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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)
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)