New Testament · Letters

Hebrews chapter 4

So let’s be careful — because even though the promise of entering God’s is still open, none of you should end up of it.Because we’ve heard the just like they did. But the message they heard didn’t do them any good because they didn’t combine it with when they heard it.Now, we who have do enter that rest — just as God said, “In my anger I : ‘They will never enter my rest.’” And yet God’s rest has been ready since the creation of the world.Because somewhere he’s spoken about the seventh day like this: “And God on the seventh day from all his work.”And then again in the same passage: “They will never enter my rest.”So the opportunity to enter that rest is still open, because the ones who first heard the good news didn’t enter it — they .So God sets another day — “” — speaking through David so much later, just as it was said before: “Today, if you hear his voice, don’t .”Because if had given them that rest, God wouldn’t have spoken later about another day.So there is still a waiting for God’s people.Because anyone who enters God’s rest also , just as God did from his.So let’s to enter that rest, so that no one falls by following the same pattern of .Because God’s is and — sharper than any , cutting through to the point where and meet, where joints and marrow connect. It exposes what the is really thinking and wanting.Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and before the eyes of the one to whom we must .So since we have a great who has — Jesus, the Son of God — let’s hold tightly to .Because we don’t have a high priest who can’t our . He was in every way that we are — and yet he .So let’s approach God’s throne of with , so that we can receive and find generous favor to help us .