Mike Schmid - August 28, 2022
Entering God's Rest (Hebrews 4:1-11)
Sometimes the “Keeping the Sabbath” commandment is considered the forgotten commandment. In a culture that places a premium on busyness and productivity, we tend to undervalue the importance of rest. But in Scripture, sabbath-rest is a holy thing. Our passage today depicts “rest” as an image of salvation. Why is this? What is so special about Sabbath-rest? What does it mean to enter God’s rest?
From Series: "Jesus is Better"
A worship series on the letter to the Hebrews. This letter is actually a written sermon to believers who were struggling with their faith. They were being tempted to go back to a life without Jesus, a life rooted in the unfulfilled promises and pictures of the Old Testament. The writer of this letters seeks to show them in many ways that Jesus is better, not only better than what they had before, but better than everything.