Hebrews 4

1God's promise of entering His place of peaceful rest still stands! Let us be careful that none of you fails to reach it.

2For the good news was preached to us, just as it was to them. But the message they heard did them no good, because they did not join it with faith.

3We who have believed do enter that rest. As God said: So in my anger I made a promise: They will never enter my rest. And yet God's work was finished from the time He made the world.

4Somewhere the Scripture speaks about the seventh day like this: And on the seventh day God rested from all His work.

5And again, in the verse above, God says: They will never enter my rest.

6So it is still true that some will enter that rest. But those who first heard the good news did not enter, because they did not obey.

7So God again set a certain day, calling it Today. Long afterward, He spoke through David the words already quoted: Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.

8For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

9A true Sabbath rest of peace remains for God's holy people.

10For anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their own work, just as God rested from His.

11So let us do our best to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.

12The word of God is living, active, and full of power! It is sharper than any two-edged surgical sword. It slices deep between our innermost soul and spirit. It cuts down into joints and deep marrow. It exposes and judges the secret thoughts and motives of our hearts!

13Nothing in all creation can hide from God's sight! Everything stands naked and fully exposed before His eyes. And He is the Judge to whom we must give account.

14We have a supreme high priest who passed through the heavens. He is Jesus, the Son of God! Let us hold tightly to the faith we confess.

15Our high priest understands every one of our human weaknesses. Satan tempted Him in every way we are tempted. Yet Jesus never committed a single sin!

16So let us walk boldly up to God's royal throne of grace! There we will receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.