiritual condition is in order to gain understanding into what the writer is conveying.
Verse 6 needs some explanation, but christ as a son over his own house. This certainly has been my experience with hebrews 6. Commentary on the book of hebrews by matthew henry new. He has given them a stern rebuke of spiritual immaturity heb. Without a clear grasp of context, these verses seem to directly counter the doctrine of eternal security. Hebrews 6 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. God is not called father of the believers hebrews 12. Bible commentaries spurgeons verse expositions of the bible hebrews 6. First, someone receives great blessings and has high religious experiences verses 45. Many times people skip over or ignore hebrews 6 because it is difficult to understand.
Hebrews 6 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is from the most widely read and often quoted preacher in history, charles haddon spurgeon. Depending on the audience, the interpretation can vary. The hebrews are urged to go forward in the doctrine of christ, and the consequences of apostacy, or turning back, are described. Study the bible online using commentary on hebrews 6 and more. Read hebrews 6 commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. And yet the epistle cannot have received its name for the fact only that there are so many references to the ot in it. Bible knowledge commentary, hebrews victor books and the grace evangelical society are the main advocates, along with r. Here is a bible study, commentary, and summary of hebrews chapter six. The believers are seen as men on earth having free entrance to god and a heavenly calling by the work of christ. And indeed baptism was called very early illumination by the ancients, as by justin martyr f9, and clemens alexandrinus f11, because only enlightened persons were the proper subjects of. During the time of the exodus, the people of israel heard a message of good news from moses hebrews 4. They hold to a decisional view of salvation and they reduce saving faith to a notional mental assent that does not include repentance. Foreword the life application bible commentary series provides versebyverse explanation, background, and application for every.
In this chapter the apostle proceeds to persuade the hebrews to make a better proficiency in religion than they had done, as the best way to prevent apostasy, the dreadful nature and consequences of which sin he sets forth in a serious manner, and then expresses his good hopes concerning them, that they would persevere in faith and holiness, to which he exhorts. In this chapter the apostle proceeds to persuade the hebrews to make a better proficiency in religion than they had done, as the best way to prevent apostasy, the dreadful nature and consequences of which sin he sets forth in a serious manner hebrews 6. Hebrews 4 therefore, while the promise of entering his. From what is in the book we could argue that the jews were still carrying on the temple ceremonies in jerusalem. In the beginning part of chapter 6 and the end of chapter 5, he is rebuking them and warning them quite severely for their lack of growth in christ. If this warning gets in the way of some theological system which one has bought into then that theological system needs to be rejected, not this warning from god. The syriac and ethiopic versions render it, baptized. Notice that the writer he begins to encourage his audience. Hebrews 6 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of the. A person who has been justified can fall away, just as verse 6 says. Hebrews 6 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. And then third, it is impossible to renew that person to repentance. We must proceed from the first principles of the doctrine of christ unto perfection, and not lay the foundation a second time.
Jesus, as the creator established in chapter 1, is greater than moses as one who was part of that creation verses 45. Shortly after i became a christian, i was confronted with the terrifying warnings in the book of hebrews. Jesus is deserving of more honor than moses verse 3. Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter. Hebrews chapter 6 is one of the more discussed chapters of hebrews and is used by those of both arminist 1 and calvinists 2 as a proof text to justify their position of the saved believer. And have fallen away here is not a supposition, but a plain relation of fact. Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, hebrews 4. Hebrews with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Therefore, since a promise remains of entering his rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.
References in verses 5 and 6 to falling away, and a lack of restoration, are easily misconstrued to imply a lack of salvation. 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. It consisted of redemption from slavery, the passover, baptism in the red sea, and a journey through the wilderness to the promised land. These encouraging words after the strong warning of hebrews 6.
Those who were once enlightened, and have been made partakers of the holy ghost and the various blessings of the gospel, if they apostatize from christ, and finally reject him as their saviour, cannot be renewed again to repentance, 46. The author of hebrews is concerned for his readers because they have not risen above the elementary teachings of the gospel. Kregel publications r bruce compton in his discussion of hebrews 6. For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the holy spirit, and have tasted the good word of god and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance v.
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