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REST MESSAGE #4

I INTRODUCTION TO THE MESSAGE OF REST
A. HOW “PEACE” RELATES TO “REST” ( 2
THESSALONIANS 3:16)
1. ANXIETY IS THE PROOF I AM NOT
RESTING
2. PEACE IS THE FRUIT OF REST
B. HOW DOES “GOD RESTED” RELATE TO “OUR
ENTERING GOD’S REST”? (HEBREWS 4:4; 9-10)
1. GOD’S REST IS NOT
a. INACTIVITY (JOHN 5:17)
b. RETIREMENT FROM
WEARINESS (ISAIAH 40:28)
c. GOD HAD NO ANXIETY ABOUT
CREATING THE UNIVERSE
(HABAKKUK 3:3-4)
2. THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION: GOD
SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. . .VERY
GOOD (GENESIS 1:4, 10,12,18, 21,25,31;
2:1-2) AND HE WAS SATISFIED WITH
THE FINISHED WORK OF CREATION
3. WHAT WAS TRUE OF THE FINISHED
WORK OF CREATION, IS ALSO TRUE
OF THE FINISHED WORK OF
REDEMPTION (JOHN 19:30; LUKE 9:31;
HEBREWS 1:3; HEBREWS 8:1; HEBREWS
10:12; HEBREWS 12:2; HEBREWS 4:10
EXODUS 12:13)

II WE ENTER HIS REST, NOT WHEN WE ARE
SATISIFIED WITH HIS FINISHED WORK, BUT
WHEN WE ARE SATISFIED THAT HE IS
SATISFIED WITH HIS FINISHED WORK
(HEBREWS 3:11,18: HEBREWS 4:3,10)

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