The figure is so called, because the speaker or writer, without intending offence, speaks with perfect freedom and boldness. It is when the supply runs short, that Cana's King makes the vessels brim with wine. The righteous cry, and the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. We have nothing to do with atonement for sin; which is urgently required by us, not only for our sins as ordinary members of the congregation, but for those which, consciously or unconsciously, we commit in the exercise of our priestly office. But let us never allow familiarity with the gospel of God to diminish our understanding of the tremendous privilege that streams, like a flood, to each of His children. Now, let us continue in prayer, yea, let us gather strength in intercession, and the more we succeed, the more earnest let us be to succeed yet more and more. As thus my inmost soul to pour (John 1:16 Amplified Version). We are to come to Him freely, constantly, ceaselessly, and persistently. Here's a good lesson for us. Hallelujah! “The heavens are not clean in his eyes” (Job 15:15), and “he charges his angels with error” (Job 4:18). The Lord is near unto those who are of a broken heart, and saves such as be of a contrite spirit. "No words can tell what sweet relief parrhesia contains the ideas of “trust in God, certainty of salvation, the conquest of the consciousness of sin, sanction and power to pray, and expectation of the future” (Brown, Colin, Editor. When we least deserve grace is when God gives it to the maximum. Shield is a metaphor picturing the protecting presence of God. To approach, come near, visit, figuratively to worship, draw near, go near to. What a blotted, blurred, smeared prayer it is. There we shall get that fresh grip of Christ which will quicken us for the labour of entering into rest. - Hebrews 4:16a. Spurgeon adds that "The Lord is pictured armed for battle, and interposing Himself between His servant and his enemies. It is a throne set up on purpose for the dispensation of grace; a throne from which every utterance is an utterance of grace; the scepter that is stretched out from it is the silver scepter of grace; the decrees proclaimed from it are purposes of grace; the gifts that are scattered down its golden steps are gifts of grace; and He that sits upon the throne is grace itself. We sometimes hear persons commended for preaching well, but if any shall be enabled to pray well, there will be an equal gift and a higher grace in it. He yelled, “Hey, who do you think you are, Walt Disney?” Imagine his shock and embarrassment as Mills’s escort turned around and said, “As a matter of fact, I am Walt Disney.” Needless to say, the guard let them through. And in its calm I abide. It may be that the times of darkness will last till the children of light cry out bitterly, day and night, by reason of soul anguish. The greater and lesser protections of providence may be here intended by the two defensive weapons, and by the Lord’s standing up is meant His active and zealous preservation of His servant in peril. That time, assuredly, is the time of severest need, when no need is felt, and no desire is cherished for a yet larger increase of grace and strength. What is your case, what is your sorrow, what is your burden? David cried out: "O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger" (Psalm 6:1). 22 Make haste to help (Heb = 'ezra) (boetheia = run to my aid upon hearing my cry for help) me, O Lord, my salvation! (Spurgeon goes on to add that) In prayer we come, not only to our Father’s feet, but we come also to the throne of the Great Monarch of the universe. ", Yes; the humble cottager, when he gathers round him his little flock, and, at the family altar, kneels in his lowly dwelling, is worshiping in heaven--the very scene where ten thousand times ten thousand bright and beautiful beings weave the high chorus of enraptured adoration. Listen to the Bible. Heb. Take your temporal cares and necessities to the Lord, for He who is the God of grace is also the God of providence. Forgiveness, access to His throne, and the promises of His Spirit and that no trial will be greater than we can bear—combined with His declaration that He works in us both to will and to do—assure us that faithfulness can be produced in us when we yield as faithful servants. An absolute God, infinitely holy and just, could not in consistency with his divine nature answer any prayer from such a sinner as I am, were it not that he has arranged a plan by which my prayer comes up no longer to a throne of absolute justice, but to a throne which is also the mercy-seat, the propitiation, the place where God meets sinners, through Jesus Christ. But I am free to speak, because He is also a man. God will do as he wills; but, on the mercy seat, he is under bonds—bonds of his own making, for he has entered into covenant with Christ, and so into covenant with his chosen. When to the throne of grace I flee, And sprinkles now the throne of grace. That is one of the reasons our prayer meetings are not more effective. Hebrews 4:16 What Does Hebrews 4:16 Mean? 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is He who will tread down our adversaries (LXX = Greek verb thlibo = literally to press together or hem in, which figuratively pictures sufferings that arise from the pressure of circumstances or from the antagonism of persons), David acknowledged that victory had to come from God. Then will God avenge his own elect, and that speedily. Let nothing keep you at a distance from the throne of grace--not even your sins and shortcomings--your unbelief--your coldness--your ingratitude. Victor), Wuest says parrhesia is "freedom in speaking, unreservedness in speech, free and fearless confidence, cheerful courage, boldness, assurance… free and bold speaking; speaking out every word. We need grace to help. Polyb., 2, 38, 6). Hebrews 4:16 (NKJV) Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 1989. It is the throne of grace to which we approach when we pray; and let us for a moment or two think this over, by way of consolatory encouragement to those who are beginning to pray; indeed, to all of us who are praying men and women. For his grace and pow’r are such But I have not to call you this morning to the place from whence the resurrection-trumpet shall ring out so shrill and clear. Ultimately this quality of confidence is that which is energized by the indwelling Spirit, emboldening (Spirit filled) believers to openly declare (with great conviction) all that He births within (cp Acts 4:31). Part of Speech. We can enter the presence of God with confidence because Jesus has opened the way for us through His death on the cross. MacDonald adds that "The believer’s enemies are the world, the flesh and the devil. O ye courtiers in the halls of such a monarch, be ye exceeding glad, and mingle praises with your prayers. When our longing eyes shall see Thy face; Wuest: Let us be coming therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, in order that we may procure mercy and find grace for seasonable help. The dying words of one ancient saint were "Grace is the only thing that can make us like God. He ever lives above, for me to intercede; Are you in a position to be a receiver of God's grace? A negative overtone is also perceptible in some instances where freedom of speech has been misused to the point of bluntness and shamelessness. The very act of taking it will lighten it, and casting it upon His tenderness and sympathy will make it sweet. When a king has given a charter to a city, he may before have been absolute, and there may have been nothing to check his prerogatives, but when the city has its charter, then it pleads its rights before the king. Truly, when we attempt to pray, we may hear the voice saying out of the excellent glory: “Bow the knee.” From all the spirits that behold the face of our Father who is in heaven, even now, I hear a voice which saith, “Oh, come let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture and the sheep of his hand. Vine " (parrhesia) primarily means liberty of speaking boldly, but has the general meaning of confidence. lest any of you should be downcast by the thought of his sovereignty, I invite you to the text. In the New Covenant, because of the finished work of our better High Priest, all the Jewish saints, were encouraged to come before the Lord at any time, especially the time of need. Once a year the high priest carried the blood of propitiation through the blue veil of separation, and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat; and in this significant and solemn act he typified the entrance of our blessed Lord into the immediate presence of God, bearing the marks and emblems of his atoning death, and taking up his position there as our Mediator and Intercessor, in whom we are represented, and for whose sake we are accepted and beloved. PASSED THROUGH THE HEAVENS. Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness. Hebrews 11:6 (note) - And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. When you approach the Lord with boldness, We do not pray to God to instruct him as to what he ought to do, neither for a moment must we presume to dictate the line of the divine procedure. Every hour we live is a time of need; and we are safest and happiest when we feel our needs most keenly. If thou hast any empty forms to prate, go and pour them out into the ears of fools like thyself, but not before the Lord of Hosts. By grace through faith in His death, burial, and Resurrection… Christ, the Lamb of God and great, High Priest of heaven, has flung wide the golden door into the Holiest of all - to all who believe on His name. To create or to crush, either is easy enough to him. C. H. SPURGEON, Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. What wonderful reassurance we have in Christ Jesus our Lord, for He is our Great High Priest, and heavenly Mediator. —Anne Cetas (Our Daily Bread, Copyright RBC Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI. He is as great as his infinite nature and the divine appointment and his ideal of ministry could make him. How comes it to be so exalted? 2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. Let us not be straitened in our own bowels, since we are not straitened in our God. Oh, is not this the very throne we need? 5:4); Heb. Daily Walking with God), J C Philpot's devotional thoughts on Hebrews 4:16…. Shall we imagine either that he cannot, or will not, keep his promise? Next time you talk with your heavenly Father—tell it straight. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. His throne must be a throne of grace to his people. But the same feelings that actuated him were shared by a portion of the tribe of Dan, on their way to colonize a remote part of the country. The citizen has the right to express his opinions freely in the marketplace. Acts 4:13 Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. He was in David's. It is a throne of grace; from which I gather that the sovereignty of God to a believer, to a pleader, to one who comes to God in Christ, is always exercised in pure grace. No one is given priority treatment.” We take pride in our successes and begin to think we don't need God's help; He allows us to fail so He can teach us that true success comes through His grace. A man may be perfectly free, but the moment he makes a promise, he is not free to break it; and the everlasting God wants not to break his promise. He takes the meaning of his saints, the meaning of their groans. Also in Phil 1:20. Why stand afar off? Hebrews 4. Hebrews 4:16, KJV: "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 it means He gives help when you need it or timely help. The soldier, who, amid the thunders of the battle field, or by his lonely watch-fire, breathes forth a prayer indited by the Holy Spirit, his utterance is heard above, far away from the tented field and the crash of war--where the pilgrim rests from all his labors. Pray as a child talks to his father. The present tense is an exhortation to continually drawing near to Him in prayer, worship, devotion of heart and life. His blood atoned for all our race, He walked around the bed to Scott’s side. No loyal child of God will for a moment imagine that he is to occupy the place of the King, but he bows before him who has a right to be Lord of all; and though he utters his desire earnestly, vehemently, importunately, and pleads and pleads again, yet it is evermore with this needful reservation: “Thy will be done, my Lord: and, if I ask anything that is not in accordance therewith, my inmost will is that thou wouldst be good enough to deny thy servant; I will take it as a true answer if thou refuse me, if I ask that which seemeth not good in thy sight.” If we constantly remembered this, I think we should be less inclined to push certain suits before the throne, for we should feel, “I am here in seeking my own ease, my own comfort, my own advantage, and peradventure, I may be asking for that which would dishonour God; therefore will I speak with the deepest submission to the divine decrees.”. Grace is "the gift of God as expressed in his actions of extending mercy, loving-kindness, and salvation to people. The pride that will not own the king, the treason which rebels against the sovereign will should, if it be wise, avoid any near approach to the throne. Then, upon this promise, go to the throne of grace. It is possible to grow in Bible knowledge and yet not grow in grace or in one’s personal relationship with God. by | Nov 19, 2020 | UpKidz | Nov 19, 2020 | UpKidz Let us not use as a mere empty form those words ‘for Christ’s sake,’ but let us remember that these words do hold the very secret of all acceptable approach to God, and that’ no man cometh to the Father but by Me. No privilege so dear shall be His friend responded, “My plane may be small, but I have the same rights, the same privileges, and the same access to that airport as anyone else—even the jumbo jets!” Grace is enthroned this day, brethren, because Christ has finished his work and gone into the heavens. That fullness of love results in a life devoted entirely to the Lord Jesus. I believe in my own soul that there is as much and as pure a justice in the acceptance of a soul that believes in Christ as there will be in the rejection of those souls who die impenitent, and are banished from Jehovah’s presence. Hebrews 4:14-16 Having Jesus the Son of God for our High Priest, we. It is all of…. Mercy is something that is in one sense negative -- it speaks of the past. He did not withhold forgiveness and compassion from those who acknowledged their sin. You can approach His throne with boldness and claim His grace and mercy in your time of need. Who dares impugn the Imperial word? Red Letter. Let us proclaim a spiritual crusade, and set up our banners by redoubled prayer. What an awesome God we serve beloved. But, blessed be God, here we may have every need supplied. If the answer be delayed, or God should seem to withhold it altogether, remember that "He gives no account of any of His matters," and that He has a right to answer or not to answer, as seems good in His sight. Philippians 1:20-note according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. And then if we take the more prosaic notion — which perhaps is the safer one — and think that the metaphor is not that grace is queen and sovereign, but only that the throne is based and established, as it were, in grace, out of which this undeserved love flows in broad, full streams. We need no human priests. Ah, but there is no such person — there is nobody, not a soul, could stand the turning inside out of a man! Banished be such blasphemous thoughts, and if they must come, let them come upon us when we are somewhere in the outskirts of his dominions, if such a place there be, but not in prayer, when we are in his immediate presence, and behold him in all the glory of his throne of grace. Well, I don’t know whether it is too nice or too microscopic criticism to say that I seem to see a difference between obtaining mercy and finding grace. I stand before Him in my filth, in my weakness, with conscience gnawing at me in the sense of many infirmities, many a sin and shortcoming and omission, and on the throne, if I may so say, is a shoot of tender love from God’s heart to me, and I get for all my weakness and sin pity and pardon, and find mercy of the Lord in that day. 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