01/07/2026
(in parenthesis is what I have written in the margins of my bible.) ANYTHING CAPITALIZED I HAVE UNDERLINED. The rest is from The NIV Bible.
This morning it is Hebrews Chapter 4.
(a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.)
HEBREWS, my understanding-is from an anonymous first-century writer who sends this as as a letter of exhortation to professing Jewish Christians suffering persecution from their faith in Christ. The Christian Faith is the true worship and service of the living God. Jesus Christ as both the sacrifice and High priest of the new covenant, is superior in every way to the Mosaic system of atoning sacrifices
HEBREWS 4:1-15
1.)THEREFORE, SINCE THE PROMISE OF ENTERING HIS REST STILL STANDS, LET US BE CAREFUL THAT NONE OF YOU HAVE FALLEN SHORT OF IT.
(*Resting in love, resting in God's will, Resting in trust, resting in faith that He will provide all that I need.)
2.) For we have also 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.
3.)NOW 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.' "
And yet His work has been finished since the creation of the world.
4.) For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "And on the seventh day God rested from all of his work."
5.) And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest."
6.) It still remains that some will enter that rest, and those who formerly had the gospel preached to then did not go in, because of their disobedience.
7.)Therefore, God again set aside a certain day calling it Today, when a long time later he spoke through David, as we said before:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."
8.) For if Joshua has given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, the Sabbath-rest for people of God.
10.)FOR ANYONE WHO ENTERS GOD'S REST ALSO RESTS FROM HIS OWN WORK, JUST AS GOD DID FROM HIS. LET US THEREFORE MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ENTER THAT REST, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience.
12.) FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE. SHARPER THAN ANY DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD, IT PENETRATES EVEN TO DIVIDING SOUL AND AOIRIT, JOINTS, AND MARROW; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
13.) Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him who we must give account.
14/15.) Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
