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TO STUDY THE BIBLE TO BEHOLD JESUS IN
THE WORD
1. PETER EXPLAINS THE PROPHETIC
WORD AND THE REVELATION OF
CHRIST (2 PETER 1:16-18)
2. THE PROPHETIC WORD IS THE BIBLE
WITHOUT THE REVELATION OF CHRIST,
ALSO CALLED A LAMP SHINING IN A
DARK PLACE ( 2PETER 1:19)
3. THE PROPHETIC WORD MADE MORE
SURE, ALSO CALLED THE RISING OF
THE MORNING STAR IS THE HOLY
SPIRIT’S REVELATION OF CHRIST IN
THE BIBLE ( 2 PETER 1:19)
4. CHRIST IS THE MORNING STAR
(REVELATION 22:16)

IV CLINCHER: THE HOLY SPIRIT’S REVELATION OF
CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES IS THE ONLY WAY
TO MATURE IN CHRIST (2 PETER 3:18)

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)