Let Us Labor to Rest “Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest” (Heb. 4:11). Seems to be a contradiction in terms, labor to rest; but in reality, it is not. Let us eagerly strive and earnestly pursue to count all our works as “dung and filthy rags” and to “cease from our own […]
Rest Rest is a sweet word to the weary soul; all seek it but only believers find it. Paul wrote, “We which have believed do enter into REST” (Heb. 4:3). He did not say we shall enter but we DO enter into rest. There is a sweet repose, a calm peace, and a sweet rest […]
“And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters.” Exodus 15:27 A great wilderness lay between Israel and Canaan; a vast unfriendly, harsh land that stretched out before them across which they could not survive without the presence and power of […]
REST! Exodus 34: 21 There were eight sabbaths in the law. Each were given to typify Christ, the believer’s rest (Colossians 2: 16-17; Romans 10: 4.) Creation Work and Rest The LORD points us back to creation when God rested the seventh day, blessing and hallowing that day (Exodus 20:11.) God did not rest for […]
Weary? “Then Jesus said, “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 The Lord’s purpose in laying burdens upon us is to weary us out. We cannot learn our religion in any other way. We cannot learn it from the Bible, nor from the experience […]
“For we who have believed enter into rest.” Hebrews 4:3 To rest is to ‘lean’ upon something. Is it not so spiritually? We need to lean upon something. The Lord himself has given us this figure. “Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her Beloved?” The figure of “a rock” on which […]
The Revelation of Christ’s Finished Work in the Heart Leviticus 16: 29-31 When God visits his redeemed in the season of his love, he will make you to behold Christ Jesus has made perfect atonement and God now accepts you. When this gospel revelation is given to you then the gospel of Christ shall be […]