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Hillside United Methodist Church

02/27/2022 Church service

周日礼拜

别着急 Dont Hurry Up

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别着急

Heb 3:19 – So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

希 伯 來 書 3:19: 这 样 看 来 ， 他 们 不 能 进 入 安 息 是 因 为 不 信 的 缘 故 了 。(pg 1942) 

Heb 4:1 – And we still have the promise that God gave those people. That promise is that we can enter his place of rest. So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.

希 伯 來 書 4:1: 既然我们能够进入上帝安息的许诺依然存在，那么就让我们当心吧，不要让你们中间任何人被认为失败了。(pg 1942) 

Heb 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

希 伯 來 書 11:6: 人 非 有 信 ， 就 不 能 得 神 的 喜 悦 ；因 为 到 神 面 前 来 的 人 必 须 信 有 神 ， 且 信 他 赏 赐 那 寻 求 他 的 人 。(pg 1950)

Eph 2:4,5: -  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved.

以 弗 所 書 2:4,5: 但是，上帝的仁慈是非常丰富的，他对我们的爱是博大的。  当我们在精神上因为犯罪而死的时候，上帝让我们与基督一起得到了新的生命。他的恩典拯救了我们。(page 1895)

Matt 11:28,29:  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

馬 太 福 音 11:28,29: 凡 劳 苦 担 重 担 的 人 可 以 到 我 这 里 来 ， 我 就 使 你 们 得 安 息 。我 心 里 柔 和 谦 卑 ， 你 们 当 负 我 的 轭 ， 学 我 的 样 式 ；这 样 ， 你 们 心 里 就 必 得 享 安 息 。(pg 1577)

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DON’T Hurry Up!

Hebrews 3:16 –Hebrews 4:16

“This 2022 season of Lent will not be a time of stopping or giving up.

It will be a time to BEGIN.”

We honor those whom we refer to as “the self-made man” or woman.

Our world has been shaped by the pioneers, the entrepreneurs and the bigger thinkers. The dreamers who were also doers.

…but in 2022 we live in a world of rising prices and emptying store shelves.

Even more frustrating is, most of us know that it is not for a lack of resources.

There are things we can control, and there are things that, in the natural realm, are truly out of our control.

It can lead to feelings of frustration – and powerlessness.  

Some people even just “give up.”

  “GOD is going to settle your life.”

“Power, Love and a Sound Mind” “Power, Love and a Self-Discipline”

Jehovah Shalom (rebukes the chaos)

Kingdom People:

Hear (The Word of God)   Believe  (The Word of God)   DO  (The Word of God)

Jesus said, “What you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing what he wants you to do. Then he will give you all these other things you need.”  (Matt 6:33)

To seek the kingdom is to make the rule of God the object of our desires.  

If we want God to settle our lives, we need to start walking by faith in accordance with God’s Kingdom ways – and God’s Kingdom Purposes.

1 Cor 4:20: For the kingdom realm of God comes with power, not simply impressive words.

God’s Kingdom is a Kingdom of POWER – and it is also a Kingdom of REST.

“Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Make this world right again, starting with me.”

It’s time to learn to rest.

The Children of Israel – Old Testament

Heb 3:19 - “because of their unbelief.”

Chapter 3 ended with the warning that it was unbelief that kept the people of Israel from entering into the promised land and the rest God had promised there. 

Hebrews 3:19: “And so we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.”

Heb 4:2 – “the message they heard had no value” - “those who heard it did not combine it with faith.”

Heb 4:6 – “because of their disobedience” (unbelief – lack of faith)

“without faith it is impossible to please God”

4:1 - “Therefore, [that’s the sign that the writer is drawing a conclusion from what he just said in 3:19] let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it”  

 “We will not enter into God’s rest — God’s Kingdom — if we do not trust his promises.”

The connection with Hebrews 3:19 surely tells us the thing we are to fear is unbelief. 

Verse 19: “They were not able to enter [God’s rest] because of unbelief.” 

Therefore fear that unbelief, because that’s what will keep you from entering God’s rest 

“So we should be very careful that none of you fails to get that promise.”

Fear unbelief. Fear not trusting God.

We may be far from living in God’s rest and not even realize it.   (    )

“I prayed hard about that situation”

“be anxious for nothing”

It’s time for you and I to enter God’s Rest

…which is the opposite of doubt and unbelief. It is the end of the struggle.

When we rest in God we enter His Presence with a peaceful confidence

Heb 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

The message today is entitled “Don’t Hurry Up”

It seems often when we try to “hurry up” we get into trouble.

I do that at work when I get into panic mode instead of pooling all of the needed resources and voices of skill and experience together first.

All thorough The Bible we see how people got out of rest and into unbelief when they tried to “fix things” in the natural (operating from a carnal mindset) in their attempt to “help God” – or speed up the process.

• Abraham (Ishmael)

• Moses (beating the rock three times)

• Peter (cutting off the soldier’s ear)

Entering into His Rest is our submission to a power greater than ourselves

“Come into my heart, Lord Jesus. Make this world right again, starting with me.”

“THY Kingdom come, THY Will be done…”

The Kingdom is within you

Repentance.

Repentance from unbelief. Doubt. From “dead works”

Rest in His Peace

Rest in His Shalom Blessing

God’s Peace. Provision. God’s Loving Care

“The Lord is my Shepherd”

“Be Still and Know”

Cease from your own works.

Our prayer time should allow us to enter His rest

Holy Communion is a “means of grace” that should allow us to enter His rest

Our daily life should be a time of rest as well.

 “Trust and Obey”

We have to abandon the carnal/global mindset and become Kingdom Minded

It is a walk of faith and trust 

Eph 2:2 -  That was the road you used to travel, keeping in step with this world’s ‘present age’; in step, too, with the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is, even now, at work among people whose whole lives consist of disobeying God.

Eph 2:4,5: -  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. 

“I BELIEVE on the Lord Jesus Christ and I am SAVED.” 

Made Whole. Restored. Provided For. Healed. Delivered. Redeemed.  Renewed.

Jesus said, “Take MY yoke upon you… 

…and You Will Find REST for your souls.”

Rest is the opposite of doubt and unbelief

It is Trust. It is true Expectation

Entering into God’s Rest PROVES that we trust God.

“When you pray, BELIEVE…”

“Father, thank You that whenever I find myself stuck in a problem or setback, You have the power to reverse it and even restore what’s been lost. Thank You that I can offer You a sacrifice of praise because You hold my future in the palms of Your hands. I believe that You will never disappoint me. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.”

 “ …giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of his holy people in the kingdom of light.”

You have a Kingdom inheritance

“Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.”

Col 1:13: God made us free from the power of darkness. And he brought us into the kingdom of his dear Son.  “ … has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,”