The Character of the Book
The epistle to the Hebrews differs in some important respects from all the other epistles of Paul, so much so that many have questioned whether it be the writing of Paul, of Apollos, of Barnabas, or someone else. Of this...
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Enter In
The heart-cry of many well meaning, hard-working believers today might be expressed in the words of the hymn: Where is the blessedness I knew, When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view, Of Jesus in His Word? What...
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Isaac and God’s Saviour
Have you ever noticed that the name of Isaac is mentioned or alluded to just five times in Hebrews 11? First, we find his name mentioned as one of those pilgrims who sojourned with Abraham "in the land of promise,...
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Hebrews: Setting the Stage
The Hebrew epistle is a journey into heaven to view the surpassing glories of the Son of God. The literary style of the book is lucid, logical, smooth, stately, and sublime. The customary introduction and salutation are absent. Like the...
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Chapter 13: Journey’s End
In the first seven chapters of this letter the person of the Son of God displaces all else--the Man in the glory of God. In the next three chapters we are introduced to the place where He serves as our...
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The Superiority of Faith
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. For by it the elders obtained a good report. Through faith we understand that the worlds (lit. ages) were framed by the word of God,...
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Help for the Helpless
One of the most encouraging promises in the book of Hebrews is found in the little statement, "find grace to help in time of need" (4:16). The Lord Jesus had taught His disciples in John 15:5 that "without Me ye...
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The Nexte Thynge
I have discovered in life that it isn't the work you do that tires you; it is the work you ought to do but leave undone. In an old poetry book which I value there is an anonymous poem called...
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The Crying Need Today
On looking around at the Lord's work, and the vast amount of machinery of one kind and another in operation, it must strike even the most careless observer that the results are terribly small in proportion to the means used. It...
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