Those
Who Believe Will Enter His Rest!
Hebrews
4
"Therefore,
since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear
lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 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. For we who have believed
do enter that rest, as He has said: 'So I swore in My wrath,
"They shall not enter My rest" ' (Psalm 95:11),
although the works were finished from the foundation of the
world.
"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'
(Genesis 2:2); and again in this place; 'They shall not enter
My rest' (Psalm 95:11).
"Since
therefore it remains that some enter it, and those to whom
it was first preached did not enter because of disobedience,
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' (Psalm 95:7,
8).
"For
if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward
have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest
for the people of God. For he who has entered His rest has
himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
"Let
us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall
according to the same example of disobedience. For the word
of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the division of the soul and spirit,
and of joints and marrow, and 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.
"Seeing
then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through
the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
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.
"Let
us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need."
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