Quotes About Hebrews

the epistle to the Hebrews, in the New Testament, warns us about worshiping angels. An angel is only an angel if he reveals something of the presence and power of Jesus Christ.

The Hebrews were—and are—first and foremost a people of a story. What held the Hebrews together was not so much a sociocultural style or geographical place, because those varied; rather, it was an affirmation about God, about humankind, and about the nature of the universe. The Hebrews were radical monotheists who founded their personal and collective identities on an assertion of belief that their God was the creator and sustainer of the universe.

We learn from Hebrews 11:4 that it was by faith that Abel offered an acceptable sacrifice, and his name appears first in the record of those whom the Bible calls believers. By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous (Hebrews 11:4).

The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate, I should still believe that fate had ordained the Jews to be the most essential instrument for civilizing the nations.

Some Christians read Hebrews and conclude that steadfastness makes us God's house. Other Christians (including me) read Hebrews and conclude that steadfastness confirms that we are God's house. Either way the outcome is the same: saving faith trusts and obeys until the very end. Reaching the destination infallibly validates the pilgrim's quest and authenticates the pilgrim's profession.

Grace is love that cares and stoops and rescues." Grace is the opposite of karma. We get what we don't deserve: the love, mercy, forgiveness of God. Grace is unmerited favor. Grace is here for you right now, in the middle of what is hard or not working. The writer to the Hebrews described it this way: "Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need" (Heb. 4:16 ESV).

Don't forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! —Hebrews 13:2

As far as Matthew Arnold was concerned, Hellenes and Hebrews were oil and water.1 Both were 'august' and, in their respective ways, 'admirable', but they didn't mix. Greeks pursued self-realisation; Jews struggled at self-conquest. 'Be obedient' was the sovereign command of Judaism; 'be true to your nature' was what mattered to the Hellene.

the "cloud of witnesses" (Hebrews 12:1). Their dreaming did not predict the future according to the present. Instead, quite the opposite is true. They changed present reality by living according to a vision of the future. We are told that this is "faith

The warnings given to the Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those forbidding Christians to conform to the spirit and customs of the ungodly.

Justice for the Hebrews meant . . . making sure that all persons . . . can even worship any gods they choose [Katherine Patterson, "Metaphors to Live By"].

EPHESIANS 2:7–8; HEBREWS 3:1; PSALM 34:5 I am the Lover of your soul, and I long for you to stop judging yourself as you do. How can you better fix your gaze on

Christians are spoken of as those "that have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before them," Heb. 6:18

The English in politics are as the old Hebrews in religion, a favoured and peculiar people.

The Jews are a people descended from the Hebrews and the Israelites, from the tribes of Israel. Our religion is called Judaism. It is founded on the Old Testament and the Torah both.' Emma was listening intently and the

The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures.

To Jesus (mediator of a new covenant), and to the sprinkled blood, which says better things than the blood of Abel. Hebrews 12:24

With whom was He "provoked for 40 years"? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the desert? Hebrews 3:17

Therefore, while the promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear so that none of you should miss it. Hebrews 4:1

You and I realize that the blood Christ shed on the cross is the means of remission for our sins. But Hebrews 10:22 says it is also the means for the complete cleansing of the consciences of those who already know Christ.

Gethsemane is all the things we fear most except one. We fear we are unheard. We're sure of it, but it is not true. It was in that original Gethsemane that Jesus, in the words of Hebrews 5:7, offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard...And we are heard.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and, he worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. Hebrews 11:21

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn't perish with those who disobeyed. Hebrews 11:31

For the Greeks, beauty is truth; for the Hebrews, truth is beauty.