Bible Verses: Lamentations 3:19-27Psalms 73:15-16Hebrews 4:1-16Matthew 9:36Mark 1:41Luke 7:13
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For Reading and Meditation: Hebrews 4:1-16
We turn now to consider that facet of God's character which we describe as "grace." Grace is more than a synonym for love; it is a characteristic of the Deity which is quite close to love (and mercy) but yet deserves to be seen as different and distinctive. I heard an old Welsh preacher say: "Grace is a word with a...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:1-16Daniel 9:1-18Deuteronomy 9:51 Peter 5:5
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"There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God." Hebrews 4:9
God has provided a Sabbath, and some must enter into it. Those to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief; therefore, that Sabbath remains for the people of God. David sang of it; but he had to touch the minor key, for Israel refused the rest of God. Joshua could not give it, nor Canaan yield it: it remains for believers.
Come, then,...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:9
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How different will be the state of the believer in heaven from what it is here! Here he is born to toil and suffer weariness, but in the land of the immortal, fatigue is never known. Anxious to serve his Master, he finds his strength unequal to his zeal: his constant cry is, "Help me to serve thee, O my God." If he be thoroughly active, he will have much labour; not too much for his will, but more than enough for his power, so that he will cry out, "I am not wearied of the labour, but I am...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:9
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This portion of Scripture is an exposition of the ninety-fifth Psalm. The word rendered " rest'' in this verse, is different from the word so rendered in many other verses of the context. It does not, however, signify anything different: it is intended to elucidate. There is in it a reference to the Sabbath, and it indicates a Sabbatical rest - a great and glorious rest of which the Sabbath is an emblem. And Paul exhorts the Hebrew Christians to labor to enter into that rest. To labor now,...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:9
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There still exists, therefore, a full and complete rest for the people of God. (Hebrews 4:9 Phillips)
I am sure it will
sound to many of you like going a long way back and going out into a very
broad realm when I say that we Christians are being constantly confronted with
and challenged by our Christianity. Many of us have not really entered into
...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:9Matthew 11:28
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All who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God
did after creating the world. (Hebrews 4:10 NLT)
Christ is God's Sabbath. Christ is our Sabbath. When we enter by faith into Christ's righteousness, we enter into God's rest. It is a tremendous power.... The Lord says, in quite simple language, "If only you will trust Me, and
trust My provision,...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:10
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This is not your rest. § There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. § Behind the veil, where the forerunner has entered for us, even Jesus.In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also. § With Christ, which is far better.God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there...
Bible Verses: Deuteronomy 12:9Micah 2:10Hebrews 4:9Hebrews 6:19Hebrews 6:20John 14:2John 14:3Philippians 1:23Revelation 21:4Job 3:17Matthew 6:20Matthew 6:21Colossians 3:2
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They weary themselves to commit iniquity. § I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. § Having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which...
Bible Verses: Hebrews 4:3Jeremiah 9:5Romans 7:23Romans 7:24Matthew 11:28Romans 5:1Romans 5:2Hebrews 4:10Philippians 3:9Isaiah 28:12
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Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! § The Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. § For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats could take away sins. Therefore, when He came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You have prepared for Me.” … By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Abel … brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat....
Bible Verses: Hebrews 12:24John 1:29Revelation 13:8Hebrews 10:4Hebrews 10:5Hebrews 4:10Genesis 4:4Ephesians 5:2Hebrews 10:22Hebrews 10:19
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For Reading and Meditation: Lamentations 3:19-27
Now we come to the turning point of the seventy-third psalm - the point where the psalmist takes the first step toward the resolution of his problem. We must not forget that the purpose of this psalm is to show us how the writer solved his problem, so that when we get into the same kind of difficulty we can apply...