Hebrews 4: Let Us Therefore

Q: What does the Bible say about unbelief?

Unbelief is regarded as the most serious sin in the Bible, leading to separation from God's rest. The Bible presents unbelief as the granddaddy of all sins, leading to severe consequences such as separation from God's rest. In Hebrews 4, it is highlighted that many who heard God's promises did not enter into His rest because of their unbelief. The Israelites who left Egypt, except for Joshua and Caleb, perished in the wilderness due to their refusal to believe in God's faithfulness, despite witnessing His mighty works. Unbelief not only denies the power and promises of God but also declares Him a liar. God’s wrath is particularly aimed at unbelief, making it the chief reason for spiritual death and condemnation.

Q: How do we know God's promises are true?

God's promises are affirmed through His unchanging nature and faithfulness throughout scripture. The truth of God's promises can be trusted based on His immutable character and the fulfillment of His Word. Scripture assures us that God's Word will not fail and will accomplish what it is intended to do (Isaiah 55:11). In Hebrews 4, we see the writer encouraging believers to fear the loss of the promises of God, reminding them of their certainty due to God's unchanging nature. The promise of entering rest is secure for those who believe, as seen in passages emphasizing the sufficiency of Christ's work and the assurance of salvation offered in Him.

Q: Why is faith important for Christians?

Faith is crucial for Christians as it is the means by which we enter into God's rest and receive His promises. Faith holds a central place in the life of a Christian, as it is the mechanism through which believers access God's grace and assurance of salvation. In Hebrews 4, it is stated that those who believe enter into God's rest, a concept that is intertwined with the peace and reconciliation offered through Christ. Faith is not just about intellectual assent but is a heartfelt trust in God's character and His promises. Without faith, individuals cannot please God, as faith is essential for any relationship with Him. Thus, Christians are called to strive to enter that rest through unwavering belief in His Word and His Son.

and yet provoked him? Who were
they that heard the Lord and yet rebelled against him? Was
it not all who came out of Egypt led by Moses?" That's exactly
what that's saying. Now you believe me and trust
me, that is what that's saying. There were only two men who came
out of Egypt. And how many came out? Two, three,
four million. Only two over twenty years of
age, only two, Joshua and Caleb, who came out of Egypt, entered
the Promised Land. The rest of them perished, their
carcasses fell in the wilderness. And that's what he's asking here.
Who were they that heard? And yet they heard, they heard
God, they heard the Lord, and yet they rebelled and they provoked
God. Was it not all? Was it not all
of them? Yes, it was all of them. who
came out of Egypt. Now, verse 17 is another question.
But with whom was the Lord grieved forty years? With whom was he
grieved, irritated, provoked for forty years? Was it not with
them that had sinned, who murmured and rebelled, found fault with
God's providence, and fell into wilderness? Verse 18 is another
question. And to And to whom did the Lord swear
in his wrath, and I read this twice in Hebrews 4, they shall
not enter into my rest. To whom swear he that they should
not enter into his rest, but to those who heard his words,
saw his mighty works, and did not believe. Now look at verse
19. Here is the conclusion. So then we see, it's obvious
for all who want to see, that they could not enter in, they
could not enter into rest, they could not enter into that land
flowing with milk and honey, they could not enter into that
Canaan land because of unbelief. Unbelief, the granddaddy of all
sin. One time George Whitfield was
sitting in his study, and a young man asked to see him. And he
came into Mr. Whitfield's study and sat down. He was weeping, just weeping,
so brokenhearted. And he said, Mr. Whitfield, I'm
a lost sinner. I'm such an ungodly sinner. And Whitfield said, what makes
you think that you're an ungodly sinner? And he began to confess
things that he had done. He confessed this sin and that
sin and another sin, and then he paused and wept a while, and
Whitfield said, is that all? He said, is that all? He said,
Mr. Whitfield, and he went on to
confess some more things that he had done in his youth. And
he paused a moment to weep some more, and Whitfield said, and
is that all? He said, is that all? And he
began to confess some more. And finally Whitfield stopped
him and said, young man, you've confessed all these things you've
done, all these horrible wicked sins, but you've left out the
most horrible evil of all, unbelief. Unbelief. You haven't believed God. And
young man, unbelief declares Almighty God to be alive. He that believeth not the record
that God hath given concerning his son hath declared God to
be a liar. That's per se. We run around talking about these
good people, these good people. But I'll tell you this, anyone
who's not in the fold of Christ, who has not believed on the Son
of God, is guilty of calling Almighty God a liar. And that's
pretty serious. Unbelief denies the fall of man. Unbelief denies the holiness
of God's justice. Unbelief says, I don't need a
mediator. Unbelief says, I don't need a
high priest. Isn't that right? Unbelief says,
I don't need a mercy seat. I can come and stand before the
awesome, awesome holiness of God who dwells between the cherubim,
and I don't need any blood. Unbelief takes a look at the
cross of Jesus Christ. where he made his soul an offering
for sin, where he agonized under the guilt and filth of our transgressions. Unbelief takes a look at the
sufferings of the Savior when he screamed, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me? And where he died in agony, and
unbelief said, that's not necessary. That's not necessary, I don't
need death. That's all in vain. That's how
serious unbelief is. Unbelief would rob Jesus Christ
of his preeminence. Now, God Almighty has decreed
that in all things he shall have the preeminence. And every knee
is going to bow and every tongue is going to confess that he's
Lord, to the glory of God. would rob him of that preeminence
and put man in his place. That's how serious it is, unbelief.
There's no sin, let me tell you, I don't care. I know we pick
up our newspapers and we read where someone is assaulted or
abused, a young child, or where someone has beaten an infant
to death or left it in a garbage can and we just say, oh, how
ungodly man is, how ungodly man is. And we read of all the cocaine
dealers and all the murderers and the thieves, and we just
say, oh, I thank God I'm not like those people. But I'll tell you this, you can
take all the sins of all the men of this world and put them
together this morning. And Almighty God, now you trust
me, I'm telling you the truth, Almighty God's anger and wrath
is not against those sins nearly so much as his wrath and anger
is turned against unbelief. That's exactly right, unbelief.
They could not enter in because of what? Unbelief. That's the chief reason, that's
the sole reason, there's no sin like unbelief. And I guarantee
you this, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven,
not unbelief. God will not forgive unbelief.
There's going to be people in heaven who were murderers. Saul
of Tarsus you read about this morning was one. There's going to be people in
heaven who were adulterers. David's one. There are going
to be men in heaven who were liars. Abraham lied. Oh, yes,
he did. Yes, he did. There are going
to be people in heaven who had something to do with false worship. Abram made a golden calf. Yes,
he did. He said he just threw that in
the fire that came out, but he didn't. I guarantee you he made
it. I guarantee you he made it. But there's not going to be a
living soul in heaven who does not believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ. Now you write that down. Now
you write that. Is that correct? Then that's
the chief sin. And it's ultimately the only
sin that will damn a soul. Ultimately. Ultimately, it's
the only sin that puts you in hell with unbelief. Isn't that
correct? Well, that's correct. You know that it is. There's
no sin like the sin of unbelief, and there's no honor, and there's no pleasure that
a son of Adam can contribute to a holy God like faith. Old Enoch had this report that
he pleased God. Why? He believed him. He believed
God. That's right. Abraham was called,
God called him my friend. Why? He believed him. That's right, he believed God.
Without faith it's impossible to please God. For he that cometh
to God must believe that he is. Must. Must. It's one of those
musts. He must go through Samaria, and
that's where he'll go. The Son of Man must be lifted
up, and he will be. Other sheep I have which are
not of this fold, them I must bring. Well, this is a must,
too. He that cometh to God must. You
can come down now, shake the preacher's hand, come to the
water, come to the table, come to the candle, come as he sang
to Sinai, I come where you will, but you ain't coming to God without
belief in Come where you will. Come to church. Come to the altar. Come to the morning's bench.
Come where you will. I don't care, but you ain't coming
to God until you believe. That's the reason he starts verse
4 with, Let us therefore fear. What have I got to fear? Unbelief. Let us therefore, us believers,
he's writing to believers, he's writing to the Hebrews scattered
here and there, and he said, brethren, let us fear. God take heed, he said, lest
there be found in you, brethren, an evil heart of unbelief. Let us therefore fear, fear,
lest the promise That's the promise, oh what a promise, a promise
of forgiveness being left to us. If we confess our sins, he's
faithful and just to forgive us our sins. That's a promise.
A promise as sure as the character of God. That's a promise. The
promise of reconciliation. God was in Christ reconciling
the world himself. That's a promise. The promise
of peace. Christ said, come unto me, I'll
give you rest. My peace give I unto you. That's
a promise. A promise. The promise of entering
into his rest, both now and later. That's a promise. What a glorious promise. What
a certain promise. What a sure promise. A promise,
precious promise is the word that God calls them. And they're
given to us and they're left to us and let's fear lest we
come short of obtaining the promise. Now, God won't fail. He shall not fail. God won't
fail. His Word will not fail. He said,
My Word will not return unto the devoid. It shall accomplish
that whereunto I have sent it. His Son will not fail. The pleasure
of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. His blood shall not
fail. If there is a failure anywhere, in regard to those promises and
that life and that hope will be right here. Is that right,
Bob? Let us therefore say, God's not
going to fail now. Now, He's not going to fail.
His promises aren't going to fail. His Word is not going to
fail. Heaven won't be bankrupt if I'm not there. It's going
to be heaven. Christ's not going to have any
less glory if I'm not there. The program, the purpose, the
plan, the preeminence is going to go right on. The celebration,
the marriage supper. You think about this now. It's
going to go right on, Dan, if I'm not there. If I'm in hell,
it's going to go right on. Ain't nobody going to be looking
for me. I hear the old song, I dreamed, I searched heaven
for you, bunch of balonies, what that is. That's all that is. Nobody's
going to be searching for me. There's plenty of room in heaven,
but there's no vacancies. Every name tag has a person.
And those who are not there are not going to discredit those
who are. And those who are not there are not going to bring
any reproach to those who are. That's right now. My Lord, justice
is going to be magnified and honored just like His holiness
and His mercy. So here's what Paul is saying,
if Paul wrote this, let us, us, therefore say, lest those promises
being left us, any of us, any of you, should seem to come short
of. For, what's this now? For, the
gospel was preached to us, and whatever else I've done here,
or haven't done, is immaterial. But I have preached the gospel. And all who have been brought
here have preached the gospel. In fact, I'm very jealous of
this place. And I wouldn't dare let anybody stand here who doesn't
preach the gospel. That's right. I tell him, Brother
Danny Parks, the shepherd is our Lord, who's chief, good,
and great shepherd. But the under-shepherd is his
pastor. And the wise pastor and shepherd of the flock doesn't
wait until the wolf is among the sheep before he shoots him.
He spots him out on the hill. He spots him coming over the
hill. Now, he may miss a few, but not many if he's an alert
man. And I've tried to keep out of here those who do not preach
the gospel. And I brought here all whom I
know who do preach the gospel, clearly enunciate the gospel.
And the reputation that you men who go out from this place have,
in case you didn't know it, the reputation you have is you preach
the gospel. And the missionaries, this man
here preaches the gospel of Christ. I know him, I love him, I have
confidence in him, but I wouldn't support him, nor call upon this
church to support any man who does not boldly, courageously
preach the gospel. without compromise. And it's
been preached to you. The gospel of covenant mercies
has been preached to us. It's been preached here. It's
being preached this morning. His incarnation, his deity, his
humanity, his righteousness, his death, his blood, his resurrection,
his ascension has been preached. Under us was the gospel preached! You get that? Have you heard
it? I'm not talking about here. You have to hear it if you're
sitting there, you know, unless you stop up your ears. Have you
heard it? Has thou heard? Well, what's
this? Unto us was the gospel preached
as well as unto them. Who's the them? He's the folks
he's been talking about. Those that did not enter Canaan. Those that came out of Egypt
and perished their carcasses lying in the wilderness. The gospel was preached to them
too. The gospel was preached to them
in the Passover. The gospel was preached to them
in the manna. The gospel was preached to them
in the smitten rock. The gospel was preached to them
in the brazen serpent lifted up. The gospel was preached to
them in the tabernacle. There is no message of the gospel
like the tabernacle. The holy place, the holy of holies,
the ark, the mercy seat, the atonement. That's the gospel,
but what happened? But it didn't profit them. Under
God, what a charge! It didn't do them any good. It didn't do them any good. It did not profit them. Why?
They did not believe. This gospel came, and it was
not mixed with faith in those that heard it. They didn't believe. And therefore you look across
that wilderness as Joshua led the people of God into Canaan
in that triumphant hour, in that great day. And you turn and look
back over that wilderness after 40 years of wandering. And listen
to me now. And this is a pretty good message
for me to preach when I'm approaching my 39th year here, isn't it?
Forty years. After 40 years of Moses' leadership, After 40 years of seeing the
hand of God, after 40 years of seeing the gospel in tight patterned
picture, their carcasses fell in the wilderness and they didn't
enter in. They didn't enter in. Joshua did and Caleb did simply
because they believed God. I don't think Joshua and Caleb
were more holy than anybody else. I don't think Joshua and Caleb
were particularly more intelligent than anybody else, but they believed
God. And there are people right here
who have been here, some of you have been here 38 years, as long
as I've been here. Some have been here 30, some
25. And all that time there's been
gospel preach, gospel preach, gospel preach. Have you heard? Or will that triumphant day,
that jubilee day, that day of our Lord dawn in His people who
do believe? They don't claim to be holier
than thou. They don't claim to have given
more to the church. They don't claim to have won
more sold. They don't claim to know more scripture. They don't
claim to be more intelligent. They're just going in because
they believe God. It didn't profit them because
they didn't believe it. And those who were profited,
they just might believe it. I know belief does produce results. I know it does produce works
of faith and labor of love. I know that, you know that, anybody
who's got good sense knows that. But works are not the cause of
salvation, they're the results of it. And adorning the doctrine
and walking in righteousness and holiness and truth and honesty
is not the reason for my salvation. My salvation is the reason for
it. I believe God. That dying thief rejoiced to
see that fountain in his day, and there may I, just as vile
as he, wash my sins away. Verse 3. We which have believed do enter
into rest." Brother, let me tell you something, that's a rest.
It's a rest, too. I'm resting. Brother, you mean
you're working your way? No, I'm resting. I'm resting. I'm resting from the burden of
the law. That law holds no fear for me. No sir, I'm resting from
the burden of the law. My Lord's borne that burden.
I'm resting from the curse of the law. My Lord's borne that
curse, paid for it, put it away. I'm resting from any activity
to establish credibility with God. I'm just resting. I didn't get up this morning
and get ready and study my Bible and get this message ready in
order to establish some brownie points with God. And I fix my
offering and I come through here every Sunday morning and I drop
it in there and put Mike's thing up here and go back and turn
on the air conditioner and get ready to teach my class. Not
to find favor with God. I'm one of his sons. One of his
sons. I've entered into a rest. I'm
resting. I'm resting. It's an enjoyment. It's an inward peace. It's a
peace with God. It's a peace of conscience. That's
right. Don't your conscience bother you? It bothers me, but
don't bother him. I'm resting in my heart. I don't
know why all these preachers have ulcers, and church members too. We're
resting. We're resting. I'm resting, and there is therefore
now no condemnation to them who are in Christ. Therefore, being
justified by faith, I have peace with God." It's all right. No
war. Heaven's cannons aren't turned
this way. I'm resting. Well, you're not
what you ought to be, are you? No. You're not what you want
to be, are you? No. You're not what you're going
to be, are you? No. But I am what I am by the
grace of God. I'm his son. He made me. He made
me. Isn't that right, John? And I'm
resting. I'm at peace. He told me. He said, you come
unto me and I'll give you peace and rest. Come unto me, I'll
give you rest. You come to me, I'll give you. And I'm going
to sell it to you. I'm going to give you rest. Come on. And you take my yoke on you.
You take my band on you. You take my band. You're mine
now. You're not showing your mind. You take my brain, you
take my yoke upon you, and you learn of me, and you'll find
rest. I keep on finding it. I have
rest. I've entered rest. I keep finding
more rest in His Word. Finding more rest. Every way
I turn, I find my Lord's rest. Now, watch this. Let me give
you something quickly. In these next few verses, The
Apostle describes this rest by removing all other rests, false
rests. He describes the true rest. He
said in verse 3, look, we which have believed do enter. Now,
he's not talking about heaven now, my friend. He's talking
about we do enter right now, John, a rest. Come on now. This is a rest. Now, it's not,
number one, the rest of God following the creation of the world. It
says here in verse 3, We which believe do enter into rest, for
he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into
my rest, although the works were finished from the foundation
of the world. And he spake in a certain place of the seventh
day on this wise that God did rest the seventh day from all
his work. That's not the rest we enter.
We don't enter the rest of hardshellism or fatalism. We don't say, well,
God elected a people and has a covenant and all the works
are finished and the foundation of the world and God made the
world and God rested. Now we rest in that. Oh, no.
No, not at all. That's not what he's talking
about. It's not God's rest from the creation. It's not God's
rest and purpose. God's purpose will be done. No
use me doing anything. That's not the rest. That's not
it. And then Canaan is not the rest.
Look at verse 5. And in this place, again, he
said, they shall not enter into my rest. That's a typical rest.
They could not enter. Verse 6, some did enter. It must
be, the tithe must be fulfilled. There, some did enter. Joshua
and Caleb entered. The little babies entered. But those who hurried up the
first didn't enter. That's not the rest. It's not
a legal rest. It's not a typical rest. It is
a rest. It is a spiritual rest of which
heaven is only the continuation. Isn't that right? This rest that
the believer enters, this actual, and it's not a theological rest.
like the Sabbath day, and God finished his work, everything's
finished in the foundation, that's not it. It's not a typical rest
like Canaan, and it's not heaven itself. Verse 7, again, he limited
a certain day, saying in David, today after so long a time, as
it is said, today if you'll hear his voice, harden not your heart.
If Joshua had given them rest, if they'd found rest in Canaan,
he wouldn't have spoken of another day. And there remaineth a rest
for the people of God. There is an eternal rest, an
eternal heaven, but that's not this rest. Preachers get to the
point, all right. You know, we do that so often,
preachers. They get up and announce the subject, and then they tell
what it's not for 40 minutes, and save 5 minutes to tell what
it is. But this rest, he's talking about these people couldn't enter
Canaan because of unbelief. Now, you better be scared to
death. You better fear, lest there be found in you an evil
heart of unbelief, and not enter these promises. But this rest,
and we which have believed have entered rest, but this rest is
not theological, it's not typical, and it's not future. It's here
and now. Now watch verse 10. For he that
is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own
works as God did from his. You know who that he and his
is? That's Christ. That's Christ. He entered his
rest. That's the Lord Jesus Christ.
He ceased from his works. He had a work to do and he did
it. Isn't that right? He sat down. No priest in the
tabernacle ever sat down. Why didn't they sit down? They
never finished their work. Sacrifice after sacrifice. Our
Lord came down here. God wrote on his heart, wrote
on his breastplate, wrote on his shoulders, and wrote in his
covenant the names of a people. And our Lord took their surety
ship, he became surety, and came down here and did a work. He
redeemed them. He obeyed the law for them in
every jot and tittle. He died on the cross for them.
He was buried and rose without sin. He ascended to God and he
sat down. having finished his work." He
finished his work and rested. He said, even as God finished
his and rested. And this rest is not from weariness,
it's rest because there ain't nothing else to be done. You
understand what I'm saying? God doesn't get tired. You see,
God six days created the world and He rested. God wasn't tired,
He was through. Understand? He was through. And Jesus Christ came to the
earth and lived and died, and he said, it's finished, and he
sat down. Why? Was he tired? Now, he sat
down on the well, weary, because he was in the flesh. He was a
man. And because you get tired, he got tired. But he's not sitting
down because he's tired now. He's sitting down because he's
through. There's nothing to be done. Now look at the next verse. Let us strive, endeavor, labor,
to enter into that rest. What rest? A finished work. A finished righteousness. Isn't
that right, Dan? That's what he's saying. Quit
striving and laboring and endeavoring like the Jews of Romans 10 to
establish a blooming righteousness before God. Much ado about nothing. Running here and there. I got
it. I read it. I got to give them a time. Don't
give them a time to go to hell. I've got to go to church. If I don't
go to church, I'll go to hell. I've got to win souls. If I don't
win souls, I'll lose my reward. I've got to... You ain't got
to do nothing but rest. Now somebody will go out and
say, well, the priest told us we ain't got to do nothing. Well... If you don't know what I'm saying,
then don't do anything. Because you mess it up, you do.
If you can't serve God out of a heart of love, don't mess with
it. If you can't give, if you can't witness, if you can't live
for the glory of God without trying to bargain with Almighty
God and attain some favor through your merit, then forget the whole
shoot and match and be done. Isn't that right? Be done with
it anyway. Let us strive to enter into that
rest. We were talking about he finished
his work and entered his rest. As God finished his work and
entered his rest, now you finish yours and enter that rest. Here's my soul. I know whom I
have believed. I'm persuaded he's able to keep
that which I've committed to him. Lust in him I am sorrowed after
the same example of unbelief." Do you believe Christ's blood
is sufficient? Trust it. Do you believe his righteousness
is sufficient? Rest in it. Do you believe his
intercession is effectual? Then rest in it. That's right. For, what's this now? What's
this? For the Word of God. The Word of God. is quick, alive,
powerful, sharper than any two-edged sword, has no blunt edge piercing
even the dividing thunder of soul and spirit, the joints and
marrow discerner of the thoughts and the intents of the heart.
Does the word of God here mean the scriptures or Christ? John
Gill, John Owen, several others believe it means Christ. John
Calvin, several others believe it's the scriptures. I believe
it's both. You can't separate Christ and
the Word of God. He is the Word of God. Without
Christ, the Scriptures are nothing. Christ and the Scriptures are
one. Christ reveals the Father and the Scriptures reveal Christ.
Christ is the truth. Christ is the Gospel. Christ
is the Bible. And Christ is alive. And the
Word's alive because He's alive. And it's a living book. the word
of the living God, and it's the living seed. And it's powerful. It's powerful. Our Lord spoke
for the elect in the covenant of grace. He spoke the creation
into existence. He spoke and revealed the Father. He spoke and the dead lived. That's the word of God. It's
got power. And the word of God is sharp,
two-edged. That is, it's all-edge. This
word is all-edge. They're not a blunt side. It's
all age and it's alive and one cannot encounter this Word and
not be affected some way. You can go hear these preachers
preaching on all their different dreams and visions and hogwash,
but if you go hear a man that's preaching this Word, you're going
to get cut. You're not going to leave there
unaffected. He may kill you and he may heal you. That's right. That's right, I'm telling the
truth. You'll be affected some way. He wounds and He heals and
He kills and He makes alive and His Word is the instrument of
His Spirit to do all His will. His Word. That's the reason Paul
said, who's sufficient for these things? You going to put that
in my hands? You going to trust me with that
powerful? If you came in and saw your three-year-old with
a sharp two-edged sword going through the house, you'd grab
it out of his hand. And that's the way I feel. I've got in my
hands a sharp two-edged sword, the Word of God, who is sufficient
for these things. And that Word is piercing, watch
it, and it divides the son to the soul and the spirit. What's
that mean? That means the soul and the spirit
are invisible, and yet the Word of God can divide. You don't
even know where that is, but His Word can reach it. The joints
in the marrow, what a creature, that's all worn, that's all,
that's covered in head. It's so penetrating. The divine
word of God, it'll find you where you are. Whither shall I flee
from thy presence? I'll send thee into heaven right
there, into hell right there, into the most parts of the sea
right there. Can't get away. You're going
to have to deal with him. Because, verse 13, neither is
there any creature that's not manifest in his sight. for everything,
all things, every imagination. Don't give me any pretense here
now. You say, well, I believe, do you? He knows. No hypocrisy, no games. Oh, God forbid, everything is
open and manifest to the sight of Him with whom we have to do. And let me tell you something.
When we preach and teach that God, the eye of the Lord is in
every place beholding the evil and the good, that God knows
all things, that His presence and His word is so piercing it
reaches to the intents of the heart and discerns the intents
of the heart and divides the joints and the marrow, the only
person that disturbs is a false professor and a hypocrite. Peter
found his comfort and confidence in his Lord's ultimate knowledge. When the Lord backed him against
the wall, you love me? You know I love you. You love
me? You love me? Third time. What
did he lean on? You know all things. Everything is naked and open
to you, and you know I love you. And the Lord left him alone. That's right, oh, a hypocrite! He'll run from the all-seeing
eye of God, and he'll bask in the praise of me who just see
out here. What a good boy am I, stuck in
my thong, pulled out of prong. That's where he basked, before
the eyes of men, because he can fool them. You know where the
believer rejoices? Before the all-seeing eye of
God. And he sits there and he says, Lord, I don't claim to
be anything, but I do love you. I've got a lot of faults and
failures. I'd like to be more than I am, but you know, bless
God everything, you know I love you. You know I love you. See that? That's what that's
saying. Do you believe? Our conclusion, our quick. Seeing then that we
have a great high priest. And look at verse 15. We don't
have a high priest that can't be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities. Those fellows over there in Rome, they've never
been married. They don't have a family. Somebody's
fed them all their lives. Somebody clothed them all their
lives. Somebody's catered to them all their lives. They don't
know anything about your life. They don't know anything about
you. They've never lived like you. But we have a high priest
that lived, he was born of a woman, thirsty, wearied, walked the
earth, tested in every part, just like me, of a battle I ever
fought, he fought it, yet without sin. That's my priest. Verse 14 again, seeing we have
a great high priest that's passed into the heavens, That's where
he ministers. He doesn't minister in a building
down here. He's Jesus Christ, the Son of
God. Then let's hold this profession. Let's hold this faith. Let's
don't be tempted or tried to move away. Don't listen to these
voices of people seeking to lead disciples after themselves. Verse
16, But let us come boldly. How? Boldly. Where? To the throne. Thank God it's the throne of
grace. Why? That we may obtain mercy. Mercy, mercy, mercy. All the
time, mercy. Even after 30, 40 years, it's
still mercy. And we'll find grace to help
us in our time of need. That's a sure promise, Herman.
It's God's Word. Do you believe? Well, I think
every one of us will come to this. I believe. I believe, those who do believe.
But we still have to add this, God help my unbelief. Don't you? Increase my faith. Help me out.
All right, let's sing 223. 223. I might leave this. Arise, my soul, arise, shake
off thy guilty fears, the bleeding sacrifice before the Lord appears. Number 223.

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