“The Promise of Rest”

“The Promise of Rest”

 

God’s Promise of entering His Rest still stands, so we ought to tremble with fear that some of you might fail to experience it.  For this Good News—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them.  But it did them no good because they didn’t share the faith of those who listened to God.  For only we who believe can enter His Rest.  As for the others, God said, “In My Anger I took an oath; ‘They will never enter My Place of Rest,’ even though this rest has been ready since He Made the World.  Hebrews 4:1-3

 

The ALMIGHTY GOD’S PROMISE of being ABLE to ENTER His REST, is for the TRUE BELIEVERS ONLY!!  This means that those who have TRULY GIVEN their HEARTS and LIVES to the ONLY SON of the LIVING GOD will be able to ENJOY ALL the BLESSINGS of an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN.  However, we SHOULD TREMBLE with FEAR that some of us (BELIEVERS) might FAIL to experience this PROMISE to the FULLEST EXTENT. This PROMISE of REST is the PARTICIPATION in and the ENJOYMENT of the BLESSINGS God has planned.  When we are NOT as FAITHFUL as we SHOULD be, then we run the RISK of FALLING SHORT of our INHERITANCE.  All though you WON’T LOSE your SALVATION, you will LOSE the OPPORTUNITY to EXPERIENCE the FULL EXTENT of God’s Plans in His Kingdom.  Don’t waste your INHERITANCE.  

 

Living the Christian Life is NOT an EASY task.  If you are INTENT on LIVING the CHRISTIAN LIFE, you will find yourself with CHALLENGES and TRIALS, that will TRY your FAITH.  And the CLOSER you draw to God, you might find yourself with MORE DIFFICULTIES, and you MIGHT WANT to CAVE IN to some of your OLD ways. And this will CHANGE your RELATIONSHIP with CHRIST and the ALMIGHTY GOD.  So, you MUST STAND FIRM and PRAY for GOD’S HELP in these TRYING TIMES.  God, our Heavenly Father, will be with us through it ALL!  And the BLESSINGS that you will RECEIVE in God’s Kingdom will make ALL those DIFFICULTIES, and TRIALS seem TRIVIAL and INSIGNIFICANT.  

 

There are two things that will KEEP a person, from becoming a CHILD of GOD, and INHERITING ALL that GOD has PLANNED for HIS CHILDREN who are OBEDIENT and have OVERCOME the TESTING of our FAITH.  They are; UNBELIEF and DISOBEDIENCE, these two things will KILL a RELATIONSHIP with the HOLY, RIGHTEOUS GOD.  When people REJECT God and His WILL for their life, and they REBEL against HAVING ANY relationship with Him, because of their UNBELIEF and DISOBEDIENCE, they are DESTINED to spend their ETERNITY in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS and NO WAY TO ESCAPE once they are there.  However, if they will ADMIT that THEY are SINNERS, in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, the one who SUFFERED, BLED, DIED, and was RESURRECTED from DEATH and the GRAVE to bring SALVATION to their souls.  And if they will BELIEVE, with ALL their HEART, that JESUS DIED for THEM, and that He is ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for them, before God. They MUST CONFESS their SINS to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS. They MUST BE WILLING TO TURN AWAY from their SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And they MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION then they will receive the PROMISE of God’s REST to the FULLEST EXTENT.  Do this NOW, while you still CAN.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!“