Hebrews 4:16

So let us, with confidence, approach the throne of grace, to receive mercy and to find grace that brings help just when we need it.
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  1. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Heb. 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need,” (Heb. 4:16); and elsewhere teaches us to “have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of…

  2. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Scripture Appendix: Prayers and Promises cites Hebrews 4:16

    …told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.” Hebrews 4:16 — “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive…

  3. Communion with God · John Owen

    That the saints have communion with God cites Heb. iv. 16

    …in that communion. This follows the entrance of our High Priest into the most holy place, Heb. iv. 16, x. 19. The vail also was upon them, that they had not ἐλευθερίαν, freedom and liberty in…

  4. Mighty Power in Prayer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Throne of Grace cites Hebrews 4:16

    “The throne of grace.”—Hebrews 4:16 THESE words are found embedded in that gracious verse, “Let us therefore come boldly unto…

  5. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Martin Luther — The Reformer on His Knees cites Hebrews 4:16

    …confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, NIV). The word “confidence” — parresia in the Greek, meaning boldness, freedom of…

  6. Men Who Moved Heaven · Ochorus Originals

    Charles Spurgeon — The Prince of Preachers Who Prayed cites Hebrews 4:16

    …confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need” (Hebrews 4:16, NIV). He insisted that coming with “confidence” to the throne was not arrogance but…

  7. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Heb. 4:16

    …long to give pardon and forgiveness to them that come. Exod. 25:22; Lev. 16:2; Num. 7:89; Heb. 4:16. I told him, that I knew not what to say when I came; and he bid say to this effect: God…

  8. The Key Teachings of A. W. Tozer · Ochorus Originals

    Holy, Holy, Holy cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 The balance is the one the writer to the Hebrews strikes in a single breath: we are to…

  9. The Key Teachings of R. A. Torrey · Ochorus Originals

    How to Pray cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 That is the right place to start. Duty alone will not keep anyone praying for long. The…

  10. Men of Prayer · Ochorus Originals

    Charles Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) cites Hebrews 4:16

    …I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) — “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy…

  11. The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer · Ochorus Originals

    A Great High Priest cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 Of that last verse he makes a whole chapter. Every hour, he says, is a time of need, and…

  12. Real Questions – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Okay to Be Angry with God? cites Hebrews 4:16

    …(Hebrews 4:15). So “Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence” (Hebrews 4:16). God isn’t fragile. He can take it. “As a father has compassion on his children, so the…

  13. The Key Teachings of John Owen · Ochorus Originals

    Set Faith at Work on Christ cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 Such expectation, Owen adds, also makes the believer diligent in the means by which…

  14. The Key Teachings of Martin Luther · Ochorus Originals

    A Priesthood of All Believers cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 For ordinary people in Luther’s day, this was a liberation. They could read the Bible for…

  15. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    The Golden Key of Prayer cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 That definition rules out two opposite errors. It rules out formalism, the repetition of…

  16. The Key Teachings of John Calvin · Ochorus Originals

    The Chief Exercise of Faith cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 In the name of Christ Behind all four rules stands the Mediator. Calvin insists that we…

  17. The Key Teachings of Jonathan Edwards · Ochorus Originals

    The Excellency of Christ cites HEBREWS 4:16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. HEBREWS 4:16 Boldly, to a throne. The two words do not naturally belong together anywhere else in the…

  18. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Why Pray If God Already Knows Everything? cites Hebrews 4:16

    …love does. So the Bible invites us to “approach the throne of grace with confidence” (Hebrews 4:16), and to bring Him everything: “in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving…

  19. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Heb 4.16

    …also was another word that did much condemn me for my folly, in the neglect of this duty (Heb 4.16), ‘Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and…

  20. The Way Into the Holiest · F. B. Meyer

    Timely and Needed Help cites HEBREWS iv. 16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need."-HEBREWS iv. 16. NEED! Time of need! Every hour we live is a time of need; and we are safest and happiest…

  21. How to Pray · R. A. Torrey

    The Importance of Prayer cites Heb. 4:16

    …GOD HAS APPOINTED FOR OUR RECEIVING MERCY, AND OBTAINING GRACE TO HELP IN TIME OF NEED. Heb. 4:16 is one of the simplest and sweetest verses in the Bible,—“Let us therefore come boldly…

  22. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Holiness of God cites Heb 4:16

    …he can go boldly to the throne of grace, and have mercy to help in time of need. Heb 4:16. (7.) Holiness gives peace. Sin raises a storm in the conscience; ubi peccatum ibi…

  23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Priestly Office cites Heb 4:16

    …which intermixes with our prayers. (4.) Access with boldness unto the throne of grace. Heb 4:16. We have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, let us come boldly to the…

  24. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Alive or Dead? cites Heb. iv. 16

    …where the Father is ever waiting to give, and Jesus ever sits by Him to intercede. (Heb. iv. 16.) Come boldly, for you may, all sinful as you are, if you come in the name of the Great…

  25. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Forgiveness cites Heb. iv. 16

    …who sits there is far more willing and ready to give’ mercy than we are to receive it. (Heb. iv. 16.) Besides this, it is a tried forgiveness. Thousands and tens of thousands have sought…

  26. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    The Priest cites Heb. iv. 16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need” 1 (Heb. iv. 16.) The Priesthood of Jesus is the very hinge and pivot on which that whole exhortation…

  27. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites Heb. iv. 16

    …the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Heb. iv. 16.) We need no other Mediator or Priest. We can find no better High Priest. To whom should…

  28. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    August cites Heb 4:14-16

    …the power of Satan, the “prince of this world,” but He is our great Intercessor (Heb 4:14-16; Heb 7:25). In circumstances of prosperity and happiness, we must never forget that it is…

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