“ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. ”
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God - There may be an allusion here to the request of David to “fall into the hands of the Lord and not into the hands of men,” when it...
The mention of the judgment suggests the dreadful consequences of falling away from faith. It is assumed, as in Hebrews 6:4 ff ., that no second repentance is possible. If men persist in sinning a...
living God . See Hebrews 3:12 .
DISCOURSE: 2313 THE EVIL AND DANGER OF APOSTASY Hebrews 10:26-31 . If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a ce...
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God - To fall into the hands of God is to fall under his displeasure; and...
It is a fearful thing, &c.— To fall into the hands of God, imports the being punished more immediately by him, 2 Samuel 24:14 . 1 Chronicles 21:13 though in those places God is spoken of a...
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Fearful thing to fall into the hands. It is good, like David, to fall into the hands of God rather than man, with filial faith...
Sacrifice Complete in the Fulfilment of God's Will. The Open Way to God Recapitulation and close of the argument. The sacrifices of the Law were ineffective to cleanse the conscience, as shown by...
The living God. — As in Hebrews 3:12 ; Hebrews 9:14 the exact meaning of the writer’s words is “a Living God;” and a reference to the first of these passages (and to Hebrews 4:12 ) will show cl...
CHAPTER IX. AN ADVANCE IN THE EXHORTATION. "Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by the way which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, th...
Beware of Backsliding Hebrews 10:26-39 The willful sin here referred to does not consist in isolated acts, but in a determined course of action, persisted in until the very desire for a better...
The writer now deals with the subject of the better worship. In this connection he again quotes from the prophecy of Jeremiah in order to emphasize the prediction of the new covenant concerning the f...
(28) He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: (29) Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden underfoot the Son of God,...
‘IF WE SIN WILFULLY ——’ ‘If we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins … It is a fearful thing to fall into the bands of the...
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. For this is to be understood not in a good sense; so in general all mankind may be said to fall into, or be in the hands of God, as t...
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Ver. 31. It is a fearful thing ] For who knoweth the power of his anger? even according to thy fear is thy wrath, Psalms 90:11 ....
For we know him As if he had said, We may well think that such shall be punished very severely, because God has declared as much, saying, Vengeance belongeth unto me, Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Psalms...
The attentive reader cannot but notice the thoroughness with which this subject is treated in these Chapter s. It is a matter of profound importance, basic as regards any true knowledge of God, and a...
The Consecrated Way; Cautions against Apostasy; Perseverance Inculcated. A. D. 62. 19 Havin...
The punishment of these apostates is further aggravated from the inflicter of it, the knowledge of which should make them tremble; the thoughts of it might affect them, as the hand-writing on the wal...
‘For we know him who said, “Vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense.” And again, “The Lord shall judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.' And, he says,...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Hebrews 10:26 . Sin wilfully. —Such sins contrast with sins of ignorance, frailty, and error. Involving the will , they put men outside the influence of remedial o...
Hebrews 10:26-39 Warning against Apostasy. I. Note briefly some misconceptions which prevent some readers of Scripture from receiving in a meek and docile spirit solemn admonitions of the Holy Gh...
Hebrews 10:1-2 . For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comer...
Hebrews 10:1 . The law having a shadow of good things to come. St. Paul, ere his epistles were engrossed, weighed his words, adjusted his thoughts, collated them with the prophets, and knew the su...
EXPOSITION Hebrews 10:1-58 CONCLUDING SUMMARY OF THE ARGUMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHRIST 'S ETERNAL PRIESTHOOD . Hebrews 10:1 For the Law, having a shadow of the go...
The sacred writer now supports his admonition by a very solemn warning:
Hebrews 10:27 ; Hebrews 12:29 ; Isaiah 33:14 ; Luke 12:5 ; Luke 21:11 ; Matthew 10:28 ; Psalms 50:22 ; Psalms 76:7 ; Psalms 90:11
To fall into the hands — Of his avenging justice.