Category: Lectures on The Epistle to the Hebrews

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 16.

    The Glories of Christ traced throughout the Epistle Hebrews 1:1-4; Hebrews 2:5-9; Hebrews 3:1-6; Hebrews 7:1-3; Hebrews 9:24-28; Hebrews 10:19-25; Hebrews 12:1-2; Hebrews 13:8-16. “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” We will now gather up in a comprehensive view some of the glories of our Lord Jesus which we have learned. In the…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 15.

    Hebrews 13. “Let us go forth unto Him.” “Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful of hospitality; for some have thereby entertained angels unawares. Remember those that are in bonds, as bound with them; and those evil-treated, as being yourselves also in the body. Let marriage be held every way…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 14

    Girded for the Race Hebrews 12. “Looking unto Jesus” “Let us also, therefore, being compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which cloth so easily beset us; and let us run with steadfastness the race lying before us; looking away unto…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 13.

    The Many Witnesses, etc. — Continued Hebrews 11:11-40. “By faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and that beyond her time of life; because she counted him faithful who promised. Wherefore also there have been born of one, and that of one who had become dead, even as the…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 12.

    The Many Witnesses and their Walk of Faith Hebrews 11:1-10. “Without faith it is impossible to please Him” The portion of the Epistle with which we have been occupied up to this time is devoted almost exclusively to the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 11.

    Holding Fast Hebrews 10:26-39. “Ye have need of patience” The apostle has been gradually passing into exhortation, the form of which we have had occasion to look at, at some length, in the sixth chapter; but what we have here, presents some differences from what is dwelt upon there. “For…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 10.

    The Sanctified and their Worship Hebrews 10:1-25. “Boldness to enter by the blood of Jesus” “For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never by the same sacrifices which they offer perpetually, year by year, make the comers…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 9.

    The Finished Work Hebrews 9:16-28. “Once in the end of the world” “For where there is a testament, there must needs come in the death of the testator; for a testament is of force when men are dead; since it is in no way of force while the testator liveth.”…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 8.

    The Priest and His Sacrifice Hebrews 9:1-15. “By His own blood He entered in” The apostle now takes up the great truths as to the sanctuary of God and the means of access into His presence. That which is to occupy us first is the sanctuary itself, and how Christ…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture. 7

    The Better Ministry and the New Covenant Hebrews 8. “That which waxeth old is ready to vanish away” The apostle has in the preceding chapter reached the highest point in the epistle; I might also add, the highest point which it is possible to reach in any contemplation of Christ…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 6.

    The Everlasting Priesthood Hebrews 7. “Forever after the order of Melchisedec” We may say that the apostle has now relieved himself of all responsibility as to indifference or slowness of heart on the part of those who receive this epistle. He has again and again warned them, so they should…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 5.

    Apostasy; or, The Strong Consolation Hebrews 5:11 — 6. “We are persuaded better things of you” We have already had occasion to remark the frequent breaks in the line of truth being developed by the Spirit of God, in order that a word of admonition might be given to the…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 4.

    The Heavenly Priest Hebrews 4:11 — 5:10. “Called of God as was Aaron” “Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, lest any one fall after the same example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and effective, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 3.

    God’s House and God’s Rest Hebrews 3 — 4:10. “There remaineth a rest for the people of God.” “Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our confession, Jesus, who is faithful to him that hath appointed him, as Moses also was in…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 2.

    The Son in His Humiliation Hebrews 2:5-18. “A little lower than the angels” That part of the epistle which has already occupied us presented Christ to us in His glory as the Son of God incarnate, as He was manifested to men. We could not know Him as the eternal…

  • The Epistle to the Hebrews. Lecture 1.

    The Son of God in His Supremacy Hebrews 1 — 2:4. “Better than the angels.” It has often been noticed that the opening of this epistle to the Hebrews is different from all other of Paul’s letters — for I make no question, though I do not enter into it…