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Hebrews 4 ERV · ERV Bible Reading

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  SPEAKER_00: Hebrews 4 And we still have the promise that God gave those people.
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  SPEAKER_00: That promise is that we can enter his place of rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, the good news about it was told to us just as it was told to them, but the message they heard did not help them.
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  SPEAKER_00: They heard it, but they did not accept it with faith.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only we who believe it are able to enter God's place of rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: As God said, I was angry and I made a promise they will never enter my place of rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm ninety five verse eleven But God's work was finished from the time He made the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Yes, somewhere in the Scriptures He talked about the seventh day of the week.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said So on the seventh day God rested from all work, but in the scripture above God said they will never enter my place of rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the opportunity is still there for some to enter and enjoy God's rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: But those who first heard the good news about it did not enter because they did not obey.
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  SPEAKER_00: So God planned another special day.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's called today.
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  SPEAKER_00: He spoke about that day through David a long time later using the words we quoted before If you hear God's voice today, don't be stubborn.
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  SPEAKER_00: Psalm ninety five verses seven and eight.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know that Joshua did not lead the people into the place of rest that God promised.
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  SPEAKER_00: We know this because God spoke later about another day for rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: This shows that the seventh day rest for God's people is still to come.
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  SPEAKER_00: God rested after he finished his work, so everyone who enters God's place of rest will also have rest from their own work just as God did.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let us try as hard as we can to enter God's place of rest.
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  SPEAKER_00: We must try hard so that none of us will be lost by following the example of those who refused to obey God.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word is alive and working.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is sharper than the sharpest sword and cuts all the way into us.
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  SPEAKER_00: It cuts deep to the place where the soul and the spirit are joined.
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  SPEAKER_00: God's word cuts to the center of our joints and our bones.
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  SPEAKER_00: It judges the thoughts and the feelings in our hearts.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nothing in all the world can be hidden from God.
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  SPEAKER_00: He can clearly see all things.
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  SPEAKER_00: Everything is open before him, and to him we must explain the way that we have lived.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus Christ is our high priest.
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  SPEAKER_00: We have a great high priest who has gone to live with God in heaven.
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  SPEAKER_00: He is Jesus, the Son of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: So let us continue to express our faith in him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jesus, our high priest, is able to understand our weaknesses.
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  SPEAKER_00: When Jesus lived on earth, he was tempted in every way.
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  SPEAKER_00: He was tempted in the same ways we are tempted, but he never sinned.
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  SPEAKER_00: With Jesus as our high priest, we can feel free to come before God's throne where there is grace.
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  SPEAKER_00: There we receive mercy and kindness to help us when we need it.