Sermon January 7, 2007
Hebrews 4.1-11 God’s Rest
God has an answer to all of our restlessness.
A. WHAT IS THIS REST?
1. God’s creation rest
The work of creation is God’s making all things…and all very
good.
2. The Promised Land of rest
I have come to deliver them…and to bring them…to a good and
spacious land,
to a land flowing with milk and honey.
3. The believer’s rest: peace with God
This is the rest which Jesus promises, the beginning of peace in
this
life through pardon and sonship,
the consummation to follow in glory.
This is what the Spirit says in Rev 14.13: they shall rest from
their labors [Richard Lenski].
Come to Me…and I will give you rest…and you will find rest
for
your souls.
B. HOW CAN WE ENTER THIS REST?
1. Do your best [1, 11]
Take your relationship with God seriously!
2. Do your best to hear God’s Word [2]
Paul’s attitude toward the Word: 2 Tim 1.13-14; 2.2, 8-9, 15;
3.14-17; 4.2, 13
3. Do your best to believe God’s Word [3]
a. Faith includes knowledge [Psalm 9.10]
b. Faith includes assent
c. Faith includes confidence
4. Do your best to live out God’s Word [6, 11]
John Olson
