Jesus Famous With Nate Holdridge

  An Invitation Into Christ's Rest Jesus, famously, said, "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). Millions, since he said it, have craved that rest. We seek him for it. But what is God's rest? What image does the word "rest" conjure up in your mind? I think of hammocks, beaches, books, and lazy summer days. I think of Netflix and play and sport. But what does God envision? What is God's rest? The passage before us, Hebrews 4:1-13 is all about the rest God offers to his people. The two most repeated words in the section are the words "rest" and "enter." God's preeminent desire for his children, in this passage, is for our lives to enter his rest. But, again, what is this rest? What Is God's Rest? First, to discover what God's rest is, we must look at what came before Hebrews 4. Early Jewish Christians (thus the title, Hebrews) were tempted to engage in the Old Testament rituals once again. God offered them a relationship through Christ, not a ritualist