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Hebrews chapter 4.
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So this morning I would say that I'm especially thankful this morning that this is the work of the Spirit.
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! It feels like this week everything that could have gone crazy did go crazy just in preparation and just in different circumstances in life.
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But I'm thankful that we're preaching God's Word.
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It's His authority here. It's His Word that is inerrant and it is profitable for us this morning.
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So I'm thankful for that.
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And yeah, so in Hebrews 4 is where we'll be.
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So just a reminder of where we have been at is that last week we took that break for Mother's Day, preached that sermon.
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But before that we're in the end of chapter 3 of Hebrews where Nathan preached a sermon all about assurance.
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We talked about the realities of pressing on in our faith and by God's grace persevering to the end.
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We talked about a really scary reality of beginning really well and then coming to a really poor end.
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We talked about the reality of sin's deception and how quickly it can eat away at us if we're not rooted in good soil.
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We talked about how the passage is so clear about the church exhorting one another, especially in verses 12 and 13 of chapter 3 about constantly pressing each other on towards holiness, towards Christ-likeness, and leading each other away from sin.
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So as we persevere, we prove that that faith that God Himself is preserving in us is that good soil.
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And we talked about how such a sad example was given here about the children of Israel not reaching that appointed rest.
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But we also saw why.
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It didn't leave us guessing as to why they didn't get to that rest.
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It was very, very, very clear.
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And it was because of their unbelief.
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Unbelief is why they didn't reach that rest.
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And so with all of that context, that's kind of where we're at today.
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So we've just talked a lot about persevering to the end, the dangers of falling away.
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And so we have our passage today continuing along those kind of lines.
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So let's go ahead and read it, and we will jump in from there.
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So Hebrews chapter 4, we'll go ahead and read the first 11 verses.
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It says,
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Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us fear, lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
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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.
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For we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said,
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As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest, although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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For He has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way, and God rested on the seventh day from all His works.
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And again in this passage He said,
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Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,
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Again, He appoints a certain day, today, saying through David so long afterwards, and the words already quoted,
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Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.
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For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on.
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So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God,
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for whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from His works, as God did from His.
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Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
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So before we go any further, let's pray.
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God, I acknowledge that anything said here this morning or heard here this morning is of no value apart from Your grace, Lord.
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And so we ask for Your grace this morning.
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I ask that You would guide my tongue.
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You would give me the proper words to speak that Your church needs for its building up, Lord.
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And You would truly bring Your word to fruition in our lives, Lord.
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And guard my tongue against saying anything falsely, Lord.
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And just let Your word be truthfully proclaimed this morning.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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So, for y'all that really like organization and planning,
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I'd like to go ahead and give a little bit of the structure for what we're going to look at.
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And there are four aspects I really want to look at about God's rest.
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So these are the four aspects.
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So four aspects of God's rest.
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First one is the available rest.
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The available rest.
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Secondly, the nature of that rest.
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The nature of that rest.
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Thirdly, the rest now and the rest later.
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And finally and fourthly, the striving necessary to enter that rest.
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The striving necessary to enter that rest.
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So we'll begin with the available rest.
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Verse one makes the comment that the promise of entering God's rest still stands.
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It then gives us a warning that we should be very careful lest we fail to reach it.
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In other words, we should be very diligent to make sure that we enter this rest.
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In verse two, notice that it describes two different types of people who hear the good news.
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Those who hear it and it benefits them.
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And those who hear it and it doesn't benefit them.
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And it also, again, like it did in chapter three,
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shows the difference between if you benefit or if you don't.
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And that difference was one thing.
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It was that they were united with faith, right?
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It says they were united by faith with those who listen.
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So that is the difference on whether this actually benefited or didn't benefit, right?
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It was those who were united by faith.
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Now, thinking back to chapter three and thinking about the context of this passage,
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let's try to remember who the them is that is being referred to because that will help us a lot.
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This is post-Exodus Israel, right?
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The Israel who were freed from the Egyptians, crossed the Red Sea on dry ground,
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followed God's direction by a cloud and fire, right?
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Given manna to eat.
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And then they were given a couple of faithful messengers, like Caleb and Joshua,
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who said, like, we've made it to the promised land, right?
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We are here.
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We can conquer these people.
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The Lord is on our side, so we can do this.
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This is going to be a piece of cake to take this land, right?
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God is on our side.
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But the people were afraid.
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They said the men were giants.
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Like, we can't do it.
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We can't conquer them.
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And so these were the folks that could not enter the promised land, that rest, right?
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Entering that promised land because they were not united in faith with those who did listen.
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So in this passage here in verses 1 and 2, it's comparing us to being in the same situation.
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We have good news of rest, just like they had good news of rest in their promised land.
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And we have that option today as well.
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But there's also similarities there and differences.
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The big similarity is we obtain it in the same way, by faith.
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It's as simple as that.
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We may enter that rest simply if we have faith, and we'll get more into what that faith looks like
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and what that rest looks like a little bit later.
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But we have that same option.
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It's not as if we're inheriting a promised land in the exact same way,
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but we are inheriting a beautiful inheritance in the Lord that is that rest.
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So we'll get more into what that looks like later.
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But for now, in verse 1, it makes it really clear that that rest is available.
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Okay, so that rest is available.
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So with that rest being available, let's talk a little bit about the nature of that rest.
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That's point 2, the nature of this rest.
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For Israel, it was the promised land, what it was talked about here.
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And it is similar for us.
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But let's look at verses 3 through 5 and look at kind of what it is explaining to us.
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Before studying this passage a little bit, I honestly was very confused about the way in which those quotations are used.
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And it really benefited me to study it this week and try to understand that.
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And what I want us to notice is the word my in both of those quotations.
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Both in verse 3, as it says,
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I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest.
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Then down in verse 5, they shall not enter my rest.
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That word my is pretty subtle, but I think it's very, very, very important to noticing what is actually being talked about.
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That's God speaking there.
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He says that there is a way by faith to enter His, right, His rest.
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Not just any rest.
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His rest.
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The same rest that God Himself enjoys.
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This is not like a rest that we enjoy here.
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Like a nap after a long day of work.
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Or a good afternoon reading in a hammock.
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Or a nice hike after being in an office.
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Or a hike where you get like poison ivy, like I do.
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Or anything like that.
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Right?
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It's God's rest Himself.
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And it's such a greater rest because it's God's rest.
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Let's reread that again down in verse 3.
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For we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said,
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As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest,
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although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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So what is it saying with,
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although His works were finished from the foundation of the world?
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Let's think about what that looks like a little bit.
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Well, in six days, God created the world, right?
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And then on the seventh day, He rested.
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Let's turn over to that Genesis passage and look at it a little bit.
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So turn with me to Genesis 1.
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We're going to look at the very end of Genesis 1 and the beginning of 2.
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So let's pick up in verse 31 of chapter 1.
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Then we'll jump down some into chapter 2 as well.
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So verse 31 of Genesis 1 says,
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Now, we see the seventh day here that God is resting on.
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And back in Hebrews in verse 3,
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notes that His works were finished from the foundation of the world.
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So God rested on the seventh day after He created everything.
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And today, in some way, He's resting from those same creative purposes that He did then.
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He's not creating the world in the same way as He did then.
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And it says in our passage that what it's saying is that some will enter the same type of rest by faith
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and others will not because of disbelief and disobedience.
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Note that God had done so many great things before He chose to rest.
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If you look just above in the Genesis passage,
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we can read and hear about all the majesty of the things He made.
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And something I've always loved about that passage is how it talks about God seeing each thing,
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and He says it was good.
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And then if He'd keep going down after He'd created humans and everything coming together in His whole creation,
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He said it was very good.
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So the Lord had done all these magnificent things before He chose to rest.
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But what does that look like for us?
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So let's think about Sabbath for us as Christians and what it looks like for us now.
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And because of that, like in verse 6, right, in Hebrews, if you'll jump back over there,
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that it remains for some of us to enter it.
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So, turn with me to Matthew 11.
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Sorry, I'm going to have you flip a few places this morning.
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This is a super often quoted passage on this,
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but I think it will really give us a good understanding of this idea of Sabbath now.
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I'm going to blame Seth if my voice goes away.
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I was camping with him and breathed in a lot of campfire.
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So, in Matthew 11, towards the end of it,
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we're going to look at verse 28 and then go all the way down into verse 8 of chapter 12.
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So join me there in verse 28 of Matthew 11.
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It says,
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At that time, Jesus went through the grain fields on the Sabbath.
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His disciples were hungry and they began to pluck heads of grain and to eat.
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But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him,
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Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.
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He said to them,
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Have you not read what David did when he was hungry,
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and those who were with him,
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how he entered the house of God and ate the bread of the presence,
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which is not lawful for him to eat,
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nor for those who are with him,
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but only for the priests?
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Or have you not read in the law on the Sabbath,
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the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath and are guiltless?
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I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
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And if you had known what this means,
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I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
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you would have not condemned the guiltless,
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for the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.
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There's a lot here in this passage,
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but quite a bit of it is really relevant to our topic here in Hebrews.
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Note first, in the end of chapter 11,
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that so often quoted passage of Jesus calling us to come to him,
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saying his yoke is easy and his burden is light.
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He encourages us who labor and are heavy laden to come to him
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and find that true rest in him.
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And then just after these beautiful words about rest,
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Matthew records the story here about Jesus' disciples taking some food to eat
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while they're walking through a field on the Sabbath.
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And when the Pharisees saw this, they were not having it at all.
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It seems that they had finally, no matter how many times they had tried before,
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had caught Jesus.
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They're like, whoa, whoa, whoa, they're grabbing the food.
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It's not okay.
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You're breaking the law again.
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And how does Jesus respond?
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Well, firstly, he reminds of a couple of instances where the laws have been broken,
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but for necessary reasons.
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The laws need to be broken for some reason.
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And when he responds, he doesn't lessen the law,
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but instead reminds of its true purpose.
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And then check it out in verses 6 through 8 here.
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It says,
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Jesus says that something greater than the Sabbath is here.
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And what does he say next?
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That if they had known the meaning of I desire mercy and not sacrifice,
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you would not have condemned the guiltless.
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I feel like this is a common theme in the passages we read in the Lord's Supper
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and in the scripturing before the songs.
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Jesus is again pointing to the heart.
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Right?
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He's taking them back to the heart of the law, the heart of the issue.
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And it says that he's saying that he is the Lord of the Sabbath.
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So putting all that together,
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Jesus offering us rest, being Lord of the Sabbath,
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and caring about our hearts when thinking about the law.
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And then going back to Hebrews and seeing verse 3,
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where it says,
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We who have believed have entered that rest.
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And verse 6,
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it reminding us that those who did not enter that rest,
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failing to enter because of disobedience.
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And then down in verses 9 and 10,
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reminding us about the reality of this rest remaining available to us.
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So what is that rest?
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I think it, from those passages,
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is becoming clearer and clearer and clearer
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that what Jesus said in Matthew 11,
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that this beautiful rest that is available to us,
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that is being talked about here in Hebrews,
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is salvation found through putting faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ.
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That's what this rest is referring to here,
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our salvation and its outflows in the Lord.
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So why was the word rest chosen?
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Think for a moment with me about the perspective of unbelievers,
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people who have not found our Lord.
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Many seem careless.
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Many seem to not think about the future,
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the time after this life.
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But if they're honest,
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many seem to think about it.
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And I'd like to talk a little bit about
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some of my own experience recently.
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For those of y'all that don't know,
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I teach high school math.
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And I've had some really good opportunities
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to talk to students about faith this year.
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The later it gets in the year,
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it tends to open up a lot more.
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I think naturally all of us,
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as we tend to know someone better and better and better,
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we tend to be much more open with them.
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And at this point,
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I've gotten to know them for a long time.
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We only have one week of school left,
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and that means that I've been with them for 175 days,
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for like at least an hour a day.
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And that's a lot of time.
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That's a lot of time.
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So I've gotten to know some of them really, really well.
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And some of them have gotten to know me really, really well.
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And they know that I'm a follower of Christ,
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and they know that I take that seriously.
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They know that I'm super involved in church here,
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and a few know that I'm preaching today
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and will probably ask me all about it tomorrow.
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But it's taken all year to get to that point.
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People don't just immediately open up as a general rule.
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But anyway, back to the point on that.
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I have some students who really think a lot
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about their spiritual life
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and their life after this life,
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but in a totally different way than we do.
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I haven't got a super straight answer
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about what they would like for me to call them,
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but the most straightforward answer that I can get is
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I've been amazed at the amount of, let's see,
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members of the Church of Latter-day Saints
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that I have in my classes.
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And I've been able to talk to quite a few of them.
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And many parts of their belief system is really tricky
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because they use the same words that we do,
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but for totally different meanings.
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And after, like, many, many conversations,
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I think I've gained an understanding that
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they believe some things come from grace,
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but in reality, most of their thinking about salvation,
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and this is all coming from the, like,
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perspective of high school kids, right,
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is works-based.
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And it's terrifying.
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So much is based on what they believe they can do
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and how they're going to earn these different levels of, like,
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heaven and these different things.
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And all works-based.
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It's sad and it's scary.
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And they are so diligent
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in trying to do what they have been told
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is the correct thing to do.
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So diligent.
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I've talked to so many who, like,
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tell me they go to seminary,
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is what they call it, seminary,
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every morning at 5.30,
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and then they come to school all day,
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and then they do other things after,
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and all this stuff, it's crazy.
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So, so dedicated.
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Now, they are working so hard.
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I don't think any of us would deny that,
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but they are working so hard
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in a super-false, super-twisted way.
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Super-false, super-twisted way.
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Let's think a little bit about the context here in our passage.
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Let's think about what the Pharisees were doing
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that Jesus was talking to in Matthew.
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Weren't they doing similarly?
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They were twisting the law of God
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to make it about outward appearances
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and trying to keep something
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that, in reality, we all are aware of
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that we cannot keep perfectly.
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They were working hard.
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They were trying to keep their misinterpretation
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of the law to a T.
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But they knew they couldn't keep it.
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They knew the reality that they
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and all of us know that,
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in our flesh, we aren't that great.
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In fact, we're awful.
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Naturally, we don't seek the good of others
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above our own.
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We're selfish.
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We are prideful.
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We could just go on and on
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about the reality of the nature
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of our souls apart from Christ.
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But I believe the point's being proven.
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Apart from trusting in the work of Christ,
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we're forced to try to do something
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we simply cannot do
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to seek to earn our own salvation.
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And that may take many, many, many forms.
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Whether it be an LDS member
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trying to amass all these works
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to get the best reward they can,
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or a Pharisee trying to perfectly keep the law,
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or one of the believers in Hebrews
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tempted to go back to the old system,
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or someone of the weird view
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that somehow still persists so often
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that if you do enough good,
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it somehow outweighs your bad,
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then you're good.
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Or the, me and God, we're good,
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we've got a deal worked out.
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Or the person who simply tries
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and tries and tries and tries
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to ignore or suppress their thoughts
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about a life after this one.
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So many of those systems,
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all of those are in some way works-based.
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All of them.
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There's a hope that if they do just well enough
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that they're going to be all right,
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they'll have the eternal blessing.
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They're relying on their own works.
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And because of the reality
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of all of our struggles with sin,
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and they know it too,
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they know they can't earn blessing.
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They're relying on their own works
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and it's not going to get them anywhere.
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And so, getting back to this rest word,
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this rest that's being offered
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is a perfect word to use
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because we are ceasing
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from trying to earn our own salvation.
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Because we have seen
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the work of Christ, right?
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We can stop trying to earn
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God's favor
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and simply accept
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in real faith,
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through acting out faith,
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that our Lord died for our sins,
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took our sins upon Him,
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that in Him
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we can have His righteousness.
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He canceled our sin debt
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and gave us His righteousness.
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We can trust in that
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and not try to earn our way
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to something that we could never earn.
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So it's a rest in
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stopping trying to earn favor
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and just accepting
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that we are found in Christ.
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We are washed in the
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soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb.
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Our sins are forgiven
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because our Lord Jesus
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bore the wrath of God
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that our sins deserved.
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Now that's such great rest.
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That's the perfect word.
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That's rest found in Jesus.
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We no longer seek to earn favor
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but rest in God's salvation.
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But,
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I've been here
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at Christ's Family
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for about six years now.
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And I can look around
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and say that there are
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a lot of people I know
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really well.
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Some people I know
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but not super well
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and there's some that I
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don't know to my shame.
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And if I narrow this room down
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to just the people I knew
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really well
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or honestly if I
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narrow down the room
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to just my own soul,
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I think I can say
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with confidence
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that we,
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even as God's people
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resting in this salvation,
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don't always feel
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that our yoke is easy
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and our burden is light
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as we seek to follow
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Jesus well.
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It's hard.
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Right?
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We often don't
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feel that way.
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This life is a tough one
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and that brings us
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to our third aspect
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of God's rest.
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The rest now
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and the rest later.
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The rest now
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and the rest later.
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So it's true
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that we experience
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like a beautiful foretaste
23:14
of God's rest now
23:15
and simply
23:16
ceasing from our
23:18
trying to earn favor
23:19
and just accepting the Lord.
23:21
Having rested from our works
23:22
because we have no ability
23:24
to earn it
23:25
and have come to terms
23:26
with Jesus
23:27
giving us our great salvation.
23:30
But this life still
23:30
isn't easy
23:31
but we can rest in the Lord.
23:33
Remember that the same Jesus
23:35
who said that
23:36
his yoke is easy
23:37
and his burden is light
23:38
also said in Mark 8.34
23:39
if anyone would come after me
23:41
let him deny himself
23:43
take up his cross
23:44
and follow me.
23:46
I think that's puzzling
23:48
immediately
23:48
like when we think about
23:49
the passages
23:50
in contrast to one another.
23:53
Denying ourselves
23:54
taking up our cross
23:55
right?
23:56
These don't always
23:57
feel restful.
23:58
In fact
23:59
much of it
24:00
shouldn't feel restful.
24:01
But
24:02
the Christian life
24:04
is one of striving
24:04
as well.
24:05
Right?
24:05
It's one of denying ourselves
24:06
putting
24:07
our flesh
24:08
our old desires
24:08
our sin to death
24:09
it's one of suffering
24:10
but it's also one of rest.
24:13
It's a rest of
24:14
trusting in God
24:15
through those hard
24:16
circumstances.
24:17
It's a rest
24:18
that's often confusing
24:19
to non-Christians
24:20
a rest that
24:20
will
24:21
make people wonder
24:23
like
24:24
why are they okay
24:25
through these hard
24:26
circumstances?
24:27
Why do they have this
24:28
abiding trust in
24:29
God?
24:32
So think about
24:32
Philippians 4
24:34
in fact
24:34
please go ahead
24:35
and turn there with me
24:35
Philippians 4
24:36
Let's look briefly
24:47
at verses 4 through 7
24:48
here.
24:53
Super
24:53
common passage
24:54
again
24:55
it says
24:55
rejoice in the Lord
24:56
always
24:56
again I will say
24:57
rejoice
24:58
let your reasonableness
24:59
be known to everyone
25:00
the Lord is at hand
25:02
so do not be anxious
25:02
about anything
25:03
but in everything
25:04
by prayer and supplication
25:06
with thanksgiving
25:07
let your requests
25:08
be made known
25:08
to God
25:09
and the peace of God
25:11
which surpasses
25:11
all understanding
25:12
will guard your hearts
25:13
and your minds
25:14
in Christ Jesus.
25:16
Remember what Paul
25:17
was going through
25:18
when he wrote this
25:19
and what he had gone through
25:20
before he wrote this
25:22
and what he would.
25:24
He was writing this letter
25:25
while in prison
25:27
for the faith
25:27
and if you want
25:29
a big long list
25:30
of what he had suffered
25:31
he spelled it out
25:32
really well
25:32
in 2 Corinthians 11
25:34
but he describes
25:36
this peace
25:36
that we can have
25:37
no matter what
25:38
we're going through
25:39
later in chapter 4
25:40
Paul discusses
25:42
learning how to abound
25:42
in every circumstance
25:43
this is that same
25:46
rest right
25:46
that same peace
25:47
that we can have
25:48
in the Lord
25:49
through trusting
25:49
in his work
25:50
we're not promised
25:52
a completely perfect life
25:53
all the time
25:55
but we are promised
25:55
a rest in him
25:56
through tough circumstances.
25:59
Remember that
26:00
1 Peter right
26:01
that all who desire
26:03
to live a godly life
26:04
in Christ Jesus
26:04
will be persecuted
26:05
but remember also
26:08
the great salvation
26:09
we have in the Lord.
26:11
So let's talk about
26:12
that great salvation
26:13
a bit more.
26:15
This here in Hebrews
26:18
particularly like
26:19
in verses
26:20
9 and 10
26:21
and back in Hebrews 4
26:23
sorry I'm making you
26:24
flip everywhere
26:25
oops
26:26
in verses 9 and 10
26:28
it says
26:29
so then there remains
26:29
a Sabbath rest
26:30
for the people of God
26:31
for whoever has
26:32
entered God's rest
26:33
has also rested
26:34
from his works
26:35
as God did from his.
26:37
Now yes
26:37
there's that rest
26:38
we're experiencing now
26:39
despite our circumstances
26:40
but these seem to imply
26:42
our future rest as well.
26:44
There's a future
26:45
Sabbath rest
26:46
remaining for us
26:47
that all of our works
26:48
from this earth
26:48
will be done
26:49
and we will be
26:50
with our Savior
26:51
forever.
26:53
I remember at
26:54
some point
26:55
during college
26:56
I was listening
26:57
to a sermon
26:57
by I think
26:59
it was John MacArthur
27:00
about 1 Corinthians 15
27:03
and the later part of it
27:04
of longing for eternity
27:05
and that death
27:06
has lost its sting
27:08
right
27:08
it was just rejoicing
27:10
in the Lord
27:11
who has given us
27:11
victory over death
27:12
and he made a statement
27:14
about the song
27:15
in the sweet by and by
27:16
that we have to go
27:17
through the nasty
27:18
now and now
27:18
to get to the sweet
27:19
by and by
27:20
right
27:20
and the reality
27:21
of that is that
27:22
that is true
27:22
we have such great
27:24
things to look forward
27:24
to
27:25
think about 2 Corinthians
27:26
4 verses 17 and 18
27:28
where it says
27:30
for this light
27:30
momentary affliction
27:31
is preparing for us
27:32
an eternal
27:33
weight of glory
27:35
beyond all comparison
27:36
as we look
27:38
not to the things
27:39
that are seen
27:39
but to the things
27:40
that are unseen
27:41
for the things
27:42
that are seen
27:43
are transient
27:43
but the things
27:44
that are unseen
27:45
are eternal
27:45
we have such a great
27:47
rest to look forward
27:48
to
27:48
we have such great
27:51
rest to look forward
27:52
to
27:52
we must remember
27:54
like that during
27:55
our time here
27:56
even as we're
27:58
experiencing God's
27:59
rest it may be
27:59
really really tough
28:00
as we fight
28:02
against our own
28:03
sin
28:03
as we talked
28:04
about this morning
28:05
as the world
28:06
pushes back
28:07
against our sharing
28:08
of the gospel
28:08
as we often
28:11
just get really
28:12
caught up in
28:12
legitimately hard
28:14
circumstances
28:15
it can be so
28:17
difficult
28:17
but we should
28:18
remember that
28:19
a rest remains
28:20
here
28:21
and a perfect
28:23
rest remains
28:24
in eternity
28:25
it's described
28:26
here in 1 Corinthians
28:27
as an eternal
28:28
weight of glory
28:29
beyond all comparison
28:30
and right after that
28:31
note what it says
28:32
that the rest
28:33
we're looking forward
28:33
to is eternal
28:34
these things we see
28:36
here are so temporary
28:37
it's described
28:38
as momentary
28:39
momentary
28:40
think about how
28:41
little time we
28:42
have here
28:43
in this life
28:44
compared to
28:45
eternity
28:45
that should
28:47
remind us
28:47
to use our
28:48
time
28:48
we'll not
28:48
be so bogged
28:49
down in
28:49
these circumstances
28:50
but long
28:51
for that
28:52
eternal
28:52
weight of
28:52
glory
28:52
to set
28:54
our minds
28:55
on things
28:55
that are
28:55
eternal
28:56
to set
28:56
our minds
28:57
on our
28:57
eternal rest
28:58
in Jesus
28:59
our sweet
29:00
Sabbath rest
29:01
does remain
29:02
to get a
29:04
little bit
29:04
even more
29:05
excited about
29:05
that rest
29:06
turn to
29:06
Revelation 21
29:07
Revelation 21
29:09
look at the
29:27
first four
29:28
verses here
29:28
it says
29:32
then I saw
29:33
a new heaven
29:33
and a new earth
29:34
for the first heaven
29:36
and the first earth
29:36
had passed away
29:37
and the sea
29:38
was no more
29:39
I saw the holy city
29:41
new Jerusalem
29:41
coming down
29:42
out of heaven
29:43
from God
29:43
prepared as a bride
29:44
adorned for a husband
29:45
I heard a loud voice
29:47
from the throne
29:48
saying behold
29:48
the dwelling place
29:49
of God
29:50
is with man
29:50
he will dwell
29:51
with them
29:52
and they will be
29:52
his people
29:53
and God himself
29:54
will be with them
29:54
as their God
29:55
he will wipe away
29:57
every tear
29:57
from their eyes
29:58
and death
29:59
shall be no more
30:00
neither shall there
30:01
be mourning
30:02
nor crying
30:02
nor pain
30:03
anymore
30:03
for the former
30:04
things have
30:04
passed away
30:05
I believe
30:08
if we just
30:08
had the reality
30:09
of knowing
30:09
that the dwelling
30:10
place of our God
30:11
is with us
30:12
I think that would
30:12
be enough
30:13
for us to get
30:14
excited about
30:14
that eternal rest
30:15
but look elsewhere
30:16
in this passage
30:17
too
30:17
all things being
30:19
made new
30:19
with a new heaven
30:20
and a new earth
30:21
the holy city
30:22
coming down
30:23
wiping away
30:24
every tear
30:25
from our eye
30:26
death being
30:28
gone forever
30:29
no mourning
30:31
no crying
30:31
no pain
30:33
how beautiful
30:35
of a Sabbath rest
30:35
do we really
30:36
do have to
30:37
look forward
30:37
to
30:37
so we have
30:40
a great
30:40
Sabbath rest
30:41
in confidence
30:42
in Jesus
30:43
now
30:43
and putting
30:44
our trust
30:44
in his
30:45
salvation
30:46
and a beautiful
30:47
inheritance
30:48
and glory
30:48
eternally
30:49
so beginning
30:51
to tie
30:51
that together
30:52
a bit
30:53
thinking about
30:54
our sermon
30:54
from two weeks
30:55
ago
30:55
from chapter
30:56
three
30:56
we talked
30:57
a lot
30:58
about that
30:58
persevering
30:59
to the end
30:59
and being
30:59
so careful
31:00
to be sure
31:01
we truly believe
31:02
and do make
31:03
it to that
31:03
point
31:03
we talked
31:04
about
31:04
encouraging
31:04
each other
31:05
because of
31:06
the deceitfulness
31:07
of sin
31:08
how easy
31:09
it can
31:10
ensnare
31:10
us
31:11
so remembering
31:12
that
31:12
let's look
31:13
a bit more
31:13
at some more
31:14
aspects of
31:15
today's passage
31:16
so back
31:16
in Hebrews
31:17
notice something
31:18
in the middle
31:22
of our passage
31:23
there are
31:24
all kinds
31:25
of topics
31:25
about the rest
31:26
we have in God
31:27
but in verse
31:29
one
31:30
and in verse
31:30
eleven
31:31
we see something
31:32
a bit different
31:33
I think that
31:34
brings us to our
31:35
last aspect
31:36
so fourth one
31:37
the striving
31:39
necessary
31:39
to enter
31:40
that rest
31:41
the striving
31:43
necessary
31:43
to enter
31:44
that rest
31:44
so let's
31:47
note verse
31:47
one
31:47
verse one
31:49
says
31:49
therefore
31:49
while the
31:49
promise
31:50
of entering
31:50
his rest
31:51
still stands
31:52
let us
31:53
fear lest
31:53
any of you
31:54
should seem
31:54
to have
31:54
failed to
31:55
reach it
31:55
let's note
31:57
verse eleven
31:57
let us
31:59
therefore
31:59
strive to
32:00
enter that
32:00
rest
32:00
so that
32:01
no one
32:01
may fall
32:02
by the
32:02
same
32:02
sort
32:02
of
32:03
disobedience
32:03
so
32:05
this
32:06
passage
32:06
starts out
32:06
warning us
32:07
to be so
32:07
careful
32:08
that we
32:09
don't
32:09
fail to
32:10
reach
32:10
the rest
32:10
then it
32:12
explains
32:12
that why
32:12
people fail
32:13
to reach it
32:13
is because
32:14
of unbelief
32:15
then it
32:15
explains
32:16
that the
32:16
rest
32:16
we're being
32:17
offered
32:17
is God's
32:18
rest
32:18
his rest
32:19
right
32:19
talks about
32:21
how
32:21
our
32:22
ceasing
32:22
trying to
32:23
earn
32:23
God's
32:24
favor
32:24
is similar
32:24
to God
32:25
resting on
32:26
the seventh
32:26
day
32:27
and how
32:27
we have
32:28
a future
32:28
perfect
32:29
sabbath
32:29
rest
32:30
and then
32:31
all the way
32:31
down
32:31
verse eleven
32:32
that we
32:32
should be
32:33
striving
32:33
to enter
32:34
that rest
32:34
and be
32:34
careful
32:35
again
32:35
that we
32:36
don't
32:36
fall
32:36
by the
32:37
same
32:37
sort
32:37
of
32:37
disobedience
32:38
so
32:39
this
32:40
passage
32:40
is kind
32:40
of
32:40
bookended
32:41
right
32:42
we have
32:42
a
32:42
similar
32:43
exhortation
32:44
in verse
32:44
one
32:44
as we
32:46
do
32:46
down
32:46
in
32:46
verse
32:47
eleven
32:47
right
32:48
the
32:49
exhortations
32:49
are to
32:49
be sure
32:50
that we're
32:51
entering
32:51
that rest
32:52
and notice
32:53
that that's
32:53
a common
32:53
theme
32:54
from chapter
32:55
three
32:55
as well
32:56
right
32:56
that's
32:56
that same
32:57
kind
32:57
of idea
32:58
that was
32:59
communicated
32:59
there
33:00
and remember
33:00
again
33:00
this is a
33:01
letter
33:01
right
33:01
it was
33:02
originally read
33:03
continuously
33:03
so we should
33:04
expect
33:04
thematically
33:05
to flow
33:06
like that
33:07
so we're
33:10
continuing
33:10
to be
33:10
encouraged
33:11
to persevere
33:12
to make
33:12
it
33:12
to the
33:13
end
33:13
to hold
33:14
that faith
33:14
strong
33:15
keep going
33:16
keep going
33:16
right
33:16
and with
33:18
all this
33:18
striving
33:19
with this
33:21
putting our
33:21
flesh to
33:22
death
33:22
we're denying
33:23
ourselves
33:23
we're taking
33:24
up our
33:24
cross
33:24
right
33:25
all the
33:26
striving
33:26
on our
33:27
part
33:27
look again
33:29
at verses
33:29
12 through
33:30
14 of
33:30
chapter 3
33:31
where it
33:31
says
33:31
take care
33:32
brothers
33:33
lest there
33:34
be in
33:34
any of
33:34
you an
33:34
evil
33:35
unbelieving
33:36
heart
33:36
leading you
33:37
to fall
33:37
away from
33:37
the living
33:38
God
33:38
but exhort
33:38
one another
33:39
every day
33:40
as long
33:41
as it
33:41
is called
33:41
today
33:42
that none
33:42
of you
33:42
may be
33:43
hardened
33:43
by the
33:43
deceitfulness
33:44
of sin
33:44
for we
33:45
have come
33:45
to share
33:45
in Christ
33:46
if indeed
33:47
we hold
33:47
our original
33:47
confidence
33:48
firm to
33:48
the end
33:49
this warning
33:51
encouraging
33:51
and exhorting
33:52
each other
33:52
this holding
33:53
firm
33:54
right to
33:54
the end
33:54
it's all
33:56
really intense
33:57
stuff
33:57
that's falling
33:59
on us
33:59
right
33:59
and with
34:02
all that
34:02
really intense
34:03
exhortation
34:03
right
34:04
that's falling
34:04
on us
34:05
can we
34:06
still have
34:07
assurance
34:07
note that
34:10
verse 1
34:10
and verse 11
34:11
are encouraging
34:12
us to be
34:13
sure
34:13
to have
34:14
that assurance
34:15
so it's
34:16
absolutely
34:17
possible
34:18
right
34:19
let's look
34:21
at 1st
34:21
John
34:22
1st
34:24
John 3
34:24
and that's
34:25
I promise
34:25
the last
34:26
place I'm
34:26
going to
34:26
make you
34:26
turn
34:27
pretty sure
34:28
because this
34:38
passage here
34:38
in Hebrews
34:39
right
34:40
is encouraging
34:40
us to
34:41
have that
34:42
assurance
34:42
it's what
34:43
1st John
34:43
is all
34:44
about
34:44
right
34:45
1st John
34:45
is about
34:45
testing
34:46
whether we
34:47
are in
34:47
the faith
34:48
to bring
34:48
assurance
34:49
of being
34:49
in the
34:49
faith
34:50
or to
34:50
even
34:50
bring
34:50
conviction
34:51
of a
34:52
reality
34:52
of not
34:53
being
34:53
in the
34:53
faith
34:53
okay
34:55
so
34:55
let's
34:56
look at
34:56
1st John
34:56
3
34:57
probably
34:58
the most
34:59
common
34:59
passage
34:59
that is
35:00
used
35:00
when
35:01
talking
35:01
about
35:01
this
35:01
topic
35:02
I want
35:03
to
35:03
just
35:03
look
35:03
at
35:03
verses
35:03
4
35:04
through
35:04
10
35:04
says
35:07
that
35:07
everyone
35:07
who makes
35:08
a practice
35:08
of sinning
35:09
also practices
35:10
lawlessness
35:11
sin is
35:12
lawlessness
35:12
you know
35:13
that he
35:13
appeared
35:14
in order
35:14
to take
35:15
away
35:15
sins
35:15
and in
35:16
him
35:16
there
35:16
is
35:16
no
35:16
sin
35:17
no
35:18
one
35:18
who
35:18
abides
35:18
in
35:18
him
35:19
keeps
35:19
on
35:19
sinning
35:19
no
35:20
one
35:20
who
35:20
keeps
35:20
on
35:20
sinning
35:21
has
35:21
either
35:21
seen
35:21
him
35:22
or
35:22
known
35:22
him
35:22
!
35:27
is
35:27
righteous
35:27
as
35:28
he
35:28
is
35:28
righteous
35:28
whoever
35:29
makes
35:29
a practice
35:30
of sinning
35:30
is
35:30
of the
35:31
devil
35:31
for
35:32
the
35:32
devil
35:32
has
35:32
been
35:32
sinning
35:33
from
35:33
the
35:33
beginning
35:33
the
35:34
reason
35:35
the
35:35
son
35:35
of
35:35
God
35:35
appeared
35:35
was
35:36
to
35:36
destroy
35:36
the
35:37
works
35:37
of
35:37
the
35:37
devil
35:37
no
35:37
one
35:38
born
35:38
of
35:38
God
35:38
makes
35:39
a practice
35:39
of sinning
35:40
for
35:40
God
35:40
for
35:40
God
35:40
seed
35:41
abides
35:41
in
35:41
him
35:42
and
35:42
he
35:42
cannot
35:42
keep
35:43
on
35:43
sinning
35:43
because
35:43
he
35:43
has
35:44
been
35:44
born
35:44
of
35:44
God
35:44
by
35:45
this
35:45
it
35:46
is
35:46
evident
35:46
who
35:46
are
35:46
the
35:46
children
35:47
of
35:47
God
35:47
and
35:47
who
35:47
are
35:47
the
35:47
children
35:48
of
35:48
the
35:48
devil
35:48
whoever
35:49
does
35:49
not
35:49
practice
35:50
righteousness
35:50
is
35:50
not
35:51
of
35:51
God
35:51
nor
35:51
is
35:52
the
35:52
one
35:52
who
35:52
does
35:52
not
35:53
love
35:53
his
35:53
brother
35:53
so
35:56
let's
35:57
note
35:57
some
35:57
stuff
35:57
about
35:58
that
35:58
firstly
35:58
it's
35:59
really
35:59
intense
36:00
right
36:01
really
36:01
really
36:01
intense
36:02
says
36:02
that
36:02
no
36:03
one
36:03
who
36:03
abides
36:03
in
36:04
him
36:04
keeps
36:05
on
36:05
sinning
36:05
whoever
36:07
makes
36:07
a
36:07
practice
36:08
of
36:08
sinning
36:08
is
36:08
of
36:09
the
36:09
devil
36:09
super
36:10
intense
36:11
right
36:11
notice
36:12
a couple
36:13
things
36:13
though
36:13
about
36:14
it
36:14
it
36:14
says
36:14
makes
36:14
a
36:14
practice
36:15
and
36:16
it
36:16
says
36:16
keeps
36:16
on
36:17
right
36:17
that's
36:19
important
36:19
to note
36:19
because
36:19
are we
36:20
going
36:20
to
36:20
have
36:20
bad
36:21
days
36:21
are
36:21
we
36:21
still
36:22
going
36:22
to
36:22
struggle
36:22
against
36:22
our
36:23
flesh
36:31
but
36:31
should
36:31
it
36:32
have
36:32
a
36:32
trajectory
36:32
of
36:33
moving
36:33
towards
36:33
him
36:34
absolutely
36:35
otherwise
36:36
we
36:36
have
36:36
some
36:36
things
36:37
we
36:38
need
36:38
to
36:38
check
36:38
we
36:39
need
36:39
to
36:39
ask
36:39
ourselves
36:39
some
36:40
things
36:40
so
36:41
I
36:41
just
36:41
looked
36:42
through
36:42
this
36:42
passage
36:42
and
36:42
tried
36:43
to
36:43
pick
36:43
out
36:43
some
36:45
questions
36:45
that I
36:45
think
36:45
might
36:46
be
36:46
helpful
36:46
to
36:47
ask
36:47
in
36:47
thinking
36:48
about
36:48
assurance
36:48
so
36:50
here's
36:50
a few
36:50
of
36:50
them
36:51
is
36:52
my
36:53
life
36:53
characterized
36:53
by
36:54
habitual
36:54
continual
36:55
sin
36:55
do
36:59
I
36:59
love
36:59
the
37:00
church
37:00
do
37:03
I
37:03
love
37:03
the
37:03
world
37:03
with
37:04
the
37:04
gospel
37:04
and
37:07
do
37:07
I
37:07
see
37:07
myself
37:07
growing
37:08
in
37:08
holiness
37:08
so
37:11
is
37:11
my
37:11
life
37:11
characterized
37:12
by
37:12
habitual
37:13
continual
37:13
sin
37:14
do
37:16
I
37:17
love
37:17
the
37:17
church
37:17
do
37:20
I
37:20
love
37:20
the
37:20
world
37:20
with
37:20
the
37:21
gospel
37:21
and
37:23
do
37:23
I
37:23
see
37:24
myself
37:24
growing
37:24
in
37:24
holiness
37:25
think
37:27
about
37:27
those
37:27
think
37:28
about
37:29
this
37:29
passage
37:29
we
37:31
can
37:31
have
37:31
assurance
37:31
so
37:33
we
37:33
really
37:34
need
37:34
to
37:34
test
37:34
ourselves
37:35
I
37:36
just
37:36
want
37:36
to
37:36
remind
37:36
at
37:37
this
37:37
point
37:37
that
37:37
whether
37:39
we're
37:40
in
37:40
the
37:40
faith
37:40
or
37:40
not
37:41
in
37:41
the
37:41
faith
37:41
right
37:42
the
37:43
Christian
37:43
life
37:43
is
37:44
a
37:44
life
37:44
of
37:44
repenting
37:45
and
37:45
believing
37:46
turning
37:47
away
37:47
from
37:48
our
37:48
sin
37:48
right
37:49
treasuring
37:51
Christ
37:51
in
37:51
our
37:51
heart
37:52
is
37:53
greater
37:53
than
37:53
sin
37:54
and
37:54
therefore
37:54
turning
37:54
away
37:55
from
37:55
it
37:55
turning
37:55
to
37:55
God
37:56
in
37:56
faith
37:56
!
37:56
remember
37:58
the
37:58
sinless
37:58
Savior
37:58
died
37:59
so that
38:00
we can
38:00
be
38:00
counted
38:00
as
38:00
his
38:01
righteousness
38:01
and I
38:03
hope
38:03
this
38:03
morning
38:03
that
38:03
we
38:03
do
38:04
have
38:04
such
38:05
great
38:05
confidence
38:06
Nathan
38:07
said
38:07
something
38:07
a couple
38:09
weeks ago
38:09
that I
38:10
was
38:10
thinking
38:10
about
38:11
and I
38:11
think
38:11
is very
38:12
true
38:12
that there
38:12
are so
38:13
many
38:13
people
38:13
looking
38:15
out
38:15
that I
38:15
can
38:15
really
38:16
see
38:16
the
38:17
Lord
38:17
having
38:18
done
38:18
such
38:18
great
38:18
things
38:19
through
38:19
and
38:20
you
38:21
should
38:21
know
38:21
that
38:21
you
38:22
should
38:22
have
38:22
such
38:23
great
38:23
confidence
38:23
because
38:24
of
38:24
what
38:25
your
38:25
life
38:26
looks
38:26
like
38:26
the
38:26
trajectory
38:27
of
38:27
it
38:27
remember
38:29
too
38:29
that
38:30
those
38:30
good
38:30
works
38:30
are
38:30
evidence
38:31
that
38:31
the
38:31
Lord
38:32
is
38:32
working
38:32
know
38:33
that
38:34
your
38:34
true
38:35
desire
38:35
for
38:35
him
38:35
shows
38:36
that
38:36
he's
38:36
begun
38:36
to
38:37
work
38:37
in
38:37
you
38:37
and
38:38
our
38:38
Lord
38:38
has
38:38
promised
38:39
that
38:39
he's
38:39
going
38:39
to
38:39
complete
38:40
those
38:40
works
38:40
right
38:41
so
38:42
persevere
38:42
and
38:43
the
38:43
Lord
38:44
will
38:44
sustain
38:44
you
38:45
so
38:46
grab
38:49
there's
39:00
a
39:00
quote
39:00
on
39:00
there
39:00
from
39:00
a
39:01
Puritan
39:01
pastor
39:02
Richard
39:02
Baxter
39:02
I want
39:04
us to
39:04
look at
39:04
it
39:04
together
39:04
it
39:07
says
39:08
sit
39:08
not
39:08
down
39:08
without
39:09
assurance
39:09
get
39:11
alone
39:11
and
39:11
bring
39:11
the
39:12
heart
39:12
to
39:12
the
39:12
bar
39:12
of
39:13
trial
39:13
force
39:14
it
39:15
to
39:15
answer
39:15
the
39:15
interrogatories
39:16
put
39:16
to
39:16
it
39:17
set
39:17
to
39:17
the
39:17
excuse
39:18
me
39:18
this
39:18
is
39:19
old
39:19
stuff
39:20
sorry
39:20
force
39:21
it
39:21
to
39:21
answer
39:21
the
39:22
interrogatories
39:22
put
39:22
to
39:23
it
39:23
to
39:23
set
39:23
the
39:23
qualifications
39:24
of
39:24
the
39:24
saints
39:25
on
39:25
one
39:25
side
39:25
and
39:26
the
39:26
qualifications
39:26
of
39:26
thyself
39:27
on
39:27
the
39:27
other
39:27
side
39:28
and
39:29
then
39:29
judge
39:29
what
39:29
resemblance
39:30
there
39:30
is
39:30
between
39:31
them
39:31
yet
39:32
be
39:32
sure
39:33
thou
39:33
judge
39:33
by
39:33
a
39:34
true
39:34
touchstone
39:34
and
39:35
mistake
39:35
not
39:35
the
39:36
scripture
39:36
description
39:36
of
39:36
a
39:37
saint
39:37
that
39:37
thou
39:38
neither
39:38
acquit
39:38
nor
39:39
condemn
39:39
thyself
39:40
by
39:40
mistake
39:40
to
39:42
truly
39:42
test
39:43
yourself
39:43
be
39:44
sure
39:45
we
39:46
can
39:46
have
39:46
such
39:46
great
39:47
assurance
39:47
and
39:47
it's
39:47
sad
39:48
that
39:48
we
39:48
so
39:48
often
39:48
go
39:49
along
39:49
without
39:50
it
39:50
wondering
39:51
that
39:51
are
39:51
we
39:51
truly
39:52
in
39:52
the
39:52
faith
39:52
because
39:54
we
39:54
can
39:54
have
39:54
it
39:54
because
39:54
the
39:55
Lord
39:55
is
39:56
the
39:56
one
39:56
doing
39:56
all
39:57
the
39:57
work
39:57
right
39:58
the
39:58
Lord
39:58
is
39:58
the
39:58
one
39:58
sustaining
39:59
us
39:59
and
39:59
helping
40:00
us
40:00
to
40:01
walk
40:01
in
40:01
those
40:02
good
40:02
works
40:02
and
40:02
giving
40:02
us
40:02
those
40:03
good
40:03
works
40:03
to
40:03
walk
40:03
in
40:04
as
40:06
truly
40:06
think
40:07
about
40:07
it
40:07
continue
40:10
to
40:10
study
40:10
these
40:11
passages
40:11
because
40:12
we
40:13
can
40:13
have
40:13
such
40:13
great
40:14
rest
40:14
through
40:15
having
40:16
confidence
40:17
in the
40:17
Lord's
40:18
salvation
40:18
that
40:19
we
40:19
don't
40:19
have
40:19
to
40:19
try
40:19
to
40:20
earn
40:20
any
40:20
favor
40:20
because
40:21
he
40:21
has
40:21
given
40:22
it
40:22
to
40:22
us
40:22
so
40:23
rest
40:23
in
40:24
the
40:24
Lord
40:24
in
40:24
that
40:24
and
40:25
let's
40:26
pray