Verse 1 says that each person hearing the gospel promise ought to fear lest they seem to have come short of this rest. Why does it read this way, you ask? It is said this way because it is most certainly true that a person can hear the gospel many times, and yet do nothing about it. And even many Christians fail to find rest for their souls even though they have heard the truth many times. This, I pray, will not be the case of anyone here in this assembly this morning. I want to open up for you now, the eternal blessedness of what it means to enter in to God’s rest. The question which I would have each one ask themselves is this: What must I do to enter in to God’s rest, so that I will find rest for my soul? 1st of all – In order to find rest you must know what the rest is, which God has prepared. (verses 1-3) 2nd – In order to find rest you must receive the truth of the gospel and not harden your heart. (verses 4-7) And 3rd – In order to find rest you must cease from your own works, and show that forth, by observing the Christian Sabbath.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...