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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest,.... As in Psalms 95:11, but to them that believed not? the Lord; notwithstanding the signs and wonders he showed among them, they would not be persuaded by Moses and Aaron, by Joshua and Caleb, to be still and quiet, to cease murmuring, and submit to the will of God, and believe in...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? Sinning and not believing seem to go together. The 17th verse asks the same question as the 18th, but the answer is different. “With them that had sinned” says the 17th verse, “to them that believed not” says the 18th verse. Want of faith brings want of...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. It is those who believe not who have God’s curse. If you do not rest upon Christ as your salvation, you, too, shall hear God swear that you shall not enter into his rest. This exposition...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest but to them that believed not? So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. It was not the sons of Anak that kept them out, it was not the waste howling wilderness; it was nothing but their own unbelief. This exposition consisted of readings from Hebrews 2, 3.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
So we see that they could not enter in,.... To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lord, and their carcasses fell in the wilderness, before they came to it, Numbers 14:37 and the reason was, because of unbelief; their distrust of God, his power, and his providence; this instance is produced by the apostle, to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. 4:1. Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. I left out the “us” because that is inserted by the translators and should not be there. The promise is left to somebody, it does not say to us -- “a promise being...