Hebrews 12:23
and assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven. You have approached a judge who is God of all, and the spirits of righteous people who have been made perfect,
Treated in 12 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- A Body of Divinity ·
A Believer's Privilege at Death cites Heb 12:23
…Believers at death are made perfect in holiness. ‘The spirits of just men made perfect.’ Heb 12:23. At death the souls of believers recover their virgin purity. Oh! what a blessed…
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites Heb. xii. 23
…Rom. viii. 17, “If children, then heirs,” etc. All God’s children are “first-born,” Heb. xii. 23; and therefore are heirs: hence the whole weight of glory that is prepared for them is…
- Practical Religion ·
The Family of God cites Heb. xii. 23
…and enjoy a glorious liberty. They are called "the spirits of just men made perfect." (Heb. xii. 23.) (c) Both parts of the family are alike God's children. But the children in heaven have…
- The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter ·
Dying Thoughts cites HEBREWS 12:23
…in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect. HEBREWS 12:23 Baxter took considerable comfort from the thought that the company he was going to…
- Evening by Evening ·
May cites Hebrews 12:23
…not sufficiently sensible of the infinite tenderness of Jesus! May 15 “Made perfect.” (Hebrews 12:23) Recollect that there are two kinds of perfection which the Christian needs—the…
- A Body of Divinity ·
Adoption cites Heb 12:23
…43:4. The adopted are God’s treasure; Exod 19:9; his jewels; Mal 3:17; his first-born; Heb 12:23. They have angels for their life-guards. Heb 1:14. They are of the blood royal of heaven.…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 25 — Of the Last Resurrection cites Heb. 12:23
…removes all doubt when he says that we go “to the spirits of just men made perfect,” (Heb. 12:23); by these words meaning, that we are associated with the holy patriarchs, who, even when…
- Knots Untied ·
The Church cites Heb. xii. 23
…the word Church in the New Testament. (1) It is applied to the whole body of the elect. (Heb. xii. 23.)?(2) It is applied to the baptized Christians of a particular place or district. (Acts…
- The Life and Diary of David Brainerd ·
From his birth to the time when he began to study for the Ministry—containing his own narrative of his conversion, his connection with Yale-College, and the grounds of his expulsion cites Heb. 12:22-24
…I enjoyed precious discoveries of God, and was unspeakably refreshed with that passage, Heb. 12:22-24. My soul longed to wing away to the paradise of God; I longed to be conformed to God in…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Tenth Stage cites Heb. 12:22-24
…Jerusalem, the innumerable company of angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect.” Heb. 12:22-24. You are going now, said they, to the paradise of God, wherein you shall see the tree of…
- Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners ·
A Brief Account of the Author’s Imprisonment cites Heb. xii. 22-24
…great refreshments in this condition to me, John xiv. 1-4; John xvi. 33; Col iii. 3,4; Heb. xii. 22-24. So that sometimes when I have been in the savour of them I have been able to laugh at…
- The Way Into the Holiest ·
Sinai and Sion cites HEBREWS xii. 22-24
…Jesus; and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. "-HEBREWS xii. 22-24. To how great splendor had these Hebrew Christians been accustomed-marble courts, throngs…