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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:5

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house as a servant ,.... Moses was not only a servant to the Israelites, but he was also the Lord's servant, a servant of his choosing, sending, and approving; he was a servant in holy things, and served the Lord heartily, sincerely, and ingenuously, with all becoming fear and reverence, respect, and honour, and with all ready and cheerful obedience; the house in which he was a servant, was not his own, but belonged to God, even the Son of God, as... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:6

But Christ as a Son over his own house ,.... As Moses was not, though the Jews say that he was מאריה דבית F1 Zohar in Lev. fol. 2. 2. and בעל הבית F2 Tzeror Hammor, fol. 35. 2. , "lord and master of the house"; yea, and בן בית , "the Son of the house" F3 Lexic. Cabalist. p. 203. ; but this he was not: Christ is the Son and heir, the Lord and master; he is a Son, not by creation, or by adoption, or by office, but by nature: hence it appears that he is God, and is... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:7

Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith ,.... In Psalm 95:7 today if you will hear his voice ; either the precepts of Christ, to hear which is to obey them; and this is an acknowledgment to Christ as King of saints, and is a testimony of love to him, and is wellpleasing in his sight; and in which the saints find pleasure themselves, and profit also: or the Gospel of Christ, which is a voice of love, grace, and mercy; of peace and reconciliation; of pardon and righteousness; of liberty,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:8

Harden not you hearts ,.... There is a natural hardness of the heart; the heart of man is like a stone, destitute of spiritual life, motion, and activity; it is senseless, stupid, impenitent, stubborn, and inflexible, on which no impressions can be made, but by powerful grace: and there is an acquired, habitual, and voluntary hardness of heart, to which men arrive by various steps; as entertaining pleasing thoughts of sin; an actual commission of it, with frequency, till it becomes... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:9

When your fathers tempted me ,.... This the apostle cites and repeats, to expose the glorying of the Jews in their ancestors; to dissuade them from following their sinful practices; to deter them from the same by observing both their sin and punishment; and to heighten their regards to the voice and Gospel of Christ: proved me ; this is either an explication of the former phrase; or it may design the experience this people had of the power and goodness of God, notwithstanding their... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:10

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation ,.... דור המדבר , "the generation of the wilderness", as the Jews often call them; and which they say was more beloved than any generation F5 T. Hieros. Avoda Zara, fol. 39. 2. ; and yet they will not allow them a part in the world to come; See Gill on Hebrews 3:11 . When God is said to be grieved with them, it is to be considered as an anthropopathy, as speaking after the manner of men, as in Genesis 6:5 . The word signifies, that... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:11

So I sware in my wrath ,.... Swearing is ascribed to God, to show the certainty of the thing spoken of; as of mercies, when he swears in love, and by his holiness; so here, of punishment, when he swears in wrath, in indignation, in sore displeasure, and the threatened evil is irrevocable and inevitable: they shall not enter into my rest ; into the land of Canaan, called God's rest, because he promised it, and gave it to the Israelites as their rest; and where he himself had a place of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:12

Take heed, brethren ,.... This exhortation is grounded upon the state and case of their ancestors before given, as a warning and caution to the then present Hebrews; and whom the apostle styles "brethren", to show that he had no hard thoughts of them, and that his jealousy was a godly one, and not an evil suspicion; and may teach us that all exhortations, admonitions, and reproofs should be given in love: lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief ; or such an evil heart, in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:13

But exhort one another daily ,.... In order to prevent unbelief and apostasy. The phrase is sometimes rendered, "comfort one another", or, "yourselves together", as in 1 Thessalonians 5:11 which the saints may do, by discoursing together about divine things; by praying together; by instructing one another in the doctrines of the Gospel; by putting one another in mind of the covenant of grace, and its promises; and by observing the near approach of everlasting happiness with Christ. And... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Hebrews 3:14

For we are made partakers of Christ ,.... Being loved by him, given to him, and chosen in him before the foundation of the world; and so participate of all spiritual blessings in him; for this respects something past, and may be rendered, "we have been made". The phrase is expressive of union to Christ, which is not by faith on man's part, and by the Spirit on Christ's part, but by his everlasting love, taking his people into an oneness with himself; thereby becoming their head, surety, and... read more

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