Strive to enter into His rest.

“They shall not enter into my rest.”  (Hebrews 4: 5 NABRE)

When I was in grade 2 and still in the early stages  of learning the English language,  one phrase we played with often was:  "There is no rest for the wicked."  How Hebrews 4: 5 validates this childish talk. "Out of the mouth of babes come wisdom."

What would you think if a father swears an oath that his son would never inherit his name or his property? You consider it a very severe indictment.  What if God swore such an oath vis-á-vis one of His children?  That would be a catastrophe except in the case of God that oath is conditional.  God gives us ample opportunity to change and bear fruit.

What type of sin could evoke such a wrath from God?  Disobedience!  Disobedience is a sin that covers a multitude of sins.  The Bible says that a person with a spirit of disobedience or rebellion is no different from a person with a spirit of witchcraft.

“Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
‘Harden not your hearts.’” (Hebrews 4: 7)

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