Text:
Hebrews 4:9-11:
9: There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
10: For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
11: Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
Theme:
There Is A Rest
Introduction:
- The Book of Hebrews has been debated as to its authorship with the resulting conclusion that the Apostle Paul is the author. However, regardless of the actual author it is agreed upon that it is definitely a Pauline epistle due to its writing style and content.
- The 4th chapter of Hebrews deals with the concept of REST:
- Rest is a relief of a burden
- Rest is a ceasing of current activity
- Rest is a reviving
- Verse 9 of the text gives a point of consolation that leads to our theme:
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God
There Is A Rest!
Body:
- We Need Rest!
- We have our own stories to tell.
- “Precious Lord, take my hand. Lead me on, let me stand. I am tired. I am weak. I am worn. Through the storm, through the night, lead me on to the night. Take my hand, Precious Lord, lead me on.”
- There Is A Rest!
- Rest From
- The old hymn says, “Sit down, servant, sit down. Sit down, servant, sit down. Sit down, servant, sit down. Sit down and rest a little while. I know you’ve come a long way…I know that you are tired….”
- 10 à Rest from your own work or trying to make things work.
- Rest On
- The old hymn says, “Standing on the promises”
- Proverbs 3:5-6 says, “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”
- Another old hymn says that we are just “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”
- Rest In
- Verse 11 à We are to not let ourselves be vulnerable to sin.
- Psalm 27:5 says, “For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me”
- There Is A Rest!
- It is clarified by looking at a bed that we REST in:
- Pillow
- FAITH
- Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
- Mattress
- LIFE’S SITUATIONS
- Psalms 4:4, “Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. ”
- Box Spring
- GRACE
- 2Corinthians 12:9, “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
- Frame
- JESUS
- Psalms 118:22, “The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.”
- Fitted Sheet
- SPIRITUAL SIGHT
- 1Corinthians 13:12, “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.”
- Cover
- GOD’S LOVE
- 1John 4:12, “No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.”
- Comforter
- HOLY SPIRIT
- Ephesians 1:13, “In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise”
- Pillow
- Rest From
Conclusion:
- There Is A Rest!
- Even TIME gives us a better understanding of REST
- Past Justification:
- The seventh day of Creation is unlike the other six!
- On this day God ended His work
- On this day God RESTED
- Present Authentication:
- 9 says, “There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.”
- Future Substantiation:
- 2Corinthians 5:1, “For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.”
- John 14:1, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.”
- The old hymn “Near the Cross” says it best,
In the cross, in the cross
Be my glory ever
‘Til my raptured soul shall find
Rest beyond the river
- THERE IS A REST!!
