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Christ's Superiority to Moses 0:10 Good morning. Welcome to Stand on the Word. Thanks for joining me this morning as we continue our look at the book of Hebrews. And the question this morning is, have you entered God's rest? Gonna take a look at that.0:21 Verse 11 chapter 4. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. Now the author continues to expound upon the superiority0:33 of Jesus Christ moving from the priesthood to show that Jesus is also superior to Moses. Look at verse 1 chapter 3. Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest0:45 of our confession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was faithful in all his house. For this 1 has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses,0:57 in as much as he who built the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but he who built all things is God. And Moses indeed was faithful to all his house as a sermon1:09 for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward. See, Moses was a type leading the people out of Egypt, out of bondage. But Christ as a son over his own house,1:22 whose house we are if we hold fast, the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Now many Jewish believers had not come to the proper understanding of Jesus Christ. In1:33 fact, they kinda had it backwards. They saw Jesus as the enforcer of the law that Moses brought as the lawgiver. Moses first and Jesus under him rather than Jesus first as the1:45 creator of all things, creator of the house, the illustration that the author uses here in which Moses was a servant. Moses was the 1 who led the children of Israel1:57 out of physical bondage into the land of promise, but many didn't make it because of their unbelief and their disobedience. That history is used to warn us from2:09 falling short of our spiritual deliverance Verse 7, therefore, as the Holy Spirit says today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion in the day of trial in theWarning Against Unbelief and Disobedience 2:21 wilderness, where your fathers tested me, tried me, and saw my works 40 years. Therefore, I was angry with that generation and said, they always go astray in their heart, and2:33 they have not known my ways. So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest. Beware, brethren, lest there be any be in any of2:45 you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God. I mean, the Old Testament provides us a vivid illustration of2:57 the waywardness of man's heart. So just remember that the Old Testament we talked about this many times before. The Old Testament speaks to the physical, whereas the New Testament speaks to the spiritual. The Old3:08 Testament gives us a visual display of what we cannot see with our physical eyes in the new covenant in the spiritual realm. That's why the Old Testament is so3:20 important. And I know a lot of well, not a lot. Some teachers, pastors today say the old testament is not important. We need to focus on the new. No. You really don't understand the new testament3:32 until you understand the old because the old gives us an illustration of what we cannot see with our eyes. You see, we're not entering into a physical kingdom or promised3:43 land when we accept Jesus Christ. We're entering into the spiritual promise. We're entering into a spiritual kingdom. Now what kept the children of Israel from entering into the promise3:55 of God? It was unbelief manifested by disobedience to the word of God. So how do we keep from making that same mistake today? Verse 13,4:08 but exhort 1 another daily while it is called today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Hey. We need to be encouraging 1 another to stay true to our calling in the4:20 lord Jesus Christ because of what is happening around us, how easy it is to get distracted and led astray. For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence4:32 steadfast to the end. Look. This is a marathon. It's not a sprint. It is a marathon. While it is said while it is said today, if you will hear his voice, do not harden your heart4:44 as in the rebellion. Alright. They were all rejoicing when they came out of Egypt. They were triumphant. But then when the difficulties came, many of them strayed. Where is our god? And then eve you4:56 know, we saw them even building a golden calf. Aaron built the golden calf. How easy it is to stray. Now with whom was he angry 40 years? Was it not5:07 those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but those who did not obey? So we see that they could not enter in because of5:19 unbelief. Unbelief leads to disobedience. Now how many of the children of Israel started out on the journey out of Egypt? How many? All of5:31 them. They all did. How many made it to the promised land? Only those who trusted and obeyed. Look at what the the writer repeats in this chapter in chapter 3. He says, we must hold fast. We must5:43 remain steadfast. Does that mean that we can lose our salvation if we don't hold fast? No. I don't believe it does mean that. It means we won't enter into the rest of God, that rest. So what does that5:55 mean? Well, let's continue reading because this discussion continues over into chapter chapter 4 verse 1. Chapter 4, therefore, since a promise remains of entering his rest, let us fear.6:07 Alright? Let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. That's that reverence. Alright? For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them, but the word which they heard6:19 did not profit them. Why? They heard see, what they heard in the old testament was pointing to the deliverance, the promise of a savior, but it didn't profit them.6:31 Why? Not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. For we who have believed do enter that rest as he has said, so I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest.6:43 Although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. The word was given to them of the promise of salvation of the promised land, but it was not met with faith, so they did not enter into the rest6:54 of God. So let's look at what this rest is that the author is talking about. What does it mean to enter into the rest of God? Verse 4. For he has spoken in certain places of the seventh day in this7:06 way, and God rested on the seventh day from all his works. And again, in this place, they shall not enter my rest. Since therefore, it remains that some must enter it, and those to whom it was first7:18 preached did not enter because of disobedience. For if Joshua had given them rest, then he would not afterward have spoken of another day. There remains therefore a rest for the people of7:30 God. For he who has entered his rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the7:41 same example of disobedience. Alright. So as god rested from his works on the seventh day, so we rest from our works andEntering God's Rest Through Faith 7:53 we trust in the grace of God. That is entering into his rest. That is entering into the abundant life that Jesus provides here and now through faith by grace. We8:05 have life and we have it more abundantly. Then that that's that's entering into the rest, but there is then the eternal land of promise, which is the ultimate rest from the labor and the toil8:17 of this world, which is yet to come. Verse 12, for the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any 2 edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow8:29 and is discerner and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from his sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of8:41 him who must give account. Now this passage is familiar. I'm sure everyone has probably heard this passage or the sermon preached on it, read the passage. It's familiar, and it's been8:53 it's used to describe the word of God, the power of God's word. But in this context, it speaks specifically to God's judicial power, which which will know and9:04 declare who has entered into his rest by faith. We can't hide from God. He knows who believes, who has trusted, and who has obeyed. More broadly though, it does speak to9:16 the centrality of the word of God and its power and ability to reveal even the thoughts and motives of our own hearts that quite frankly we can't dissect ourselves. It is the word received in9:28 faith that sets us free, and it is the word responded to an obedience that keeps us free. Verse 14. Alright. So, and and with that faith, alright, with that9:40 faith, as we move to verse 14, we can can receive this encouragement that comes from these final 3 verses of this chapter. Seeing then that we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens,9:52 Jesus, the son of God, let us hold fast our confession. Alright. He's telling us to hold fast. But now our strength is in knowing what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us. For we do not have10:04 a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weakness, but was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain10:16 mercy and find grace to help in time of need. So how do we stand fast? How do we hold fast so that we don't fall away? Well, we have this promise. We have a high priest priest who has10:27 endured and overcome everything that we are going to focus. Christianity is not an arbitrary set of rules put in place by God just to find out who colors outside the line so10:39 that he can disqualify us. You know, I know many kinda create that imagery of Christianity. It's not what it is. We have a high priest, a savior, who in every way has experienced what we experience.10:52 And right now right now, he is sitting at the right hand of the father making intercession for you so that when you come boldly before the throne of grace,11:04 making your needs known before God, you have an intercessor sitting at his right hand. If you know Jesus Christ as your lord and savior and he's saying, father, that's 1 of mine. That's11:16 1 of mine. See, that's what we have. That's entering into the rest. The work is done by our high priest, by our savior, the lord Jesus Christ. All we have to do is go11:27 before that throne of grace with confidence and with boldness. Father, thank you. Lord, as we, celebrated Thanksgiving this, just yesterday. Lord, our hearts are overflowing11:39 with gratitude for what you have done for us and what you have made available to us. May we walk in your rest, the abundant life that Jesus Christ made available to us. We thank you for11:51 it. In Jesus' name, amen. Alright. Thanks for joining me this morning, and until next time. Keep standing on the word.12:02 Today's study comes from the stand on the word bible reading plan available for free at frc dot org slash bible. By following along in just a few minutes a day,12:14 you can read through the entire Bible in just 2 years. Learn more and request the free reading guide at f r c dot org slash bible.In this video 0:00 Christ's Superiority to Moses2:14 Warning Against Unbelief and Disobedience7:43 Entering God's Rest Through Faith
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