Christ the True and Better - Hebrews 4:1-13 - The True and Better Prophet pt. 4

God’s rest comes through only the Gospel. - Hebrews 4:1-2 - “Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest (ka ta pow sis) still stands, let us fear (fa beh o) lest any of you should seem to have failed (be devoid, lack in worth) to reach it (rest in Christ). 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. All who believe in Christ have true rest in HIM! - Hebrews 4:3 - “For we who have believed enter that rest (in Christ), as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not (those who did not believe) enter my rest,’” although his (Christ’s) works were finished from the foundation of the world. (complete works of salvation in and through Christ were done since the beginning of creation, Revelation 13:8)True Rest can never be found in a day, can never be found in a law, and can never be found in a place. - Hebrews 4:4-5 - “For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works (act, deed, etc) .” 5 And again in this passage, he said, “They shall not enter my rest.”’ SEE: Isaiah 30:15Rest is only given to God’s people. Now is the time for your rest. Rest from the toil of sin. SEE: Mark 1:15: - Hebrews 4:6-7 ... “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”’Rest comes from no other person...Rest and hope are only given by Jesus Christ, the King of all KINGS and the LORD of all lords. Rest will not come by a political election, - Hebrews 4:8-10 - “For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath (saba tees mos) rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.” (What works? (the work of Christ through the cross. He is the end of our toil and suffering of sin, final and true rest.) Rest can be found in His word through the gift of faith on the wings of the Gospel: SEE- Romans 10:17 - Hebrews 4:11-13 - “Let us, therefore, strive (give diligence) to enter that rest, so that no one may fall (come under condemnation) by the same sort of disobedience (a pie thi a). 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper (cut by single stroke) than any two-edged sword, piercing (penetrate) to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning (fit and skilled to judge) the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13 And no creature (anything created) is hidden from his sight, but all are naked (lay bare, open, no covering) and exposed (expose by bending the neck) to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” - (a pie thi a - obstinacy, obstinate opposition to the divine will)