Rest for the People of God

Q: What does the Bible say about the rest of God?

The Bible teaches that there remains a rest for the people of God, which is entered through faith in Christ. Hebrews 4 introduces the concept of God's rest, emphasizing its importance for believers. Verse 9 states that there remains a rest for the people of God. This rest is not merely cessation from physical work, but a spiritual state of peace and assurance found in faith. The author warns against failing to enter this rest due to unbelief, highlighting the pivotal role of faith in receiving God's promises of rest and salvation.

Q: How do we know that God promises rest to His people?

God's promise of rest is affirmed throughout Scripture, as seen in Hebrews 4:1-3 and Titus 1:2. The promise of rest for God's people is a foundational truth in the Bible. In Hebrews 4:1-3, the author emphasizes the need for fear of falling short of this promise. God, who cannot lie, has guaranteed this promise before the world began, as stated in Titus 1:2. This rest is more than physical or temporal; it is a deeper spiritual rest that comes through belief in Jesus Christ. Those who believe are assured of entering this rest, underscoring its significance in the context of salvation and eternal life.

Q: Why is faith crucial for entering God's rest?

Faith is essential for entering God's rest, as all who believe find peace and assurance in Christ's work. Faith is the only means by which one can enter into God's rest, as demonstrated in Hebrews 4:2-3. The Israelites failed to enter God's rest due to their unbelief, which illustrates the necessity of faith for all believers today. In Christ, believers find rest from the burdens of the law and the guilt of sin, as His work fulfills the requirements for righteousness. This faith leads to a spiritual rest that combats the anxieties and fears of life, offering peace and hope for eternity.

Q: What does it mean to rest in Christ?

Resting in Christ means ceasing from personal works and trusting fully in His finished work for salvation. Resting in Christ entails a complete reliance on His gracious work rather than one's own efforts. Hebrews 4:10 indicates that those who enter into God's rest cease from their own works as God did from His. This rest is characterized by freedom from the burdens of law, guilt, and fear, emerging from the knowledge that Christ has completed the necessary work for salvation through His life and death. It provides a deep, abiding peace and assurance that believers are accepted in the beloved, not based on their own performance but on Christ's perfect righteousness.

All right, let's open our Bibles
now to Hebrews 4. The title of the message tonight
is Rest for the People of God. That's what it says down here
in verse 9, Hebrews 4 verse 9, There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God, a rest to the people of God. Now, as
you listen to Brother Culver read this scripture, I'm just
certain that there was a statement repeated six times that caught
your attention. And from this statement, it's
clear what the subject of this chapter is. Let's look at these
six times that this one statement is used. Let us therefore fear
lest a promise being left to us of entering into his rest. Verse 3. But we which believe,
we which have believed, do now already enter into rest. Again in verse 3, I swore in
my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest. That's what
the translation is. It's not if they shall. That
group of people in the wilderness did not enter because of unbelief. Then verse 5, and in this place
again, they shall not enter into my rest. Then in verse 10, he
that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his. Let us labor, therefore, to enter
into that rest. Now, this message, I just know
it's going to be a blessing to you if you pay careful attention,
if the Lord gives me some liberty to handle this subject. Two things
evidently, plainly are set forth immediately. That this rest,
verse 1, is the promise of God. It's the promise of God. Let
us therefore fear, lest a promise, a promise being left us of entering
into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it." That's
the first thing that's clear to me, that this rest is a promise. It's a promise of God. Titus,
Paul wrote to Titus and said in chapter 1, verse 2, which
God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began. eternal
life, which God, who cannot lie, promised." Now, that's evident. The second thing that's evident
in verse 1 is this, the only fear we have is coming short
of this rest. That's what it says, let us therefore
fear. Lest a promise being given, a
promise being left to us by God of entering into his rest, it's
his rest. It's his gift, it's his wrath. Any of us should seem to come
short of it. In verse 2 it tells us about
these folks that did come short. He talks about Israel led by
Moses across the wilderness. He said under us was the gospel
preached, that's right, as well as under them. They had the gospel
preached to them, they had the gospel prophesied to them, they
had the gospel pictured, they had the gospel typified, they
had the gospel preached to them over and over again. They had
the gospel preached to them, as well as we have. But what
happened? Look at that next line. The gospel
preached to them did not profit them. They died in the wilderness. It didn't profit them at all.
Why? It wasn't mixed with faith in
them that heard it. They didn't believe. Back there
in chapter 3, the last two verses, verse 18, chapter 3, to whom
and to whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest,
but to them that believed not. They didn't believe God. Verse
19, so you see, they could not enter into God's rest because
of unbelief. Unbelief. They could not enter
in because of unbelief. That's the one. reason why these
people perished in the wilderness. It's not because they didn't
hear the gospel. It's not because God didn't reveal the gospel
to them in type and picture and promise. But they didn't believe
it. They didn't believe it. Now, verse 3 tells us there's
only one way to have this rest. There's one way to miss it. Unbelief. That's the only reason why they
didn't enter in, because of unbelief. Now, there's one way to miss
it, and there's one way to enter it. Verse 3. For we which have
believed, we which have believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, believe
the gospel, believe the word of God, believe the promise of
God. We do enter into rest. We enter into rest if we believe. That's what the scripture says
all the way through the scripture. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
and thou shalt be saved. He that believeth on the Son
hath everlasting life. He that believeth not the Son
shall not see life. The wrath of God abideth on him. Our Lord said to that centurion,
if you can All things are possible to them that believe. Turn to
1 John, chapter 5. This is so clearly set forth
in 1 John 5, and while you're finding it, our Lord said to
his disciples, Go into all the world, preach the gospel. Preach the gospel to every creature,
and he that believeth, and is baptized. And he's baptized because
he believes, shall be saved. And he that believeth not will
be damned. The people in the wilderness were damned. They
didn't enter God's rest, they didn't believe God. But we who
have believed do enter into rest. Now look at 1 John 5, verse 10. He that believeth on the Son
of God hath the witness in himself. He that believeth not God hath
made God a liar. Why? Because he believeth not
the record. that God gave of his Son. This
is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. And he that hath the Son of God
hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
These things have I written unto you, that believe on the name
of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,
and that you may keep on believing on the name of the Son of God. So those three things, number
one, God has promised rest, his rest, his rest. God, which he promised, the gift
of God, rest. Secondly, and it's only entered by faith,
by believing, not by works. not by good deeds, not by religious
experience, we who believe, we who believe, do enter into his
rest. And there is only one thing that
will prevent you or I from entering into God's rest, that's unbelief. Let's look at verse 4. These
next few verses, verse 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, tell us what this rest
is not. But it's not. Verse 4, verse
4 says it's not a rest from completed works or certain labors, because
it says, he spake in a certain day, certain place of the seventh
day on this wise. And God did rest the seventh
day from all his works. God made the world six days.
That's what scripture says. First day, second day, third
day, fourth day, fifth day, sixth day. And he said it's good. And he made it in order, as Brother
Charlie pointed out to us during the Bible study week. On the
seventh day, he rested. God didn't quit working. He rested
from that labor, from that task. That work was complete. He finished
creation and he says it's good. But God works now in providence.
God works in redemption. God works in revelation, the
spirit of God. God hasn't ceased to work. He
hasn't sat down and quit working. God's involved in everything.
There's not a sparrow that falls to the ground without your father.
Have you entered the treasures of the snow? He sends it. The
lightning? Can you say to the lightning,
go when it goes and come when it comes? He does. So this is
not a rest from certain works and certain labors. Secondly, it's not a religious
Sabbath day. He spake in a certain place of
a seventh day, and he gave Israel that seventh day to rest, a picture
of Christ. But that's not what this rest
is, resting one day a week, coming to church one day a week and
finding there's some peace and some quiet and some meditation
time and devotion time. That's not the rest he's talking
about. And then verse 5, it's not the rest of Canaan. He, in
this place again, he said, they shall not enter into my rest,
seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
and they to whom it was first preached didn't enter in, they
didn't even enter into Canaan. They stopped out that Kadesh
Barnea and sent the spies down to spy off the land, and the
spies came back and said, we can't take that place, too many
giants. Caleb and Joshua said, God said we could, but ten of
them said we can't, so they turned around and went back. And they
died in the wilderness. They never entered Canaan. Of
all the people that left Egypt, over 20 years of age, two entered
Canaan. The rest, the picture of rest,
the picture of heaven, the picture of God's people entering eternal
rest. But that's not the rest we're
talking about. He said they didn't enter. And verse 8 says this,
listen. For if Jesus, now in the margin
of your Bible, you see that that word is Joshua, Joshua, you see
Moses led the people out of Egypt, led them across the wilderness,
but because Moses did not sanctify God in the eyes of the people
when God told him The people needed water, and he prayed,
and God said, well, go to the rock. I'll stand on the rock,
Moses. And you take your rod and smite that rock. That rod
is the rod of judgment. Every time Moses used that rod,
it was to smite something. He smote Egypt, the flies, the
river Nile, the river blood, the fresh water, all these things
the Red Sea was smitting. Judgment! And he smote that rock. That rock crashed, and he was
smitten in judgment for it. Moses typified it. But the next
time the people wanted water, God said, Moses, I'll stand on
the rock, speak to the rock. Don't take your rod. He didn't
tell him that, but he just said, speak to it. But God was saying,
don't you take your rod and don't you smite that rock. Christ didn't
smitten but once. By one offering, he perfected
for everything that is sanctified. But you speak to that rock. Well,
Moses, like a lot of us, lost his temper with the people. And he stood by the rock. And
he said, you rebels? Ah, he was angry. Must I get
water out of this rock? Read it. Must I get water out
of this rock? Took his rod and smote him. And
he gave water. Christ is the water of life.
And gave plenty of water. But after the people were well
drunk and did what they needed to do with the water, God called
Moses aside. He said, Moses, you didn't sanctify
me. You marred the type. You marred
the picture of Christ. You're not going to enter the
promised land. Joshua is going to take them in. Joshua, the
name Joshua in the Old Testament is Jesus. That's what the word
Joshua is in the Old Testament. It's Jesus. Joshua is Jesus. It means God is my Savior. And
Joshua is the type of Christ. Well, Moses couldn't lead the
people into the Promised Land anyway. Moses, the law came by
Moses. Moses is the law. He represents
the law. He's the man of the law. The
law can't take you under arrest. And that was God's way. You say,
well, how did God get Moses to do this? so that Moses wouldn't
lead them in, Joshua would, just left him to himself. That's all
he has to do, get you or me to do anything, to leave us alone. We'll do it by nature. It's our
nature to get mad. It's our nature not to glorify
God. It's his gift when we obey God,
it's by his restraining grace. Just left him alone. And even
the great Moses, even the man of God, But here, Joshua took them into
the Canaan. But now listen, if Joshua had
given them rest, if that's what rest is, he wouldn't have spoken
afterwards of another rest. There remaineth a rest for the
people of God. Canaan wasn't the rest. Canaan
wasn't that rest. It was just material. prosperity and material peace
for a while until they disobeyed God, and then they had war. Jerusalem
is not that rest. Heaven is not that rest. Heaven
is future rest. But there remaineth a rest for
the people of God right now, right now. And verse 3 says,
We who have believed do enter that rest right now. The rest
I'm talking about, the rest he's talking about, is not Sabbath
day, it's not Canaan land, it's not Jerusalem going over there
once a year to visit the holy land and its relics, it's not
heaven. There remaineth right now rest for the people of God.
And here's what it is. It's not for all mankind. This
man says it's for the people of God. There remaineth a rest
to the people of God. Not all mankind, but believers
in Christ, we who believe, do enter rest. Both Jew and Gentile,
it's the people of God, whom he loves with a special love,
whom he hath chosen and given to Christ, with whom he made
a covenant, those whom he saves from their sins by his blood,
those whom he calls by his gospel. Those who in their hearts believe
with a heart, men, believe it unto righteousness, that rest
is for them right now, right now. And they do enter that rest
when they believe. And it is a spiritual rest of
heart, soul, mind, and spirit which they enter and remain in
that rest until he comes to take them to the eternal rest. And this is what it is, listen
to me. Number one, it's a rest in spirit, soul, heart, and mind
from the burden of ceremony, ritualism, laws, and days for
acceptance with God. I rest. Turn to Galatians chapter
5, Galatians 5. It's a rest from the burden of
the law of ceremony, the law of sin and death, the law of
sacrifices and days, the law of all these things that Israel
labored under all those years. Listen to Galatians 5.1. Stand
fast, therefore, in the freedom wherewith Christ hath made you
free, and be not entangled again with that yoke of bondage. Down
in verse 5 and 6, for we through the Spirit wait for the hope
of righteousness by faith, not by works. For in Jesus Christ
neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision,
nor ceremony of any sort, but it's a faith that worketh by
love, freedom, free from the law, oh happy condition. Jesus
has bled and there is remission. Cursed by the law, bruised by
the power, Christ has suffered, redeemed us once for all. Secondly, it's a rest from the
curse of the law and the fear of condemnation. Look back at
Galatians 3. Galatians 3, verse 13. It's a rest from the curse of
the law and fear of condemnation. Galatians 3, verse 13. Christ
hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse
for us. Cursed is every one that hangeth
on a tree, that the blessings of Abraham, righteousness might
come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ that we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith, believe me. Promise of
the Spirit, promise of rest, peace. There's therefore now
no condemnation to them who are in Christ. Paul said, who can
lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It's God that justifies. Who is he that condemns? It's
Christ that does. Thirdly, it rests from the guilt
of a sinful nature. It rests from the guilt of a
sinful nature. Turn to Romans 7. Now, my friends,
my sinful nature is there. It's in my flesh. I was born with it. It never
left me. I'm 73 years old and my sinful
nature is 73 years old. My sinful nature is there and
it's going to remain in me until I die. That's just a fact. But I'm not going to allow it
to rob me of my peace and rest in Christ. I'm not going to allow
it. I'm going to face the fact that
it's there. My fallen nature, like my deaf ears, are there
to stay. The ear doctor told me, he said,
you needn't hope to ever hear well again. You're going to keep
getting worse. Your hearing keeps getting worse and worse and worse
the older you get. That's a fact. I accept it. And I do what I can to overcome
the handicap of it. But I'm not going to give in
to it and pout and moan. and be damned. I'm going to say,
well, I could have a lot worse than that, a lot worse. And my sinful nature is there
and I'm going to be like Paul here in Romans 7, listen to him,
verse 18. I know, this is a fact, I know
in me that's in my flesh. Well, it's no good thing, do
you know that? Is he getting any better? Do
you hope someday you're going to wind it up and not be bothered
with it anymore? No, not as long as you're in
this flesh. Paul says, I know in me, in my flesh dwelleth no
good thing. To will is present with me. I
have the will to be perfect and the desire to be perfect and
the desire to please God. But how to do it, how to perform
that which is perfect, I don't find it in me. The good that
I would do not, the good for the good that I would, I do not.
But the evil I would not do, I do not. Now let's just face
it. If I do that, I would not. That's
not, it's not I. It is no more I that do it. That's not the new man. That's
not the man that believes Christ and loves Christ and walks with
Christ and wants to honor Christ. But that's sin that dwells in
me. It what? It used to dwell in me, it dwells
in me. You know what it says? It didn't
used to, it dwells in me. And I find then a law that when
I would do good, evil is present with me. But I'll tell you this,
I delight in the law of God after the inward man. And that's my
peace. That's my peace. And I rest with that. I rest. guilt of a sinful nature. It's
there, it'll remain there until I die, but I'm not going to let
it rob me of my rest and peace and joy in Christ Jesus. I'm
going to take joy in the fact that God's given me a new nature
and a new heart. I love his word. I love his love. I love his presence. I love his
people. And I love this time together.
And I'm not going to let those other things destroy that peace. not going to do it. Here is its
rest from the burden of the law, ceremony, its rest from the fear,
curse of the law and fear of condemnation, its rest from the
guilt of a sinful nature, and its total rest from the toil
and labor of religious works. When you enter the rest of Christ,
You do what you do in worship and giving and works and these
things, because that's what you want to do. That's what you want
to do. You don't do it because you're afraid God will send you
to hell. If you don't do it, you won't
have as many rewards in heaven as somebody else. It's not a
duty, it's a desire. Because listen to Titus chapter
3. It's not by works of righteousness which we've done. It's according
to his mercy he saved us. We're saved by mercy, not by
works, not by the deeds of the law. We're saved by his mercy,
by the washing of regeneration, renewing of the Holy Ghost which
he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Lord. Have I
done enough? I haven't done anything. He did
it all. Have I given enough? Have I done
enough? Have I worked hard enough? That's just not supposed to enter
our minds. We're supposed to look to Christ,
to rest in what he did, what he's done for us, what our Lord's
given us, what we find in him. It rests from that we accept
it in the beloved. Our peace and our rest is found
in him, not in our deeds and our duties and our works and
our meditations and our devotions. It's found in Christ. Here's
the last one. What is this rest? It's rest
from the doubts and fears regarding death, the death of this body. It's
rest from those doubts and fears. and questioning my hope of glory
in Christ Jesus, I believe. I believe God. He that believeth
on the Son hath everlasting life. Isn't that God's promise? Isn't
that his word? Turn to Psalm 23. You know this well, but let's read it again. Let's look
at it again. This is David talking. The Lord
is my shepherd. Is he? Yes he is. He's my shepherd. I don't have
any other shepherd. Don't have any other savior.
God, the Lord Jesus Christ is my shepherd. I believe him. You
do too. And I shall not want, I shall
not want for anything God requires or the law requires or heaven
demands. I have that in Christ. He makes
me to lie down in green pastures. I won't, I don't like for spiritual
food, it's his word. He leads me beside the stairwaters. I don't lack for rest. He restores
my soul. I don't lack for salvation. He
leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. I don't
lack for holiness. In Christ I'm holy. In my flesh
dwelleth no good thing, but when I dwell in Christ by faith, by
grace, I'm perfect. And yet though I walk through
this valley of the shadow of death, I'm not going to fear
Because he's with me, his rod and his staff comfort me, and
he daily prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
He daily anoints my head with oil, my cup's running over. Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever. And when you believe him, and
this confidence and assurance is not in my faith, it's not
in the amount of it or the greatness of it or the power of it or the
feeling of it, and it doesn't lie in circumstances. It's in
him. He's my shepherd. He's my substitute. He's my savior. He's my righteousness. He's my sanctification. He's
my justifier. That tells me this in verse 10,
look at it. Verse 9 says, There remaineth
therefore a rest to the people of God, those who believe. For
he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his. Who is that he? He that entered
rest. Who is that? That's Christ. Your
Lord and my Lord. Your representative, my representative.
Your Savior, my Savior. He has ceased from his works,
his own works. Before our Lord came into this
world, back in eternity, the Father gave him a work to accomplish. And when he prayed in Gethsemane's
garden at the end of his life, he said, Father, I finished the
work you gave me to do. glorify thy son, that thy son
may glorify thee." I finished the work he gave me to do. The
works that I do are not my works, the works of him that sent me.
What was that work? To perfect for us a perfect righteousness
by his perfect life in flesh and blood, and to go to that
cross and bear our sins and pay our sin debt. And when he finished
it, he said, it's finished! finished his works, he ceased
from them, he did what? He sat down at the right hand
of God. Now if my representative is not
walking the floor, why should I be walking the floor? If he's
not disturbed about the completion of the work and the satisfaction
of the Father and the acceptance of the Father, I want you to
tell me what good is going to be to me to walk the floor? He sat down. having finished
his work. He entered his rest. It's finished. Now look at the next verse. Let
us labor. That word is not perspiration
and exertion of this flesh. That's let us strive. Let us
endeavor. Therefore, to enter into that
very rest which he purchased, which he accomplished, which
he fulfilled, let us endeavor to enter into that rest. It's
his rest. He that entered into his rest,
let us endeavor to enter into that rest. Rest in Christ. Let us strive by faith, looking
to Christ, to enter into his righteousness. his sanctification,
his wisdom, his redemption, his rest, and get ourselves out of
the picture. Well, I didn't pray enough today
as I should have. Well, if I had, I'd be a better
preacher. Well, if I was a better preacher, maybe I'd hear him. For the sakes of God, if just
can go round and round and round, can't it? I'm not going to if
this thing. I believe. I believe. We which have believed do enter
into rest." Here's rest. Here's a bit of help, Matthew
11. Turn over there a minute. Here's a bit of help on that.
In Matthew 11, verse 27. Don't be agonizing over the lost
ceremony, it's completed. Don't be agonizing over the toil
and labor of curse of the law and condemnation and fear of
death. He has delivered us from the
fear of death. O death, where is thy sting?
O grave, where is thy victory? God has given us the victory
in Christ our Lord. He's my shepherd. Don't label
unto the guilt of that fleshly nature. It's there and it's going
to stay there and you just have to keep mortifying it and keep
crucifying it and keep pushing it down and rejoicing Now verse
27, Matthew 11, all things are delivered unto me of my Father. Everything is put in the hands
of Christ. No man knoweth the Son, but the Father, and he that
knoweth any man, the Father saith the Son, and he to whomsoever
the Son will reveal him. So you come to me. All of you
that labor, labor unto the curse, labor unto the ceremonies, labor
unto the guilt, labor unto the fear, labor under all these things. You're the laborer, the heavy
laborer. That's not talking about you fellas plowing your gardens
and that's good for us. We need that kind of labor. We
need to sweat and get some calluses and that's good for us. But God
told us we're going to earn our bread with sweat and brown. He's
talking about laboring to find acceptance with God by what you
do and who you are and what you give and how far you go. Laborer
and heavy laborer, you come to me. in faith, believe. And I'll give
you rest. Not later. You'll have a rest
in glory. But I'm talking about right this
minute, right? I'll give you rest. And you take my yoke upon
you. You plow in my field. You be
my oxen. You wear my yoke. And my yoke's
easy and my burden's light. My law is not grievous. You take
my yoke upon you and you learn of me. I'm meek and lowly in
heart. And you'll find more rest. It'll just keep coming. The more
you look to Him, the more you start prying open this old heart
and start looking about and see if you've kept up with somebody
on the racetrack or see if you've done various things. There's
no end to that. If you want to be saved by the
law, it's a long road, and at the end there's a pit. Christ
is the way, the good way, the blessed way, the blessed way,
the only way. the way of rest. And here's our
guarantee right here, here's the two-fold foundation. Christ,
verse 12, is the Word, and Christ, verse 14, is the High Priest.
Let's look at the Word. This is not the written Word
only, this is the incarnate Word. For the Word of God is alive
and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword. He's the
Word of God. He spoke for us in the covenant
of grace before the world began. He spoke the world into being.
And he's the word by which you were quickened when you believed.
We're born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible seed,
the word of God that's alive. Quick is alive. He gives life. He gives eternal life. He said,
I give them life. He's quick. He's powerful. He's
the power and wisdom of God. He's sharper than any two-edged
sword. He's peerless to the indivisible. He pierces the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. He knows our thoughts.
He knows our minds. He knows the intents of our hearts.
He knows our motive. He circumcises the heart with
that soul of the Word. He separates the false from the
truth. He's the discerner of thoughts.
Nothing's hid, neither is any creature that's not manifest
in his sight. You see, if that were talking
about the Bible alone, It wouldn't say in verse 13, and neither
does any creature not manifest in his sight. The Word is a person. But all things are naked and
open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Now, here's
the second foundation. Seeing then that we have a great
high priest. And our high priest is not offering
sacrifices down here on earth to tabernacles. He's passed into
the heavens. He's at the right hand of God. And tell you who
he is, he's the son of God. You talk about a blessed, why
shouldn't we have rest? We've got a great high priest,
with a better covenant, a better sacrifice, his own blood, in
a better place, in heaven itself, and he's the son of God. And
he ever lives to make intercession for us? Well, let's hold fast
our profession. We don't have a high priest who
can't be touched with the feeding of our infirmities. He was in
all points tempted like as we are yet without sin. He knows
us. He walked this earth. He was
a son of a woman. He worked in a carpenter's shop. He knows what the flesh is. He
knows what temptation is. He knows what sin is. He is tempted
in, what does that say, in most general points? No, in all points
as we are. Thank God yet without sin. So let us therefore come holy. You don't need to sneak around
outside. You're welcome. You're a member.
You don't need to sneak around. You just come full-fledged, open-faced,
with confidence and boldness, right into the presence of God.
to obtain mercy, that's where we come from, mercy, mercy, and
grace to help us in time of need. How much grace do I need? Oh,
my, my, my, more and more and more. When's my time of need? Every second of every day I need
grace, and his grace is sufficient. That's what that chapter is talking
about, rest. But it's not by the power of
positive thinking. It's by the power of our heart
place and the blood of our Savior and the grace of our God. It's
not by all these fellows that want you to attain to a certain point, you
know, Because tomorrow you'll have to start over again. It's
a new day. That's right. It's a new day.
But he's always there. That's our rest.

Rest for the People of God

What does the Bible say about the rest of God?

How do we know that God promises rest to His people?

Why is faith crucial for entering God's rest?

What does it mean to rest in Christ?

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What does the Bible say about the rest of God?

How do we know that God promises rest to His people?

Why is faith crucial for entering God's rest?

What does it mean to rest in Christ?

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