Homilist Hebrews 4:3-6 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest… I. WHAT IS THE REST? 1. A rest from sin. 2. A rest from sorrow. 3. It consists of what is positive also. (1) It is a bestowment of eternal life. (2) It is being with Christ. (3) It is working for God without weariness, and with full power to do so. II. WHEN IS THE REST? It commences with the renewed soul when it first "looks not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen." It brightens upon us more and more as we rise from the lower, the temporal, to the higher, the eternal life. It is fully revealed to us when we have done with mortality and sin. III. FOR WHOM IS THE REST? Only for those who love holiness, and hate iniquity and sin. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. |
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