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So we are to just ignore the word 'also' and the Greek meanings of these rests that show there are two different rests.
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, [a]not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Same gospel, same promise of rest. There are two rests in this passage, not one.
The rest here means this:
Original Word: κατάπαυσις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: katapausis
Pronunciation: kah-tah'-pow-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap'-ow-sis)
Definition: Rest
Meaning: (in the Old Testament of the rest attained by the settlement in Canaan), resting, rest, dwelling, habitation.
Heb 4::There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
The rest in this verse literally translates into keeping of the Sabbath that remains for God's people, because God's people keep God's commandments- His version through faith and love.
Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.
Heb 4:10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
So we enter into Christ rest through faith Heb 4:2 and those who enter ALSO cease from their works as God did from His, on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath Exo 20:10
Heb 4:4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. 2 For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, [a]not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.
Same gospel, same promise of rest. There are two rests in this passage, not one.
The rest here means this:
Original Word: κατάπαυσις
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: katapausis
Pronunciation: kah-tah'-pow-sis
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-ap'-ow-sis)
Definition: Rest
Meaning: (in the Old Testament of the rest attained by the settlement in Canaan), resting, rest, dwelling, habitation.
Heb 4::There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;
The rest in this verse literally translates into keeping of the Sabbath that remains for God's people, because God's people keep God's commandments- His version through faith and love.
Original Word: σαββατισμός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: sabbatismos
Pronunciation: sab-bat-is-mos'
Phonetic Spelling: (sab-bat-is-mos')
Definition: Sabbath rest
Meaning: a keeping of the Sabbath, a Sabbath rest.
Heb 4:10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.
So we enter into Christ rest through faith Heb 4:2 and those who enter ALSO cease from their works as God did from His, on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath Exo 20:10
Heb 4:4 For He has spoken in a certain place of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;
Its what the Sabbath is all about, keeping the day holy focusing on Christ Isa 58:13 instead of shopping, working out, gardening, watching TV, housework or anything else that keeps our minds off Christ. Christ knows we need to get these things done which is why He gives us 6 days to get our works and labors done asking for us to cease from our works as God did at Creation on the seventh day to rest with God, focusing on Him, through prayer, church, reading His Word, just the way Christ kept the Sabbath, just the way the apostles kept the Sabbath. We are to be followers of Christ and obey Him through faith and love.
Amen.... by faith in Jesus He will create in me a clean heart. By faith through Grace, Jesus will transform me. Im not able to keep the law apart from Jesus. But when Jesus is living in me, by His power and strength i find no place for sin. Rom 7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: ...When the Holy Spirit fills us we delight in the law of God.
But this grace is not an excuse to continue in sin.
Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
But this grace is not an excuse to continue in sin.
Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
1Jn 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
1Jn 3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
1Jn 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
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You have not answered the question.
Here is what you wrote.
but if we won’t even allow God to be God and follow His law, His version, not mans, there is no place for the Holy Spirit to come into our hearts and enable us to obey Him
That is a contradiction.
If we don't obey the law we can't have the Holy Spirit and only by the Holy Spirit can we obey the law.
If your not fully sabbath compliant you do not have the Holy Spirit. And if you do not have the Holy Spirit
you cannot obey the sabbath.
So how can anyone who is not sabbath compliant first then receive the Holy Spirit second?
A contradiction.
Here is what you wrote.
but if we won’t even allow God to be God and follow His law, His version, not mans, there is no place for the Holy Spirit to come into our hearts and enable us to obey Him
That is a contradiction.
If we don't obey the law we can't have the Holy Spirit and only by the Holy Spirit can we obey the law.
If your not fully sabbath compliant you do not have the Holy Spirit. And if you do not have the Holy Spirit
you cannot obey the sabbath.
So how can anyone who is not sabbath compliant first then receive the Holy Spirit second?
A contradiction.
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I think this verse explains it perfectly
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another [e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
What comes first? Our decision to obey God and keep His commandments. Every day we have decisions. Do we tell the truth or lie. Do we lust after our neighbors wife or keep those feelings in check. Do we refrain from secular activities on the Sabbath or do we do what we want. Its all about decisions God, did not make us robots otherwise it wouldn't be love. So we need to make the decision to obey Him first though love and when we do He doesn't make us obey Him alone, which we can't, He is the one enabling us to keep His commandments through His Spirit. We have to cooperate with Him first.
John 14:15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another [e]Helper, that He may abide with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
What comes first? Our decision to obey God and keep His commandments. Every day we have decisions. Do we tell the truth or lie. Do we lust after our neighbors wife or keep those feelings in check. Do we refrain from secular activities on the Sabbath or do we do what we want. Its all about decisions God, did not make us robots otherwise it wouldn't be love. So we need to make the decision to obey Him first though love and when we do He doesn't make us obey Him alone, which we can't, He is the one enabling us to keep His commandments through His Spirit. We have to cooperate with Him first.
Not focusing on Christ in general, but focusing on the salvation apart from works that He provides. This was true of the very first Sabbath. Had Adam never sinned, He still only have received eternal life through Christ. There has always only been one mediator between God and man: Christ.
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Exactly.
Did Jesus keep the commandments?
John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
And if we abide in His love, we will walk just as He walked as our example to follow
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Did Jesus keep the commandments?
John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love.
And if we abide in His love, we will walk just as He walked as our example to follow
1 John 2:6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.
Didn't I just answer this question a couple days ago?
I can do nothing on my own but through Christ everything is possible Phil 4:13, including obedience to Him and His commandments, because its not me doing, it is Christ doing John 14:15-18 we just need to cooperate with Him through love and faith. Its what the New Covenant is about God's law written on our heart and it is based on Him doing- He said I will write My law in our hearts. But rebelling against God's law is not how we cooperate with Him.
I can do nothing on my own but through Christ everything is possible Phil 4:13, including obedience to Him and His commandments, because its not me doing, it is Christ doing John 14:15-18 we just need to cooperate with Him through love and faith. Its what the New Covenant is about God's law written on our heart and it is based on Him doing- He said I will write My law in our hearts. But rebelling against God's law is not how we cooperate with Him.
You must be sabbath compliant to receive the Holy Spirit.
No one is saved without the Holy Spirit as the scripture declared.
Hence, sabbath observance is ultimately a precursor to salvation.
That's what you stated.
"if we won’t even allow God to be God and follow His law, His version, not mans, there is no place for
the Holy Spirit to come into our hearts and enable us to obey Him"
That is a heretical statement, sabbath observance does not precede the reception of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 3:2
This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law,
or by hearing with faith?
No one is saved without the Holy Spirit as the scripture declared.
Hence, sabbath observance is ultimately a precursor to salvation.
That's what you stated.
"if we won’t even allow God to be God and follow His law, His version, not mans, there is no place for
the Holy Spirit to come into our hearts and enable us to obey Him"
That is a heretical statement, sabbath observance does not precede the reception of the Holy Spirit.
Galatians 3:2
This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law,
or by hearing with faith?
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