PRaP
2/20/08
“Rest”
1Therefore,
since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none
of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2For we also have had the gospel
preached to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to
them, because those who heard did not combine it with faith.[a]
3Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said,
"So I declared on oath in my anger,
'They shall never enter my rest.' "[b]
And yet his work has been finished since the creation of the world. 4For
somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the
seventh day God rested from all his work."[c]
5And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my
rest."
6It
still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the
gospel preached to them did not go in, because of their disobedience. 7Therefore
God again set a certain day, calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke
through David, as was said before:
"Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts."[d]
8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about
another day. 9There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10for
anyone who enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from
his. 11Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one
will fall by following their example of disobedience.
12For
the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it
penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the
thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13Nothing in all creation is hidden from
God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to
whom we must give account.
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