Tuesday | 31 March 2026
Highlighting the significance of how we hear and respond to the word of present truth that is ministered in and from the presbytery, Paul said, ‘For we who have believed do enter that rest.’ Heb 4:3. Believing is the fruit of faith, which is received by hearing and receiving the commands of Christ the King. 2Co 4:13. Rom 10:17. Our relational obedience, through which the glory of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is revealed, is the evidence of faith. This is because faith is the substance of the glory that we hope for. Heb 11:1. Col 1:27.
Our ministry as labourers is the proceeding word. This is the word of faith. It is not an endless pursuit of religious, mystical knowledge in order to discover ourselves through talk or through preaching. The word is substance both here and now. The word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Psa 119:105. If we are receiving the word in this manner, we will have fellowship with one another, for the apostle John said, ‘If we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.’ 1Jn 1:7.
In fellowship, and from fellowship, we minister to one another and give counsel. Living in this way is the culture of rest that belongs to the kingdom of God. Giving and receiving in this fellowship is how we ‘look diligently’ lest we fall short of the grace of God. The indication that a person is falling short of God’s grace is a root of bitterness and discontent that springs up in their heart causing trouble and defilement. Heb 12:15.
Further Study:
John 6
References:
Heb 4:3
For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said, ‘So I swore in My wrath, “They shall not enter My rest,”’ although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
2Co 4:13
And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, ‘I believed and therefore I spoke,’ we also believe and therefore speak.
Rom 10:17
So, then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Heb 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Col 1:27
To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Psa 119:105
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
1Jn 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Heb 12:15
Looking carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble, and by this many become defiled.