The Epistles to the Hebrews

50  The Ep i s t l e to the Hebrews : Par t I

2. Faith as the condition of entering into the promise of God’s rest

3. Biblical allusions to the promise

a. God’s Sabbath rest , Gen. 2.2

b. God’s spiritual rest , Ps. 95.11

B. The Day of God’s rest: “ Today , if you will hear his voice”

1. The failure of the disobedient to enter God’s rest

2. God’s designation of a certain day , Ps. 95.7-8

3. God’s Sabbath rest for the people of God

a. The call to discipleship is a call to freedom and rest , Gal. 5.1.

b. The paradox of the New covenant: created unto good works while ceasing from one’s own work.

c. We cease as God did from his.