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We’re fighting rest
We’re fighting rest
70s and 80s cocaine the party drug
2000s - energy drinks, 5 hour energy, Monster
ADHD; ADD
Movies: Lucy; Limitless
Reality - There God has designed to take a break…and to take a break with Him.
writer is clearly looking back at the Israelites.
Major take-away: We are to learn that they didn’t learn!
You can’t divorce “Rest” from “inheritance”
“let us be careful that none of you suppose that he has missed it.”
OT word (Septuagint) parallels - directly associated with inheritance
App: You are not going to get what God has intended for you by taking drugs, expanding God set limits on your brain.
Discussion
deut
Discussion
Q: What is your promise?
Are you closer to it?
What are you doing to make it happen?
I was battling - “Am I supposed to work my field (do my part) in or rest my in?”
God told them to work
He told them rest.
Reconciliation: Their work wouldn’t compare to what His hand would produce.
You can enter it:
If we can enter it, why don’t we?
“The works were finished from the foundation of the world”
work n. — activity directed toward making or doing something.
work n. — activity directed toward making or doing something.
We’re used to the concept that we were made, but not our jobs done.
Heb 4:1
How will I know when I’m in “His rest”?
How do you know when you’re not?
What happens physically when you’re bothered?
How do you know when you’re not?
What happens physically when you’re bothered?
Q: Why would anyone continue to turn down “His rest”?
Hebrews 4:2
“gospel”-limited definition - salvation - “good news”
Re-read vs. 2
The non-negotiable
Q: What would keep you from entering rest?
Q: How does it make you feel that God’s part is already done…there’s nothing else that He needs to do to finish the project?
Q: Do you need more faith, more rest or more discipline?
The Risk
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