Don't Harden Your Hearts: Enter God's Rest Today

Let me tell you something. You're trying to find water in the wrong well. The empty wells can never satisfy you. Polluted wells can never heal you. He gives the water of life. If you're empty, if you're dry, you're discouraged, you're worn out, run to Jesus. He will heal you. Run to Jesus. He will satisfy you. Run to Jesus. He will save you. Run to Jesus, and you'll find life. And out of your belly will flow streams of living water. Don't delay your response. Today is the day of salvation. [01:03:31] (40 seconds)  #RunToJesus

The Old Testament Joshua could not give them rest, but there's a new Joshua, Jesus, and he gives you rest. Eternal life. He is our Sabbath rest. Verse nine, there remains a Sabbath rest for god's people. For the person who's entered his rest has rested from his own works just as God did from his. Let us then make every effort to enter that rest that no one will fall in the same pattern of disobedience. Jesus is the Sabbath rest. Jesus said, come on to me, all of you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. [01:20:18] (61 seconds)  #JesusOurRest

This is what you must do. Heed the voice of god. Today, if you hear his voice, heed it and believe it and obey the lord. Believe, put your faith and trust in the lord. That's the point. Put your faith and trust in the lord. Secondly, when you put your faith in the lord, you will obey the lord. Verse number six, it says, since it remains for some to enter it and those who formerly received the good news did not enter in the old testament because of disobedience. When you don't believe god, you won't obey god. If you believe god, then you obey god. It's the proof of your faith. [01:17:59] (45 seconds)  #BelieveThenObey

He said, listen, god is speaking. There's an immediacy to this Old Testament quote. Today is the day of salvation. Today is the day of discovery. Today is the day of decision. Not tomorrow, today, if you hear his voice. Notice what he says, today, if you hear his voice. It's a very personal appeal. If you hear his voice calling you, speaking to you, his voice how many of you all believe God is still speaking today? [00:44:08] (36 seconds)  #HearHisVoiceToday

My friends, today is the day of salvation. Today is the day if you hear his voice, do not harden your heart. But there is coming a day. Today, we need to encourage one another, but there's coming a day when Christ Jesus comes again. Those who are saved are saved forever, and those who are lost are lost forever. We need to heed his voice. And that's what he says in chapter number four. We need today, if you hear his voice, don't harden your heart, but you need to heed it. [01:16:53] (35 seconds)  #DontHardenYourHeart

He said, don't be deceived. Satan is a liar. Satan deceives you. Satan will trick you. Watch out. Don't let sin live in you. Don't have an unbelieving heart in you. Let me tell you what sin does. Sin promises you life and it pays off in death. Sin promises you riches, and it pays off in spiritual bankruptcy. Spiritual sin promises you happiness, but it pays off in sorrow. It promises you joy, but it pays off in grief. Promises you satisfaction, but leaves you only with regret. [01:06:20] (37 seconds)  #SatanIsALiar

It promises you heaven, and it gives you hell. It promises you peace, but you end up with turmoil. Sin will take you farther than you meant to stray. It keeps you longer than you meant to stay and it costs you more than you meant to pay. Sin deceives us. Sin hardens us. Sin hinders us from fulfilling god's call. Sin steals away your boldness. Sin makes you ineffective. It sets you on the sideline. It makes you filled with fear and guilt and shame and regret. Sin fractures your mind, makes you not think clearly. A dissonance is happening in your life. [01:06:56] (44 seconds)  #SinStealsAndDestroys

We need to daily encourage each other. You see, we're part of the same body. We're part of the body of Christ. We're the people of God. And folks, we need to encourage each other. Why? There's a lot of discouragement in this world. There's a lot of things that wanna pull us back, that wanna fracture us, they wanna divide us. And this is why we need to encourage one another. He says, I want you to be engaged. I want you to be alert. I want you to watch out. Don't fall asleep. Secondly, be continuously encouraging one another, continually. [01:09:15] (37 seconds)  #EncourageOneAnother

The Greek word for Joshua you know what the Greek New Testament word is for Joshua? Jesus. Jesus' name means Joshua. The Old Testament Joshua could not give them rest, but there's a new Joshua, Jesus, and he gives you rest. Eternal life. He is our Sabbath rest. Verse nine, there remains a Sabbath rest for god's people. For the person who's entered his rest has rested from his own works just as God did from his. Let us then make every effort to enter that rest that no one will fall in the same pattern of disobedience. Jesus is the Sabbath rest. Jesus said, come on to me, all of you who are weary and heavy burdened, and I will give you rest. [01:20:03] (76 seconds)