The Rest God Promised

Hebrews 4:11-13

Colossians 3:18-4:1

Hebrews 4:4-10 We’re going to start in Matthew Chapter 11, but we are returning to Hebrews chapter 4, learning about this concept of entering into God’s rest. And I want to begin with this invitation from Jesus out of Matthew 11:28. And this is one of the most familiar, favorite sayings of Jesus, when he extended a gracious invitation to all of us. “Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Colossians 3:17 Open your Bibles to Colossians chapter 3 this morning, Colossians chapter 3, and we’re going to focus our attention on verse 17, Colossians 3:17, where Paul summarizes everything in the grand design for our lives, grand design for your life and for my life. He summarizes it all in a single verse, Colossians 3:17. He writes this, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God

Hebrews 4:1-3 Well, I want to ask you to turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 4, and we’re going to continue in this study of Hebrews and contemplate this concept tonight of entering God’s rest, entering God’s rest. We are only kind of dipping our toe into the text tonight, even though we’ll read this, this fuller portion. But we’re only going to kind of get into the initial part of it because there’s just so much here, as

Colossians 3:16 We are back in our study of Colossians this morning. So if you would turn in your Bibles to Colossians 3:16, Colossians 3:16. And while you’re turning there, I’ll read that text to you. It says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly with all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another, with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with gratefulness in your hearts to God.” I have a lot to say about this verse, and

Matthew 6:25-34

Matthew 6:25-34

1 Samuel 17:55-58

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Well, we now come to the preaching of the Word, and it’s our time in our worship service where his Word is opened, explained, and exhorted. So we’re going to do that from 2 Corinthians chapter 5, 2 Corinthians chapter 5, and we’ll be looking at verses 18 to 21. There’s nothing like the delight and glow on someone’s face when giving them even a small or simple gift, when you’ve thought about that gift for a