Hebrews 6:18

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Hebrews 6:18

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Summary

That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

Two

Impossible

1 John 5:10

We might

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Who

Lay

1 Timothy 6:12

Set

Hebrews 12:1

Romans 3:25

General references

Bible References

Two

So I swore in My anger,
“They will not enter My rest.”

but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:

The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.

The Lord has sworn an oath and will not take it back:
“Forever, You are a priest
like Melchizedek.”

Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

Impossible

God is not a man who lies,
or a son of man who changes His mind.
Does He speak and not act,
or promise and not fulfill?

Furthermore, the Eternal One of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not man who changes his mind.”

Absolutely not! God must be true, even if everyone is a liar, as it is written:

That You may be justified in Your words
and triumph when You judge.

if we are faithless, He remains faithful,
for He cannot deny Himself.

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

If we say, “We don’t have any sin,” we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

(The one who believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him. The one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony God has given about His Son.)

We might

I—I am the One who comforts you.
Who are you that you should fear man who dies,
or a son of man who is given up like grass?

Be glad for Jerusalem and rejoice over her,
all who love her.
Rejoice greatly with her,
all who mourn over her—

There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking forward to Israel’s consolation,

and the Holy Spirit was on him.

Now may the God who gives endurance and encouragement allow you to live in harmony with one another, according to the command of Christ Jesus,

For as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so through Christ our comfort also overflows.

If then there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy,

May our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,

Who

By faith Noah, after he was warned about what was not yet seen and motivated by godly fear, built an ark to deliver his family. By faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

Hurry up! Run there, for I cannot do anything until you get there.” Therefore the name of the city is Zoar.

designate cities to serve as cities of refuge for you, so that a person who kills someone unintentionally may flee there.

so that a person who kills someone unintentionally or accidentally may flee there. These will be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

For the choir director. A song of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth.

God is our refuge and strength,
a helper who is always found
in times of trouble.

Trust in Him at all times, you people;
pour out your hearts before Him.
God is our refuge.Selah

Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
and rulers will rule justly.

Return to a stronghold,
you prisoners who have hope;
today I declare that I will restore double to you.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

Lay

The news reached Joab. Since he had supported Adonijah but not Absalom, Joab fled to the Lord’s tabernacle and took hold of the horns of the altar.

She is a tree of life to those who embrace her,
and those who hold on to her are happy.

Hold on to instruction; don’t let go.
Guard it, for it is your life.

Or let it take hold of My strength;
let it make peace with Me—
make peace with Me.

For the Lord says this:
“For the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths,
and choose what pleases Me,
and hold firmly to My covenant,

No one calls on Your name,
striving to take hold of You.
For You have hidden Your face from us
and made us melt because of

our iniquity.

Fight the good fight for the faith;
take hold of eternal life
that you were called to
and have made a good confession about
in the presence of many witnesses.

Set

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

God presented Him as a propitiation

through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.

General references

So Noah, his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.

Someone could flee there who committed manslaughter, killing his neighbor accidentally without previously hating him. He could flee to one of these cities and stay alive:

I raise My hand to heaven and declare:
As surely as I live forever,

None of the good promises the Lord had made to the house of Israel failed. Everything was fulfilled.

In God, whose word I praise,
in the Lord, whose word I praise,

A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;
the inexperienced keep going and are punished.

“For this is like the days of Noah to Me:
when I swore that the waters of Noah
would never flood the earth again,
so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
or rebuke you.

You will show loyalty to Jacob
and faithful love to Abraham,
as You swore to our fathers
from days long ago.