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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Hebrews 3 The apostle having discoursed, in the preceding chapters, concerning the dignity of Christ's person, and his wondrous grace in the assumption of human nature, and suffering in the room and stead of his people, exhorts the Hebrews in this to a serious consideration of him, attention to him, and faith in him, and constancy in it; the arguments he uses to engage them to...
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 him; they were disobedient, stubborn, and rebellious,...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter the apostle applies what he had said in the chapter foregoing concerning the priesthood of Christ, I. In a serious pathetic exhortation that this great high priest, who was discovered to them, might be seriously considered by them, ver. 1-6. II. He then adds many weighty counsels and cautions, ver. 7, to the end. Attention Due to Christ. (a. d. 62.) 1 Wherefore, holy brethren,...
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 holiness, and when we abide in the faith we abide...
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 consisted of readings from Hebrews 3; Heb_4:1-9.
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.