The Rest of God's Story

Psalm 95

1 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD; let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 

2 Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 

3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. 

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also. 

5 The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. 

6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! 

7 For he is our God, and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear his voice, 

8 do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, as on the day at Massah in the wilderness, 

9 when your fathers put me to the test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my work. 

10 For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known my ways." 

11 Therefore I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest." 

The Invitation — Give God Glory (Psalm 95:1-7a)

The object of worship

The expressions of worship 

The reasons for worship

The Exhortation — Reach God’s Rest (Psalm 95:7b-11)

The context

The commission 

The connection

The Application — Complete God’s Commission (Hebrews 3-4)

Receive God’s call to live out his mission. (Heb. 3:7-11) 

Exhort one another to participate in it. (Heb. 3:12-19) 

Seize your opportunity for rest right now. (Heb. 4:1-10) 

Trust God both to enable and to discipline. (Heb. 4:11-13)

Thanks Jim!