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Texts -- Hebrews 4:1-11 (NET)

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God’s Promised Rest
4:1 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. 4:2 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 . 4:3 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 God’s works were accomplished from the foundation of the world . 4:4 For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way : “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works ,” 4:5 but to repeat the text cited earlier: “They will never enter my rest !” 4:6 Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience . 4:7 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 .” 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest , God would not have spoken afterward about another day . 4:9 Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God . 4:10 For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works , just as God did from his own works . 4:11 Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest , so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience .

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  • Batu Penjuru G'reja [KJ.252]
  • Di Jalanku 'Ku Diiring [KJ.408]
  • Hari Minggu, Hari Kebangkitan [KJ.191]
  • O Hari Istirahat [KJ.20] ( O Day of Rest and Gladness )
  • Pada Kaki SalibMu [KJ.368]
  • [Heb 4:3] Jesus, Son Of Mary, Fount Of Life Alone
  • [Heb 4:3] My Faith Has Found A Resting Place
  • [Heb 4:7] Far From God, Away From Jesus
  • [Heb 4:7] Jesus Is Tenderly Calling You Home
  • [Heb 4:9] And Now The Wants Are Told
  • [Heb 4:9] Beautiful Vale Of Rest
  • [Heb 4:9] Blessed Homeland
  • [Heb 4:9] Come, Let Us Join With One Accord
  • [Heb 4:9] Friend After Friend Departs
  • [Heb 4:9] Gathering Home
  • [Heb 4:9] Homeward Bound
  • [Heb 4:9] How Sweet The Hour Of Closing Day
  • [Heb 4:9] If There Be That Skills To Reckon
  • [Heb 4:9] I’m But A Stranger Here
  • [Heb 4:9] Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting
  • [Heb 4:9] Lord, I Believe A Rest Remains
  • [Heb 4:9] Lord, On Thy Returning Day
  • [Heb 4:9] Maker Of Earth, To Thee Alone
  • [Heb 4:9] My Ain Countrie
  • [Heb 4:9] My Heart Is Yearning Ever
  • [Heb 4:9] Now The Busy Week Is Done
  • [Heb 4:9] O Sleepless Nights, O Cheerless Days
  • [Heb 4:9] Rest At Home
  • [Heb 4:9] Rest For The Weary
  • [Heb 4:9] Rest If You Will
  • [Heb 4:9] Rest Remaineth For The Weary, A
  • [Heb 4:9] Softly Fades The Twilight Ray
  • [Heb 4:9] There Is A Blessed Home
  • [Heb 4:9] There Is A Calm For Those Who Weep
  • [Heb 4:9] There Is A Paradise Of Rest
  • [Heb 4:9] There Is An Hour Of Peaceful Rest
  • [Heb 4:9] Thine Earthly Sabbaths, Lord, We Love
  • [Heb 4:9] To Realms Of Glory
  • [Heb 4:9] When Winds Are Raging
  • [Heb 4:11] O Where Shall Rest Be Found?
  • [Heb 4:11] Resting By And By

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The Lord’s Day; Rest in Six Aspects; General; Definitions of Faith

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Expository Notes on the Bible (Constable)

  • "2:1-3 echoes 1:1 by introducing the same phrases but in reverse order: he created,' God,' heavens and earth' reappear as heavens and earth' (2:1) God' (2:2), created' (2:3). This chiastic pattern brings the section to a neat...
  • In this final part of the Book of the Covenant, which concludes with 23:33, God gave the Israelites promises and precepts relating to their conquest of the Promised Land. Suzerainty treaties normally concluded with an explana...
  • Having received their sentence from the Lord, the people then presumptuously proceeded to go up on their own to take the land (vv. 40-42)."They are like children who had broken a valuable vase and decided to make it better' b...
  • The Book of Numbers is a lesson in the importance of trust and obedience. The Israelites frequently failed to trust and obey God in the hours of their trials, and consequently God postponed His blessing. Most of them never en...
  • This is the most positively stated of the Ten Commandments. Only one other commandment appears in the affirmative, namely, the fifth. The fourth commandment is a charge to refresh oneself physically and spiritually. The Hebre...
  • Having received his marching orders from Yahweh, Joshua prepared to mobilize the nation.1:10-11 Joshua expected to be able to cross the Jordan within three days."The Jordan River wanders about two hundred miles to cover the s...
  • The Book of Ruth is one of the most fascinating and important short stories that anyone has ever written. As a piece of literature it is almost perfect. The German poet Goethe called it "the loveliest complete work on a small...
  • Why did the writer give us so much information about this woman's concern for Saul? For one thing, it is another instance of the reversal of fortune motif that is so common in 1 and 2 Samuel. Saul should have executing the wo...
  • There are two more "woes"that deal with Jerusalem in this chapter (vv. 1-14, 15-24) in addition to the one in chapter 28. The first of these is similar to the previous "woe"(cf. vv. 1-8 with 28:1-6, and vv. 9-14 with 28:7-13)...
  • Micah had prayed, he received the Lord's answer, and this answer moved him to worship (cf. Exod. 34:6-7).447:18 The prophet praised Yahweh as a God who is unique in that He pardons the rebellious sins of the surviving remnant...
  • Matthew began his Gospel with a record of Jesus' genealogy because the Christians claimed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. To qualify as such He had to be a Jew from the royal line of David (Isa. 9:6-...
  • This invitation is a sign of Israel's rejection of her King since with it Jesus invited those who had believed in Him to separate themselves from unbelieving Israel and to follow Him. In verses 20-24 Jesus addressed the conde...
  • The apostle developed the fact that God will not lose one whom He has foreknown in this climactic section, and he gloried in this great truth."Nowhere in the annals of sacred literature do we find anything to match the power ...
  • The apostle proceeded to express his sincere gratitude to God for his friends in Philippi. He did this to assure them of God's continuing working for them and his satisfaction with their partnership in the work of the gospel....
  • I. The culminating revelation of God 1:1-2:18A. The agent of God's final revelation 1:1-4B. The superiority of the Son 1:5-14C. The danger of negligence (the first warning) 2:1-4D. The humiliation and glory of God's Son 2:5-9...
  • Hebrews is a sermon reduced to writing (cf. 13:22; James). Indications of this fact are the writer's references to speaking and hearing (cf. 2:5; 5:11; 8:1; 9:5; 11:32). His epistle is more typical of speech than of writing.V...
  • The writer proceeded to explain the exaltation of Jesus Christ to help his readers appreciate the fact that He fulfilled Old Testament prophecy concerning the Son of David. He did this so they would appreciate Him properly an...
  • Having just encouraged his readers with a reminder of God's help for the faithful (1:14) the writer next urged his readers to be faithful. He did so to warn them of the possibility of retrogressing spiritually and consequentl...
  • The writer next emphasized the future glory that the Son will experience to heighten his readers' appreciation for Him and for their own future with Him. He did this by reflecting on Psalm 8. He wanted his readers to apprecia...
  • The writer proceeded to take up the terms "merciful"and "faithful"from 2:17 and to expound them in reverse order. He spoke of the faithfulness of Jesus (3:1-6, exposition) and the need for his hearers to remain faithful as we...
  • The writer returned again from exhortation to exposition. He now posed the alternatives of rest and peril that confronted the new people of God, Christians.127The writer warned his readers so they would not fail to enter into...
  • Having explored the concept of Jesus as a faithfulhigh priest (3:1-4:14), the writer proceeded next to develop the idea that Jesus is a mercifulhigh priest in the service of God (cf. 2:17). A high priest must be faithful to G...
  • "Dull of hearing"(5:11) and "sluggish"(6:12, Gr. nothroiin both cases) form an inclusiothat frames this pericope and sets it off as a distinct textual segment.159The first two warnings in Hebrews were against drifting (2:1-4)...
  • 5:11 "Him"refers to Melchizedek (v. 10; cf. 6:20-10:18). Evidently the original readers had begun to let their minds wander as they heard the same things repeatedly. Rather than listening carefully, hearing completely, and co...
  • The writer pointed out the consequences of not pressing on to maturity to motivate his readers to pursue spiritual growth diligently.Christians have interpreted this passage in many different ways. Some believe that those who...
  • Even though the danger his readers faced was great, the writer believed they could avoid it. Consequently he concluded this warning as he did the ones in 2:1-4 and 3:1-4:16 with a word of hope to encourage his audience.6:9 Th...
  • These verses summarize what the writer said previously about irrevocable loss through disobedience, unbelief, apostasy, and contempt for New Covenant privileges. The fearful warning about Esau brings these earlier warnings to...
  • Andersen, Ward. "The Believer's Rest (Hebrews 4)."Biblical Viewpoint24:1 (April 1990):31-38.Bailey, Mark L., and Thomas L. Constable. The New Testament Explorer. Nashville: Word Publishing Co., 1999.Barclay, William. The Lett...
  • 3:1 Peter's first letter was most likely 1 Peter. He implied that he wrote this letter soon after the earlier one. This second epistle, he said, went to the same audience in northern Asia Minor (cf. 1 Pet. 1:1), primarily Gen...
  • "The present vv, 3:4-9, form six strophes, each of which divides . . . roughly into half. The two halves of the strophes balance one another; for the second part of the v provides a development of the first part (vv 4, 5, 7),...

Expositions Of Holy Scripture (Maclaren)

  • Hast,' a past tense. It is as good as done. The believing use of God's greatpast, and initial mercy, to make us sure of His future. (a) In that He will certainly accomplish it.(b) In that even now there is a foretaste--rest i...
  • These people who sang thus perished in the wilderness I They let go hold of God's hand, so they sank like lead.' So He will fulfil begun work (Philippians 1:6). Let us cleave to Him. In Hebrews 3. and Hebrews 4. lessons are d...
  • The gravity of the revolt here is partly in its universality, which is emphasised in the narrative at every turn: all the congregation' (Num. 14:1), all the children of Israel,' the whole congregation' (Num. 14:2), all the as...
  • We which have believed do enter into rest'--Heb. 4:3.Do enter'--but on a hundred gravestones you will read He entered into rest' on such and such a day, as a synonym for He died.' It is strange that an expression which the wr...
  • There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10. For He that is entered into His rest, He also hath ceased from Him own works, as God did from His.'--Heb. 4:9-10.WE lose much of the meaning of this passage by our su...
  • Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest. lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.'--Heb. 4:11.WITH this simple, practical exhortation, the writer closes one of the most profound and intricate portions of ...
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