Wednesday, August 27, 2014

In the third chapter of Hebrews, the writer (we don't know for sure who that was) talks about urgency.  He uses the word "Today" over and over.  3:7-8a  "...Wherefore as the Holy Ghost says, Today if you will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts…"  In other words, you must respond now.

Basically, he is saying that God will not always deal with you.  You have no assurance that the Holy Spirit will draw you to Christ at another time.  You may remember that I said that the most horrible phrase in the Bible is:  Romans 1:26 "…God gave them up…"  That is why I have always believed that you do not in any way discourage a child who wants to give their heart and life to Christ by saying that they are not old enough to know what they are doing.  If God draws them, they should respond in whatever way they are capable.  Our response is the critical issue.  Today.  We respond in the best way we know how.  With the knowledge that we have.

Then in chapter four, he speaks of entering into God's rest.  A place of peace. (from the Living Bible) Hebrews 4:8-9, 10a  "This new place of rest that he is talking about does not mean the land of Israel…If that were what God meant, he would not have spoken…about "today" being the time to get in.  So there is a full complete rest still waiting for the people of God.  Christ has already entered there…"

I am pretty tired all the time now.  The years are catching up with me.  So a place of rest sounds wonderful to me.  I'm going to sit on the bank of a spring creek and dangle my feet in the water.  For a year or two.  All eternity will be there for us to rest, to catch up on spending time together.

Give your life to God.  The Bible warns us in Hebrews 4: 2b-3a  "For this wonderful news--the message that God wants to save us--has been given to us just as it was to those who lived in the time of Moses.  But it didn't do them any good because they didn't believe it.  They didn't mix it with faith.  For only we who believe God can enter into his pace of rest."




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