Hebrews 4:11-5:5
11 So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.
12 For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. 13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before his eyes, and he is the one to whom we are accountable.
14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe. 15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin. 16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
5 Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins. 2 And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses. 3 That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins as well as theirs.
4 And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was. 5 That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him,
“You are my Son.
Today I have become your Father.”
Terrie's Comments:
If this letter ended at the end of verse 12 we would all be doomed and depressed... I am so glad that it goes on from there and the story is not over yet!! Jesus is our High Priest who guarantee's that God's MERCY and His GRACE will help us when we need it the most!! What is mercy and what is grace??? well...
Simple Definition of mercy
: kind or forgiving treatment of someone who could be treated harshly
: kindness or help given to people who are in a very bad or desperate situation
Grace in Christianity is the free and unmerited favor of God as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowing of blessings. Common Christian teaching is that grace is unmerited mercy (favor) that God gave to humanity by sending his son to die on a cross, thus delivering eternal salvation. God's grace gives us the desire and the power to do his will.
And because Jesus is an eternal High Priest we have obtained eternal Mercy and God's Grace Forever! I am so thankful that I have Jesus as my High Priest and He provides a pathway for me to come BOLDLY into God's presence with everything because my trust is in Jesus alone!
Tori's Comments:
What does it mean to make an effort to enter that "rest"? To obey Christ and not fall into sin?
There's no point hiding like Adam and Eve, I get that. God sees everything, so I may as well come to Him just as I am.
When He looks at you, He sees what Jesus made you to be, not your mistakes and regrets.
And that is a beautiful truth I have been resting in- that kind of rest?
There's so much FREEEDDOOMM in God's love!!!!!
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Monday, June 6, 2016
Day 6 - Hebrews 4:1 - 4:10
Hebrews 4:1-10
4 God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. 2 For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God. 3 For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,’”
even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. 4 We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.” 5 But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
6 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. 7 So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”
8 Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. 9 So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. 10 For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
Tori's Comments:
"we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it" (v.1)
Oh man. Terrie can testify that this is an interesting time to read this passage.
Does it weigh on you?
Your friends, family, strangers on the street, may never experience God's rest?
It weighs on me. This may be the last time I ever see my classmates. What if they never learn of the love of God?
But the burden isn't enough. True love requires action, and I've noticed as this knowledge has made its way through my system that God will direct my steps if I'm willing to take them.
Does it weigh on you like it weighs on me?
I'm curious, as to what our rest should be like, should feel like. Any thoughts?
Terrie's Comments:
Am I resting?? Am I resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ or am I trying to do more, be more, be better all on my own? Am I waiting for other humans to meet my needs that God wants so desperately to meet? What does it look like to just rest and trust that God has already finished all the work.
That is what He wants is for us to fully rely on Him for everything. I wonder what it feels like to have already provided a way out but have so many of your children still drowning in fear, worry, anxiety, stress, unbelief, lack, work.... must be like watching someone drown in a foot of water... just stand up already!
God is just waiting for us to turn His way and trust Him with EVERYTHING..... yes this means giving up independence AND control.... We can do this TOGETHER. Reminding each other everyday that God is worth leaning on and HE IS DEPENDABLE!! JUST REST ALREADY.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
4 God’s promise of entering his rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it. 2 For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God. 3 For only we who believe can enter his rest. As for the others, God said,
“In my anger I took an oath:
‘They will never enter my place of rest,’”
even though this rest has been ready since he made the world. 4 We know it is ready because of the place in the Scriptures where it mentions the seventh day: “On the seventh day God rested from all his work.” 5 But in the other passage God said, “They will never enter my place of rest.”
6 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God. 7 So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted:
“Today when you hear his voice,
don’t harden your hearts.”
8 Now if Joshua had succeeded in giving them this rest, God would not have spoken about another day of rest still to come. 9 So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God. 10 For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their labors, just as God did after creating the world.
Tori's Comments:
"we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it" (v.1)
Oh man. Terrie can testify that this is an interesting time to read this passage.
Does it weigh on you?
Your friends, family, strangers on the street, may never experience God's rest?
It weighs on me. This may be the last time I ever see my classmates. What if they never learn of the love of God?
But the burden isn't enough. True love requires action, and I've noticed as this knowledge has made its way through my system that God will direct my steps if I'm willing to take them.
Does it weigh on you like it weighs on me?
I'm curious, as to what our rest should be like, should feel like. Any thoughts?
Terrie's Comments:
Am I resting?? Am I resting in the finished work of Jesus Christ or am I trying to do more, be more, be better all on my own? Am I waiting for other humans to meet my needs that God wants so desperately to meet? What does it look like to just rest and trust that God has already finished all the work.
That is what He wants is for us to fully rely on Him for everything. I wonder what it feels like to have already provided a way out but have so many of your children still drowning in fear, worry, anxiety, stress, unbelief, lack, work.... must be like watching someone drown in a foot of water... just stand up already!
God is just waiting for us to turn His way and trust Him with EVERYTHING..... yes this means giving up independence AND control.... We can do this TOGETHER. Reminding each other everyday that God is worth leaning on and HE IS DEPENDABLE!! JUST REST ALREADY.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
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