Coming Short of the Promised Rest
T. J. Judkin, M. A. Hebrews 4:1-2 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.… I. A THREEFOLD CERTAINTY. 1. There is a rest. (1) A rest resulting from the inward assurance of God's pardoning love. (2) A rest from sin as a ruling and tyrannising power. (3) A rest of adoption. 2. There is a promise of this rest. 3. The promise is to believers. II. AN AWFUL UNCERTAINTY. Thus though the promise is made, there is in the case of many an awful uncertainty hanging over its issue. And how so? There is no accusation against God in the economy of His spiritual government; He does not arbitrarily unfold and withhold — no, God is our Father, full of compassion and tender in mercy. The accusation is proved against man himself. He wilfully shuts the open means of grace; he is the self-excluding and self-excluded from the pale of the promise. He comes short of it — it does not come short of him. (T. J. Judkin, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. WEB: Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.