Tonight our study is concerning
the Sabbath. So before we turn to Exodus chapter
31, turn with me to Galatians 3, if you would. I remember a family that used
to attend at this church, and they wouldn't go out to eat on
Sunday because they felt as though they were causing the restaurant
workers to break the Sabbath. They were not only Sabbath keepers,
but they didn't want to cause anyone else to break the Sabbath
either. And to me, that was always a
bit ironic since first and foremost, the biblical Sabbath begins on
Friday evening at sundown and continues till Saturday evening
at Sunday. So the true Sabbath day, biblical
Sabbath day is on Saturday. But on Sunday, they wouldn't
go out to eat. But the husband, the father,
he worked often on Saturday. He was breaking the Sabbath,
if you want to get technical about it. And I said that to
say this, there are vast numbers of men and women today that believe
in a literal, physical keeping of the Sabbath. They refuse to
work, they refuse to do much of anything on Sunday in order
to keep their Sabbath day hallowed or holy unto the Lord. But that's
not the Lord's Sabbath. I hope to show you that tonight.
That's not keeping the Sabbath. Something that would be very
helpful for us in understanding is this. The scriptures give
revelation to the fact that every law of God, every ceremony, every
ordinance of the law was given to teach us something about the
gospel and about the Lord Jesus Christ. Look here in Galatians
chapter three, if you would please. And let's begin in verse 21. Look at these words carefully.
Paul asked this question in verse 21. He said, is the law then
against the promises of God? He answers the question immediately
and says, God forbid. He said, for if there had been
a law given, which could have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law. Now here we see first and foremost,
that the law could not give us spiritual eternal life. He said,
if there had been a law, which could have given life. But there
wasn't a law that would give it life. Why? Paul tells us in
another place, because it's weak through the flesh, meaning our
flesh. And then he went on to say, so
God's sending his own son in the likeness of sinful flesh
and for sin. That's why he's sending, to deal
with our sin, to take our sin out of the way, to put our sin
away. He said, and for sin he condemned sin in the flesh, Romans
8 3. None of us, and I know you know
this, but none of us can be saved by the keeping of the law simply
because we can't keep the law. That's the simple reason why
we can't be saved by it because we can't keep it. And we most
definitely can't keep it perfectly. And that's what God requires.
If you offend in one point of the law, you'll get the whole
law. So we can't be saved by keeping
the law. Then Paul goes on here to say
in Galatians chapter three, look at verse 22. He said, but the
scripture have concluded all under sin. Now look at this,
that the promise by faith of Christ. Now, not simply our faith
in him, but his faith toward God and his faithfulness toward
us. That's what it's all about. the faith of Christ, his faithfulness
towards us. He said that the faith of Christ
might be given to them that keep the Sabbath. No, that's not what
he said. He says, those who believe. those who believe in Christ,
who is the Sabbath. I'm gonna go ahead and just tell
you that right now. Jesus Christ is the Sabbath. Verse 23, but before faith, faith
in Christ, the faith of Christ came, we believers, the elect
of God, were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith. Again, the faith of Christ, God's
gift to us. which should afterwards be revealed."
We were kept under the law. We were shut up. That phrase
shut up means preserved or enclosed. That's our position in Christ,
the believer. We're preserved in Christ, enclosed
in Christ. We dwell in him and he dwells
in us. He said, unto the faith of Christ,
God's gift to us, which should afterwards be revealed. after
God gave us grace through faith. So what was the purpose then
of being under the law? He tells us very plainly in verse
24. He said, wherefore the law was
our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be
justified, how? By faith, by believing in the
Lord Jesus Christ. He said, but after that, faith
has come, we're no longer under. a schoolmaster, for you all are
the children of God." How are we the children of God? I love
how Paul answers his own questions. He says, by faith in Christ Jesus. That's how we're made the children
of God, by faith in Christ Jesus. So we had the faith of Christ,
and then we had the faith in Christ. Now, do you know what
those two things together mean? It simply means that a believer,
a true child of God, has faith in the faith of Christ. That's
what we do. We have faith in Christ's faith. So the law wasn't given to give
us life, but to bring us to Christ, who is our life. The law wasn't
given for us to keep, it was given to show us our inability
of keeping it. That's why everything in the
Old Testament points to Christ and faith in him. It's the same
with the Sabbath. The Lord said, remember the Sabbath
and keep it holy. Now turn over a few pages to
Hebrews chapter four with me. I want you to see this, verse
one, Hebrews chapter four. Here we read in verse one, let
us therefore fear, and that word simply means to be in awe. to
be in all, lest a promise being left us," now look at this, of
entering into his rest. Let me just throw in, Christ
is God's rest. He said, being left us of entering
into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. For
unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them, but the
word preached did not profit them. not being mixed with faith
in them that heard it. For we which have believed do
enter into rest." So we see that by believing, we enter into this
Sabbath rest. As he said, as I have sworn in
my wrath that they shall enter into my rest, although the works
were finished from the foundation of the world, "'For he spake
in a certain place "'of the seventh day on this wise, "'and God did
rest the seventh day from all his works. "'And in this place
again, "'if they shall enter into my rest, "'seeing therefore
it remaineth "'that some must enter therein.'" That's speaking
of all God's children, all God's elect, they must enter. "'They
to whom it was first preached entered not, There was some that
heard this gospel preached that did not enter in, and it's because
of unbelief, it tells us right there. Now, what kept many in
Israel out of the Sabbath day rest? The same thing that does
today, unbelief. Now look at verse seven, again,
he limiteth. Now that word means decreed,
determined, purposed. Therefore he, speaking of God,
decreed and purposed a certain day, saying in David, today,
after so long a time as it is said, today, if you will hear
his voice, harden not your hearts." Every single time a sinner, an
unsaved sinner in particular, hears the gospel preached, that
command is given to them. And that's a command, by the
way. He said, today, if you will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts. Don't harden your heart against
this gospel. It's the words of life. It's
the only means of salvation. Verse eight, for if Jesus had
given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of
another day? Now this is referring to that
day of true rest for the true children of God. God's gonna
reveal Christ to them and they're gonna enter into Christ who is
the true Sabbath day rest. Verse nine, there remaineth therefore
a rest. For who? To the people of God,
the elect of God, who are true Israel. He says, for he that
is entered into his rest, God's rest, Christ's rest. Not the
day of the week, not the Sabbath day, not whether Saturday or
Sunday, but Christ who is the Lord of the Sabbath. That's who
he's talking about. He who is himself the Holy Sabbath. He also had ceased from his own
works as God did from his. Christ ceased from his work because
his work was finished. The same as God did is he created
everything in six days and then he rested on the seventh day
or the Sabbath day. And he did so not because he
was tired. He did so because his work was
done. His work was finished. So verse 11 says, let us labor
therefore to enter in to that rest, lest any man fall after
the same example of unbelief. Now I read these verses to you
to specifically just tell you this, Jesus Christ is God's holy
Sabbath of rest for God's people. There is rest in none other.
You won't find any true rest, spiritual rest in any other person. Now turn with me to Exodus 31,
and let's read our text here for tonight. Exodus 31, we'll
begin in verse 12, keeping all the things in mind that we just
looked at. Verse 12, and the Lord spake
unto Moses saying, speak thou also unto the children of Israel
saying, verily my Sabbaths ye shall keep. For it is a sign
between me and you throughout your generations that you may
know that I am the Lord that does sanctify you. Now here's
the spiritual message of keeping the Sabbath. We just cut right
to the chase. God sanctified his son, chose
him, set him apart. That's what sanctification means.
And he gave him to his people, to his elect that he chose before
the foundation of the world in Christ. He gave Christ to his
people to be their Sabbath of rest. Now, let me ask you, are
you resting in Christ? That's the only place you'll
find it, true rest. Christ is that sign. Did you
see that word there? He's that sign between us and
God throughout all generations of believers. That word sign
means mark, it means miracle, it means flag, it means a beacon,
a token. Also, did you notice that this
was God's word to the children of Israel only? He said, speak
thou also unto the children of Israel. You see the Sabbath was
for the children of Israel, not for the Gentiles, not for heathen
nations. We know that physical Israel
is a type of God's spiritual Israel, meaning God's elect,
the elect of God, made up of both Jew and Gentile, chosen
by God's grace. So we have physical Israel that
God delivered out of Egypt. And then we have spiritual Israel,
those who are truly the children of God. And it's spiritual Israel
who are the true children of Abraham. Some in physical Israel
were God's elect, but not all and not many, I might add. Matter
of fact, as we've said many times, only two over the age of 20 out
of the close to 2 million that left Egypt actually entered into
the land of promise. So we know that it's few. It
still is. There's a remnant according to
the election of grace. Many are called, but few are
chosen. So, some profess today to be
the children of God who simply aren't. Now, I don't know who
they are, and I wouldn't even try to guess who they were. And
they are Sabbath breakers simply because they're not resting in
Christ alone. If you're not resting in Christ
alone tonight, you're a Sabbath breaker. It's just that simple. They're not resting in Christ
alone. They're still adding, they're
still trusting in something of their own. Paul said this in
Romans nine, verse six. He said, not as though the word
of God had taken on effect, for they are not all Israel, which
are of Israel. Neither because they are the
seed of Abraham are they all children, but in Isaac shall
thy seed be called. That is, they which are the children
of the flesh, these are not the children of God, but the children
of the promise are counted for the seed. That's speaking of
all that God chose and purpose to save in eternity past. God
provided rest. Now listen, God provided rest
only for the nation of Israel in the Old Testament. And God
provides Christ, the believer's holy Sabbath of rest for his
chosen spiritual Israel. That's what this is picturing.
The Sabbath is pointing to Christ who is our Sabbath. The children
of promise are counted for the seed. God provides rest for his
chosen spiritual Israel. And this is a sign. Christ is
God's purpose for eternal rest and everlasting life. Again,
verse 13, verily my Sabbaths you shall keep for it's a sign
between me and you throughout your generations that you may
know that I am the Lord that does sanctify thee. The purpose
for the Sabbath days were to be a sign, to be a beacon, a
light, a waving flag, to keep Israel remembering that God alone
had saved them and sanctified them. That's what he sings here,
very plainly and simply. God gave them this Sabbath day
of rest to be a sign, a distinguishing mark that He was behind their
sanctification, not just simply behind it, but that He purposed
it to be so. He's the one that chose them.
He's the one that set them apart. He's the one that made them His.
And this was not given so that they would focus on the day of
the week, that Sabbath day. It was a reminder that the Lord
God of heaven and earth chose them, set them apart and made
them His own. It pleased the Lord, dear friends,
to make you His people. Their rest typified Christ, who
is our rest. God chose to make physical Israel
a nation and set them apart for Himself, simply because it pleased
Him to do so. That's why God does everything,
because He wants to, and He's pleased to do it. And everything
He does is right. They remembered as they rested. They remembered as they rested,
and they rested and remembered. God chose and created spiritual
Israel by choosing them in Christ before the foundation of the
world. And by resting in Christ, they are reminded of the same
thing. As we rest in Christ, what are
we reminded of? We're reminded that salvation's
of the Lord. That it's God who chose us and
called us and purposed us to be saved. It's God that sent
the gospel. It's God that sent his spirit
to make that gospel effectual to our heart. It's all God's
doing, all of it, every single bit of it. And as we rest on
the Sabbath or in our Sabbath, Christ, we remember that. We remember that God sanctified
Israel by sending his word through Moses and God sanctifies his
chosen children by sending to them the gospel of Christ through
preaching. That's God's ordained means of
doing so. And as we rest in Christ, we're
reminded and we need to be, we constantly need to be reminded
that God sanctified us by sending us the gospel, God purpose through
preaching to save them to believe. God saved Israel by delivering
them out of Egyptian bondage through the blood of the Passover
lamb. Isn't that how he did it? God sent plague after plague.
Pharaoh hardened his heart. God hardened his heart. But boy,
the death of the firstborn, that was the straw that broke the
camel's back, wouldn't it? It was the blood put on the door
that caused God to pass over his people. God saved Israel
by delivering them through the blood, and they remembered that
when they rested on the Sabbath. You see, resting in Christ, God's
saints are reminded that God delivered us out of the bondage
of our sin. God, through the blood of the
Lord Jesus Christ, our Passover lamb, saw the blood and he passed
over us in wrath and judgment. Christ is the Sabbath. God made
with Israel a covenant of works that if they kept the law, then
he would fulfill all his promises to them. But we're not under
that covenant. We're under the covenant of grace. Resting in
Christ, we remember that God has made with us that covenant,
the covenant of mercy and a covenant of grace that's ordered in all
things insure the scripture says, and it's all our salvation. It's
all of it. We don't contribute anything
to it. There remains no work for us to do. Christ did it all. We're no longer under legal restraints. We serve God from a willing heart. As we rest in Christ, we're reminded
of what Christ did and what we could not do for ourselves. And
because of what he did, we have rest, rest. Look at verse 14. You shall keep the Sabbath therefore,
for it is holy unto you. Everyone that defileth it shall
surely be put to death. For whosoever doeth any work
therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six
days may work be done, but in the seventh is the Sabbath of
rest holy to the Lord. Whosoever doeth any work in the
Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Man, this is
serious. This is serious business here.
God rested when His work was finished. And when God finished
His works of creation, He rested. Look down at verse 17. It's a
sign between me and the children of Israel forever. For in six
days, the Lord made heaven and earth. And on the seventh day,
He rested and was refreshed. Why should we rest? Our work's
finished. Christ finished it for us. When
the child of God rests, we remember that Christ is resting and Christ
is resting because his work is done. Christ is resting because
his work is finished. That's what he said from the
cross. He said, it's finished. That's what he was talking about.
When the Lord Jesus finished the work of redemption, he rested
from all his works. Hebrews 1 chapter 3 says, when
he had by himself purged our sins, he sat down. Nothing else
to do. He sat down on the right hand
of the majesty on high. And as you remember in the tabernacle
under the old covenant law, the high priest never sat down. You
won't find a chair in the tabernacle of God because the blood offered
in the holiest of holies could never take away sin. Boy, they'd
make one sacrifice and then here'd come another, perpetual. Blood
of bulls and ghosts can never take away sin. Every high priest
stand to daily ministry and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sin. But this man, that's who we're
talking about, the Lord Jesus, Sabbath of rest, our holy Sabbath
of rest. But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of
the God, from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his
footstool." You know where a footstool is? It's under your feet. For
by one offering he hath perfected, there's the word, he hath perfected
forever them that are sanctified, Hebrews 10, 11 through 14. So
God gave Israel this day of rest, really for one reason, to point
them to Christ. Just like everything in the tabernacle
points to Christ. That's what this day of rest
was for, to point them to Christ because when God has finished
all his works, he rests. And so does the Lord Jesus. Now,
many legalists today, these folks are just, they're just wound
up tight, aren't they? They just wound up tight. They
try to prove that we're still under the law or that we should
still observe the Sabbath day. And oftentimes they'll use Hebrews
chapter three and four to try to prove their case, but it won't
hold water. It won't hold water. The whole
reason for the letter to the Hebrews is to teach the children
of God that to continue in the works of the law is nothing less
than unbelief. We enter into rest by believing
on Christ. There is no other rest. I wish
I could make that effectual to your heart and mine. I really
do. Only God can. There is no other rest but in
Christ. We enter into rest by trusting
in Him. using Canaan, the land of promise,
the land that flowed with milk and honey as a type of Christ
our rest, the Holy Spirit reminds us that Israel could not enter
into God's rest because of unbelief, Hebrews 3, 18 and 19. And to
whom swear he that they should not enter into his rest, but
to them that believe not. Those that don't believe in Christ,
those who don't trust in Christ for all their rest, shall never
enter into rest, and it's for one reason and one reason only,
unbelief. That's what will keep you out
of rest, not believing, not believing what God said, not believing
who God provided as our rest. They couldn't enter into that
rest because of unbelief. Paul said again in Galatians
chapter three, he said, the law is not a faith. No sinner can
enter into God's true rest except by believing on the Lord Jesus
Christ. And that's something you can't
do in and of yourself. God's got to do it for you. To
insist that it's necessary to keep a day holy or to make any
work of the law a necessity for righteousness is absolutely nothing
but unbelief. It's not believing what God said.
God said, throw all that down and look to Christ. That's all
you need. You can't do any work. You can't
provide a righteousness, not one that God will accept. It's
got to be perfect for Him to accept. Nothing but unbelief. The law is not a faith. If we
bring ourselves under the law by endeavoring to keep God's
law as a means of obtaining righteousness, then we've missed Christ altogether,
who is our Sabbath of rest. Hebrews 4.9, there remaineth
therefore rest to the people of God, for he that is entered
into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works as God did
from his. We read that a moment ago. Now
listen to me on this, when Christ finished the work of our redemption,
he entered his rest and he ceased from his works just like God
did in creation. When a believer enters into Christ,
our rest, your rest, we cease from our works. God ceased from
his, Christ ceased from his, and if we're in Christ, we must
cease from ours. I love what the writer of Hebrews
said next there. He said, let us labor therefore
to enter into rest. I've always, I almost feel as
though he was being humorous there. Labor to rest is what
he said. Well, a child of God understands
what that is. We labor, we're heavy laden and
we labor with our sin. God, help us to believe, help
us to trust in the Lord Jesus. Let us labor therefore to enter
into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of
unbelief. I want to believe. I want to
know in my heart that Christ did for me what I couldn't do
for myself. Now, if you want to work to be
saved, then labor to rest. If you want to do something to
be saved, then labor at resting. Only then can you cease from
your work, truly cease from your work. I think I'm beginning to
see. I think I'm beginning to have
a little faith that I can't do anything. I can't do a thing
that God will accept. But Christ certainly did. And
God accepts it. He said, seeing then that we
have a great high priest that is passed into the heavens, Jesus,
the son of God, who is resting, by the way, because his works
are finished. He said, let us hold fast our
profession. What profession? Profession of
what? What's he talking about there? Our profession of faith.
Our profession of believing and trusting in what Christ did for
us. Holding fast our profession is
resting. Resting in Christ by faith, not
going back to the law to find a work to do. It's ironic, as
I said in the beginning, that men and women think that by keeping
the Sabbath day, they rest. When true rest in Christ is ceasing
from any work. True rest is coming to Christ.
True rest is believing and trusting in what He did for sinners. If
we rest in Christ, we cease from our works. That's not hard, is
it? Well, it's impossible to do apart
from His mercy and grace. If we rest in Christ, we cease
from our works, which means we cease in putting any confidence,
any significance in anything that we do, even believing. You know, we can take pride in
our faith. Faith is a gift of God, isn't
it? Not by works, lest any man should boast. You're saved by
grace through faith. Faith is what God gives us. We
can't even believe if God doesn't have mercy and grace on us. We
put all our confidence in Christ, who is our Holy Sabbath. That's
the message. Therefore, believers regard Christ
as God, the Father's gift of rest to them. God gave him to
you and I as a gift. He's our rest. So let's rest
in him. Let's trust him. The way we manifest
this gift that God gives us is to rest in him by faith. So let's
rest. We don't trust in any work of
our righteousness for holiness. We dare not add anything to Christ's
perfect work of righteousness. No. Salvation is never what we
do. Salvation is always what Christ
has done for us. Look again at verse 14. "'The
Sabbath is holy unto you. "'Everyone that defileth it shall
surely be put to death. "'For whosoever doeth any work
therein, "'that soul shall be cut off from among the people.'"
God declared that if they worked on the Sabbath, they'd be put
to death. Now, some folks are gonna say,
that seems a bit extreme. Has God revealed to us that he
is extreme? You better believe he is. Whether
or not men or women believe the Sabbath is on a Saturday or on
a Sunday, none can keep the Sabbath on either day. I bet these Sabbath
keepers didn't think about this. When you read that verse 14 again,
in order to keep the Sabbath, regardless of what day men say
it is, we are commanded to put to death anyone and everyone
that breaks the law in order to honor it. That's how serious
it is. Whosoever that doeth any work
in the Sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. Boy,
that's a serious offense with a serious consequence, isn't
it? Then it's a serious offense with serious consequence now.
Death, that's what it calls for. You know, in the book of Numbers
chapter 15, I was reading this today, a man was found picking
up sticks on the Sabbath day. Just picking up sticks, maybe
just cleaning up his yard. We all do it, walk through the
yard and see a stick and pick it up. He's picking up sticks
on the Sabbath. And the Lord said unto Moses,
the man shall surely be put to death for picking up sticks. Yes, he did it on the Sabbath. He said all the congregations
shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation
brought that man without the camp and they stoned him with
stones and he died. Now, does that seem a bit drastic
and extreme to you? God is, God is. God says what he means and he
means what he says. Oh, it's a fearful thing to fall
into the hand of the living God. The law of God and His justice
has got to be kept, and it's got to be kept perfectly. If
you offend at one point, you're guilty of the whole law. We know
that. Beloved, that's why Christ died on the cross. That's how
He is, our Sabbath rest. We've broken the Sabbath along
with every other law of God, all of them. We've never kept
any of them perfectly, so we're guilty of all of them. Christ
satisfied God's justice for his people by keeping the law for
them. God's law has been honored. God's justice has been satisfied,
not because of anything we've done, but because of what Christ
has done for it. That's our message. That's all
we preach. That's all a true believer wants
to hear. Tell me again what Christ has done for me. Tell me how
I can rest in Him. We won't rest. We need rest. Therefore, anyone who claims
to rest in Christ and still believe that they are to add anything
to what Christ did or what He's already done is basically declaring
that Christ is not all and that Christ is not enough. That's
exactly what it's saying. And God's word says, they shall
surely die. Boy, those are sobering words. Why will they die? Because to
trust in any other work of righteousness other than the perfect work that
Christ did, you shall surely die. If you put your trust in
and try to rest or find peace in any other thing other than
the Lord Jesus Christ, our holy Sabbath rest, you shall surely
die. As I said, even if it's your
believing, don't put any trust in your faith. Put all your trust
in his faith. Like I said, faith in Christ's
faith. That's what we do. Now, I would
say that all of you are familiar with the words of our Lord in
Matthew chapter 11, verse 28, the end of the Passover, the
Lord stood and just began to speak. The words are still applicable
to sinners today. He said, come unto me, all you
that labor and are heavy laden. He's talking about our sin there.
Has your sin got you heavy laden? He said, come unto me, I'll give
you rest. Rest. Take my yoke upon you and
learn of me, for I'm meek and lowly in heart, and you shall
find rest for your souls. So rest. My yoke is easy, my
burden is light. Friends, Christ is our Sabbath
rest. He said, come unto me with your
heavy laden sin. He said, come unto me with that
sin that you labor so hard with. And he said, I'll give you rest.
true rest, real rest, eternal rest. Now you think about that. Sin is a heavy burden, but really
it shouldn't be because Christ is our Sabbath rest. He is our rest. He'll give you
rest. He's able to give you rest. He's
willing to give you rest. There's no work for you to do,
no work to be done by you. You have to keep this Sabbath
holy. How are you gonna do that? Huh? Well, you don't work, you rest.
That's how you keep it holy. Our holy Sabbath is none other
than God, God the Son. And He's holy, and we're holy
in Him. And it's here that you find rest
for your souls. I mean, not the kind of rest
where, like we were talking about before church sharing, where
we get six, seven, eight hours sleep. You get, I'm talking about
true spiritual rest for your soul. for your soul, oh my. The rest you have in knowing
that you have no sin, that's the kind of rest I'm talking
about. Don't you have that kind of rest? Christ put away my sin,
I don't have any sin. The rest you have in being perfectly
conformed to the image of God's son. My Chris, when God looks
at me, he sees his son. That's unfathomable. The rest
you have in knowing that God cannot charge you with iniquity. God's law looks at me and says,
find no fault in him. That's the kind of rest I'm talking
about, solid rest. So the law can't condemn you
for your disobedience. Why? Because in Christ, you've
been perfectly obedient to the law. Do you have that kind of
rest? Soul rest. Christ yoke is easy. Holy justice
can't extract justice from you because your penalty has been
paid in full. God's law, God's justice has
no claim on you because Christ is your rest. You're trusting
in him. His yoke's easy, his burden's
light. You can rest in knowing that God is no longer angry with
you. Boy, isn't that rest? God's not
angry with me anymore. God is pleased with me because
I'm in His beloved Son in whom He's well pleased. If He's pleased
with Christ, I can assure you, if you're in Him, He's pleased
with you too, and you can rest. You can rest. Well, may God be
pleased to make you rest in your soul, in your spirit, in Christ
Jesus, who is your Sabbath day rest. I like to think about that. Christ is my rest. And I keep
the Sabbath, every Sabbath, by resting in him, looking to him,
trusting him, remembering what he did for me.