Mark’s Memos

“Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)  Because Jesus is our compassionate High Priest, we are invited to come boldly before the throne of grace. Notice that God’s...

“For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.” (Hebrews 4:15) Jesus our High Priest sympathizes with our weaknesses because He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, and yet...

“For the word of God … is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.” (Hebrews 4:12-13) The Word of God discerns the thoughts...

“For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12) The Word of God is living – it’s...

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." (Matthew 11:28-30) Jesus has...

“There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Let us labor therefore to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience.” (Heb. 4:9, 11) There remains a rest for the people of God to enter. Notice that we’re to labor to enter...

“Again He designates a certain day, saying in David, ‘Today,’ after such a long time, as it has been said: ‘Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.’" (Hebrews 4:7) Does this verse suggest that on any given day it is possible to hear God’s voice?...

“For we who have believed do enter that rest, … For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all His works"; … For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.”...

”For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.” (Hebrews 4:2) The generation that left Egypt had a promise to enter and possess the Promised Land. That...

”Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it.” (Hebrews 4:1) Under the new covenant, there is a supernatural rest that we can enter into any time. The basis of this rest is a deep reverence for...