Hebrews 4:16
Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
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Leviticus 16:2And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Matthew 7:7Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
2 Corinthians 12:8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
Ephesians 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
Hebrews 7:19(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near 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 →