Tag: rest in Christ
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Learning to Ride — Hebrews 4:11
Hebrews 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. At first glance the verse sounds almost contradictory. “Labour… to enter into rest.” How do you work at resting? Here is what the writer is saying. The real effort of the Christian life is…
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When the Hammer Stops — Hebrews 4:10
Hebrews 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. From the very beginning of the Bible we see a pattern. God created the heavens and the earth in six days. Then on the seventh day He rested. Not because He was…
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A Rest Beyond Canaan — Hebrews 4:7–9
Hebrews 4:7–9 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.There remaineth therefore a rest to…
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A Rest Bigger Than a Day — Hebrews 4:3
Hebrews 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest… To the Jewish mind, the idea of rest was already settled. “Of course we have rest,” they would say. “Every seventh day we stop. The Sabbath is our rest.” But the writer of Hebrews gently opens their eyes to something far greater. Notice the…
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Afraid of the Wrong Thing — Hebrews 4:1
Hebrews 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. When most people think about fear, they imagine punishment, judgment, or losing control of life. But the writer of Hebrews points us in a completely different direction. Catch…
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Rest Is Coming – 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9
2 Thessalonians 1:7–9 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence…