Today's passage of scripture continues to show the emphasis that God places on the matter of entering His rest. The verses we will look at today are found in Hebrews 4:9-11 where we read, "There remains therefore a Sabath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall through following the same example of disobedience."
We have been discussing this matter of "entering His rest" because God inspired the Hebrew author to write about it at some length. This sort of emphasis should tell us why the writer says in today's passage "to be diligent to enter that rest". I must speak boldly to those brothers and sisters in Christ who have failed to rest in the finished work of our blessed Savior. Why have you not rested from your works? Could a lifetime of your works please Him? What if you were to gather together the "best" of your brothers and sisters in Christ and pool their good works together? Would there be rest in them? These are foolish questions but too many have been lacking in their understanding of the sufficiency of our Savior. He saves to the uttermost!
I know that disobedience is disobedience. But may we not be disobedient in this matter. As we consider Jesus, His birth, His life, His death, His Resurrection, His Ascension and His promised return, may we enter His rest. May we see and remember that He has "sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high", having "made purification of sins". May we rightly understand the work of the Holy Spirit and the exalted position we have when God "raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus". Once more; May we honor Him by resting in Him.
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