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4 – SPIRITUAL Rest – through Partnership
Premise:
God’s rest comes from cooperation with God’s Word
God’s job – SPEAK the Word
Your job – BELIEVE His Word – to the point of ACTION
Background:
Israel failed to enter the Promised Land due to unbelief.
Israel rebelled against God while He was trying to lead them to the Promised Land.
God’s People Blocked God’s Rest – Heb 3:7-11
· Tried God’s Patience
o God’s patience was tested despite miracles
o Many people say they would believe in God if they saw a miracle, but the entire nation of Israel saw God’s miracles for 40 years, yet refused to believe Him.
· Turned hearts away
· Refused to obey
· Made God Angry (40 years)
Trusting vs turning:
· “Rest” belongs to Christ
Hebrews 3:19 (NLT)
19 So we see that because of their unbeliefthey were not able to enter his rest.
Rest = 2663 κατάπαυσις [katapausis /kat·ap·ow·sis/] [1]
· A calming of the winds
1 – God’s Rest REMAINS
“Still stands” – YAYYYY
· God is slow to anger, quick to forgive, and FAITHFUL to 1,000 generations.
· Yet….
How many believers are not experiencing God’s rest?
· They are saved, but restless
· Don’t miss out on anything that Christ died to give you
“Tremble with fear” = reverential obedience
· Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling
· Implies people may not be as close to God as they think they are
· Ask – yourself – “are you in the faith?”
If so, By how much?
· Faith always has corresponding action
“Might fail to experience it”
· G5302 – fail to become a partaker – come short – come behind – lacking
· Lose a race
Word + Faith = Rest
· “Share the faith” – Word mixed with faith
· Good News does no good without faith
· Good soil – heard and DID
2 – God’s Rest can be REFUSED
How did God’s people FAIL to rest?
· They HEARD God’s promise
· They KNEW the Promised land was there – the spies saw it – they saw and ate the massive grapes
· They FEARED the giants
· They disobeyed God by refusing to believe God - accepted the evil report – bad news –
God’s people REFUSED to believe they could HAVE God’s promise
Examples different types of “rest”
· Healing “rest”– Healing is not “entered” because of unbelief that a person can obtain it
· Financial rest – God’s money is blocked by unbelief of the needy
Life Lesson: Unbelief disqualifies promise – (blessing)
· Chronic unbelief angers God – (even though He loves us) [action vs person]
· God apparently takes unbelief personally –
· unbelief is an insult to both His ABILITY and His INTEGRITY
3 – God’s Rest is RESERVED for believers
– Rescheduled
· God’s rest is AVAILABLE for all believers
· Set another time = TODAY
“Hear His voice”
· Why?
Because faith COMES by hearing – Romans 10:17
· Faith to believe what God said will actually come to pass in their life
· He who hath an ear
“Don’t Harden your Heart”
· Hardening comes from rebellion – 3:7
Examples that can lead to rest, if obeyed:
· God CALLS you –
o Start a business, leave a job, go on missions, join a church and submit your ministry to the pastor
· God challenges you –
o Give a gift (like a large offering) – perhaps to someone you don’t like
o Forgive a repeat offender – again
· God corrects you
o Addresses a secret sin in your life
o Grow up and stop making excuses
4 – God’s Rest must be RECEIVED
· God’s rest is desired FOR all believers (by God)
· God’s rest must be desired BY all believers – to the point of faith
· WE should want God’s rest for us as much as HE does!
· Don’t let Christ’s sacrifice for you to be in vain in any area – including rest.
· Rest from being a fixer – a hero – everything to everybody –
· Rest from struggling with religious works – the works that please God is to believe.
· Rest from being a worrier - worry does not prove that you care to people, it proves you are not in faith
· Do our best – Continual effort – keep the spirit man built up and keep the flesh man down
· We know we are in God’s rest when we experience God’s peace
· We don’t have to wait to receive spiritual rest – we can have it now!
[1]Strong, J. (1995).
Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon.
Woodside Bible Fellowship.
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