Hebrews 4:1-12

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. (Hebrews 4:1 NIV)

For those who, like the New Testament writers, have a real burden and sense of responsibility for the spiritual life of God's people, one of the most heart-breaking things is the way in which so many who gave promise of going right on with the Lord are caught in...

We were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. (2 Corinthians 1:8 ESV)

The Lord Jesus said "I am the true Vine," and
it was prophesied of Him that He would tread the winepress alone. The Cross was
His winepress. How He was pressed in the Cross! He was crushed and broken, but
out of that breaking has come the Life which you and I have, and...

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
...

The word of God is living and active.
Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and
spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
(Hebrews 4:12 NIV)

The whole thought of God, running right
through this letter, is spiritual fullness; and any religion – even Christianity
– mixing and confusing soul and...

Let us then be eager to know this rest for ourselves, and let us beware that no
one misses it through falling into the same kind of unbelief as those we have
mentioned. (Hebrews 4:11 Phillips)

Those who failed to go in failed, it says, to enter into His rest. Those to
whom the Gospel was afore preached failed to enter in. That is remarkable! The
Gospel was...

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,...

Let us then be
eager to know this rest for ourselves, and let us beware that no one misses it
through falling into the same kind of unbelief as those we have mentioned.
(Hebrews 4:11 Phillips)

Why all these exhortations in the New Testament to go on? Why is the
New Testament just made up of exhortations and encouragements and
...