Hebrews 4 Bible Study (Video)
Hebrews Chapter 4
Watch closely for this message of HEARING, but not Believing, with Faith.
Jews have been WORKING tirelessly to get right with God. This chapter is about a different kind of work. Working to enter rest, through faith.
Weโve been reading about Jews not yet willing to rest in Christ but instead choose the law. We call that the Sin of Unbelief.
Let’s now begin our study in Hebrewsย 4 – The Believerโs Rest
[Hebrews 4:1] 4ย Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to haveย come short of it.
Why Fear? Because of Coming short of believing the truth.
ย [Hebrews 4:2]ย 2ย For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also;
(OT Jews heading to the promise land)
[Hebrews 4:2-3]ย butย the wordย they heard did not profit them, becauseย it was not united by faith in those who heard.ย 3ย For we who have believed enter that rest,
What did they do to enter that rest? The believed. Not worked more, tried harder, or whatever.
[Hebrews 4:3 contd]ย just as He has said,
โAs I swore in My wrath,
They shall not enter My rest,โ
So if believing is how we enter rest, what stopped the Jews from entering?
[Hebrews 4:3-7]ย although His works were finishedย from the foundation of the world.ย 4ย For He has saidย somewhere concerning the seventhย day: โAnd Godย rested on the seventh day from all His worksโ;ย 5ย and again in thisย passage, โThey shall not enter My rest.โ6ย Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because ofย disobedience,ย 7ย He again fixes a certain day, โToday,โ sayingย through David after so long a time justย as has been said before,
โToday if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.โ
Heโs Not saying work harder and sin less. He means Believe! It is about the heart, which is either dead in Adam or Alive in Christ.
[Hebrews 4:8-10]ย 8ย Forย ifย Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that.ย 9ย So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.ย 10ย For the one who has entered His rest has himself alsoย rested from his works, asย God did from His.
Do see it? You rested from your works. Because itโs about your faith and nothing else.
[Hebrews 4:11]ย 11ย Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, throughย followingย the sameย example ofย disobedience.
Heโs saying work alright, but work to rest!!!!! Iโve said many times that serving God MUST start from a position of rest. Everything else flows from there.
[Hebrews 4:12-14]ย 12ย Forย the word of God isย living andย active and sharper than any two-edgedย sword, and piercing as far as the division ofย soul andย spirit, of both joints and marrow, andย able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.ย 13ย Andย there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things areย open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
14ย Therefore, since we have a greatย high priest who hasย passed through the heavens, Jesusย the Son of God, let us hold fast ourย confession.
Again, Confession comes from the Greek word โHomologiaโ which means AGREE. Agree with what though? Agree that Jesus is the only way to God, by faith.
[Hebrews 4:15-16]ย 15ย For we do not haveย a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has beenย tempted in all things asย we are, yetย without sin.ย 16ย Therefore let us draw near withย confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
So lastly we see Jesus “sympathizes with our weaknesses”. That’s a big deal because He’s not mad at us. He cares deeply and He’s inviting us to “draw near with total confidence”. Note, He didn’t say throne of judgment. He said the “throne of GRACE”. And what will we find there? He said “mercy and grace in time of need”. News flash, you never need mercy and grace more than when your struggling, and it will never run out! Amen.
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