Entering God’s Promised Rest. Hebrews chapter four.

Israel failed to enter God’s promised rest when they refused to believe the good report brought by Joshua and Caleb to enter the land of Canna. Instead they chose to accept the negative report the ten spies brought. However God gave their children another chance forty years later under the leadership of Joshua, but again they failed to fully press in and posses all the promised land. Their unbelief led to disobedience and a forfeiture of God’s promised rest. The writer of Hebrews understood that for some of the Jewish readers of Hebrews their faith was being put to the test. Should they continue to believe in Jesus entering into His rest, or return to Judaism and their old ways of trying to get right with God? 4:1

God rested from his labor after the six days of creation not because He was tired but because He was satisfied with His creation and saw everything He had made was good. Our ultimate rest will be in God’s new creation at the end of this present age. But we don’t need to wait until then. Our sabbath rest began when we first trusted in Jesus Christ as the only way of salvation. From first till last God’s promised rest is ours, God’s Rest is His personal gift to each one. The indwelling Holy Spirit is given to take the strain ( comfort, guide, and help us) so that what God calls us to do is done with God’s own strength 4:11

Question! how much of what we christians do, is the will of God and done in the strength of the Holy Spirit?

Hebrews chapter four shows us two wonderful ways God has chosen to encourage our faith 1 through His Word and by it He tests our motives. am I living in the soulish realm or the spiritual? 2 We can also Tcome to Jesus who is our great high priest He is merciful and dispenses grace just when we need it 4:14-16

Christ’s throne of grace is a place of rest for the weary traveller!

A verse to remember

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it. Hebrews 4:16 N.L.T.

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