Hebrews 4:1-13.
Hebrews 4:1-13 (Good News Translation)
1Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he
spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to
have failed to receive that promised rest.
2For we have heard the Good News, just as they did. They heard
the message, but it did them no good, because when they heard it, they did
not accept it with faith.
3We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised.
It is just as he said,
I was angry and made a solemn promise:
"They will never enter the land where I would
have given them rest!"
4For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh
day:
"God rested on the seventh day from all his work."
5This same matter is spoken of again:
"They will never enter that land where I would have given them
rest."
6Those who first heard the Good News did not receive that rest,
because they did not believe. There are, then, others who are allowed to
receive it.
7This is shown by the fact that God sets another day, which is
called
"Today." Many years later he spoke of it through David in the
scripture already quoted:
If you hear God's voice today,
do not be stubborn.
8If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised,
God would not have spoken later about another day.
9As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest
like God's resting on the seventh day.
10For those who receive that rest which God promised will rest
from their own work, just as God rested from his.
11Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no
one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.
12The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any
double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit
meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and
thoughts of the heart.
13There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all
creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that
we must all give an account of ourselves.
God bless you.
1Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he
spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to
have failed to receive that promised rest.
2For we have heard the Good News, just as they did. They heard
the message, but it did them no good, because when they heard it, they did
not accept it with faith.
3We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised.
It is just as he said,
I was angry and made a solemn promise:
"They will never enter the land where I would
have given them rest!"
4For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh
day:
"God rested on the seventh day from all his work."
5This same matter is spoken of again:
"They will never enter that land where I would have given them
rest."
6Those who first heard the Good News did not receive that rest,
because they did not believe. There are, then, others who are allowed to
receive it.
7This is shown by the fact that God sets another day, which is
called
"Today." Many years later he spoke of it through David in the
scripture already quoted:
If you hear God's voice today,
do not be stubborn.
8If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised,
God would not have spoken later about another day.
9As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest
like God's resting on the seventh day.
10For those who receive that rest which God promised will rest
from their own work, just as God rested from his.
11Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no
one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.
12The word of God is alive and active, sharper than any
double-edged sword. It cuts all the way through, to where soul and spirit
meet, to where joints and marrow come together. It judges the desires and
thoughts of the heart.
13There is nothing that can be hid from God; everything in all
creation is exposed and lies open before his eyes. And it is to him that
we must all give an account of ourselves.
God bless you.
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