Hebrews 6:18

He did this so that through two things that cannot change, and in which God cannot possibly lie, we who have fled for refuge would have strong encouragement to seize the hope placed before us.
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Treated in 13 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    The general consequences of the Holy Ghost's work in believers cites Heb. vi. 18

    …everlasting love, eternal redemption, an everlasting inheritance. (2.) Strong. Heb. vi. 18, “That the heirs of the promise should receive strong consolation.” As strong opposition…

  2. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    Sickness cites Heb. vi. 18

    …consolation" in our time of need, we must not be content with a bare union with Christ. (Heb. vi. 18.) We must seek to know something of heart-felt, experimental communion with Him. Never…

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

    I Change Not cites HEBREWS 6:18

    …a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us. HEBREWS 6:18 He then deals tenderly with a common experience. A promise that was sweet yesterday…

  4. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Nothing can certainly be determined concerning the nature of the affections, by this, that comforts and joys seem to follow awakenings and convictions of conscience, in a certain order cites Heb. 6:18

    …spoken of as those “that have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them,” Heb. 6:18, which representation implies great fear and sense of danger, preceding. To the like…

  5. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    The Pulpit and the Pastorate cites Heb. vi. 18

    …which in faith and hope were "laid hold" of in 1830, were "held fast" until the end. (Heb. vi. 18, x. 23.) And the divine faithfulness proved a safe anchorage-ground in the most prolonged…

  6. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Thirst Relieved cites Heb. vi. 18

    …told her teacher, to her surprise, God cannot do: “It is impossible for God to lie.” (Heb. vi. 18.) The most unlikely and improbable things, when God has once said He will do them, have…

  7. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Joy cites Heb 6:18

    …is painted on the wall. (6.) They are stronger joys than worldly. ‘Strong consolation.’ Heb 6:18. They are strong indeed that can bear up a Christian’s heart in trials and afflictions.…

  8. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Our Hope! cites Heb. vi. 18

    …draw nigh to Jesus as a heavy-laden sinner, and “lay hold upon the hope set before you.” (Heb. vi. 18.) This is the point to which all must come at last if they mean to be saved. Sooner or…

  9. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Justification! cites Heb. vi. 18

    …the Lord Jesus Christ holding out help to him. He grasps it and is saved. This is faith. (Heb. vi. 18.) Saving faith is the eye of the soul. The sinner is like the Israelite bitten by the…

  10. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Christ’s Invitation cites Heb. vi. 18

    …Mighty as He is, there is one thing which He cannot do: it is impossible for Him to lie. (Heb. vi. 18.) When such an One as this makes a promise, you need not doubt that He will stand to it.…

  11. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Faith! cites Heb. vi. 18

    …Christ. St. Paul says, “We have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us.” (Heb. vi. 18.) Christ is that true city of refuge, to which the man fleeing from the avenger of blood…

  12. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    November cites Heb 6:18-19

    …soul, which enters that which is within the veil, and links us to the shores of eternity (Heb 6:18-19). Faith rests on the promises of God. She does not calculate on feeling, is indifferent…

  13. Lectures to My Students · Charles H. Spurgeon

    On Spiritualizing cites Heb. vi. 17-20

    …time of trouble. Deut. xiv. 18; Lev. xi. 19; Ps. civ. 17; lxxiv. 2, 3; Matt. xi. 27, 28; Heb. vi. 17-20.” In his “House of the Forest of Lebanon” he is still more puzzled, but works his way out…

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