Category: Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 13, by William Lincoln
This last chapter mainly consists of exhortations suited to the doctrine of the earlier parts of the epistle. Verses 1-6 —Once it was a nation with which God was in relationship, and in those days His command was for each to love His neighbour. But now He has a family called…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 12, by William Lincoln
In this twelfth chapter to which we now come, the Spirit of God directs our gaze unto the Lord Jesus Himself, who trod the entire path of faith from beginning to end, without a break. These worthies of former times did but trust occasionally and with effort, at such periods…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 11, by William Lincoln
On this chapter, we have a panorama of faith’s heroes, and their victories of Old Testament times. Not indeed all that faith is or does, but enough to shew us by the examples cited, how faith operates, both in doing and suffering. It was by their faith that these elders…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 10, by William Lincoln
This chapter opens by asserting, that the law had only a “shadow of good things to come.” Not only were its sacrifices insufficient, they were not even an exact similitude of the perfect sacrifice. They had to be offered again and again, yet they never took away sin, or gave…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 9, by William Lincoln
Here we begin a new section of the Epistle. Already the Holy Ghost has fixed our attention on the enthroned Sinpurger, the living Victor at God’s right hand, and the mode of our association with Him there, and next proceeded to direct our eye to Him as our Priest, succouring…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 8, by William Lincoln
“Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum”: the summary of the whole, the principal or chief point is—“We have such an High Priest, who is set on the right hand of the Majesty of the heavens.” God has given us such a Priest—One who “became”…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 7, by William Lincoln
The Holy Ghost having in the previous chapters presented to us Christ as the sin-purger at the right hand of God, next our association with Him there, and then proceeded to direct our attention to Him as the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, the One who fills the…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 6, by William Lincoln
The inspired writer now turns to describe some, who, while they had some head knowledge of the doctrines of Christianity, had no life. They were contented with the outward form, and evidently had, like many professors of our own day, a certain pleasure in holding and descanting on the externals…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 5, by William Lincoln
The subject of the priesthood of Christ, and His formal appointment to it by God, is here continued, with exhortations and admonitions to believers connected therewith. Verses 1, 2 —Here we learn that the very idea of a priest is one who can “bear gently with the ignorant and the erring.”…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 4, by William Lincoln
Here still the subject of God’s rest, and our rest with Him is continued. In the early part of Chapter 3, we see God in His rest—His redemption rest in Christ; hence the reference is to the tabernacle of old. But in the latter part of chapter 3, the subject…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 3, by William Lincoln
The first two chapters have been intensely doctrinal. In chapter 1, the enthroned Sin-purger is seen at rest, and His rest in yonder glory is eternal. In chapter 2, His people are seen in association with Him for ever there, and now we come to listen to divine instruction concerning…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 2, by William Lincoln
The first four verses of this chapter ought to be joined to chapter 1: they specially warn against the neglect of this great salvation, which God has brought so near. So great that the three Persons in the Godhead had all to do with the providing of it (see chapter…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Chapter 1, by William Lincoln
This Epistle is dated from that unsullied glory into which Christ has entered. First, He is seen alone, amid the uncreated light of God’s throne. There He is speaking to us. Verse 1—God hath spoken. What a mercy! He has spoken twice. First, unto the fathers in the prophets, “at sundry…
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Notes of Lectures on the Epistle to the Hebrews, Introduction, by William Lincoln
Of Beresford, London. (Supplied By Mr. R. Lundin Brown.) Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, Publisher Of Christian Literature.And through all Booksellers. Introduction Each of the inspired Epistles has a specific subject of its own. Hebrews unveils the glories of Christ’s person and tells out the value of His work. This is…