Hebrews 4:16

So we should go confidently to God on his throne of grace so we can receive mercy, and discover grace to help us when we really need it.

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Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

In Context

15For the high priest we have isn't one who doesn't sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who was tempted in all the ways we are, but did not sin.

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Cross References

Leviticus 16:2The Lord told Moses: “Warn your brother Aaron not to come into the Most Holy Place whenever he wants, otherwise he'll die. For that's where I appear in the cloud above the atonement cover of the Ark, behind the veil.

Isaiah 27:11Their dry branches are broken off and used by women to make fires. This is a people that doesn't have any sense, so their Maker won't feel sorry for them, and their Creator won't help them.

Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

2 Corinthians 12:8I pleaded with the Lord three times to get rid of this problem.

Ephesians 3:12Because of him and our trust in him we can come to God in total freedom and confidence.

Hebrews 7:19(for the law didn't make anything perfect). But now it's been replaced by a better hope by which we can come close to God.

Matthew Henry on Hebrews 4:12-16

Serious Exhortation; The Priesthood of Christ. ( a. d. 62.) 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes… Read the whole commentary →

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