Hebrews 12:23

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:22-23

Hebrews 12:22-23 Where and with whom faith lives. I. Where faith lives. (1) The life of a man who has truly laid hold of Jesus Christ, and so is living by faith, is on its inward side that is, in deepest reality a life passed in the dwelling of the great King. (2) The privilege has for its other side a duty; the duty has for its foundation a privilege. For if it be true that the real life of every believing soul is a life that never moves from the temple-palace where God is, and that its inmost... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:23

Hebrews 12:23 Faith's Access to the Judge and His Attendants. I. Faith plants us at the very bar of God. "Ye are come to God the Judge of all." (1) Here is a truth which it is the office of faith to realise continually in our daily lives. He would be a bold criminal who would commit crimes in the very judgment hall and before the face of his judge. And that must be a very defective Christian faith which, like the so-called faith of many amongst us, goes through life and sins in the entire... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Hebrews 12:18-25

DISCOURSE: 2339THE TRANSCENDENT EXCELLENCE OF THE CHRISTIAN DISPENSATIONHebrews 12:18-25. Ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: (for they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Hebrews 12:23

church Church (true), Summary: The true church, composed of the whole number of regenerate persons from Pentecost to the first resurrection 1 Corinthians 15:52 united together and to Christ by the baptism with the Holy Spirit 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:13 is the body of Christ of which He is the Head Ephesians 1:22; Ephesians 1:23. As such, it is a holy temple for the habitation of God through the Spirit Ephesians 2:21; Ephesians 2:22 is "one flesh" with Christ Ephesians 5:30;... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Hebrews 12:1-29

Shall we turn now to Hebrews, chapter 12.Wherefore, seeing we are also compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses ( Hebrews 12:1 ),What this does not mean is that the Old Testament saints, which are spoken of in chapter 11, are sitting there in heaven watching the activities on the earth. It doesn't mean that they are just watching us to see how we are going to react and respond and we've got this big gallery up here of Old Testament saints. It does mean that their life of faith and... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Hebrews 12:1-29

Hebrews 12:1 . Wherefore, seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. Confessors and martyrs of the ancient church are here supposed to be the spectators of our course, and we are here called upon to follow these veterans of the faith. Their number is such that they are said to be a cloud, like the assembled multitudes seen on special occasions to witness some extraordinary spectacle. Nor is it the celestial host only that are interested in this contest; we are... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Hebrews 12:18-24

Hebrews 12:18-24The mount that might be touchedSinai and ZionI.CHRISTIANITY IS A SPIRITUAL, NOT A MATERIAL, DISPENSATION. “The mount that might be touched”--a palpable mountain: the words indicate that the religion thereon proclaimed was a mass of ritual, legal service, and physical endurance; and not that spiritual surrender, and inner life of holiness, essentially belonging to the gospel. The apostle having elaborated this idea, shows that Christians have left behind them the barren Arabian... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Hebrews 12:23

23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, Ver. 23. To the general assembly ] Or public meeting of a whole country, as at a great assize, or some solemn celebrity. The Roman emperors raised up ample amphitheatres in a circular form, that the people sitting all around, might have a commodious sight of such pleasant spectacles as were set before them. That which Pompey erected was... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Hebrews 12:23

the general: Psalms 89:7, Psalms 111:1, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 5:24-Daniel :, Colossians 1:24, 1 Timothy 3:5 the firstborn: Exodus 4:22, Exodus 13:2, Deuteronomy 21:17, Psalms 89:27, Jeremiah 31:9, James 1:18, Revelation 14:4 which: Exodus 32:32, Psalms 69:28, Luke 10:20, Philippians 4:3, Revelation 13:8, Revelation 20:15 written: or, enrolled God: Hebrews 6:10-2 Kings :, Hebrews 9:27, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 50:5, Psalms 50:6, Psalms 94:2, Psalms 96:13, Psalms 98:9, Matthew... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Hebrews 12:23

To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,To the general assembly — The word properly signifies a stated convention on some festival occasion.And church — The whole body of true believers, whether on earth or in paradise. Of the first-born-The first-born of Israel were enrolled by Moses; but these are enrolled in heaven, as citizens there. It is observable, that in this beautiful... read more