Hurry Up and Rest

Published: June 10, 2012, 10 a.m.

b'Hebrews 4:1-11 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: \\u201cAnd on the seventh day God rested from all his work.\\u201d 5 And again in the passage above he says, \\u201cThey shall never enter my rest.\\u201d6 It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. 7 Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as was said before: 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God\\u2019s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. 11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.'