Tag: spiritual rest
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Nothing Hidden — Hebrews 4:13
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. Right after saying that the Word of God pierces the heart like a sharp sword, the writer adds another thought. God sees everything.…
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The Sword That Reveals the Heart — Hebrews 4:12
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Most of us grew up hearing this verse explained one…
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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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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…