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A Merciful and Faithful High Priest: Studies in the Book of Hebrews
The book of Hebrews was written to magnify the supremacy of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and our Great High Priest. It exhorts and encourages the church to hold fast to its faith, persevering through persecution and trials because of the great salvation found in Christ. This collection pulls together sermons from Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the book of Hebrews, helping readers understand how it applies to their daily lives. Lloyd-Jones walks readers through Hebrews chapter two and other important passages in the book, pointing Christians to their need of salvation and their identity as the people of God.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2017
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About the author
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
344 books587 followersDavid Martyn Lloyd-Jones was a Welsh Protestant minister, preacher and medical doctor who was influential in the Reformed wing of the British evangelical movement in the 20th century. For almost 30 years, he was the minister of Westminster Chapel in London. Lloyd-Jones was strongly opposed to Liberal Christianity, which had become a part of many Christian denominations; he regarded it as aberrant. He disagreed with the broad church approach and encouraged evangelical Christians (particularly Anglicans) to leave their existing denominations. He believed that true Christian fellowship was possible only amongst those who shared common convictions regarding the nature of the faith.
David Martyn Lloyd-Jones was married to Bethan Lloyd-Jones
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August 24, 2020
Lloyd-Jones pregando em alguns versos de Hebreus. Eu amo os sermões de Lloyd-Jones. É impressionante como nos colocados neste livro, conseguimos perceber detalhes de sua vida pessoal e de seu tempo e cultura.
May 31, 2024
Be warned, I'm about to include a *ton* of quotes from this book.
I was pretty bored for the first few chapters, but man did this book explode into goodness. It reminded me of the beauty of Jesus and the intimacy of relationship I share with him even when I don't feel it. And it challenged me to make my faith active, to actively believe what he has said. Some excellent quotes from chapter 8 alone:
"'All things are yours.' Why? Because 'ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.' All this means that he is very concerned about us...we are the special object of his concern. We never need to feel lonely, forsaken, or forlorn. He has gone through all I have been trying to describe to you in order to become one who says that you are his brother or sister."
"He was tempted in all points just as we are, yet was without sin. Praise God for the sympathy of the blessed Savior for his brothers and sisters. But consider also the help he is able to give us: 'grace to help in time of need' (Heb 4:16). He has been through it all. He knows what it all means."
"Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God's glory at this very minute, and he points at you and at me and as our great intercessor and advocate tells his Father and the hosts of heaven, 'These are my brethren.'...He presents your feeble prayers and mine to the Father, adding the incense of his own glory to them.
"Furthermore he will go on doing this until you and I have been taken through all our trials and troubles, even death itself, and he will 'present [us] faultless before the presence of [God's] glory with exceeding joy' (Jude 24). What a comfort!"
Chapter 9:
"He did not merely want to forgive us....Satan, our adversary and enemy, must be conquered....our failure to keep God's law must somehow be dealt with fully....we need a high priest to represent us, someone to plead on our behalf....we need One who can impart a new nature to us. We have no confidence in the presence of God until we know we have been reconciled to him, and before we can have that confidence, we must know that God is our Father and we are his children....I also need someone to help me face life and its temptations, someone who can sympathize with me, someone who can succour me in my need and helplessness....I need all the things mentioned above, and Christ, by coming and dying and by enduring all that he did, has accomplished all that."
"Until we believe in all that Jesus has done for us, our idea of the love of God is a flabby sentiment that is not worthy of the name love....The real measure of the love of God is in the distance from the eternity of glory to the depth of Calvary, and until you have measured it like that, don't talk about the love of God -- you do not know anything about it."
Wow.
Chapter 13 on coming to full maturity in Christ: "...through the church, through you and me and people like us, God is manifesting his wisdom and glory...So it follows of necessity that if you and I remain as undeveloped children, or if our condition is poor or undernourished, that is a reflection upon God."
He appears to speak harshly, here, but I love the point he makes about being children in the faith: "Children are victims of fears because of their ignorance; they imagine things." How true this is!! How many of my insecurities come from fear of the future or other people or things I imagine that haven't even happened. "...with regard to the spiritual child, nothing tests us as much as our reaction to circumstances." But as God's children, Lloyd Jones reminds us, we do not need to be afraid. We are loved, secure, and cared for by our Father. So "What are we like when we are taken ill? What are we like when our circumstances suddenly turn against us? What are we like when we are disappointed?...What is the point of our saying that...we are Christians and are different from people outside the faith if when the same trials come to us that come to them we do not react differently? What is the value of our Christianity then? Thus we not only fall short of living out the gospel -- we bring the very name of God and of Christ into disrepute." I don't know about you, but I need to hear these things, ask myself these questions.
I'll end with an encouraging paragraph from chapter 15. I love how Lloyd Jones reiterates God's promises so simply and so matter-of-factly. These things are true! Why not believe them??
"You need never be in doubt about his providential care for his people. As Christian people today we are reminded of this in the New Testament. 'The very hairs of your head are all numbered,' said our Lord (Matt. 10:30). If only we believed that God is infinitely more concerned about our welfare than we are ourselves! His eyes are wandering to and fro in the earth seeking whom he may bless. That is the God in whom we believe. He has promised to look after us, to provide for us, and to supply our every need.
"Let us remember God's infinite resources. There is no end to them, there is no limit to them....you have a God who loves you and will supply your every need. When you think you are about to die of hunger or thirst, the manna will be there, and the waters will gush out. He will never leave you or forsake you."
I was pretty bored for the first few chapters, but man did this book explode into goodness. It reminded me of the beauty of Jesus and the intimacy of relationship I share with him even when I don't feel it. And it challenged me to make my faith active, to actively believe what he has said. Some excellent quotes from chapter 8 alone:
"'All things are yours.' Why? Because 'ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's.' All this means that he is very concerned about us...we are the special object of his concern. We never need to feel lonely, forsaken, or forlorn. He has gone through all I have been trying to describe to you in order to become one who says that you are his brother or sister."
"He was tempted in all points just as we are, yet was without sin. Praise God for the sympathy of the blessed Savior for his brothers and sisters. But consider also the help he is able to give us: 'grace to help in time of need' (Heb 4:16). He has been through it all. He knows what it all means."
"Jesus Christ is seated at the right hand of God's glory at this very minute, and he points at you and at me and as our great intercessor and advocate tells his Father and the hosts of heaven, 'These are my brethren.'...He presents your feeble prayers and mine to the Father, adding the incense of his own glory to them.
"Furthermore he will go on doing this until you and I have been taken through all our trials and troubles, even death itself, and he will 'present [us] faultless before the presence of [God's] glory with exceeding joy' (Jude 24). What a comfort!"
Chapter 9:
"He did not merely want to forgive us....Satan, our adversary and enemy, must be conquered....our failure to keep God's law must somehow be dealt with fully....we need a high priest to represent us, someone to plead on our behalf....we need One who can impart a new nature to us. We have no confidence in the presence of God until we know we have been reconciled to him, and before we can have that confidence, we must know that God is our Father and we are his children....I also need someone to help me face life and its temptations, someone who can sympathize with me, someone who can succour me in my need and helplessness....I need all the things mentioned above, and Christ, by coming and dying and by enduring all that he did, has accomplished all that."
"Until we believe in all that Jesus has done for us, our idea of the love of God is a flabby sentiment that is not worthy of the name love....The real measure of the love of God is in the distance from the eternity of glory to the depth of Calvary, and until you have measured it like that, don't talk about the love of God -- you do not know anything about it."
Wow.
Chapter 13 on coming to full maturity in Christ: "...through the church, through you and me and people like us, God is manifesting his wisdom and glory...So it follows of necessity that if you and I remain as undeveloped children, or if our condition is poor or undernourished, that is a reflection upon God."
He appears to speak harshly, here, but I love the point he makes about being children in the faith: "Children are victims of fears because of their ignorance; they imagine things." How true this is!! How many of my insecurities come from fear of the future or other people or things I imagine that haven't even happened. "...with regard to the spiritual child, nothing tests us as much as our reaction to circumstances." But as God's children, Lloyd Jones reminds us, we do not need to be afraid. We are loved, secure, and cared for by our Father. So "What are we like when we are taken ill? What are we like when our circumstances suddenly turn against us? What are we like when we are disappointed?...What is the point of our saying that...we are Christians and are different from people outside the faith if when the same trials come to us that come to them we do not react differently? What is the value of our Christianity then? Thus we not only fall short of living out the gospel -- we bring the very name of God and of Christ into disrepute." I don't know about you, but I need to hear these things, ask myself these questions.
I'll end with an encouraging paragraph from chapter 15. I love how Lloyd Jones reiterates God's promises so simply and so matter-of-factly. These things are true! Why not believe them??
"You need never be in doubt about his providential care for his people. As Christian people today we are reminded of this in the New Testament. 'The very hairs of your head are all numbered,' said our Lord (Matt. 10:30). If only we believed that God is infinitely more concerned about our welfare than we are ourselves! His eyes are wandering to and fro in the earth seeking whom he may bless. That is the God in whom we believe. He has promised to look after us, to provide for us, and to supply our every need.
"Let us remember God's infinite resources. There is no end to them, there is no limit to them....you have a God who loves you and will supply your every need. When you think you are about to die of hunger or thirst, the manna will be there, and the waters will gush out. He will never leave you or forsake you."
May 17, 2019
From time to time you come across a book that you can't put down. I often find this the case with MLJ. You will not find a clearer and more biblically sound expositor out there. With his simple and perspicacious writings the body of Christ is truly edified. From new born believer to aged saint there is plenty to glean from the works of one of God's greatest gifts to the Church.
This study through the book of Hebrews with a focus on the High priestly office and work of our Lord and Savior is wonderful. You will be edified and enlightened. You will be encouraged and elated. This book is truly a gem!
The Kindle version was quite expensive. I would recommend you find a used printed copy to save a little money and add this one to your print library.
This study through the book of Hebrews with a focus on the High priestly office and work of our Lord and Savior is wonderful. You will be edified and enlightened. You will be encouraged and elated. This book is truly a gem!
The Kindle version was quite expensive. I would recommend you find a used printed copy to save a little money and add this one to your print library.
February 6, 2021
Espetacular!
"O caminho para triunfar na vida e na morte é viver para Deus" (p. 210).
"O caminho para triunfar na vida e na morte é viver para Deus" (p. 210).
January 14, 2020
More like a collection of sermons on Hebrews rather than a study. But it's Lloyd-Jones, the greatest preacher of the 20th century, with his logic on fire that can spur the soul to ascend upon the Word of God and grab hold of the merciful and faithful high priest that is interceding at the right hand of God, and through Him into the holy of holies and of the eschatological rest.
"The biblical message is the most profound message in the world. It is a message that can put you right whatever may happen to you. Thank God for that! "[Abraham ] went out, not knowing whither he went" (11:8), but went happily, he went in a spirit of rejoicing. What enabled him to do so? Was it a kind of philosophical claim that he had developed, a stoicism, a spirit of resignation? Was he just a very wise man who said to himself, "I can anticipate all sorts of possibilities and eventualities, and I can make myself really sick with fear and anxiety, but what a fool I would be. That does not determine anything; all my thinking is not going to affect the future." That is good reasoning, in a sense that is the right thing to do, but that is not Christianity, and that is not how Abraham did it. Of course it is a foolish thing to waste your energy speculating about mere possibilities. But the Christian way is not merely negative resignation; it is not a kind of philosophic detachment and calm or fatalism that says, "Whatever will come will come, and all the worrying in the world will not affect it." That is quite true, but that is not Christianity.
So what is Christianity? "[Abraham] went out, not knowing wither he went." Why? Because he went "by faith," because he had faith in God. An old writer put this in a most wonderful way: "He went out, not knowing whither he went, but he knew with whom he went." That was the secret of Abraham. He was not concerned to know where he was going; he was only concerned about going with God! This is the great principle of living by faith in God!"
"The biblical message is the most profound message in the world. It is a message that can put you right whatever may happen to you. Thank God for that! "[Abraham ] went out, not knowing whither he went" (11:8), but went happily, he went in a spirit of rejoicing. What enabled him to do so? Was it a kind of philosophical claim that he had developed, a stoicism, a spirit of resignation? Was he just a very wise man who said to himself, "I can anticipate all sorts of possibilities and eventualities, and I can make myself really sick with fear and anxiety, but what a fool I would be. That does not determine anything; all my thinking is not going to affect the future." That is good reasoning, in a sense that is the right thing to do, but that is not Christianity, and that is not how Abraham did it. Of course it is a foolish thing to waste your energy speculating about mere possibilities. But the Christian way is not merely negative resignation; it is not a kind of philosophic detachment and calm or fatalism that says, "Whatever will come will come, and all the worrying in the world will not affect it." That is quite true, but that is not Christianity.
So what is Christianity? "[Abraham] went out, not knowing wither he went." Why? Because he went "by faith," because he had faith in God. An old writer put this in a most wonderful way: "He went out, not knowing whither he went, but he knew with whom he went." That was the secret of Abraham. He was not concerned to know where he was going; he was only concerned about going with God! This is the great principle of living by faith in God!"
August 22, 2022
The three star rating here is not indicative of MLJ's work. It is indicative of the publisher's work. I've read thousands of pages of his writing. This isn't an MLJ book; it is a publisher produced book. The beauty of MLJ is how carefully he shows you the flow of thought in extended passages, how he dwells on various shades of each phrase, and how much you get out of it. This book is precious little of that. It isn't a study of anything in Hebrews. It is cherry-picked sermons from Hebrews, disconnected from one another, placed into a book because MLJ is popular at the moment.
It isn't bad, but it isn't useful either. And I fault the publisher. I'm guessing in Heaven MLJ is faulting the publisher too.
It isn't bad, but it isn't useful either. And I fault the publisher. I'm guessing in Heaven MLJ is faulting the publisher too.
August 18, 2024
Transcribing sermons is always a difficult venture, because the written word communicates differently than the spoken one. But Lloyd-Jones is largely immune to this kind of problem as he is a gifted expositor whose very logical, orderly train of thought is generally easy to follow.
This series of sermons on Hebrews is a great reminder of many of the wonderful truths in this amazing section of Scripture. Time with Lloyd-Jones tends to more than repay the investment. Easily recommended.
This series of sermons on Hebrews is a great reminder of many of the wonderful truths in this amazing section of Scripture. Time with Lloyd-Jones tends to more than repay the investment. Easily recommended.
January 26, 2023
Eh. It felt more or less like reading the same two or three sermons over and over again. Perhaps listening to Lloyd-Jones is better than reading him.
March 9, 2023
Excellent collection of sermons to deepen your study on Hebrews.
March 31, 2023
Great content, but disappointed that it only examines parts of chapters 2,6,8,9, and 11. Would have preferred and enjoyed Lloyd-Jones sermons on all of all 13 chapters.
December 25, 2024
a wonderful read while studying Hebrews!!
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