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 Good morning, church.

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 It's good to see you this morning.

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 So we're going to continue our series in Hebrews this morning,

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 looking at Hebrews chapter 4, verses 1 through 11.

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 That's page 1002 in your pew Bible, if you want to turn there.

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 If you don't own a Bible, I'm giving you permission to steal that one.

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 Go ahead, take it home with you.

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 I'm telling you to break one of the Ten Commandments.

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 Just take it away.

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 No, I'm just kidding.

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 So page 1002.

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 There we go.

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 Hey, I'm on.

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 All right.

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 Good.

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 Hebrews 4, 1 through 11.

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 Let me read this for us.

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 The writer to Hebrews says,

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 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands,

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 let us fear, lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

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 For good news came to us just as to them,

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 but the message they heard did not benefit them,

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 because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

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 For we who have believed enter that rest.

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 As he has said,

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 As I swore in my wrath,

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 they shall not enter my rest.

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 Although his works were finished from the foundation of the world,

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 for he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way,

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 and God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

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 And again,

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 in this passage,

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 he said,

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 They shall not enter my rest.

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 Since,

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 therefore,

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 it remains for some to enter it,

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 and those who formerly received the good news failed to enter because of disobedience,

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 again,

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 he appoints a certain day,

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 today,

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 saying through David,

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 so long afterward,

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 in the words already quoted,

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 today,

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 if you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts.

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 For if Joshua had given them rest,

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 God would not have spoken of another day later on.

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 So then there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

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 For whoever has entered God's rest has also rested from his works,

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 as God did from his.

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 Let us,

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 therefore,

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 strive to enter that rest,

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 so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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 Let's pray together.

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 God,

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 we thank you that your word is living and active,

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 and that it uncovers the deep recesses of our hearts that need to be exposed,

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 and brought into the light of your healing and sovereign grace.

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 God,

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 we pray this morning that your Holy Spirit would do his work in our hearts through your word,

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 to draw us nearer to Christ,

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 or nearer to our hope,

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 and to the source of our joy in him.

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 Lord,

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 we ask all this in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 So,

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 one of the fun things about overseeing our youth ministry here at Trinity,

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 is not that,

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 not just that we get to go on fun retreats like we did last weekend,

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 but I get to read all these great articles about adolescent culture.

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 And a survey was conducted not so long ago of high school students,

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 and they were asked what their biggest problems were,

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 or what did they see as their greatest challenges,

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 what were the things that they were really struggling with and dealing with.

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 And I was really surprised by what was at the top of that list.

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 It wasn't loneliness,

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 or fitting in with their peers,

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 and it wasn't family problems,

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 even though massive numbers of adolescents today are coming from broken homes.

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 It wasn't dating or relationships,

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 even though that seems to be what's on every high schooler's mind.

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 That wasn't the thing that was their biggest problem as they saw it.

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 The number one issue or problem that they identified

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 was stress.

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 Stress.

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 Isn't that interesting?

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 And of course,

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 that's not just true of high school students, right?

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 We live in a culture of deep,

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 deep unrest.

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 We're busy.

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 We're overworked.

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 I mean, come on.

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 When you ask someone how they're doing,

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 what is the first thing that they say?

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 How was your week?

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 It's busy.

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 Right?

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 I'm guilty of doing that.

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 What gives?

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 the 40-hour work week is like a dinosaur relic

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 that we go look at in the Peabody.

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 Nobody works 40 hours anymore.

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 We're deeply,

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 deeply restless people.

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 And you know what's crazy about that?

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 What's crazy about that is that we live in a society

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 where for the most part,

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 everything that we need is at our fingertips.

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 Right?

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 Like at no other point in human history,

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 we who live in the West have unprecedented resources

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 at our command to meet our physical

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 and our emotional and our cultural needs.

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 Right?

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 I mean,

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 don't we have access to basic physical necessities

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 like never before?

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 Food,

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 clothing,

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 shelter.

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 And don't we have,

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 through technology,

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 fabulous resources to connect us relationally

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 with people here and all around the world?

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 And can't we participate

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 and enjoy cultural productions

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 like music and art and theater

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 like we never have been able to in the past?

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 It's all at our fingertips.

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 And yet,

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 despite all of that,

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 despite having everything,

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 we still live lives

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 that are deeply,

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 deeply unrestful.

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 Which ought to point us to the fact

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 that there's something much deeper going on.

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 Right?

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 If none of these things can sort of give us

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 the rest that we need,

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 then it must point us to the fact

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 that we've lost something.

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 We've lost something

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 that we can't seem to find

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 and is producing in us

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 this deep,

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 deep unrest.

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 So when we come to our passage this morning,

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 we're coming to a text

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 that I think you and I desperately need.

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 Because this text is all about what?

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 Entering into God's rest.

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 It's a phrase that's repeated

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 over and over and over again.

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 And in verse 1,

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 it just announces it.

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 The promise of entering

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 God's rest

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 still stands.

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 Now, if you're here last week,

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 you'll remember that

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 in this section of Hebrews,

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 in 3 and 4,

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 the writer to Hebrews

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 is unpacking for us

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 Psalm 95.

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 He's kind of giving us

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 a little sermon

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 within the sermon here.

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 And last week,

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 we saw that this portion

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 of Psalm 95 that he's unpacking

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 carries this explicit warning

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 against hard-heartedness

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 and unbelief.

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 You can go listen

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 to Greg's sermon online

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 if you missed it.

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 But now,

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 in chapter 4,

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 he's turning a corner.

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 And he's saying that

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 Psalm 95 isn't just

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 this explicit warning

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 against hard-heartedness,

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 but it's an implied promise.

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 There's an implied promise.

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 That entering God's rest

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 still stands.

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 Now, all commentators

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 will agree,

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 it was sort of funny

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 as I was reading

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 through the commentators

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 this week,

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 that these 11 verses

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 are some of the most

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 kind of logically

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 and exegetically challenging

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 of the whole book.

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 You know, sometimes

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 as we move from verse to verse,

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 maybe you thought this

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 as you're reading,

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 you're like,

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 wow, how many non-sequiturs

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 could there be

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 in a single passage

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 of Scripture, right?

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 Those who believe

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 enter the rest.

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 As he said,

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 they shall not enter my rest.

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 What?

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 What?

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 What's going on there, right?

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 It's kind of like

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 we're sort of in the race car

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 with him

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 and we're moving

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 at 200 miles an hour

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 and then he takes a turn

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 and we sort of hit our head

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 against the, you know,

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 the window.

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 Which doesn't mean

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 that Scripture's,

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 you know,

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 wrong

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 or fallacious,

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 you know.

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 It just means

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 we have to slow down.

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 We have to pay attention.

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 Because if we keep our sights

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 on the main thrust

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 of this passage

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 of entering

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 God's rest,

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 I think what we see

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 as we move through it

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 that he's unpacking

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 this promise for us

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 in at least four ways.

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 And here are the four ways

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 that he impacts it,

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 I think.

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 First, he's going to tell us

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 who enters,

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 who enters the rest,

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 and then he's going to tell us

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 what we're entering.

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 What are we entering

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 when we enter God's rest?

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 And then he's going to tell us

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 how we enter,

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 and then he's going to conclude

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 by saying,

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 what do we do about it?

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 Make sense?

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 Who?

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 What?

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 How?

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 And what do we do about it?

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 So first,

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 who enters?

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 So it's clear from verses

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 one and two

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 in the first half of three,

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 that it's those who believe,

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 right?

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 Those who have faith,

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 those who hear with faith,

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 they're the ones

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 who enter into God's rest.

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 We see that word again and again

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 in these first few verses.

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 Faith and belief

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 in two and three,

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 they're the same root word,

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 both meaning to trust.

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 And that sort of tricky quote

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 at the end of verse three,

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 I think what he's saying there

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 is that if those who didn't believe

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 will not enter God's rest,

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 then it's implied

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 that those who do believe will.

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 You see,

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 there's the implied promise.

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 And then he uses this example

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 of the wilderness generation

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 to bring something very important

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 before our eyes.

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 He brings forth

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 the wilderness generation

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 to show

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 that it's not merely those

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 who hear the good news

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 who enter in,

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 but it's those

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 who respond in faith.

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 It's those who actually believe it

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 and put their trust in it.

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 Now think about that.

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 The wilderness generation

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 under Moses

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 saw God's saving power

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 in Egypt

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 and at the Red Sea.

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 They saw God

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 part a sea

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 so they could walk through it.

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 And at Sinai,

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 they heard God's voice

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 booming

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 and promising

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 that he would be their God

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 and he would lead them

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 into the promised land.

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 But sadly,

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 that message,

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 what they saw

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 and what they heard

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 did them no good.

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 It didn't benefit them.

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 Why?

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 Because they didn't

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 receive it

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 with faith.

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 Or more exactly,

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 the way he puts it here,

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 they weren't united

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 by faith

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 with those who actually

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 did listen

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 and believe

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 and trust in it.

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 And that means

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 you can be sitting here

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 right now

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 and you can have

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 come to church

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 your whole life

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 and hear the message

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 about Christ

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 and the good news

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 of entering God's rest

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 and you can intellectually

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 know that message

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 forward and backward

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 and you can listen

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 to the preaching

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 and you can see it

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 displayed in the ordinances

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 and baptism

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 and the Lord's Supper

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 and you can have even

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 partaken of those things.

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 And for all that,

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 you can still not be

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 among those

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 who actually enter in.

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 You can still not be united

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 with those

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 who truly listen.

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 Because it's not merely

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 hearing that gets you in,

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 it's believing.

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 Do you know the difference

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 between hearing

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 and trusting?

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 It's pretty simple.

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 I mean, we know it every,

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 we see it every day,

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 don't we?

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 I mean, it's like

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 the difference between

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 hearing

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 that if you go down

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 to the station,

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 hearing, there's a train

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 that will take you

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 from New Haven

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 to New York City.

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 There's one there.

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 They leave like every 15 minutes.

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 And you can hear that

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 and you can hear that

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 and you can hear that.

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 But the difference is

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 is that actually trusting it

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 is getting on one

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 of those trains

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 and letting it take you

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 to the city.

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 Now, if we step back

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 a moment,

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 you know,

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 this is why

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 this sort of difference,

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 this is why some of you

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 may have encountered

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 some very upright,

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 morally respectable people,

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 very religious people,

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 who are very

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 and truly

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 just unrestful.

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 In fact,

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 maybe it's you this morning.

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 Maybe you're

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 keeping all the rules

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 and you're showing up

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 to church

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 and you're working

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 at being a very good person

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 and you know

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 the Christian lingo,

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 but deep inside,

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 there is no

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 rest.

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 And maybe you've been

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 at this for a long time.

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 And maybe you've convinced

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 yourself that that's all

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 there is to Christianity,

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 just a sort of laboring.

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 And you've been lulled

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 to sleep.

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 And yet there's a restlessness

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 that still troubles you

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 deep in your soul

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 and it's telling you

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 that there's something more.

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 Or maybe you're,

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 maybe you're pretty new

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 to Christianity.

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 Maybe you're still exploring it.

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 Maybe you're trying it out.

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 Maybe you're just getting a start.

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 And maybe you've been

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 going at it

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 and honestly,

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 you're just getting close

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 to giving up

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 and moving on.

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 Because it doesn't seem to work.

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 You're trying this religious thing

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 and it's not working.

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 And you're starting to realize

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 that the rest

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 that your soul longs for

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 isn't just found

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 in the moral

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 or religious routine

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 that you think

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 stands at the center

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 of Christianity.

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 This morning,

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 we need to hear

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 that it's not those

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 who work,

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 but it's those who trust

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 that truly enter in.

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 But you know,

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 this first point

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 about who are the ones

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 who enter in,

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 it really speaks

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 to those who are,

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 those of us

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 who are overly casual

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 and familiar

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 with the Christian message.

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 For those of us

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 who have maybe heard it

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 time and again,

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 but still hold it

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 at arm's length.

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 Those of us

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 who might be hearing,

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 but not really believing

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 and not really trusting.

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 And because of that,

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 did you notice

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 in these first three verses?

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 Because of that,

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 because it's not just

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 those who hear,

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 but those who actually

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 trust with their hearts.

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 Because of that fact,

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 he says,

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 fear.

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 Now you realize

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 that there's a good

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 and right kind of fear.

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 Don't you?

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 Not all fear

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 is bad fear.

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 How many of you

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 saw the movie

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 Life of Pi

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 last year?

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 Anybody see that?

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 Yeah.

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 Oh, wow.

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 A lot of you.

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 Do you remember the scene

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 where sort of

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 the young Pi

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 sneaks into his father's zoo

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 and he wants to sort of

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 connect on a deep

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 spiritual level

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 with the tiger?

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 Remember that scene?

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 Am I the only one

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 who remembers that scene?

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 Okay, I'm going to tell it

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 to you then.

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 He sort of sneaks

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 into the zoo

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 and he wants to sort of

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 have this,

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 he wants to look

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 into the eyes

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 of the tiger

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 and I don't remember

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 if he wants to feed him

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 something or just pet him.

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 But you know,

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 just as he's about

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 to hold up his hand

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 to the bars,

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 his father races in

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 and scolds him

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 and stops him

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 and says,

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 what are you doing?

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 Don't you realize

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 what you're playing

00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.240
 with here?

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 And then he proves

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 the point, right?

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 He takes a goat

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 and he puts a goat

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 in front of the cage

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 and the tiger

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 just rips it

00:15:13.079 --> 00:15:13.799
 through the bars.

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 Friends, you see,

00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:18.699
 there's a right kind

00:15:18.699 --> 00:15:19.100
 of fear.

00:15:21.079 --> 00:15:21.980
 The author of Hebrews

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 is telling us

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 that there is

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 an earnestness.

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 There is a sobriety

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 and a seriousness,

00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.259
 a right and reverent

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:29.560
 kind of fear

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 that ought to attend

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 what we're doing

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 on Sundays

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 and what we're doing

00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:36.399
 throughout our lives

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 with respect

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 to the gospel.

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 We are often

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 much, much

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 too casual

00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:43.379
 and flippant

00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.759
 about these things.

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 Don't you see,

00:15:46.940 --> 00:15:48.399
 there's a rest

00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:49.460
 that we are able

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 to enter,

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 but a casual

00:15:52.359 --> 00:15:52.839
 attitude,

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 a comfort

00:15:53.559 --> 00:15:54.719
 with just hearing

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 the message

00:15:55.219 --> 00:15:56.079
 and let it wash

00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:56.879
 over us

00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:58.959
 could devour

00:15:58.959 --> 00:15:59.740
 our hopes

00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.339
 of entering in.

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 So how about it,

00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:04.599
 friends?

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 Are you serious

00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.699
 this morning?

00:16:07.539 --> 00:16:08.279
 Or are we just

00:16:08.279 --> 00:16:09.039
 playing games?

00:16:10.699 --> 00:16:11.359
 Because it's not

00:16:11.359 --> 00:16:12.120
 merely those who hear

00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:12.939
 but those who believe,

00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:13.799
 those who trust.

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 rest.

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 Now there's this first

00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:18.599
 way of unpacking

00:16:18.599 --> 00:16:19.159
 this promise

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 of the rest.

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 Second,

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 what are we actually

00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:22.159
 entering?

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 What's the nature

00:16:24.179 --> 00:16:24.879
 of this rest

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 that is open to us?

00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:26.339
 Now,

00:16:26.639 --> 00:16:27.319
 to unpack

00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:29.059
 this part of the promise,

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 the author of Hebrews

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 is going to engage

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 in a little bit

00:16:32.699 --> 00:16:33.439
 of what we would call

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 today,

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 biblical theology.

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 Now here's what

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 I mean by that

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 and hang with me

00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:38.179
 on this because

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 you'll find it interesting.

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 You know,

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 think about two

00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:42.959
 related ways

00:16:42.959 --> 00:16:43.759
 of understanding

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 God's revelation.

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 Two ways of doing

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 theology, if you will,

00:16:46.500 --> 00:16:47.519
 that go hand in hand,

00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:47.979
 right?

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 Roughly speaking,

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 there's systematic

00:16:49.939 --> 00:16:51.079
 theology on this hand

00:16:51.079 --> 00:16:52.439
 and what that does

00:16:52.439 --> 00:16:52.979
 is it sort of takes

00:16:52.979 --> 00:16:54.539
 a topic like God

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 or sin or humanity

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 or creation

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 and it goes

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 through Scripture

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 and it arranges

00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.679
 what God has revealed

00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:02.099
 about that

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 in a very logical

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 fashion.

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 It moves through

00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.859
 Scripture and says

00:17:06.859 --> 00:17:07.720
 here's all we know

00:17:07.720 --> 00:17:08.639
 about God and creation

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 and sin,

00:17:09.139 --> 00:17:09.539
 et cetera,

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:09.839
 et cetera.

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 But what we call

00:17:11.940 --> 00:17:12.960
 biblical theology

00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:14.299
 on this hand

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 is more concerned

00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:16.580
 with how certain

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 themes develop

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 along the course

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 of Scripture.

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 For example,

00:17:22.100 --> 00:17:23.259
 biblical theology

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 would ask

00:17:23.700 --> 00:17:24.559
 how does the theme

00:17:24.559 --> 00:17:25.299
 of the temple

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 develop along

00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:27.840
 the history

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 of Revelation?

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 How does the theme

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 of kingdom

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 and the king

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 develop and progress

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 through Scripture

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 as we go along

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 the sort of history

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 line of Scripture?

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 Now both of these

00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:39.420
 ways of doing theology

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 are biblical

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 in the sense

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 that they're concerned

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 with what God

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 says in the Bible

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 but systematic theology

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 does it in logical

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 categories,

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 biblical theology

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 does it in sort

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 of a historical

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 progression.

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 Now,

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 that little nugget

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 helps you to see

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 what Hebrews

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 is up to

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 in the rest

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 of this passage

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 starting at the end

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 of verse 3.

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 Verse 95

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 is talking about

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 my rest,

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 right?

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 But when we start

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 to look at the theme

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 of God's rest

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 as it develops

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 along the course

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 of the whole Bible,

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 we realize that

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 rest is something

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 that's even bigger

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 and more stunning

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 than we could have

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 ever originally thought.

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 And verses 3-5

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 begin by taking us

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 back to Genesis 2-2.

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 Remember that

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 after the six creation

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 days described

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 in Genesis chapter 1,

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 we come to Genesis 2,

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 right?

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 And there's a seventh day.

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 And on that day,

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 God rests.

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 And here's what it says

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 in Genesis 2.

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 Thus, the heavens

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 and the earth

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 were finished

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 and all the hosts

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 of them.

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 And on the seventh day,

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 God finished his work

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 that he had done

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 and he rested

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 on the seventh day

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 from all his work

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 that he had done.

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 So God blessed

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 the seventh day

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 and made it holy

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 because on it,

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 God rested

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 from all his work

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 that he had done

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 in creation.

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 Now,

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 God doesn't rest

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 on the seventh day

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 of creation

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 because he's tired

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 and he needs a break,

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 right?

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 That's not what's going on.

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 And God's resting

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 doesn't mean

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 that he isn't

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 intimately involved

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 in caring for

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 and ruling over

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 his creation.

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 But the seventh day

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 is God's way

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 of showing

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 that his creation

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 is complete

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 and whole

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 and good.

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 It's like a composer

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 who steps back

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 from her score

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 once the last part

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 and the last note

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 is written in

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 because she knows

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 it's complete

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 and ready to be performed

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 in all of its beauty.

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 It's done.

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 And that's what

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 the seventh day

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 is like.

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 God steps back

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 and is ready

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 for his full symphony

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 to begin.

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 And you'll remember

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 that the first

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 six creation days

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 all came to an end,

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 right?

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 There was morning

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 and there was evening

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 and they came to an end.

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 But the seventh day

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 doesn't end

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 and it keeps going.

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 You see,

00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:56.279
 God's rest

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 is an eternal reality

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 instituted

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 in creation itself.

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 And it's the thing

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 that humanity,

00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:02.819
 remember,

00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.819
 created at the pinnacle

00:20:03.819 --> 00:20:05.220
 of the sixth day

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 what we were created

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 to enjoy.

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 You see,

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.120
 human beings,

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.160
 you and I,

00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.920
 were made in God's image

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:13.120
 to bear his glory

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 in creation

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 and we were made

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 to work

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 and to love

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 and to create

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 and to cultivate

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 the earth

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 all in light

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 of God's rest

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 on the seventh day,

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 all in light

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 of his enjoyment

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 of standing

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 before his creation

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 and saying

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 that it's good

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 and perfect

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 and whole.

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 Now,

00:20:34.460 --> 00:20:35.259
 flash forward

00:20:35.259 --> 00:20:37.059
 in the biblical storyline

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 to the history

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 of Israel.

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 This is where

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 the writer of Hebrews

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 wants to take us.

00:20:42.539 --> 00:20:43.240
 After delivering them

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 from slavery in Egypt,

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.559
 God promises

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.279
 to bring his people

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 into the promised land

00:20:47.120 --> 00:20:47.460
 where they would

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 worship God

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 and have abundance

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:50.059
 and be free

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 from their enemies

00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:51.680
 and Deuteronomy

00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.519
 again and again

00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:52.880
 and again

00:20:52.880 --> 00:20:53.519
 calls it

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 a place of rest.

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 And though the first

00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:57.799
 generation failed

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 to enter,

00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.920
 the next generation

00:20:58.920 --> 00:21:00.279
 under Joshua does.

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 And that's what

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.880
 the first half

00:21:01.880 --> 00:21:02.620
 of verse 8

00:21:02.620 --> 00:21:03.519
 in Hebrews 4

00:21:03.519 --> 00:21:04.200
 is alluding to.

00:21:04.700 --> 00:21:05.500
 Occupying the land

00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:06.259
 under Joshua,

00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:07.319
 the land of rest.

00:21:08.420 --> 00:21:08.779
 And of course,

00:21:08.819 --> 00:21:09.600
 it's not just the land,

00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:09.779
 right?

00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:11.000
 God didn't just give

00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:11.819
 Israel the land,

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 but he gave them

00:21:12.420 --> 00:21:13.360
 the Sabbath day.

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 And as you know,

00:21:15.380 --> 00:21:16.100
 this was an ordinance

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.600
 in Israel

00:21:16.600 --> 00:21:17.779
 that every seventh day

00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.960
 would be a day of rest

00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:19.960
 and not just a day

00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:20.860
 of stopping from work,

00:21:20.920 --> 00:21:21.920
 but a day of celebration

00:21:21.920 --> 00:21:23.100
 and joy.

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 The Sabbath

00:21:25.439 --> 00:21:26.359
 as originally intended

00:21:26.359 --> 00:21:27.439
 was a great gift,

00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.839
 rich with meaning.

00:21:30.339 --> 00:21:30.980
 In Exodus 20,

00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:31.459
 the Sabbath

00:21:31.459 --> 00:21:32.000
 is connected

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.959
 to God's rest

00:21:32.959 --> 00:21:33.919
 and enjoyment

00:21:33.919 --> 00:21:34.619
 and creation.

00:21:35.019 --> 00:21:36.119
 And in Deuteronomy 5,

00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:36.639
 it's connected

00:21:36.639 --> 00:21:37.719
 to enjoying

00:21:37.719 --> 00:21:38.379
 and resting

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.619
 in God's great work

00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:40.159
 of redemption.

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.779
 So here's where

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.259
 he brings us.

00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:45.459
 As the story unfolds,

00:21:45.459 --> 00:21:46.019
 as we follow

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.779
 this theme of rest

00:21:46.779 --> 00:21:47.579
 along the course

00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:47.980
 of Scripture,

00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:49.399
 we have God's people

00:21:49.399 --> 00:21:50.779
 now celebrating

00:21:50.779 --> 00:21:51.799
 a day of rest

00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:53.879
 in a land of rest.

00:21:56.819 --> 00:21:57.220
 But,

00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.279
 and here's where

00:21:58.279 --> 00:21:59.019
 things get interesting,

00:21:59.819 --> 00:22:00.379
 there's more.

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.659
 Now we go to

00:22:02.659 --> 00:22:03.339
 Psalm 95,

00:22:04.460 --> 00:22:05.659
 written in the time

00:22:05.659 --> 00:22:06.259
 of David,

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.799
 hundreds of years

00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.700
 after Joshua.

00:22:09.980 --> 00:22:10.799
 They've been in the land

00:22:10.799 --> 00:22:11.559
 for hundreds of years,

00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.259
 they've been celebrating

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.740
 the Sabbath,

00:22:12.879 --> 00:22:13.539
 or supposed to have been

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.259
 celebrating the Sabbath

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:15.460
 for hundreds of years.

00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.879
 They're under a king,

00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:17.879
 the best king that Israel

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.460
 ever saw

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.440
 or probably would see.

00:22:19.440 --> 00:22:21.820
 And David's talking

00:22:21.820 --> 00:22:22.440
 about entering

00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:23.420
 God's rest.

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:26.600
 As if to say

00:22:26.600 --> 00:22:28.920
 that the real rest

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:30.059
 is still

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.460
 in front of them.

00:22:33.299 --> 00:22:34.480
 You see what that means?

00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:36.940
 It means that the day,

00:22:37.340 --> 00:22:38.019
 the Sabbath day,

00:22:38.120 --> 00:22:38.920
 and the land,

00:22:40.120 --> 00:22:40.860
 that wasn't really

00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.440
 what the rest

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.160
 was all about.

00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:44.120
 Otherwise,

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:44.880
 God through David

00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:45.400
 wouldn't have spoken

00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:46.240
 of another day,

00:22:46.340 --> 00:22:46.600
 right?

00:22:46.599 --> 00:22:48.019
 That day

00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.539
 and that land

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:48.980
 must have been

00:22:48.980 --> 00:22:50.679
 part of a promise,

00:22:51.740 --> 00:22:52.599
 a signpost,

00:22:52.719 --> 00:22:53.240
 a type,

00:22:53.339 --> 00:22:53.939
 a picture,

00:22:54.219 --> 00:22:55.240
 pointing ahead

00:22:55.240 --> 00:22:56.619
 to something greater.

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.419
 Or to use the metaphor

00:22:59.419 --> 00:23:00.399
 we used a little earlier,

00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:01.059
 the day,

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:02.259
 the Sabbath day,

00:23:02.319 --> 00:23:03.039
 and the land,

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.359
 they were part

00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:05.419
 of a melody line

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:07.639
 that the great composer

00:23:07.639 --> 00:23:08.279
 was beginning

00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.240
 to rewrite

00:23:09.240 --> 00:23:11.459
 into his fallen creation

00:23:11.459 --> 00:23:13.899
 to remind us

00:23:13.899 --> 00:23:14.859
 of what we'd lost,

00:23:14.859 --> 00:23:16.879
 and to point us

00:23:16.879 --> 00:23:17.359
 ahead

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:18.779
 to what God

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:19.859
 would one day accomplish

00:23:19.859 --> 00:23:21.819
 once and for all.

00:23:23.659 --> 00:23:24.099
 Otherwise,

00:23:25.219 --> 00:23:26.519
 reasons the author

00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:26.919
 of Hebrews,

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.319
 why would David

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.799
 be speaking

00:23:28.799 --> 00:23:29.719
 of another day

00:23:29.719 --> 00:23:31.479
 so long afterward?

00:23:34.659 --> 00:23:35.339
 And in verses

00:23:35.339 --> 00:23:35.939
 9 through 10,

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.419
 Hebrews puts

00:23:36.419 --> 00:23:37.359
 all the pieces together

00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:39.240
 and he says,

00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:40.480
 so then,

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:42.519
 there remains

00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:44.059
 a Sabbath rest

00:23:44.059 --> 00:23:45.299
 for the people

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.880
 of God.

00:23:47.339 --> 00:23:48.160
 In other words,

00:23:48.220 --> 00:23:49.359
 there is a future,

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:51.680
 a festival joy

00:23:51.680 --> 00:23:53.059
 that is coming

00:23:53.059 --> 00:23:54.220
 for those who believe.

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.480
 And God wanted us

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.460
 to know that

00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.599
 and believe that

00:23:58.599 --> 00:23:59.420
 so deeply

00:23:59.420 --> 00:24:00.559
 that into the very

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:02.279
 warp and woof

00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:03.620
 of redemptive history,

00:24:03.620 --> 00:24:04.539
 he put these

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:06.380
 unmistakable signposts

00:24:06.380 --> 00:24:07.299
 for us to see,

00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.639
 these unmistakable

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:09.379
 melody lines

00:24:09.379 --> 00:24:10.259
 for us to hear

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:11.079
 that would draw

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:11.960
 our hearts back

00:24:11.960 --> 00:24:12.919
 to creation

00:24:12.919 --> 00:24:14.019
 and forward

00:24:14.019 --> 00:24:16.480
 into the consummation,

00:24:16.599 --> 00:24:17.319
 into the completion.

00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:20.980
 Back to the seventh

00:24:20.980 --> 00:24:21.700
 day of creation

00:24:21.700 --> 00:24:22.440
 when humanity

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.359
 enjoyed the presence

00:24:23.359 --> 00:24:23.740
 of God

00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:24.419
 and his rest

00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:25.599
 and forward

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.599
 into the new creation

00:24:26.599 --> 00:24:27.200
 where the real

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:28.159
 Sabbath celebration

00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:29.339
 would be realized

00:24:29.339 --> 00:24:30.359
 in all of its fullness.

00:24:32.940 --> 00:24:33.379
 Do you see?

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:35.259
 Do you see what he's weaving here?

00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:36.659
 Do you see how he's reading Scripture?

00:24:37.879 --> 00:24:38.799
 The promised land

00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.859
 was just a melody line.

00:24:39.940 --> 00:24:40.440
 The Sabbath day

00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:41.480
 was just a melody line,

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.200
 a signpost,

00:24:42.539 --> 00:24:43.039
 a sketch

00:24:43.039 --> 00:24:44.159
 of the eternal

00:24:44.159 --> 00:24:45.720
 festival joy

00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.200
 that God holds out

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.519
 for those who believe.

00:24:48.720 --> 00:24:50.259
 The joy of his presence,

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:52.200
 the rest of God's presence.

00:24:53.319 --> 00:24:53.899
 And don't you see

00:24:53.899 --> 00:24:54.579
 that's finally

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.259
 what our hearts

00:24:55.259 --> 00:24:56.720
 need and long for.

00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.899
 If it wasn't the land

00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.659
 and wasn't the day,

00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.079
 then friends,

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.240
 surely it's not

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.940
 a bigger paycheck

00:25:01.940 --> 00:25:03.500
 and it's not

00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.440
 a larger house

00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.320
 and it's not

00:25:05.320 --> 00:25:06.299
 a more exotic

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.700
 vacation spot

00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.740
 that's going to

00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.539
 give you rest

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:11.360
 and it's not

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.400
 more obedient kids

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:12.880
 and it's not

00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.000
 a more loving spouse.

00:25:14.779 --> 00:25:15.039
 Friends,

00:25:15.080 --> 00:25:16.240
 none of those things

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.299
 will bring you

00:25:17.299 --> 00:25:18.120
 the rest

00:25:18.120 --> 00:25:19.059
 that you need

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:20.279
 because you can have

00:25:20.279 --> 00:25:21.440
 all those things

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:23.160
 and be terribly tired

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:24.200
 and troubled

00:25:24.200 --> 00:25:25.440
 and even tormented.

00:25:25.440 --> 00:25:30.720
 What you long for

00:25:30.720 --> 00:25:32.779
 is the rest

00:25:32.779 --> 00:25:35.120
 of God's festival joy.

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.360
 Think about it.

00:25:37.900 --> 00:25:38.820
 Why do we bounce

00:25:38.820 --> 00:25:40.100
 from one thing to another?

00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:40.920
 Why do we bounce

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.660
 from one relationship

00:25:41.660 --> 00:25:42.200
 to another?

00:25:42.700 --> 00:25:43.420
 From one hobby

00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:43.799
 to another?

00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:44.620
 Why do we work

00:25:44.620 --> 00:25:45.500
 like mad

00:25:45.500 --> 00:25:47.180
 even though we know

00:25:47.180 --> 00:25:48.460
 that we can't sustain it

00:25:48.460 --> 00:25:49.519
 and it's not good for us?

00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:52.140
 Why are we so stressed

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.100
 and we see it

00:25:53.100 --> 00:25:53.740
 and yet we can't

00:25:53.740 --> 00:25:54.259
 step back

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.059
 and take a break?

00:25:55.440 --> 00:25:57.460
 Could it be

00:25:57.460 --> 00:25:58.080
 that our hearts

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:59.360
 are trying to create

00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:00.680
 some kind of

00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:01.700
 permanent rest

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.539
 where it just

00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.460
 can't be found?

00:26:05.440 --> 00:26:06.920
 We're trying to find

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.700
 or even create

00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.539
 through our own efforts

00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.240
 the place

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.200
 where our souls

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:11.299
 can rest

00:26:11.299 --> 00:26:12.380
 and be at home

00:26:12.380 --> 00:26:13.799
 but it never works

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:14.700
 and it always

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.539
 slips through our fingers.

00:26:16.779 --> 00:26:17.900
 The money's not enough

00:26:17.900 --> 00:26:19.259
 and the kids aren't enough

00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.140
 and the spouse

00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:20.820
 isn't enough.

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.559
 Because there's a deeper

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.500
 thing going on

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:27.679
 and God

00:26:27.679 --> 00:26:28.480
 in his mercy

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.740
 and his love for you

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.339
 has been writing it

00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.099
 into history

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.359
 for you to see

00:26:33.359 --> 00:26:35.399
 with a promised land

00:26:35.399 --> 00:26:37.000
 and a Sabbath day

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.099
 and all those little

00:26:38.099 --> 00:26:39.079
 glimpses of rest

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:40.240
 that God gives you

00:26:40.240 --> 00:26:42.200
 from time to time

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.519
 that are so sweet

00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:44.899
 but so fleeting

00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:47.099
 pieces of music

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:48.879
 that the divine composer

00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:49.819
 has been writing

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:51.279
 into history

00:26:51.279 --> 00:26:52.819
 and into your life

00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:55.700
 bars of the symphony

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:56.720
 that we lost

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:58.879
 but towards which

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.639
 God is taking

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.539
 those who believe.

00:27:04.039 --> 00:27:04.899
 Augustine famously

00:27:04.899 --> 00:27:05.720
 wrote at the beginning

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:08.039
 of his confessions

00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.200
 you've made us

00:27:09.200 --> 00:27:10.440
 for yourself

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:12.500
 and our heart

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.440
 is restless

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:15.139
 until it rests in you.

00:27:15.140 --> 00:27:19.200
 So then there remains

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.860
 a Sabbath rest

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.120
 for the people

00:27:22.120 --> 00:27:22.620
 of God.

00:27:23.820 --> 00:27:24.320
 Yeah?

00:27:25.460 --> 00:27:26.480
 Now as we've seen

00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:26.920
 Hebrews

00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:28.500
 is the great book

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.780
 of perseverance.

00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:32.080
 And don't you see

00:27:32.080 --> 00:27:35.080
 if this is what

00:27:35.080 --> 00:27:36.440
 is out ahead of us

00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:38.960
 if what we are

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.000
 entering into

00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.060
 is the festival joy

00:27:42.060 --> 00:27:43.520
 that God created us

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.460
 to have.

00:27:45.819 --> 00:27:47.160
 What wouldn't you

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:48.139
 be able to face

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:48.579
 now

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:50.039
 for his sake?

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.680
 Beth and I love

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:53.299
 to do pre-marriage

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:54.139
 counseling with couples

00:27:54.139 --> 00:27:55.839
 and one thing

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.240
 we've learned

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.720
 as we've done this

00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.160
 again and again

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:58.200
 is that it's amazing

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:59.220
 what couples

00:27:59.220 --> 00:28:00.039
 will face

00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.400
 in light of

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:02.779
 the coming festival joy

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.639
 of their wedding day.

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:04.799
 They will face

00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:05.859
 pressure from family

00:28:05.859 --> 00:28:07.579
 and financial stresses

00:28:07.579 --> 00:28:09.359
 and sleepless nights

00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:10.740
 and long hours

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.940
 making completely

00:28:11.940 --> 00:28:13.059
 tedious decisions.

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:15.579
 What color

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:16.220
 should we pick?

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:17.259
 Right?

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:19.240
 They will endure

00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:20.039
 days apart.

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.680
 They will endure

00:28:20.680 --> 00:28:22.019
 unfulfilled longings

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:26.599
 because it's all worth it

00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:28.920
 when the music starts

00:28:28.920 --> 00:28:30.420
 and the bride walks

00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.039
 down the aisle

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.299
 and they enter

00:28:32.299 --> 00:28:33.259
 into their union

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:35.420
 and the reception

00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.960
 the party begins.

00:28:36.960 --> 00:28:40.220
 But doesn't that

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.660
 doesn't that day

00:28:41.660 --> 00:28:44.000
 pale in comparison

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:45.319
 to what God

00:28:45.319 --> 00:28:46.039
 has in store

00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:47.160
 for those who believe?

00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.420
 Couples plan a wedding

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.860
 for what?

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.340
 Six?

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.340
 Okay, that's kind of short.

00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.200
 That's how Beth and I

00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.480
 did it.

00:28:53.559 --> 00:28:54.059
 Six months,

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:54.740
 twelve months

00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:55.500
 maybe you take

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.380
 to plan a wedding

00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:56.940
 celebration.

00:28:57.940 --> 00:28:58.940
 God has been planning

00:28:58.940 --> 00:28:59.860
 his festival joy

00:28:59.860 --> 00:29:00.340
 for you

00:29:00.340 --> 00:29:01.220
 from the beginning

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.059
 of creation

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.380
 ever since

00:29:03.380 --> 00:29:04.279
 the seventh day.

00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.379
 And even more

00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.680
 than that,

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.420
 Hebrews 13

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:07.980
 talks about

00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:09.059
 an eternal

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:10.039
 covenant.

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.539
 Friends,

00:29:11.599 --> 00:29:12.200
 if human beings

00:29:12.200 --> 00:29:12.899
 can throw a pretty

00:29:12.899 --> 00:29:13.460
 great party

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.279
 in six months,

00:29:14.519 --> 00:29:15.200
 just imagine

00:29:15.200 --> 00:29:15.720
 what God

00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:16.359
 has in store

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.960
 for you

00:29:16.960 --> 00:29:17.859
 from all

00:29:17.859 --> 00:29:18.720
 eternity.

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.079
 if you knew

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.620
 that was out

00:29:22.620 --> 00:29:23.339
 ahead of you,

00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.740
 wouldn't you be able

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.500
 to face another

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.380
 year of singleness

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:30.160
 without chucking

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.220
 your trust in Christ?

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:33.660
 If you knew

00:29:33.660 --> 00:29:34.240
 that that

00:29:34.240 --> 00:29:35.079
 is what God

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.620
 had in store

00:29:35.620 --> 00:29:36.180
 for you,

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.839
 couldn't you face

00:29:37.839 --> 00:29:39.380
 another round

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:41.019
 of job searching

00:29:41.019 --> 00:29:44.720
 without doubting

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.039
 God's love for you?

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:48.720
 wouldn't you be able

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.639
 to face the fears

00:29:49.639 --> 00:29:50.339
 of retirement

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.599
 and growing old

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.480
 if you knew

00:29:52.480 --> 00:29:53.079
 that that's what

00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:53.680
 was to come?

00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:55.359
 Friends,

00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:55.940
 couldn't you even

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:57.099
 face death itself

00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.819
 if you knew

00:29:58.819 --> 00:29:59.220
 that there was

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.240
 a Sabbath rest

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:01.259
 for the people

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.779
 of God?

00:30:05.500 --> 00:30:05.940
 Friends,

00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:06.659
 hold on to that

00:30:06.659 --> 00:30:07.839
 hope and you

00:30:07.839 --> 00:30:08.859
 can face anything

00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.940
 with courage

00:30:09.940 --> 00:30:11.119
 and with joy

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.759
 and with rest.

00:30:13.799 --> 00:30:14.799
 I promise you.

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:19.079
 But third,

00:30:19.139 --> 00:30:19.619
 how do we enter?

00:30:20.460 --> 00:30:21.200
 How do we get in?

00:30:23.319 --> 00:30:23.819
 Because you know

00:30:23.819 --> 00:30:24.519
 this theme of rest,

00:30:24.579 --> 00:30:25.339
 it goes even deeper

00:30:25.339 --> 00:30:26.240
 than we've been

00:30:26.240 --> 00:30:26.859
 touching on.

00:30:27.500 --> 00:30:28.059
 Because when you

00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.480
 think about it,

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.099
 rest always comes

00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.700
 at a cost,

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.259
 doesn't it?

00:30:31.039 --> 00:30:32.159
 When humanity fell

00:30:32.159 --> 00:30:32.700
 and we lost

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.359
 our true rest

00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.019
 in God's presence

00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.440
 as a result,

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.579
 our work being

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.180
 filled with toil

00:30:36.180 --> 00:30:36.619
 and sweat

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.359
 and our relationships

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:37.920
 were fraught

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:38.539
 with conflict

00:30:38.539 --> 00:30:39.599
 and our identity

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:40.379
 becomes restless

00:30:40.379 --> 00:30:41.379
 with guilt and shame

00:30:41.379 --> 00:30:42.420
 and ever since then,

00:30:42.779 --> 00:30:44.079
 any rest that we get

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:44.759
 in this life

00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.819
 comes at a cost.

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.559
 Think about it

00:30:47.559 --> 00:30:48.639
 at the most mundane level.

00:30:49.339 --> 00:30:49.839
 You want to take

00:30:49.839 --> 00:30:50.639
 a rest from work

00:30:50.639 --> 00:30:52.759
 and either you have

00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:53.420
 to work ahead

00:30:53.420 --> 00:30:54.119
 before you take

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.579
 that rest

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.240
 and pay the cost

00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:55.960
 on the front end

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.680
 or you've got

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.279
 to play catch up

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.899
 when you get back,

00:30:58.940 --> 00:30:59.180
 right?

00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:01.420
 Then the cost

00:31:01.420 --> 00:31:02.019
 you have to pay

00:31:02.019 --> 00:31:02.859
 for a week's vacation

00:31:02.859 --> 00:31:03.500
 is the mountain

00:31:03.500 --> 00:31:03.940
 of email

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.700
 that's waiting for you

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.139
 when you get back

00:31:05.139 --> 00:31:05.700
 in the office.

00:31:06.159 --> 00:31:07.240
 3,000 new messages

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.740
 in my inbox,

00:31:07.859 --> 00:31:08.619
 how is that even possible?

00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.279
 Of course,

00:31:11.319 --> 00:31:11.779
 it's pretty easy

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:12.440
 to pay that cost,

00:31:12.500 --> 00:31:12.619
 right?

00:31:12.619 --> 00:31:13.000
 You just hit

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.579
 the delete button

00:31:13.579 --> 00:31:15.459
 hoping you miss

00:31:15.459 --> 00:31:16.159
 the important ones.

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.719
 Done.

00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:18.819
 Cost-borne.

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.699
 But think more deeply

00:31:21.699 --> 00:31:22.259
 than that.

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.279
 What's the cost

00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:26.199
 of getting rest

00:31:26.199 --> 00:31:27.399
 in a relationship?

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:30.719
 Especially relationships

00:31:30.719 --> 00:31:31.239
 where we've hurt

00:31:31.239 --> 00:31:31.719
 one another.

00:31:33.219 --> 00:31:34.279
 It's a deep cost,

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.679
 isn't it?

00:31:36.479 --> 00:31:37.079
 Sometimes it's

00:31:37.079 --> 00:31:38.119
 the cost of tears.

00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:40.359
 most certainly

00:31:40.359 --> 00:31:41.479
 the cost of forgiveness,

00:31:42.239 --> 00:31:44.139
 the cost of long,

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:45.119
 hard talks

00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.959
 late into the night,

00:31:46.619 --> 00:31:48.619
 the cost of time

00:31:48.619 --> 00:31:50.339
 to rebuild the trust.

00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:52.939
 And that's a cost

00:31:52.939 --> 00:31:53.439
 that's much,

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.339
 much harder to pay.

00:31:56.959 --> 00:31:57.979
 So it makes sense,

00:31:58.039 --> 00:31:58.500
 doesn't it?

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.199
 When the gospel

00:32:00.199 --> 00:32:00.899
 tells us that

00:32:00.899 --> 00:32:02.099
 our rest with God

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:04.479
 comes at an infinite cost.

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:04.559
 rest.

00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.579
 We read earlier

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:08.640
 the words of Jesus

00:32:08.640 --> 00:32:09.940
 from Matthew 11, 28.

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.180
 Come to me,

00:32:11.960 --> 00:32:12.799
 all who labor

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.740
 and are heavy laden,

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:15.660
 and I will give you rest.

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.440
 Jesus says,

00:32:17.620 --> 00:32:18.940
 I'm the true rest giver.

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.480
 That deep

00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:21.380
 and lasting rest

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.120
 that you were created

00:32:22.120 --> 00:32:23.079
 to enjoy,

00:32:23.240 --> 00:32:24.039
 that was lost

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.680
 through the fall,

00:32:24.759 --> 00:32:25.380
 it's in me.

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.920
 The rest that was written

00:32:26.920 --> 00:32:27.579
 into the history

00:32:27.579 --> 00:32:28.099
 of redemption

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:29.160
 and that I've been speaking

00:32:29.160 --> 00:32:29.940
 into your life,

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:31.000
 it all comes together

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.519
 in me,

00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:32.279
 Jesus says.

00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.539
 Come to me

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.879
 and I'll give you rest.

00:32:36.879 --> 00:32:38.180
 And how is that so?

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:39.279
 How does he grant it?

00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.399
 How does he pay the cost?

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.599
 It's through the cross.

00:32:46.220 --> 00:32:46.879
 At the cross,

00:32:46.940 --> 00:32:48.480
 the source of our deepest

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.819
 and most troubling unrest,

00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:53.420
 the unrest of being sinners

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:55.879
 before a holy and just God.

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.299
 At the cross,

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:59.700
 those sins are paid for

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:01.740
 and taken away

00:33:01.740 --> 00:33:03.859
 and in their place

00:33:03.859 --> 00:33:06.559
 were given the true rest

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:08.160
 of forgiveness

00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.120
 and eternal life.

00:33:13.759 --> 00:33:14.579
 You see,

00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:15.500
 like verse 8 says,

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.740
 Joshua couldn't give

00:33:16.740 --> 00:33:18.339
 the people rest.

00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:20.539
 Because even in the land

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:21.960
 and even celebrating

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.500
 the Sabbath

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:24.519
 and even with all our gadgets

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.640
 and gizmos today,

00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:28.160
 we still have to contend

00:33:28.160 --> 00:33:28.819
 with our sin.

00:33:28.819 --> 00:33:32.779
 But he's telling us

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.480
 that the true

00:33:33.480 --> 00:33:34.879
 and better Joshua

00:33:34.879 --> 00:33:35.539
 has come.

00:33:36.179 --> 00:33:37.059
 Jesus Christ.

00:33:38.359 --> 00:33:39.200
 That's how we enter

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.939
 into the rest.

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.960
 Through the person of Jesus.

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:44.299
 He's the one we trust.

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.700
 It's not just a

00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:48.220
 general belief

00:33:48.220 --> 00:33:48.879
 in something,

00:33:49.000 --> 00:33:50.439
 it's a trust in him.

00:33:52.200 --> 00:33:53.519
 That he's our rest

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:55.299
 and he'll take our sin

00:33:55.299 --> 00:33:56.539
 and he'll give us

00:33:56.539 --> 00:33:57.159
 his righteousness

00:33:57.159 --> 00:33:59.579
 so we can finally

00:33:59.579 --> 00:34:00.299
 know rest.

00:34:03.759 --> 00:34:04.379
 So lastly,

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:04.879
 what do we do

00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:05.639
 about all this?

00:34:06.379 --> 00:34:07.000
 What do we do?

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:07.480
 What do we do

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.179
 in light of this?

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.099
 Well,

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.840
 the passage ends

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.779
 somewhat paradoxically,

00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:13.259
 doesn't it?

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.179
 Verse 11,

00:34:14.539 --> 00:34:15.500
 here's what the author says.

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.699
 Strive.

00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:18.880
 Wait a second.

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.279
 There's a whole paragraph

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.860
 about rest

00:34:20.860 --> 00:34:21.460
 and now you're telling us

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:21.980
 to strive?

00:34:22.679 --> 00:34:23.360
 That doesn't seem

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.179
 like the right conclusion.

00:34:24.179 --> 00:34:25.039
 What does he mean?

00:34:26.399 --> 00:34:26.960
 Of course,

00:34:27.000 --> 00:34:27.619
 as we just saw,

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.699
 he can't mean

00:34:28.699 --> 00:34:29.799
 that now somehow

00:34:29.799 --> 00:34:31.559
 we have to earn our way

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.419
 into the rest.

00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:33.699
 We have to keep our noses clean

00:34:33.699 --> 00:34:34.940
 so God will accept us.

00:34:35.299 --> 00:34:36.440
 We enter always

00:34:36.440 --> 00:34:37.319
 and only

00:34:37.319 --> 00:34:38.179
 through believing

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:38.759
 the good news

00:34:38.759 --> 00:34:39.500
 of Jesus Christ,

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.079
 through faith

00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:40.679
 in what Christ

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.599
 has done for us.

00:34:43.279 --> 00:34:43.759
 So,

00:34:44.199 --> 00:34:45.559
 this exhortation

00:34:45.559 --> 00:34:46.179
 to strive

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.199
 doesn't throw us back

00:34:47.199 --> 00:34:48.259
 on some sort of form

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:49.079
 of works righteousness.

00:34:49.980 --> 00:34:50.399
 Rather,

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.199
 here's what he must mean.

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:54.159
 He must mean

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.219
 this,

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.599
 that if we enter

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.679
 God's rest

00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.980
 through faith in Christ,

00:34:59.779 --> 00:35:01.619
 then this exhortation

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:02.119
 to strive

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.639
 must mean

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.259
 that we should make

00:35:03.259 --> 00:35:03.920
 every effort

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:05.319
 to keep the fires

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.579
 of our faith in Christ

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.619
 burning bright.

00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:10.199
 That's how we strive.

00:35:11.199 --> 00:35:11.960
 Not at works,

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.159
 not at moral performance,

00:35:13.699 --> 00:35:15.000
 but keeping the fire

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.739
 of faith

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.440
 burning bright.

00:35:19.779 --> 00:35:20.539
 And that matches

00:35:20.539 --> 00:35:21.259
 what he goes on to say

00:35:21.259 --> 00:35:22.159
 in the rest of the verse.

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.379
 So that no one

00:35:23.379 --> 00:35:23.799
 may fall

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.679
 by the same sort

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.519
 of disobedience.

00:35:25.599 --> 00:35:26.299
 What's that sort

00:35:26.299 --> 00:35:27.039
 of disobedience?

00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:27.779
 He's referring back

00:35:27.779 --> 00:35:28.839
 to the wilderness generation.

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.559
 Look at the end

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.259
 of chapter 3.

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.319
 What was their type

00:35:31.319 --> 00:35:32.079
 of disobedience?

00:35:32.279 --> 00:35:33.299
 It was unbelief.

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.339
 Not believing

00:35:35.339 --> 00:35:36.139
 what they heard.

00:35:39.480 --> 00:35:40.559
 Which just confirms

00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:41.399
 that the striving,

00:35:41.619 --> 00:35:42.219
 verse 11,

00:35:42.359 --> 00:35:43.239
 calls us to,

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.139
 is a striving

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:45.420
 to keep our faith

00:35:45.420 --> 00:35:46.339
 in Christ awakened

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:47.440
 and alive.

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.900
 Now,

00:35:50.680 --> 00:35:52.420
 this doesn't mean

00:35:52.420 --> 00:35:53.480
 that the author

00:35:53.480 --> 00:35:54.579
 of Hebrews thinks

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:56.180
 or is afraid

00:35:56.180 --> 00:35:57.500
 that genuine Christians

00:35:57.500 --> 00:35:58.480
 can lose their salvation.

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.559
 So you better keep believing

00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:00.140
 or else you're going

00:36:00.140 --> 00:36:01.420
 to fall away.

00:36:02.200 --> 00:36:03.059
 But he does mean

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:03.700
 two things.

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.320
 First,

00:36:06.100 --> 00:36:07.519
 a genuine saving faith

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:09.180
 is persevering faith.

00:36:10.180 --> 00:36:10.300
 Hmm?

00:36:10.760 --> 00:36:12.019
 A faith that doesn't

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.480
 persevere

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.460
 wasn't saving faith

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.160
 to begin with.

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:15.079
 But,

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:16.339
 when you really come

00:36:16.339 --> 00:36:17.579
 to know the rest

00:36:17.579 --> 00:36:18.899
 that we have in Christ,

00:36:19.739 --> 00:36:21.259
 it breaks in

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.739
 and you want to

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.679
 strive after it

00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:23.839
 more and more

00:36:23.839 --> 00:36:24.659
 and make it more

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.519
 and more your center.

00:36:27.119 --> 00:36:27.559
 Second,

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.859
 when we make

00:36:29.859 --> 00:36:30.519
 every effort

00:36:30.519 --> 00:36:31.539
 to keep the fires

00:36:31.539 --> 00:36:32.179
 of our faith

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:33.440
 in Christ burning bright,

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:34.960
 it has an effect

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.139
 on the people around us.

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:38.379
 You can read

00:36:38.379 --> 00:36:39.199
 verse 11 this way,

00:36:39.259 --> 00:36:39.619
 can't you?

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.279
 You,

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.219
 strive to enter

00:36:41.219 --> 00:36:41.739
 that rest.

00:36:41.899 --> 00:36:42.119
 You,

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:42.879
 keep your faith

00:36:42.879 --> 00:36:43.859
 in Christ burning bright

00:36:43.860 --> 00:36:44.800
 so that others

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.300
 might not fall

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.720
 by unbelief.

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.420
 So,

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:52.480
 not only is saving faith

00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:53.400
 persevering faith,

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:55.000
 but persevering faith

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:56.039
 is a means

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:57.980
 of bringing others

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:59.620
 to believe.

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.579
 As we set our eyes

00:37:02.579 --> 00:37:03.140
 on the great

00:37:03.140 --> 00:37:04.160
 festival joy

00:37:04.160 --> 00:37:04.740
 that Christ

00:37:04.740 --> 00:37:05.700
 has purchased for us,

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.620
 as we allow

00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:08.019
 his everlasting rest

00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:08.860
 that we have in him

00:37:08.860 --> 00:37:10.660
 to be our all-consuming passion,

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:11.800
 others will start

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.840
 to catch that vision

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.840
 and the hope

00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.480
 will become

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.300
 infectious.

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.900
 So,

00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.220
 as we,

00:37:18.260 --> 00:37:19.039
 as we strive

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:19.760
 to keep our faith

00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:20.420
 in Christ

00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.680
 passionate

00:37:22.680 --> 00:37:23.700
 and hot

00:37:23.700 --> 00:37:23.980
 through,

00:37:24.140 --> 00:37:25.100
 through reading

00:37:25.100 --> 00:37:25.760
 and through prayer,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:26.060
 through,

00:37:26.160 --> 00:37:26.940
 through giving

00:37:26.940 --> 00:37:28.019
 sacrificially,

00:37:28.680 --> 00:37:29.460
 through fellowship

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.120
 with one another,

00:37:30.180 --> 00:37:30.440
 right?

00:37:31.240 --> 00:37:32.180
 Through creative witness

00:37:32.180 --> 00:37:32.800
 to our neighbors,

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.200
 through,

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.660
 through heartfelt worship,

00:37:35.300 --> 00:37:37.340
 through acts of mercy

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.840
 and justice

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.440
 and love,

00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:38.980
 when hope

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:40.180
 fuels all these things,

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.319
 when we gladly strive

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.079
 to keep our faith

00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:42.940
 in Christ rich

00:37:42.940 --> 00:37:43.480
 and alive,

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.059
 when others see

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.879
 that in us,

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.399
 God uses it

00:37:46.399 --> 00:37:47.319
 as a means

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:49.179
 to turn mere

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:50.379
 hearers of the gospel

00:37:50.379 --> 00:37:52.099
 into genuine

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.679
 believers

00:37:52.679 --> 00:37:53.739
 in the gospel.

00:37:56.579 --> 00:37:57.219
 So, friends,

00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.799
 what are you striving

00:37:57.799 --> 00:37:58.679
 after this morning?

00:38:01.859 --> 00:38:02.819
 Are you striving

00:38:02.819 --> 00:38:03.759
 after mere

00:38:03.759 --> 00:38:04.899
 temporary

00:38:04.899 --> 00:38:05.839
 rest?

00:38:06.899 --> 00:38:07.639
 Are you putting

00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.679
 all your energies

00:38:08.679 --> 00:38:10.500
 into a rest

00:38:10.500 --> 00:38:11.079
 that's only going

00:38:11.079 --> 00:38:11.440
 to last

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:11.899
 for a week

00:38:11.899 --> 00:38:12.359
 or two

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.419
 over the summer?

00:38:14.639 --> 00:38:15.359
 Are you putting

00:38:15.359 --> 00:38:16.119
 all your energies

00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:17.019
 into a rest

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:18.879
 that's only going

00:38:18.879 --> 00:38:19.239
 to last

00:38:19.239 --> 00:38:19.819
 for a handful

00:38:19.819 --> 00:38:20.539
 of years

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.919
 when you retire?

00:38:24.319 --> 00:38:25.339
 Are you striving

00:38:25.339 --> 00:38:26.159
 for the rest

00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:27.819
 that truly lasts?

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.899
 The rest

00:38:29.899 --> 00:38:30.399
 of God's

00:38:30.399 --> 00:38:31.219
 festival joy

00:38:31.219 --> 00:38:31.619
 that He's

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:33.219
 purchased for us

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.039
 through the work

00:38:34.039 --> 00:38:34.579
 of Christ?

00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:37.139
 Friends,

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:37.940
 that's the only

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.420
 striving

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.900
 that will bring

00:38:39.900 --> 00:38:40.380
 you peace.

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.539
 Let's pray.

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:42.579
 Let's pray.

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:57.000
 Father, this morning,

00:38:58.579 --> 00:39:00.519
 Father, we want

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.099
 to pray for

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.280
 those who are

00:39:02.280 --> 00:39:02.920
 in our midst

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:05.340
 who are experiencing

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:06.559
 this deep restlessness.

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:09.480
 Lord, you know

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.079
 their hearts.

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:13.160
 God, we ask

00:39:13.160 --> 00:39:13.960
 on behalf

00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:14.519
 of those

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:16.579
 that they would

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.039
 come either

00:39:17.039 --> 00:39:17.600
 for the first

00:39:17.600 --> 00:39:18.100
 time

00:39:18.100 --> 00:39:20.180
 to put their

00:39:20.180 --> 00:39:21.039
 trust in you,

00:39:21.260 --> 00:39:22.039
 Lord Jesus,

00:39:23.039 --> 00:39:24.240
 or they would

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.980
 come to realize

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:25.559
 what they have

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.079
 in you for the

00:39:26.079 --> 00:39:26.680
 first time.

00:39:31.480 --> 00:39:32.320
 Lord, we pray

00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:33.079
 that we would

00:39:33.079 --> 00:39:34.000
 become a people

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:36.159
 who so grasp

00:39:36.159 --> 00:39:36.900
 and know

00:39:36.900 --> 00:39:37.719
 and look forward

00:39:37.719 --> 00:39:39.440
 to that coming

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.400
 festival joy

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.860
 that you've

00:39:40.860 --> 00:39:41.699
 purchased for us,

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.099
 Christ,

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:44.279
 that our lives

00:39:44.279 --> 00:39:45.139
 would be marked

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:47.279
 by a deep

00:39:47.279 --> 00:39:48.779
 and abiding joy

00:39:48.779 --> 00:39:49.699
 and peace

00:39:49.699 --> 00:39:51.000
 and endurance,

00:39:51.179 --> 00:39:51.380
 God.

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.039
 Lord, many of us

00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:53.559
 this morning

00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:54.219
 are facing

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.819
 hardships

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 and troubles

00:39:56.039 --> 00:39:57.019
 and trials.

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 Lord,

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 and we're tempted

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 to doubt you,

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 and we're tempted

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 to have our

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.240
 faith waver.

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 Lord, we pray

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 for those

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 that in light

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 of all that you

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 are doing in us

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 and you have

00:40:10.539 --> 00:40:11.600
 prepared for us,

00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:12.519
 Lord, that we

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 would be able

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 to hold on

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 with courage

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 and joy

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 and fearlessness.

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 Lord, we ask

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 all this in Christ's

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.