In Hebrews there are verbs!
Hebrews 3-4:11 Verbs!
"How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not like goodness well enough to hunger and thirst after it, or to sell all that they may buy it; they will not batter at the gate of the kingdom of heaven; but they look with pleasure on this or that aerial castle of righteousness, and think it would be rather nice to live in it."
Source: as quoted in The Gospel in George MacDonald
The last few Sundays we have looked at the ministry of the angels, last week, the greatness of Christ & now as we enter into ch 3 and 4 we have a wonderful gift that we must act on. The gift is given to us , the gift of the Son, who " made purification of sins 1:3 " , " crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God, he should taste death for every man." 1:9 Today we are to "consider" Usage: I take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of.
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2657 katanoéō (from 2596 /katá, "down along, exactly according to" and 3539 /noiéō, "to think") – properly, to think from up to down, to a conclusion; to consider exactly, attentively (decisively); to concentrate by fixing one's thinking " 'to perceive clearly' (kata, intensive), 'to understand fully, consider closely' " (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 123). 2657 (katanoéō) expresses real comprehending – "thinking decisively to a definite (clear) understanding."
[2657 (katanoéō) has "the notion of considering attentively (note the kata, 'down into,' " WS, 349).]
(same word in Luke 12:24 " Consider the lilies, Consider the ravens...")
We are to consider carefully and to perceive clearly the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, who was faithful. He followed God the Father in all His ways; He was reliable.
In light of the gift of the High Priest of our confession, even Jesus we are to do some things the author tells us in Hebrews ch 3 and 4.
" ...hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end." 3:6 transliteration: katechó Biblehub.com
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ekh'-o)
Definition: to hold fast, hold back
Usage: (a) I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.
vs. 8 " Harden not our hearts"sklērýnō – properly, to harden; become inflexible (literally "dried out"); (figuratively) obstinately stubborn, resisting what God says is right. See 4642 (sklēros).
vs. 12 " Take heed, brethren, lest there ever will be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief in falling away from the living God" ( blépō – properly, to see, be observant (watchful). 991 (blépō) suggests "to see something physical, with spiritual results (perception)." That is, it carries what is seen into the non-physical (immaterial) realm so a person can take the needed action (respond, beware, be alert).
vs. 13 " Exhort (encourage) one another day by day lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin" Encourage-3870 parakaléō (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 2564 /kaléō, "to call") – properly, "make a call" from being "close-up and personal." 3870 /parakaléō ("personally make a call") refers to believers offering up evidence that stands up in God's court.
[3870 (parakaléō), the root of 3875 /paráklētos ("legal advocate"), likewise has legal overtones.]
4:11 " Let us therefore give dilgence to enter into that rest.." diligent-poudázō – properly, be swift (go fast, be speedy); (figuratively) to move speedily by showing full diligence (fully applying oneself); acting fervently (speedy commitment) to accomplish all that God assigns through faith ("His inbirthed persuasion").
Conclusion---- 3:14 " for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence unto the end."
Who was God displeased with? " Was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that should not enter into His rest, but to them that were disobedient? And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief."
"How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not like goodness well enough to hunger and thirst after it, or to sell all that they may buy it; they will not batter at the gate of the kingdom of heaven; but they look with pleasure on this or that aerial castle of righteousness, and think it would be rather nice to live in it."
Source: as quoted in The Gospel in George MacDonald
"How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not like goodness well enough to hunger and thirst after it, or to sell all that they may buy it; they will not batter at the gate of the kingdom of heaven; but they look with pleasure on this or that aerial castle of righteousness, and think it would be rather nice to live in it."
Source: as quoted in The Gospel in George MacDonald
The last few Sundays we have looked at the ministry of the angels, last week, the greatness of Christ & now as we enter into ch 3 and 4 we have a wonderful gift that we must act on. The gift is given to us , the gift of the Son, who " made purification of sins 1:3 " , " crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God, he should taste death for every man." 1:9 Today we are to "consider" Usage: I take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of.
HELPS Word-studies biblehub.com
2657 katanoéō (from 2596 /katá, "down along, exactly according to" and 3539 /noiéō, "to think") – properly, to think from up to down, to a conclusion; to consider exactly, attentively (decisively); to concentrate by fixing one's thinking " 'to perceive clearly' (kata, intensive), 'to understand fully, consider closely' " (Vine, Unger, White, NT, 123). 2657 (katanoéō) expresses real comprehending – "thinking decisively to a definite (clear) understanding."
[2657 (katanoéō) has "the notion of considering attentively (note the kata, 'down into,' " WS, 349).]
(same word in Luke 12:24 " Consider the lilies, Consider the ravens...")
We are to consider carefully and to perceive clearly the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, who was faithful. He followed God the Father in all His ways; He was reliable.
In light of the gift of the High Priest of our confession, even Jesus we are to do some things the author tells us in Hebrews ch 3 and 4.
" ...hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end." 3:6 transliteration: katechó Biblehub.com
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ekh'-o)
Definition: to hold fast, hold back
Usage: (a) I hold fast, bind, arrest, (b) I take possession of, lay hold of, (c) I hold back, detain, restrain, (d) I hold a ship, keep its head.
vs. 8 " Harden not our hearts"sklērýnō – properly, to harden; become inflexible (literally "dried out"); (figuratively) obstinately stubborn, resisting what God says is right. See 4642 (sklēros).
vs. 12 " Take heed, brethren, lest there ever will be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief in falling away from the living God" ( blépō – properly, to see, be observant (watchful). 991 (blépō) suggests "to see something physical, with spiritual results (perception)." That is, it carries what is seen into the non-physical (immaterial) realm so a person can take the needed action (respond, beware, be alert).
vs. 13 " Exhort (encourage) one another day by day lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin" Encourage-3870 parakaléō (from 3844 /pará, "from close-beside" and 2564 /kaléō, "to call") – properly, "make a call" from being "close-up and personal." 3870 /parakaléō ("personally make a call") refers to believers offering up evidence that stands up in God's court.
[3870 (parakaléō), the root of 3875 /paráklētos ("legal advocate"), likewise has legal overtones.]
4:11 " Let us therefore give dilgence to enter into that rest.." diligent-poudázō – properly, be swift (go fast, be speedy); (figuratively) to move speedily by showing full diligence (fully applying oneself); acting fervently (speedy commitment) to accomplish all that God assigns through faith ("His inbirthed persuasion").
Conclusion---- 3:14 " for we are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence unto the end."
Who was God displeased with? " Was it not with them that sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that should not enter into His rest, but to them that were disobedient? And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief."
"How many people would like to be good, if only they might be good without taking trouble about it! They do not like goodness well enough to hunger and thirst after it, or to sell all that they may buy it; they will not batter at the gate of the kingdom of heaven; but they look with pleasure on this or that aerial castle of righteousness, and think it would be rather nice to live in it."
Source: as quoted in The Gospel in George MacDonald
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