there remains a rest
TRANSCRIPT
1
2
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)1 Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them but the word which they heard did not profit them not being mixed with faith
in those who heard it
3
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)3 For we who have believed do enter that rest as He
has said ldquoSo I swore in My wrath
lsquoThey shall not enter My restrsquo rdquo although the works were finished from the foundation of the world 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way ldquoAnd God rested on the seventh day from all His worksrdquo 5 and again in this
place ldquoThey shall not enter My restrdquo
4
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first preached did not enter
because of disobedience 7 again He designates a certain day saying in David ldquoTodayrdquo after such a long
time as it has been said ldquoToday if you will hear His voice
Do not harden your heartsrdquo 8 For if Joshua had given them rest then He would not
afterward have spoken of another day
5
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same
example of disobedience
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
2
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)1 Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them but the word which they heard did not profit them not being mixed with faith
in those who heard it
3
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)3 For we who have believed do enter that rest as He
has said ldquoSo I swore in My wrath
lsquoThey shall not enter My restrsquo rdquo although the works were finished from the foundation of the world 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way ldquoAnd God rested on the seventh day from all His worksrdquo 5 and again in this
place ldquoThey shall not enter My restrdquo
4
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first preached did not enter
because of disobedience 7 again He designates a certain day saying in David ldquoTodayrdquo after such a long
time as it has been said ldquoToday if you will hear His voice
Do not harden your heartsrdquo 8 For if Joshua had given them rest then He would not
afterward have spoken of another day
5
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same
example of disobedience
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
3
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)3 For we who have believed do enter that rest as He
has said ldquoSo I swore in My wrath
lsquoThey shall not enter My restrsquo rdquo although the works were finished from the foundation of the world 4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way ldquoAnd God rested on the seventh day from all His worksrdquo 5 and again in this
place ldquoThey shall not enter My restrdquo
4
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first preached did not enter
because of disobedience 7 again He designates a certain day saying in David ldquoTodayrdquo after such a long
time as it has been said ldquoToday if you will hear His voice
Do not harden your heartsrdquo 8 For if Joshua had given them rest then He would not
afterward have spoken of another day
5
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same
example of disobedience
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
4
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV)6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first preached did not enter
because of disobedience 7 again He designates a certain day saying in David ldquoTodayrdquo after such a long
time as it has been said ldquoToday if you will hear His voice
Do not harden your heartsrdquo 8 For if Joshua had given them rest then He would not
afterward have spoken of another day
5
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same
example of disobedience
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
5
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his
works as God did from His 11 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same
example of disobedience
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
6
Hebrews 41ndash13 (NKJV) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful
and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 13 And
there is no creature hidden from His sight but all things are naked and open to the eyes of
Him to whom we must give account
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
7
Having given the example of Israelrsquos departure from God and Godrsquos response to that Paul is now going to make pointed applicalton of the example (37-shy‐18)
One point of this chapter is the Chrisltan through unbelief can turn away from God so as to be lost -shy‐ ie fail to enter the rest promised to those who believe -shy‐ (1 Cor 101-shy‐13)
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
8
The$Type$
Egypt $
Pharaoh
Moses (deliverer)
Israel
Moses (Law giver)
Cloud amp Sea
Wilderness
Canaan$
The$Antitype$
The world$
Satan
Jesus (deliverer)
The church
Jesus (Law giver)
Baptism
Christian life
Heaven$
Physical Figure Spiritual Reality
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
9
The main point -shy‐ there IS indeed a promise of rest to be enjoyed by those who conltnue in faith
Just as Israel was pushing toward the rest that was certain to be found in Canaan (rest from slavery travel and eventually war)
The faithful Chrisltan has the certainty of a rest remaining for him aPer enduring his pilgrimage here
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
10
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Heb 4696 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it
9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
11
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Titus 12 in hope of eternal life
which God who cannot lie promised before time began
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
12
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
1 Peter 13ndash4 3 has begotten us again to a living hope 4 to an inheritance incorruptible
and undefiled and that does not fade away reserved in
heaven for you
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
13
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Not the Sabbath rest ndash vs 45 Gen 22 Exo 1623 Exo 208-shy‐11 Deut 52-shy‐22 Neh 913-shy‐14 Ep 214-shy‐15 Col 214-shy‐17
Not the Canaan rest ndash vs 89 Deut 320 129-shy‐10 Josh 113-shy‐15 Josh 2143-shy‐45 Ps 957-shy‐8
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
14
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 43 (NKJV) 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 although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
15
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 45-6 (NKJV) 5 and again in this place They
shall not enter My rest 6 Since therefore it remains that some must enter it and those to whom it was first
preached did not enter because of disobedience
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
16
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
Hebrews 410 (NKJV) For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as
God did from His
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
17
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest FROM Doing whatrsquos right -shy‐ in the face of
trials tribulation persecution temptations
Fighting sin Satan amp evil people
Weariness amp physical drudgery of life -shy‐ sickness aging heartache loss
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
18
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Itrsquos not just for ourselves that we battle ndash (our spouse children grandchildren brethren in Christ etc)
God has called us into a battleground not a playground ndash one day there will be a rest (Rev 2122-shy‐27)
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
19
Vs 9-shy‐10 The rest comes when the labor is done
Rest WITH The saints -shy‐ brethren in Christ -shy‐
All the faithful of old -shy‐ (Enoch Joseph Abraham Moses Elijah Daniel etc)
The Lord Jesus Christ
God Himself
Hebrews 41 (NKJV)
1Therefore since a promise remains of
entering His rest let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short
of it
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
20
ldquoLet us fearrdquo ndash vs 1 Ps 338 11110 Prov 17 Mat 1028 Phili 212
We must give account -shy‐ vs 13 103031 Eccl 121314 Rom 25-shy‐11l 2 Cor 510
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
21
ldquoThe gospel was preachedrdquo -shy‐ vs 212 Mark 1615 Rom 116 1014-shy‐17 Col 15 23
Must be believed obeyed -shy‐ vs 6 316-shy‐19 59 Mat 721ff Rom 28 617 1016 Gal 31 57 Phili 212 2 Thes 16-shy‐9 1 Pet 122 417
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
22
ldquoWe who have believed do enterrdquo ndash (Emphatic futuristic present middle indicative of eiserchomai We are sure to enter in we who believe) vs 1271112 cf 314 John 824 Heb 116 Mk 1616 Gal 32627 Rev 210
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
23
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Hebrews 611And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope
until the end
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
24
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
Luke 1324Strive to enter through
the narrow gate for many I say to you will seek to
enter and will not be able
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
25
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
John 627ldquoDo not labor for the food which
perishes but for the food which endures to everlasting life which the Son of Man will give you because God the Father
has set His seal on Him
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
26
ldquoLet us therefore be diligent to enter that restrdquo -shy‐ vs 11 611 John Luke 1324 627 Phili 212 2 Pet 15-shy‐11
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
2 Pet 15105 But also for this very reason giving all diligence 10 Therefore brethren be even more diligent to make your call and election sure for if you do these
things you will never stumble
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
27
We CAN fail to enter Godrsquos rest
ldquoLest any of you seem to have come short of itrdquo ndash vs 1 37-shy‐14 John 151-shy‐10 1 Cor 101-shy‐13
ldquoDid not enter because of disobediencerdquo ndash vs 2 6 11 cf 315-shy‐19 589 Mat 721-shy‐23 2 John 9 2 Pet 220-shy‐22
Hebrews 411 (NKJV)
Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
28
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Psalms 957-8 (NKJV) 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your
hearts as in the rebellion As in the day of trial in the wilderness
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
29
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Ne 916 mdash But they and our fathers acted proudly Hardened their necks And did not heed Your commandments
Job 94 mdash God is wise in heart and mighty in strength Who has hardened himself against Him and prospered
Pr 2814 mdash Happy is the man who is always reverent But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity
Pr 291 mdash He who is often rebuked and hardens his neck Will suddenly be destroyed and that without remedy
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
30
Do not harden your heart -shy‐ (3815)Hebrews 47
(NKJV)again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
Matthew 1315 For the hearts of this people have grown dull Their ears are hard of hearing And their eyes they have
closed Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn So that I should heal them
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
31
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 4 Or do you despise the riches of His goodness
forbearance and longsuffering not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance 5 But in
accordance with your hardness and your impenitent heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of
wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God 6 who will render to each one according to his deeds
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
32
Romans 24-11 (NKJV) 7 eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory honor and immortality 8 but to those who are self-shy‐seeking and do not obey the truth but obey unrighteousness-shy‐-shy‐indignation and wrath 9 tribulation and anguish on every soul of man who does evil of the Jew first
and also of the Greek 10 but glory honor and peace to everyone who works what is good to the Jew first and also to
the Greek 11 For there is no partiality with God
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
33
ldquoFor the word of God is living rdquo vs 12 -shy‐Timeless amp permanently effective
ldquoDiscerner of the thoughts amp intents of the heartrdquo
The honesty of the heart is exposed
A response is demanded
Hebrews 412 (NKJV)
For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-shy‐edged sword piercing even to the division of soul and spirit and of
joints and marrow and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
34
2 Corinthians 61-2 (NKJV) 1 We then as workers together with Him also plead with you not to receive the grace of God in vain 2 For He says In an acceptable time I have heard you And in the day of salvation I have helped you Behold now is the accepted
time behold now is the day of salvation
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
35
Grace does not exclude conditions healthy fear or faithfulness
It is possible to fall from grace -shy‐ ie ldquofail to reachrdquo His rest -shy‐ Gal 51-shy‐4
We must give an account to Him Who sees all -shy‐ vs 13
As the promise remains so does Godrsquos threat
Hebrews 47 (NKJV)
again He designates a certain day saying in David Today after such a long
time as it has been said Today if you will hear His voice Do not harden your
hearts
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
36
Are you obeying serving working enduring that you
WILL enter His Rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
37
Matthew 1128-30 (NKJV) 28 Come to Me all you who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I
am gentle and lowly in heart and you will find rest for your souls 30 For My yoke is easy and My burden is light
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
Charts by Don McClainPrepared June 1516 2012
Preached June 17 2012West 65th Street church of Christ
PO Box 190062Little Rock AR 72219
501-568-1062Prepared using PPT 2010
Email ndash donmcclainsbcglobalnet More PPT amp Audio Sermons
httpw65stchurchofchristorgdonmaccla2010SermonPagehtml
Note ndash Many of the transition effects used in this presentation may be lost using PPT 2007 Viewer
httpwwwmicrosoftcomdownloadsdetailsaspxFamilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823ampdisplaylang=en
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 1 Oh come let us sing to the LORD Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation 2 Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving Let us shout joyfully to Him with Psalms 3 For the LORD is the great God And the great
King above all gods 4 In His hand are the deep places of the earth The heights of
the hills are His also
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 5 The sea is His for He made it And His hands formed the dry land 6 Oh come let us worship and bow down Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker 7 For He is our God And we are the people of His pasture And the sheep of His hand
Today if you will hear His voice 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion As
in the day of trial in the wilderness
Psalms 951-11 (NKJV) 9 When your fathers tested Me They tried Me though they saw My work 10 For forty years I was grieved with that generation And said It is a people who go astray in their hearts And they do not know My ways 11 So I swore in My wrath They shall not
enter My rest