1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,380 Bruce chapter number four where we've already been this morning in our 2 00:00:04,380 --> 00:00:11,000 congregational Bible reading. Some of you may or may not know tonight is Superbowl 3 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:16,160 the Superbowl is tonight, Superbowl Sunday. Is there anybody here going for the 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:25,880 chiefs? We have one committed over here. Any Eagle fans? Eagles? All right. Okay 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:32,120 there's four or five of you. Amen. Who's going for really good food? Yeah, that's 6 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,920 what I'm rooting for. Good food and fellowship and lots of fun with friends 7 00:00:36,920 --> 00:00:45,200 and family and so I'm I'm I just want to say yay go wings. Amen. All right so I 8 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:51,240 heard it said one time that a football game is made up of dozens of men in 9 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:56,240 desperate need of rest surrounded by thousands of people in desperate need 10 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,480 for exercise and I think there's something something humor and truth to 11 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,120 that statement. We're in Hebrews chapter number four. I love are you guys 12 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:15,080 loving Hebrews? Man it is so so rich and I am I'm so excited about it. Last week 13 00:01:15,080 --> 00:01:21,360 we really covered chapter four. Hebrews chapter four verses one through nine 14 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:27,360 actually into verse 11. Today we're going to move on from verse 11 to verse 15 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:33,600 12 and 13. Very very familiar passages of scripture but this is my first time 16 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:39,280 studying through the passage that lead up to Hebrews chapter four verses 12 and 17 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:45,960 13 and the context of Hebrews chapter four and I hope you experienced this 18 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:49,400 last week if you're not with us I'll give you a little summary of what we 19 00:01:49,400 --> 00:01:56,440 learned. There's a word that's used rest and art this word that's used nine 20 00:01:56,440 --> 00:02:03,400 times in our English translation it's this word rest and he he's been using 21 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:08,600 it he started the author of Hebrews started back in chapter three giving us 22 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:14,960 this illustration of and this quotation from Psalm 95 that refers back to 23 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:20,840 Numbers chapter 13 and 14 talking about the children of Israel when they left 24 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:26,080 Egypt and they went through the wilderness and they got to the Promised 25 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:31,000 Land but did not go in and they did not go in because of one reason what was it 26 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:36,720 does anybody remember? Unbelief there was a lack of faith they did not believe God 27 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:45,040 and so they did not go in. So in verses one to nine which is what we studied 28 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:51,240 last week we talked about this word rest and we said that who did anybody go 29 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:55,720 home and have a nap last Sunday? Yeah some of you guys I got you into rest and 30 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,960 that's not necessarily what I was thinking about but you're applying the 31 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:06,120 sermon and that's good amen you're doing that. What is the rest that he's talking 32 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:10,280 about? Well he's talking about Sabbath rest the context tells us that it was a 33 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:15,360 reference to how God described what he did at the end of creation. The Sabbath 34 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:19,920 rest was an example that God called his people to in the Ten Commandments. The 35 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:25,400 Sabbath day was a ceasing of labor for the express purpose of focusing on 36 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:30,920 their relationship with God and if you look at Hebrews chapter 4 look at verse 37 00:03:30,920 --> 00:03:41,760 number let's see number three for which for going into verse four for we which 38 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:44,960 have believed to enter in his rest as he said I have sworn in my wrath if they 39 00:03:44,960 --> 00:03:48,120 shall enter into my rest although the works of them were finished from the 40 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,280 foundation of the world for he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on 41 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:58,120 this wise and God did rest the seventh day from all his work so there's talking 42 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:02,600 there about creation rest or a Sabbath rest and then he's also talked about a 43 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:10,760 Canaan rest I'm catching you up here okay look in verse number three which I 44 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,360 just wrote for we which have it believed to enter into his rest they said I have 45 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:18,520 sworn in my wrath that they shall enter into my rest although the works were 46 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,920 finished from the foundation of the world if you were to go back into chapter 47 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:34,280 three he talks about look I'm kind of improvising here if you look in chapter 48 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:39,400 three verse number eight verse number seven wherefore as the Holy Ghost say 49 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,920 today if you were here his voice harden not your hearts verse eight as in the 50 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,760 propagation in the day of temptation in the wilderness when your fathers 51 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:53,200 tempted me proved me and saw my works 40 years when I was grieved with that 52 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:57,560 generation and said they do always air in their heart and they have not known my 53 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:05,280 ways so I swear in my wrath they shall not enter into my rest and what we said 54 00:05:05,280 --> 00:05:11,160 was Psalm 95 quoting that was talking about numbers 13 and 14 where the 55 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,720 children of Israel again did not enter into Canaan what Jesus called or what 56 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:21,240 God called in Psalm 95 my rest rest was a reference to the children of Israel 57 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:26,520 going out of Egypt from the wilderness and into the promised land or into my 58 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,120 rest the idea was that they were out of their bondage in Egypt they were to be 59 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,760 they were to go through the wilderness and into a place where they would settle 60 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:39,200 and live of course that first-generation out of Egypt did not go into his rest 61 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:45,480 because of unbelief as was expressed by David and then he says to us hey not 62 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:48,720 only is there a creation rest and a Canaan rest there's still a rest for us 63 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:53,880 in this text the author of Hebrews also references this idea of rest as 64 00:05:53,880 --> 00:05:58,600 something that still exists and it's still available for the people of God 65 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:03,520 through faith this is explicitly stated in verse nine you guys see it Hebrews 66 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:10,520 four nine there remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God what is this 67 00:06:10,520 --> 00:06:19,320 rest that remains for both the Jewish believers but also for us well there's 68 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:24,960 two aspects to it one there's a salvation rest salvation rest it includes 69 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:31,760 salvation you cannot experience God's rest if you have not been saved our sin 70 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,080 separates us from a holy God and it's by believing and trusting the good news 71 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:40,840 preached to us that we are made alive through and brought into a relationship 72 00:06:40,840 --> 00:06:45,040 with God we do not have to rely on our own good what works to make us right with 73 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:49,920 God we trust in Christ's work on the cross as the righteousness that is given 74 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:56,760 to us to make us right with God we're saved by his work not by our works you 75 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:01,200 guys agree with that we're not saved you can't do enough good to outweigh your 76 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:11,000 bad you can't and that's expressed here in verse 10 look at verse 10 for he that 77 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,600 is entered into his rest the salvation rest has also ceased from his own works 78 00:07:15,600 --> 00:07:21,160 as God did from his we can't rest on our own works to get us and make us right 79 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,280 with God then he goes on to say this verse 10 for he that is entered into his 80 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:30,200 rest they're gonna say like I said has ceased from his own works but that means 81 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:35,480 there's also a sanctification rest once we have salvation rest we have the 82 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,320 positional relationship with God we are afforded the opportunity to have 83 00:07:39,320 --> 00:07:44,280 fellowship with God we can have a closeness with God we can have a walk 84 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:52,880 with with him that allows us to have a transformative rest in him here's here's 85 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,360 the idea of rest and I know I've talked about it a lot we talked about it last 86 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:59,880 week but I want you to understand it and I know on any given week there's people 87 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,880 that weren't here last week and I want you to I want to tell you welcome we're 88 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:11,960 glad you're here but I want you to understand this there is no eternal 89 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:17,960 rest with God outside of Jesus Christ there there's a rest that will happen 90 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:25,320 one day when we get to heaven there's no more sorrow no more tears no more 91 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:36,320 fighting no more fighting there's really no more politics we're gonna have a 92 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:42,400 benevolent dictator what he wants to have happens what's gonna happen and he 93 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:48,360 loves us and he sent his son to die for us it's gonna be awesome so there's an 94 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,600 aspect to this rest that's a heavenly rest that we're not we we haven't 95 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:56,400 experienced yet you you have been saved if you know Christ as your savior you 96 00:08:56,400 --> 00:09:05,800 were saved you are saved you're being saved and one day you will be saved do 97 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:10,800 you get it so there's a salvation rest but there's also a sanctification rest 98 00:09:10,800 --> 00:09:21,480 he says in verse 11 let us labor therefore to enter into that rest so it's 99 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:28,040 not just heavenly rest it's not just salvation rest there is a way of having 100 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:33,160 a relationship with God right now that is qualified as rest and if you've been 101 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,120 close to the Lord if you've walked with the Lord if there was a time where you 102 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,040 weren't walking with the Lord even though you were saved and now that you're 103 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:43,520 saved you're walking closely with the Lord you've experienced that if you've 104 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:49,560 ever had peace in the middle of a very difficult situation if you've ever gotten 105 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:55,400 a diagnosis and you still have the peace of God in you you've experienced that 106 00:09:55,400 --> 00:10:05,320 rest you know I'm talking about if you've ever not had a lot of money in the 107 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,760 bank and it didn't stress you out because you got Jesus in your heart you've 108 00:10:09,760 --> 00:10:14,240 experienced that rest God wants us to not only have the rest positionally he 109 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,400 has that he wants us to have it experientially Jesus said I've come to 110 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:24,640 give you life and that life more abundant that's what he wants to do we 111 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:30,440 believe God for salvation and he saves us we labor to stay in fellowship with 112 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:35,120 God because it's easier for us to get distracted from staying from obeying and 113 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:39,400 focusing on our relationship with him and that's why he says you need to labor 114 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:44,840 not to get saved but to stay in that restful position in that walk with the 115 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:50,240 Lord what'll keep you out of it he says it right there less any man fall after 116 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:59,320 the same example of what unbelief so the question then here it is the question in 117 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,240 who wants to who wants to maintain a relationship with God that's characterized 118 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:10,120 by rest I want that I want to have a close intimate fellowship with God I 119 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:14,560 hope you do too in fact I think that if you do we'll look at this in some other 120 00:11:14,560 --> 00:11:20,120 passages when you do the Bible says that when we abide in Jesus he's the vine 121 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:26,760 we're the branches when we abide in him he produces fruit and that's fruit that 122 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:33,040 will remain that's awesome I want him transforming me like that and I want him 123 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:36,480 using me like that and if we have a church full of people that are abiding 124 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,280 in Christ and producing fruit man we'll change this community not us God will do 125 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:52,600 it that's the point the question then is if we want this how does it happen who 126 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:58,000 agrees this is what God wants right is it God's will that we enter into his rest 127 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:04,360 yeah but not all of us not all this are always there is that right anybody been 128 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:09,560 out of fellowship with the Lord this week at some point yeah so how do we how 129 00:12:09,560 --> 00:12:13,760 do we stay in fellowship with him how how do we labor to enter into that rest 130 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:18,280 if unbelief is what keeps us from entering that rest how do we grow in our 131 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:23,720 faith and the answer to this is found so clearly in these next two verses these 132 00:12:23,720 --> 00:12:28,320 two verses that we quote so often without any reference to rest are not 133 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:33,480 disconnected from that concept okay I'm not saying it's wrong that we quote it 134 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,320 not connected to it but isn't it so much richer once you connect it to its 135 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:44,680 context it is if you understand and apply the truth of today's text and the 136 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:50,680 truth of the last two sermons that we've said there is so much joy available to 137 00:12:50,680 --> 00:13:01,920 you not one person here smiled at that there is so much joy God is not this 138 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:09,840 grumpy person up in heaven wanting you to just do what I say God wants you to 139 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:16,640 experience joy it's one of the fruits of the spirit if you do what he says you 140 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:20,640 will experience joy you know it's joy is so much better than happiness because 141 00:13:20,640 --> 00:13:28,880 joy remains when happiness goes there is a so much rest available for you there 142 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:33,040 is so much fruit that will abound in your life this is how God's power could 143 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:39,720 flow through you an incredible ministry God help me to believe this myself and 144 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,760 live this out for our people God help our people to live this out for Finley and 145 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:50,480 unto the uttermost part of the earth how does this happen it happens by God the 146 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:58,720 Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit through his word that's how it 147 00:13:58,720 --> 00:14:05,560 happens in the mind and word and words of the author of Hebrews he goes right 148 00:14:05,560 --> 00:14:13,640 back to the word of God if the issue is a lack of faith that unbelief that he 149 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:18,760 keeps talking about if that's what keeps us from God's rest then the thing that 150 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,320 will bring faith is the thing that will keep us in God's rest and I'm thinking 151 00:14:23,320 --> 00:14:36,880 about a verse where is it where do we get faith from where does it come from oh 152 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:46,360 there it is so then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the you know why 153 00:14:46,360 --> 00:14:51,680 that works because the same guy who wrote Romans is the same person who wrote 154 00:14:51,680 --> 00:14:55,840 Hebrews you're saying you believe Paul wrote Hebrews I don't know but I know 155 00:14:55,840 --> 00:15:00,520 the Holy Spirit did the Holy Spirit wrote Romans and he wrote Hebrews the whole 156 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:05,560 thing works together because it's really one author faith comes by hearing and 157 00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:11,120 hearing by the word of God here's what I want you to know today the word of God is 158 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:18,320 essential in bringing us into God's rest and transforming us because it's the 159 00:15:18,320 --> 00:15:23,520 only resource that could accurately embody these three descriptions that we 160 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:30,560 find here in verses 12 and 13 here's the first description are you ready number 161 00:15:30,560 --> 00:15:39,600 one the word of God is transforming because it's alive it's alive look at 162 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:48,120 verse 12 for the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than any 163 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:52,560 two-edged sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and 164 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:58,600 of joints and marrow and as a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart 165 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:04,040 and these two verses we're given an incredible description of the nature and 166 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:10,560 the function of the word of God the word right now right here in our verse it 167 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:16,720 says for the word of God is quick that word quick that's translated quick comes 168 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:22,520 from a Greek word that is ZAO ZAO and art the way we would write it in English 169 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:31,360 and ZAO literally means alive it means alive it's found 144 times in our 170 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:38,720 English translation and it's translated as live living alive lived quick lively 171 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:46,000 livest or livest life and lifetime so when I say my point my first point is 172 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,960 that the word of God is alive it's because that's what the Bible says I'm 173 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:55,280 trying to make the point that the passage says how is the word of God alive 174 00:16:55,280 --> 00:17:04,920 how is it alive like you're saying Ben I don't hear a heartbeat what do you mean 175 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:09,080 the word of God is alive wait let me give you a couple ideas first the word of 176 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:15,400 God a lot is the word is alive because God the father is alive let's set it in 177 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:20,520 let's set this in his context Psalm 95 and Hebrews 3 and 4 have taught us that 178 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:27,040 God has a plan and an instruction for us here's God's plan go into my rest 179 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:35,520 there's a promised land for you to get to not only salvation but a walk with the 180 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:40,840 Lord there's an accountability here then to a real author who really wrote to us 181 00:17:40,840 --> 00:17:47,200 that's why he says today if you want if you will hear his voice don't harden 182 00:17:47,200 --> 00:17:52,360 your hearts God didn't just say this back when Hebrews was written and nor did he 183 00:17:52,360 --> 00:17:57,840 just say it when Psalm 95 nor was he wanting them to just go in back into 184 00:17:57,840 --> 00:18:07,720 his rest back in number 1314 what day is it it's February 12 2023 and God's 185 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:17,560 message for us today is believe trust me depend on me go in is this God's will 186 00:18:17,560 --> 00:18:24,840 just in the past no it's for today it's for today there's an accountability here 187 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:29,240 to a real author who really wrote to us the writer of Psalms and Hebrews is 188 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:34,480 telling us that this real God who really exists who is really speaking to us 189 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:42,120 specifically will hold us accountable for how we respond to his word he didn't 190 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:51,640 just say it he is saying it go into my rest the word of God is also alive 191 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:58,680 because this is gonna make you excited ready the sun is alive Jesus Christ 192 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:08,600 isn't dead he's alive he's alive consider again John 15 I'm not gonna 193 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:13,800 exit you the whole passage but think about it Jesus 5th John 15 one I am the 194 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:18,800 vine and my father is the husband men every branch in me that beareth not 195 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,440 fruity take it away and every breach branch that beareth fruit he purges it 196 00:19:22,440 --> 00:19:26,400 that it may bring forth more fruit you know what purge if it means it's talking 197 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:33,880 about pruning I had a plant in Florida on noon in court the dead end we lived on 198 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:40,000 and and there was a plant that was in the front and I hated it one day I got fed 199 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,600 up with it enough to go start cutting on it and I cut it down all the way to the 200 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:47,760 stump almost and then I got to where I'm like then I thought I would just dig it 201 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:59,520 out and I couldn't dig it out Megan wouldn't help me so I set it aside for 202 00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:06,480 another day and like two or three weeks later it was bigger than it was before I 203 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:12,760 thought I think I'll leave it no more cutting it sometimes God prunes us to 204 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:20,200 grow us that happens God is a great yeah verse 3 now you are cleaned through my 205 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:25,400 what is it through the now you're clean verse 3 you see it now you're clean 206 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:31,920 through the word which I spoke in you a bite in me Jesus says and I in you as 207 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:36,160 the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it a bite in the vine no more 208 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:41,000 can ye accept you abide in me I am the bar I'm the vine you're the branches he 209 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:46,000 that abideth in me and I and him the same bringeth forth much fruit for without me 210 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:53,320 you can do nothing Jesus claim is that abiding in him is connected with 211 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:58,960 hearing him obeying him and when you and that happens all kind of fruit is 212 00:20:58,960 --> 00:21:06,800 produced produced can dead things produce life no life comes from life and 213 00:21:06,800 --> 00:21:11,520 there's all kinds of life in these verses stay in me Jesus says I'm alive 214 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:16,640 because I live you shall live also as the father has sent me so send I you 215 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:22,640 this is God's plan we can't do ministry outside of Jesus we can't do ministry 216 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,640 outside of God we can't do it outside of his word the word of God is alive 217 00:21:25,640 --> 00:21:29,600 because God's alive because Jesus is alive here's another good one ready you 218 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:35,760 can guess it the word of God is alive because the Holy Spirit is alive the 219 00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:42,000 Holy Spirit is alive he's the author of the book scripture tells us that the 220 00:21:42,000 --> 00:21:45,680 Holy Spirit is the ultimate author of the pages of scripture do you believe 221 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:51,600 that first Peter want sorry second Peter 120 says this knowing this first 222 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:56,000 that no prophecy of the scriptures of any private interpretation for the 223 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,320 prophecy came not an old time by the will of man but holy men of God's 224 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:08,160 spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost we're told that that God wrote a 225 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:12,560 book he did it through the Holy Spirit we're told that at salvation the Holy 226 00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:18,840 Spirit then comes to live or to reside in the life of the believer to not have 227 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:24,080 the Holy Spirit residing in us is to not be saved 228 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:29,760 Romans 8 says this so then they that are in the flesh cannot please God but you 229 00:22:29,760 --> 00:22:36,040 are not in the flesh but in the was it say but in the spirit if so be that the 230 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:40,840 spirit of God dwell in you now if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is 231 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:50,360 none of his the word of God is a lot so if you're saved yeah I don't feel like 232 00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:55,960 this I don't it doesn't matter what you feel if you're saved the Holy Spirit 233 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:59,680 lives inside of you if you're not saved you don't have the Holy Spirit live in 234 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:07,800 inside of you so how is the word of God alive God wrote a book and then he sent 235 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:13,720 his author of that book to live inside of you the word of God is alive because 236 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:19,160 its author lives in us if you think the word of God is dead like man I read the 237 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:24,720 Bible and it's dead it may be that the word of the Holy Spirit may not live 238 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,640 inside of you maybe you think it's dead because you don't have that relationship 239 00:23:28,640 --> 00:23:35,600 with God he says that the Holy Spirit lives in us and can't leave us and 240 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:40,040 that's why Ephesians says in Ephesians 4 30 grieve not the Holy Spirit of God 241 00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:46,240 whereby you are sealed unto the day of redemption you know that means he's in 242 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:52,120 you he can't leave you and because he can't leave you you could grieve him by 243 00:23:52,120 --> 00:23:56,480 not doing what he says any parents here ever get grieved by disobedient 244 00:23:56,480 --> 00:24:07,000 children like about an hour ago I've been grieved by disobedient children I have 245 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:14,440 great kids most of the time but we do that to God when we disobey him he's 246 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:20,280 living inside of us and that's not rest when we grieve them so the next two 247 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:25,720 descriptions lay on the foundation of this first description the word of 248 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:32,640 God is alive because God is alive he is omniscient omnipotent omnipresent omnisapian 249 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:38,360 he's all-knowing a powerful always present and supremely wise his word is 250 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:45,280 revealing is his revealing of who he is his word he will promise to support and 251 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:55,200 fulfill his word is alive we can enter into God's transforming rest through his 252 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:59,280 word because the word is alive we can also enter into God's transforming rest 253 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:05,800 through his word because it is powerful it is powerful and that what it says for 254 00:25:05,800 --> 00:25:11,960 the word of God is quick and powerful the Greek word for powerful you're gonna 255 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:18,960 like this it's the word inner jace sounds like the word where we get the idea 256 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:28,480 inner G right energetic it means active operative effectual powerful it comes 257 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:33,880 from other two other words which means with work or with activity the word of 258 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:43,000 God is active it works it makes a difference it transforms as I was trying 259 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:47,760 how do I prove this how do I what do I write to talk about the word of God 260 00:25:47,760 --> 00:25:51,680 bring powerful and I just found a bunch of scripture are you ready I'm gonna read 261 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:58,480 it don't get bored get excited don't get bored get excited here we go first 262 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,720 Corinthians 118 for the preaching of the cross is to them that perish full of 263 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:09,480 this but unto us which are saved it's the power of God Isaiah 5510 for as the 264 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,960 rain coming down and the snow from heaven and return it's not thither but 265 00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:17,440 water earth and make it bring forth and bud then it may give seed to the 266 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:23,200 sower and bread to the eater so shall my word be that go with forth out of my 267 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:28,720 mouth it shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I 268 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:35,760 please and it shall prosper in the thing where to I sent sent it John 17 269 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:43,160 sanctify them through thy truth thy word is truth can God's word cleanse us 270 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:51,000 it can cleanse us while other books inform and some few reform this one 271 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:58,140 book transforms AT Peterson other books were given for our information the 272 00:26:58,140 --> 00:27:04,920 Bible was given for our transformation Howard Hendrick said this the Bible was 273 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:09,440 not written to satisfy your curiosity but to make you conform to Christ's 274 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:15,960 image not to make you a smarter sinner but to make you like the Savior not to 275 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:20,480 fill your head with a collection of biblical facts but to transform your 276 00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:27,280 life when someone stands at this pulpit or any of our Sunday school classes or 277 00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:34,000 anywhere you go teaching the word of God that is not American Idol for preaching 278 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:45,320 do I want to do a good job yes I do but I'm not trying to inform you only there's 279 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:51,920 some things you got to know there's some things you got to know but the point is 280 00:27:51,920 --> 00:28:01,120 not knowing the point is doing the point is being transformed so that you'll be 281 00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:07,640 something else so that you'll do something else do you get it so if your 282 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:17,320 only thought is man I was bored or man that was good our preachers good or 283 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:21,680 man Corey did a great job if that's your only thought you're thinking about it 284 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:29,040 wrong my stepping on some toes the thought ought to be God how do I obey 285 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:34,680 what I just heard God where I'm where is there a gap between what I'm doing and 286 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,240 what I just heard and if you think you've been completely obedient to it take 287 00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:48,040 heed lest you fall the Bible says Jeremiah 23 29 is not my word like as a 288 00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:54,840 fire sayeth the Lord and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces Chuck 289 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:59,560 Colson said the Bible banned burned beloved more widely read more frequently 290 00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:03,480 attacked than any other book in history generations of intellectuals have 291 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:07,400 attempted to discredit it dictators of every age have outlawed it and 292 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,720 executed those who read it yet soldiers carry it into battle believing it more 293 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:16,120 powerful than their weapons fragments of its smuggled into solitary prison cells 294 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:22,360 have transformed ruthless killers into gentle saints the word of God is 295 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:27,240 powerful both in its durability and its ability to change the lies of those who 296 00:29:27,240 --> 00:29:36,240 read it believe its precepts and obey its truths the Bible is powerful number 297 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:43,480 three the Bible is transforming because it's discerning now this is this point 298 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:51,600 is crazy good in the scripture he says here the word of God is quick and 299 00:29:51,600 --> 00:30:00,480 powerful and then he goes on and makes a alludes to a metaphor and sharper than 300 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:06,160 any two-edged sword piercing even to dividing a center of soul and spirit 301 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:10,080 joints the marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intense of the heart 302 00:30:10,080 --> 00:30:16,600 there's a third description it's a description of the Bible as discerning 303 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:22,960 this two-edged sword is not the only place where the Bible is referred to as a 304 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:27,720 sword Ephesians 6 17 we studied this just a few months ago take the helmet of 305 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:34,880 salvation and the sword of the spirit which is the word of God what does a 306 00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:43,080 sword do when it's implemented when they actually use the sword I'm not trying 307 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:48,360 to be graphic but this is a chance for young teenage boys to really like this 308 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:54,960 part of the sermon when you stab something with the sword what does it do 309 00:30:54,960 --> 00:31:05,680 it cuts it pierces exactly what it says it divides it divides there's 310 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:11,520 something to learning and discerning that divides what do I mean tonight's the 311 00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:17,320 Super Bowl so I will use football as my illustration each individual player on 312 00:31:17,320 --> 00:31:21,840 the team was developed like I was about to tell you let's take the quarterback 313 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:27,080 for for instance the best quarterbacks are going to learn about grip in 314 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:32,160 football how to actually hold the football before you throw it they're 315 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:37,040 gonna learn about throwing motion they're gonna learn about reading the 316 00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:41,200 defense they're gonna learn about leading the receiver when you throw it 317 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:47,280 towards them they're going to learn about ball faking and scrambling they're 318 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:51,600 gonna learn about handing off they're gonna learn about play-calling all of 319 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:56,160 these elements individually and more make up the totality of all that they 320 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,840 have to learn and being a good quarterback does that make sense you 321 00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,000 don't just go learn to be a good quarterback that's descriptive of a 322 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:09,080 whole bunch of skills that you got to learn now now we're living out life as 323 00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:13,520 God designed it he has a plan and a purpose for us you and I live physical 324 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,720 and emotional and relational and intellectual and spiritual lives these 325 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:24,280 things are interconnected right we live from our hearts from what we believe our 326 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:30,280 behavior displays our beliefs for our behavior to change our beliefs must be 327 00:32:30,280 --> 00:32:34,480 changed and our beliefs come from our hearts and so our hearts have to be 328 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:39,920 changed do you get it are you walking with me on this now read the verse the 329 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:45,840 word of God helps divide out what's inside of us that's what it's saying it's 330 00:32:45,840 --> 00:32:49,320 sharper than any two-edged sword piercing even into the dividing of thunder of soul 331 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:55,040 and spirit joints and marrow and as a discerner of the thoughts and intents of 332 00:32:55,040 --> 00:33:00,280 the heart soul and spirit these are parts of the of there are parts of 333 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,560 scripture where the soul where the word for soul and spirit are used 334 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:09,440 interchangeably there are also parts of scripture where a distinction is made I 335 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:13,280 personally believe that we're made up of three parts body soul and spirit 336 00:33:13,280 --> 00:33:16,680 trichotomous that's what I believe that's what the Bible teaches but 337 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:22,760 there definitely are parts where they use soul and spirit interchangeably some 338 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:26,080 have said that the reasoning part of us is the soul and the spiritual part of us 339 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,720 is our spirit only the Bible can discern between these two and help us behave 340 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:35,800 accordingly here he talks about joints and marrow one commentator said the word 341 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:39,600 of God can get right down into this flesh of ours and make a distinction 342 00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:43,080 there's a connection between our spiritual lives and our souls and our 343 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:49,120 bodies have you ever noticed that the way that you believe the way that you're 344 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,720 walking with the Lord can be affected by our physical bodies has anybody ever 345 00:33:52,720 --> 00:34:00,040 noticed that David said this in Psalm 32 verse 1 blessed is he whose 346 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:04,840 transgression is forgiven whose sin is covered blesses a man unto whom the Lord 347 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:10,120 impudence not iniquity and whose spirit there is no guile when I kept silence 348 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:15,320 meaning when I was unrepentant and hid my sin when I kept silence my bones 349 00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:21,760 waxed old through my roaring all the day long for day and night thy hand was 350 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:27,600 heavy upon me my moisture is turned into the drought of summer was that a man who 351 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,960 was affected physically by his sin have you ever seen somebody who wore their 352 00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:41,320 sin on their body you've seen that he says here the Bible is a discerner and 353 00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:46,560 and of the thoughts and intents of the heart the word here for discerner is the 354 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:52,680 word criticos what does that sound like sounds like Greek thank you that was 355 00:34:52,680 --> 00:35:02,080 very good criticos critical decisive discriminative discerning they are 356 00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:05,640 dictionary says this word is relating to judging fit for judging skilled in 357 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:12,080 judging of what is the word a discerner or critic the thoughts and intents of the 358 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:17,640 heart there are so many people who are critical of the Bible but the Bible is 359 00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:23,680 critical of us what do I mean it discerns or it critiques this is why some 360 00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:28,880 people don't like it they don't want to be exposed but think about it again 361 00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:36,960 again back to the sports world why do elite players have coaches why why do 362 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:40,640 the best at their sport have people critiquing their game Michael Jordan was 363 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:44,800 once asked what he thought his best skill was he didn't say it was his 364 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:49,520 ability to dunk or is or is shooting or a scoring ability his answer was this I 365 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:55,280 was coachable I was a sponge and aggressive to learn that's what he said 366 00:35:55,280 --> 00:36:02,800 was his best skill what is a coach if not a critic doesn't the coach help the 367 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:08,880 player discern what he is doing wrong and instruct him in doing right the Bible 368 00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:14,680 refers to itself as a mirror someone who here's the word and doesn't do it is like 369 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,560 the one who beholds himself in a glass and walks away and doesn't remember what 370 00:36:17,560 --> 00:36:23,640 he is but he who is but he who is is someone who discerns that perfect law 371 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:27,560 of liberty he's the one that stays in it remains in it and becomes a doer of the 372 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,960 word when you look at the mirror and it's I'm glad some of you were here today 373 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:37,200 and I have looked in a mirror before you got here because you saw how you were 374 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:42,560 and you changed because of it amen who's here glad that I did that who hears 375 00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:50,160 questioning whether I did that right the word of God kind of shows me where I 376 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:57,240 messed up it shows me where there's a gap think about that quarterback who 377 00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,040 tells us coach I don't like what you're telling me about my throwing motion or 378 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:04,160 my ability to read differences we talked about coachability a player kind of all 379 00:37:04,160 --> 00:37:08,480 kinds of talent but if he can't take instruction he'll never be as good as he 380 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:14,560 can be the word of God here says it critiques it discerns second that was 381 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:19,600 second Timothy 3 tells us all scriptures given by inspiration of God and it's 382 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:24,920 profitable for doctrine reproof correction instruction and righteousness 383 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:29,600 you know what that means doctrine believe this know this reproof nope stop 384 00:37:29,600 --> 00:37:32,280 doing that that's wrong don't believe that it's wrong 385 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:36,880 correction see what you did there stop doing that stop acting that way 386 00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:42,880 instruction and righteousness hey do this instead act like this is that what 387 00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:46,160 the Bible is literally what second Timothy says that's what the Bible is 388 00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:52,320 good for notice the realm of discernment and critiquing the word of God look at 389 00:37:52,320 --> 00:38:02,720 this as it's a discerner of what the thoughts and intense of what the heart 390 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:12,160 everything we are and everything we do flows out of our hearts Jesus said it 391 00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:17,160 this way in Luke 6 a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bring it 392 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:21,200 forth that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart 393 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:28,160 bring it forth that which is evil for out of the abundance of the heart the 394 00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:33,920 mouth speaks our behavior is just the application of all that has been soaked 395 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:40,840 up and believed by our hearts it is out of that overflow that we live when we 396 00:38:40,840 --> 00:38:45,560 come to the word of God being willing to be discerned being willing to be 397 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:51,000 exposed by it and learn from it we are leading into an understanding of our 398 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:57,080 selves in our world that will help us to live rightly the truth is that we enter 399 00:38:57,080 --> 00:39:01,040 into the exposure into that exposure seeing it ourselves but that is exactly 400 00:39:01,040 --> 00:39:06,960 how God is able to see us anyway if we don't go and look we don't understand 401 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:12,120 ourselves when we go and look we see ourselves we're coming into a submission 402 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:17,040 to seeing ourselves the way God sees us and that's exactly what he says in verse 403 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:24,000 13 look at it neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his 404 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:31,360 sight whose sight God's but all things are naked and open under the eyes of him 405 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:40,120 with whom we have to do you know what that means God knows you inside and out 406 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:47,920 he knows everything about you he knows more about you than you do the Bible is 407 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,680 a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart because sometimes I behave 408 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:57,160 and I don't know what motivated me to do what I did you ever blown up at 409 00:39:57,160 --> 00:40:03,120 somebody you're like why did I get so mad anybody ever had that happen you ever 410 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:10,440 sinned and you're like why do I keep doing this God knows and God wrote a book 411 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:17,760 and he says this book is alive and that it's active and that it will divide and 412 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:29,720 help you understand why you do what you do talk about powerful talk about 413 00:40:29,720 --> 00:40:35,920 powerful and here's what's true he knows it anyway God knows our hearts he knows 414 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:40,520 our thoughts he knows why we do the things we do it's because of that that 415 00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:46,440 he sent his son here's what's cool about that God knows all that and he still 416 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:53,360 loves you and he still loves me and if your thought is well God knows me of 417 00:40:53,360 --> 00:41:00,320 course to know me is to love me you don't get it you need to go read the Bible a 418 00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:09,160 little bit more he knew that unless our hearts were changed unless they were 419 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:16,040 regenerated our behavior would never be changed transformation would never be 420 00:41:16,040 --> 00:41:22,400 possible so what did he do he sent Jesus to die for us he sent Jesus to save us 421 00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:29,600 and when we trust in Christ as our Savior he makes us new he helps us to 422 00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:35,400 enter into his rest by transforming us from the inside out he sanctifies us by 423 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:42,880 exposing us to ourselves we get to see as he sees let me tell you this when you 424 00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:50,120 see as God sees you'll do as God says if you don't see how he sees you won't do 425 00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:57,040 what he says how do we know how God sees he wrote a book and he sent his spirit 426 00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:03,280 to live inside of you to help you understand it his spirit comes in and 427 00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:07,080 dwells us and as we read his word and submit to it we begin to understand who 428 00:42:07,080 --> 00:42:13,440 we are he convicts us he convinces us we repent we are coached we are critiqued 429 00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:22,440 we are discerned and then we have the opportunity for change so let me sum up 430 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:33,520 the whole sermon and really the last couple weeks God loves you he loves you 431 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:40,880 so much because he loves you he wants to transform you he doesn't need to change 432 00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:45,880 everything but there's a lot that he needs to change when you put your faith 433 00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:50,520 and trust in him there's a salvation rest that's available to you your destiny 434 00:42:50,520 --> 00:42:56,240 is changed your destiny is changed but God doesn't want to just change your 435 00:42:56,240 --> 00:43:01,480 destiny one day he wants to change you now and he does that by wanting to have 436 00:43:01,480 --> 00:43:07,880 fellowship with you intimacy with you to give you not just peace with him but 437 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:15,600 that his peace would get into you that's what we call rest how to but to do 438 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,800 that you have to believe and how do you believe you believe faith comes through 439 00:43:19,800 --> 00:43:25,640 the word of God and the transforming process happens when we start to think 440 00:43:25,640 --> 00:43:33,760 like God thinks how do we think like God thinks there's a book that's alive it's 441 00:43:33,760 --> 00:43:42,280 powerful and it will help you discern what God wants for you and where you are 442 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:49,240 yourself so you begin to see the way he sees the way he sees is you completely 443 00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:54,160 exposed naked he knows he knows every sinful thought you ever did everything 444 00:43:54,160 --> 00:44:02,280 you struggle with and his plan is to help you get out of that bondage and into 445 00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:14,400 his rest and so we do our part and God does his part we believe we have faith 446 00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:26,000 we stay we remain and God transforms what keeps people from the positional 447 00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:30,800 relationship with God what keeps people from being saved on belief a lack of 448 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:36,040 faith we are saved by God's grace through faith we put our trust in him and he 449 00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:41,800 saves us what keeps believers from experiencing the full transformative 450 00:44:41,800 --> 00:44:48,240 fellowship that's available to us as God's rest on belief a lack of faith 451 00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:57,040 that's why God's word tells us so often to abide to remain to stay to hear and 452 00:44:57,040 --> 00:45:13,760 obey there's this old him that I thought of as I was writing and I love him's and 453 00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:18,880 one of the things I love about him one of the things I loved about this him was 454 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:22,600 this him that we sing we haven't something in a while I think we're 455 00:45:22,600 --> 00:45:28,320 singing it here in the next couple weeks this him that we sing somebody 456 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,760 obviously was studying the same book I was and it's a lot better poetry than I 457 00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:38,080 could ever be I want you to think about this him in light of all that I've said 458 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:45,640 the last three weeks here's what it says when we walk with the Lord in the light 459 00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:53,840 of his word what a glory he sheds on our way while we do his goodwill he 460 00:45:53,840 --> 00:46:02,200 abides with us still and with all who will trust and obey trust and obey for 461 00:46:02,200 --> 00:46:09,280 there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey not a shadow 462 00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:15,600 can rise not a doubt in the skies but his smile quickly drives it away not a 463 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:25,160 doubt or a fear not a sight or a tear can abide while we trust and obey but our 464 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:31,800 toil he sorry not a burden we bear not a sorrow we share but our toil he does 465 00:46:31,800 --> 00:46:40,320 richly we pay not a grief or a loss not a frown or a cross but is blessed if we 466 00:46:40,320 --> 00:46:47,760 trust and obey love this but we can we never can prove the delights of his love 467 00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:53,640 until all on the altar we lay for the favor he shows and the joy he bestows 468 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:58,360 and for them who will trust and obey now listen to this last one then in 469 00:46:58,360 --> 00:47:06,960 fellowship sweet we will sit at his feet or we'll walk by his side in the way 470 00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:17,360 does that sound like rest what he says we will do here it is where he sends we 471 00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:28,920 will go never fear only trust and obey trust and obey sing it with me trust and 472 00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:43,920 obey for there's no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey 473 00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:53,040 there remain if therefore a rest for the people of God would you buy your heads 474 00:47:53,040 --> 00:47:59,560 and close your eyes with me