060604 The Promised Rest Hebrews 4 1 11 Dale Wells

The Promised Rest Dale Wells Palm Desert Church of Christ June 4, 2006

There s no doubt about the overriding theme of Hebrews 4:1-11 ,[object Object]

There s no doubt about the overriding theme of Hebrews 4:1-11 ,[object Object],[object Object]

America has enjoyed relative rest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beneath civil unrest – social unrest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beneath that – personal unrest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

We’d like to follow David’s heart ,[object Object],[object Object]

By contrast, Hebrews 4 offers rest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The text raises three questions: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hebrews unfolds the OT background: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Exodus 33:11-14 NIV ,[object Object]

That generation with exception of Caleb & Joshua rebelled against God ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Deuteronomy 12:8-10 NIV ,[object Object]

Joshua 21:43-45 NIV ,[object Object]

Centuries later David warned his people not to forfeit God’s rest ,[object Object]

This cannot refer to promised land ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Genesis 2:2-3 NIV ,[object Object]

True, God is still active ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hebrews parallels OT & NT experience of God’s people ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Is the promised rest entirely future? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hebrews 6:4-6 NIV ,[object Object]

Hebrews 12:22-24 NIV ,[object Object]

Present tense suggests we can begin to enter into God’s rest now ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

In order for God to enter into his rest, he had to rest from his labors ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

But we also enter into God’s rest by ceasing from another kind of labor ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Matthew 11:28-30 NIV ,[object Object]

He can lift the burden ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Are you enjoying rest now? ,[object Object],[object Object]

Where is this promise to be found? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

He traces the theme of rest through the entire Bible ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

God speaks through what he has spoken ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How may we inherit this promise and enter this rest? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Hence, the urgency of our obedience! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Psalm 62:5-8 NIV ,[object Object]

Psalm 91:1-2 NIV ,[object Object]

Jeremiah 6:16 NIV ,[object Object]

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