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In order to understand that the Sabbath is a day of rest, we must know what rest really is. True rest involves work. The rest of the Sabbath involves spiritual work. First of all, it means faithfully attending the house of God, twice. Secondly it involves the hearing of the preaching of the Word of
Sabbath Rest Preacher: Rev. Angus Stewart Series: Lord's Day 38 Scripture: Hebrews 4 I. Resting Every Day II. Resting on the Christian Sabbath
That the Sabbath in its deepest sense has to do with the Lord’s rest is abundantly proven from the Holy Scriptures. It has its beginning in the rest of the Lord on the seventh day after the six days of creative work in which the heavens and the earth were finished. For on the seventh day God ended H
It is a rest from sin and corruption unto righteousness and holiness; it is a rest from our own lie unto the truth of God; it is a rest from the death in which we lie by nature unto eternal life and light and glory. This rest we enter by faith every day, but the weekly sabbath is designed by God for
Now this rest, this perfected work of God, His people enter into in this life in principle and at the return of Christ in full. In the light of the above observations, it is plain that only the people of God can truly rest on the sabbath, can remember and keep holy this day. And it is also evident t
We are told in Hebrews Chapter 4 to give diligence to enter into that rest. So we desist from our daily toil and fill that day with spiritual activities. The world as always, perverts this day, and uses it for its own sinful pleasures and purposes. Let us, by God’s grace, count it a privilege to pro
It is a rest involving, indeed requiring, spiritual labor. Diligently we attend the church of God. We work at preaching and hearing the word of God. The remainder of the Sabbath is spent, not in “sacking out,” or in amusing ourselves by watching NFL Sunday, but in good reading, instructing our famil
For God, the sabbath was a day of rest from the six days of creation. It is also a day of rest for us, but not in the sense that we ordinarily rest. We part from the activities of the world for one day and consecrate this time to God. This is the Lord’s Day and not our own. We observe the sabbath by
Yet, from Hebrews 4 it is evident that this "my rest" has also a higher, an ultimate meaning, and that essentially it is expressing the very idea of the sabbath. For the author of the epistle to the Hebrews applies the text from Psalm 95 directly to the final rest of the sabbath, that remaineth for
Enter into Sabbath rest. That's required, too. It's a blessing, but it's required. Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work. On the seventh, the Sabbath, thou shalt not do any work. Thou shalt remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy And in that day, you must enter into rest. That's the pos