Hebrews 6:12

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Summary

Hebrews 6:12

That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

Ye

2 Peter 1:10

Faith

Inherit

General references

Hebrews 6:15

Bible References

Ye

Now on this subject I have much to say, but it is difficult to explain it to you, because you have shown yourselves so slow to learn.

Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

'You lazy, worthless servant!' was his master's reply. 'You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather up where I have not winnowed?

Never flagging in zeal; fervent in spirit; serving the Master;

Therefore, Brothers, do your best to put God's Call and Selection of you beyond all doubt; for, if you do this, you will never fall.

Faith

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.

But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.

To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.

Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

'Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.' Whoever shall kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's People.)

(Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ's People--those who lay to heart the commands of God and the Faith of Jesus.)

Inherit

Are not all the angels spirits in the service of God, sent out to minister for the sake of those who are destined to obtain Salvation?

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of dead men, but of living."

After a time the beggar died, and was taken by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried.

As to the fact that the dead rise, even Moses indicated that, in the passage about the Bush, when he calls the Lord--'The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

And this is what he himself promised us--The Immortal Life!

Then I heard a voice from Heaven saying 'Write-- "Blessed are the dead who from this hour die in union with the Lord." "Yes," answers the Spirit, "that they may rest from their toil. Their good deeds go with them."'

General references

And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.