Friday, April 07, 2006
Jesus offers rest
I tell you I am fighting a long war that is going to take years. That is the KJV battle and the truth that is it is not the best bible out there. I need to address a major thing in the papers today and the so-called Gospel of Judas. Being that the bible is a closed book friend and to add to it is a sin. But Jason told me this might prove the bible. But some things that concern me about this. First it does not agree with the story of Judas in the bible. In the Gospel Judas was not a saved man. So putting out a text to say Judas did not is treating the bible as if it has nothing to say in the matter. It also has some secrets in the last years of the life of Jesus. I want to read this to do a better report but I do not think it is going to a new book of the bible. I will not call it part of the bible because God wrote the bible and sealed it. It is a book that could have truth in it but it is not the bible. It is like any book about the bible.
Back to the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews 3 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”[1]
God is speaking of the people in the desert at the time of Moses. This was to show the people because of the sin they had they would not enter the rest of God what is the rest that is being talked about? In the time this was written it was the promise land and now it I think is about salvation and our hope in Jesus. To rest is not ever to work for the free salvation of God. It is all ready done for you and it is to know your saved in Jesus because of his work. Rest knows you’re forgiven of all sins when you come into Jesus.
Here are John Macarthur thoughts
The dictionary gives the following definitions of rest:
1. To cease from action
The word rest means to cease from labor or exertion. Applying that to God's rest, it means no more self-effort--no more trying to please God by your fleshly works. Rest involves cessation from legalistic activity; we rest in free grace.
2. To be free from worry
Some people are never at peace because they're always bothered about something. To rest means to be free from whatever disturbs you, or causes you to worry. It means in this sense to be quiet, still, peaceful, and free from guilt. To enter God's rest means to be at peace with God--to possess the perfect peace that God gives. It means to be free from guilt, because our sin is forgiven.
3. To be settled
God's rest is the kind of rest where a man is established in Christ, and does not run from philosophy to philosophy. He is no longer blown about by every wind of doctrine, but is rooted and grounded in the truth of Christ.
4. To be secure
To enter God's rest is to be secure, having absolute trust and confidence in God's care for you.
5. To have something to lean on
To enter God's rest means that you can lean on Him. You can rely on God for support, trusting Him to supply all your needs.
There are two final definitions of rest not found in a dictionary. The Bible speaks of rest in the millennial kingdom and rest for eternity in heaven. That's what God is promising and that's what He calls rest. Many people fail to believe in God's promises, and thus do not enter into rest because of their unbelief.
Shadman
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
Back to the book of Hebrews.
Hebrews 3 10 Therefore I was angry with that generation,
And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
And they have not known My ways.’
11 So I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”[1]
God is speaking of the people in the desert at the time of Moses. This was to show the people because of the sin they had they would not enter the rest of God what is the rest that is being talked about? In the time this was written it was the promise land and now it I think is about salvation and our hope in Jesus. To rest is not ever to work for the free salvation of God. It is all ready done for you and it is to know your saved in Jesus because of his work. Rest knows you’re forgiven of all sins when you come into Jesus.
Here are John Macarthur thoughts
The dictionary gives the following definitions of rest:
1. To cease from action
The word rest means to cease from labor or exertion. Applying that to God's rest, it means no more self-effort--no more trying to please God by your fleshly works. Rest involves cessation from legalistic activity; we rest in free grace.
2. To be free from worry
Some people are never at peace because they're always bothered about something. To rest means to be free from whatever disturbs you, or causes you to worry. It means in this sense to be quiet, still, peaceful, and free from guilt. To enter God's rest means to be at peace with God--to possess the perfect peace that God gives. It means to be free from guilt, because our sin is forgiven.
3. To be settled
God's rest is the kind of rest where a man is established in Christ, and does not run from philosophy to philosophy. He is no longer blown about by every wind of doctrine, but is rooted and grounded in the truth of Christ.
4. To be secure
To enter God's rest is to be secure, having absolute trust and confidence in God's care for you.
5. To have something to lean on
To enter God's rest means that you can lean on Him. You can rely on God for support, trusting Him to supply all your needs.
There are two final definitions of rest not found in a dictionary. The Bible speaks of rest in the millennial kingdom and rest for eternity in heaven. That's what God is promising and that's what He calls rest. Many people fail to believe in God's promises, and thus do not enter into rest because of their unbelief.
Shadman
[1]The New King James Version, (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers) 1998, c1982.
