1. HEBREWS

2. The writer... encourages them with the assurance that they have everything to lose if they fall back, but everything to gain if they press on. –F.F. Bruce

3. HEBREWS Message of Hebrews: Continue following the superior Savior, Jesus Christ.

4. A More Desirable Rest

5. 1 Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. 2 For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith. Hebrews 4:1-13 (NET Bible)

6. 3 For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, As I swore in my anger, They will never enter my rest! And yet Gods works were accomplished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: And God rested on the seventh day from all his works, 5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: They will never enter my rest! Hebrews 4:1-13 (NET Bible)

7. 6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. 7 So God again ordains a certain day, Today, speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts. 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day. Hebrews 4:1-13 (NET Bible)

8. 9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. 10 For the one who enters Gods rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. 11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. Hebrews 4:1-13 (NET Bible)

9. 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double- edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. 13 And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account. Hebrews 4:1-13 (NET Bible)

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11. A More Desirable Faithfulness Slavery in Egypt First Exodus Wilderness Promised Land

12. A More Desirable Faithfulness Slavery in Egypt First Exodus Wilderness Promised Land N EW E XODUS P ROMISED L AND S LAVERY TO S IN W ILDERNESS

13. A More Desirable Rest The writers urgent admonition is that they continue to persevere in faith lest they fail to enter the rest! Hebrews 4:6 and 4:11 both make it clear that the author is looking to the future as he discusses Gods rest. -Quicknotes Commentary

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15. Dont Forfeit Your Ultimate Rest In Heaven Dont Miss Out On Your Spiritual Rest Today A More Desirable Rest

16. While the rest in its fullest sense remains a future expectation, there is also a sense in which we are already entering into that rest now, and therefore it is already ours. -Donald Hagner

17. A More Desirable Rest What then is this sabbath rest which awaits them? It is evidently an experience which they do not enjoy in their present mortal life, although it belongs to them as a heritage, and by faith they may live in the good of it here and now. -F.F. Bruce

18. A More Desirable Rest What the Israelites failed to receive becomes available to those who believe in the Good News of Jesus Christ. -Donald Hagner

19. By subtracting, we can add meaning to our lives A More Desirable Rest

20. By subtracting, we can add meaning to our lives By subtracting, we can gain A More Desirable Rest

21. By subtracting, we can add meaning to our lives By subtracting, we can gain By emptying, God can fill A More Desirable Rest

22. Dont Forfeit Your Ultimate Rest In Heaven Dont Miss Out On Your Spiritual Rest Today A More Desirable Rest