Fondare 4578 Risultati per: God
and this rest is only to be attained by those who, like ourselves, have learned to believe; that is why he said, I took an oath in my anger, They shall never attain my rest. God’s rest, from what? From labours which were over and done with, as soon as the world was founded;✻ (Hebrews 4, 3)
in another passage he has said of the sabbath, God rested on the seventh day from all his labours; (Hebrews 4, 4)
(Josue cannot have brought them their rest, or God would not still be talking of a fresh To-day, long afterwards.) (Hebrews 4, 8)
You see, therefore, that God’s people have a sabbath of rest still in store for them; (Hebrews 4, 9)
to attain his rest means resting from human labours, as God did from divine.✻ (Hebrews 4, 10)
God’s word to us is something alive, full of energy; it can penetrate deeper than any two-edged sword, reaching the very division between soul and spirit, between joints and marrow, quick to distinguish every thought and design in our hearts.✻ (Hebrews 4, 12)
From him, no creature can be hidden; everything lies bare, everything is brought face to face with him, this God to whom we must give our account. (Hebrews 4, 13)
Let us hold fast, then, by the faith we profess. We can claim a great high priest, and one who has passed right up through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. (Hebrews 4, 14)
The purpose for which any high priest is chosen from among his fellow men, and made a representative of men in their dealings with God, is to offer gifts and sacrifices in expiation of their sins. (Hebrews 5, 1)
His vocation comes from God, as Aaron’s did; nobody can take on himself such a privilege as this. (Hebrews 5, 4)
So it is with Christ. He did not raise himself to the dignity of the high priesthood; it was God that raised him to it, when he said, Thou art my Son, I have begotten thee this day,✻ (Hebrews 5, 5)
Christ, during his earthly life, offered prayer and entreaty to the God who could save him from death, not without a piercing cry, not without tears; yet with such piety as won him a hearing.✻ (Hebrews 5, 7)
