The Greatest Promise

Q: What does the Bible say about rest in Christ?

The Bible invites those who are weary to find rest in Jesus, who promises to give rest to all who come to Him (Matthew 11:28). In Matthew 11:28-30, Jesus extends a heartfelt invitation to those who are laboring and heavy-laden, offering them rest. This rest is not merely physical relief but signifies a deeper spiritual peace that can only be found through faith in Him. It encompasses liberation from the burdens of sin, guilt, and the rigorous demands of the law, allowing believers to find solace and tranquility in their relationship with God. As believers come to Christ, they are assured that He will give them rest, emphasizing the intimate relationship between faith and spiritual peace.

Q: How do we know Jesus' promise of rest is true?

We know Jesus' promise of rest is true because He has the power, will, and faithfulness to deliver it (Hebrews 1:2). The validity of Jesus' promise of rest rests on His nature and authority. Hebrews 1:2 states that God has spoken to us through His Son, who is given authority over all things and is the exact representation of God’s being. This demonstrates that Jesus has the power to fulfill His promises, as He upholds everything by His powerful word and has the will to call sinners to Himself. Moreover, His faithfulness is guaranteed by His nature; He cannot lie and will fulfill every word He has spoken, thus assuring believers that His promise of rest is certain and reliable.

Q: Why is resting in Christ important for Christians?

Resting in Christ is essential for Christians as it provides peace from sin, confidence in salvation, and freedom from the law (Romans 8:1). Resting in Christ is pivotal for Christians because it signifies a reliance on His finished work rather than their own efforts for salvation. This rest alleviates the burdens of guilt and anxiety stemming from sin and fosters confidence in God's grace. Romans 8:1 affirms, 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,' which encapsulates the assurance that in Christ, believers are liberated from the weight of sin. Additionally, this rest encourages spiritual growth and understanding; as Christians learn more of His nature and His promises, their faith deepens, resulting in a greater experience of peace and rest in their lives.

Just a few days ago, Brother Milton Howard and I were
preaching in a place called San Rafael,
Mexico, about thirty-four miles north of the Guatemalan border,
up about four thousand feet, at a hacienda ranked where the
owner and his wife are dedicated to the gospel of Christ. And
every Thursday night and Friday, Milton goes out there and preaches
and has been doing so for 14 years. So I've been there several
times. And last week I preached there,
a week before last, again. And people came from miles around,
some walking, 30 or 40 people came in a three-quarter ton pickup
truck, and we had a tremendous crowd of people there. Couldn't
meet in the church building because it was too small. So they put
up benches and concrete blocks and chairs and other things out
on the patio, which is used for drying coffee. And we had a a
significant service, a blessed service, a special service. God
was there. I was able to preach with unusual
power. And Milton, who is, I suppose,
the best translator of English into Spanish of anyone, God has
gifted him. In fact, in California A young
lady, after hearing Milton translate for me in a service over there,
told me that her father was the official translator for the President
of Venezuela years ago, and that her father, who was chosen to
be the translator for the President of Venezuela, couldn't hold a
candle to Milton Howard in translating. She said, he's the best I've
ever heard. Well, two things happened after the service was
over. After we preached, God bless,
we were standing around visiting with the people, and I can't
understand a word any of them say, so what I tell you is what
Milton told me they said. But a man walked up to Brother
Milton, a stranger who was there for the first time, and he asked
him, he said, Hermano Milton, where are you from? And Milton
said, I'm from Tuxla. He said, Armando Milton, you
understand English real well, don't you? Milton did so well translating.
He thought Spanish was his native tongue. The second thing, there
was a man there who had been there before. But I saw him talking
to Brother Howard. When they finished talking and
the man walked away, he was a very impressive man, had on a white
shirt, white pants, nice looking man in his late thirties or early
forties. When the man walked away, Milton
came over to me and he said, you know what he said? He said, I've heard this message
before, but this time I really heard it. This time I really heard it. And I think I understand what
you're saying. And I'll be back. That's so significant. I've heard
it before. Now I really hear it. And I think
I understand it. And I'll be back. If a man does
really hear it, and is given some understanding, he will be
back. But the thing I think of here
is that it's possible to hear the word of God and hear the
gospel and really not hear it. I heard someone recently say
this, I've attended church all my life and then one day I found
myself listening. You can you identify with that?
One day I found myself listening. Our Lord said that. He said they
have ears but they don't hear. You mean people have ears and
don't hear? They don't hear with understanding. That's what he
meant. They don't hear with the heart.
They don't hear with faith. They can hear, but then again
they don't hear. He said they have eyes but they
don't see. And they have heard, but they
don't understand. And what this man was saying to Milton, I've
been exposed to what you're saying. But I've never really seen it,
nor heard it, nor understood it, nor believed it. And now,
I think I do. And I want to hear more. Let
me read you a text. Turn to Matthew chapter 11. Matthew, may the Lord give us ears to hear. I don't want this
just to be another sermon. I don't want it to be just another
service. I would pray and desire that
we be given ears to hear and a heart to understand. Barnard
said one time, really and truly, if my voice is the only voice
you hear, there'll be nothing of any eternal
value accomplished. It's just my voice. We've got
to hear him speak from heaven, who speaks with power, who quickens and makes the word
alive, the living word. In Matthew 11, chapter 11, verse
25, At that time, Jesus answered
and said, I thank thee, this is a prayer, this is the Lord
Jesus lifted his eyes to heaven. He said, I thank thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, sovereign ruler of heaven and earth, because,
and this is why I thank you, you have hid these things, these
mysteries, these glories, from the wise, that is, the worldly
and the prudent," or the proud. And you've revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father, for so it seem good in thy sight. All
things are delivered unto me of my Father. All things are
given into the hands of Christ. All things are in him. All fullness
is in him. The fullness of the Godhead bodily.
You deliver all things unto me, and no man knoweth the Son, but
the Father, neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son,
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him." That's what
I'm talking about. To whomsoever the Son will reveal
him. Lord, reveal thy mercies to me,
thy grace to me, the glories of Christ to me. Don't suffer
me to go on in my blindness. and my deafness, and hardness
of heart. Open my heart, open my ears,
open my eyes that I may see. Reveal Christ to me, let me hear,
not the words of a man, but the word of God. And then he said,
verse 28, come unto me. So come unto me, since all things
are in Christ, come to me. Since the Father hath given all
things into my hand, come to me. Since no man knows the Father
except the Son, then come to me. If you want a drink of water, you
go where water is. You go where the fountain is.
If you want life, you go where life is. So come to me. All of you that labor and are
heavy laden, I'll give you rest. I'll give you rest. I'll give
you rest. And then take my yoke upon you
and learn of me. for I am meek and lowly in heart,
and you shall find rest unto your souls. Now, yoke is easy,
burden is light. Now, there are few texts in God's
word more important than this text. This is most important. And then there are few texts
that hold out such mercy. You know, God is not obligated
to me. God doesn't owe me mercy. Now,
God must punish sin. God will by no means clear without
satisfaction the guilty. He must punish sin. But God may
show mercy. See, that's the note sounded
throughout the word of God. Those who found mercy sought
it out of need. The blind beggar said, Lord,
have mercy on me. The woman with the sick child
said, Lord, have mercy upon me. The publican in the temple said,
Lord, be merciful to me. And the thief on the cross said,
Lord, remember, he doesn't have to. He has to punish sin, but he
doesn't have to show mercy. But this text holds out mercy.
And then this text, there's a few texts that are so full of comfort.
I'm talking about, and you heard me dwell on it there for a moment,
verse 28, coming to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden,
I'll give you rest. Rest. How many people do you
know, including yourself, and I include myself, who have rest,
peace, Where can rest be found? I'm
talking about, what am I talking about? The mind at rest. Not
in confusion. What's right, what's wrong, what's
this, who's speaking the truth, who's not, what are we going
to do? The mind always spinning in confusion, in depression,
trouble. The mind and heart of a sinner
is like the troubled sea. We were riding down the coast
of the Compeche. It's the Bay of Compeche. It
goes into the Gulf of Mexico. Every time I've ever been by
there, and some of these men here this morning have been by
there on the way from Villahermosa to Merida, that's just as calm
as this floor, like glass. Peaceful. It's a joy to ride
by there. It's so peaceful. And the fishing
boats are out, and the kids are playing, and the beach is so
calm. But we came by there this week,
this past week or two ago. I wore a jacket the whole time
I was in Mexico. It was cool. I preached in a
jacket every night. But the wind was blowing, and
the clouds were dark, and the Bay of Compeche was dashing against
the rocks. Oh, it was dashing, and the water
was flying up in there, and not a fishing boat was out. They
were all anchored. Not a soul was out there. It
was a troubled sea. And that's what the Bible says,
the mind of the sinner is like a troubled sea. You know anything
about rest? I'm talking about rest of mind,
rest of heart. The heart is resting. Not full of guilt. regrets, remorse. The soul is at rest. My soul
is anchored in the haven of rest. We sing those things. What do
we know about it? My soul in sad exile was out
on life's sea, so troubled, and then I entered the haven of rest.
Had you? See how important this is? Come
unto me and I'll give you rest. The body at rest. I want that. I want that. I want a calmness
of spirit. Calmness of mind and soul and
heart at rest. Peace. That's the reason I say
this is one of the most important texts in the Bible. What comfort,
what mercy, what peace, what rest. Come to me, I'll give you
rest. Well, here are four things I'm going to do with four things.
Who's speaking? Who's this who promises rest? The politicians are running now,
and it's kind of funny the things they're promising. One little
boy ran for president of the Student Council at Hager, and
he promised them they'd all get chocolate milk if they voted
for him. One of the kids asked the teacher, he said, did we
really get chocolate milk? She said, no. He's a politician. He promised it. They learn early,
don't they? And these fellas run and they,
but who is this speaking here, promising rest? Promising rest. To whom does he speak? To whom
does he promise it? What's the word of command? How
do I get it? And what is the promise? Well,
let's see who's speaking. When someone promises you something,
The promise depends on three things. Is this not true? It
depends on three things. Number one, in other words, like
these politicians, if they promise you something, it depends on
three things. If I promise you something, one, the power of
the person to deliver. Does he have the power to deliver
it? Otherwise, his promise is no
good. Secondly, does he have the will to deliver? Isn't that
right? Does he have the will? And thirdly, will he faithfully
carry it out? I can't think of anything else.
It depends on those three things, right? If a person promises you
something, he's got to, first of all, have the power to do
it, secondly, the will to do it, and thirdly, the faithfulness. He'll carry it, he'll see it
through, whatever. The man who speaks here is none other than
our Lord Jesus Christ. And listen to what the Father
says about him in Hebrews chapter 1. Listen to this. This is the
one of whom I speak. And this is the one who speaks
here in Hebrews 1. Listen to chapter 1, verse 2,
Hebrews 1. God in these last days has spoken
to us by his Son. And here's what he says about
him. He's upon him ere of all things. Secondly, by whom he
made the world. Thirdly, who being the brightness
of his glory. Fourthly, who is the exact image
of his person. Fifthly, he upholdeth all things
by the word of his power. And sixthly, he purged our sins. And seventh, in the seventh place,
he's at the right hand of God. So I'll tell you this, he's got
the power. If he says, you come to me and
I'll give you rest, he's got the power. He prayed once, all
power is given unto me in heaven and earth. Again he said to his
disciples, all authority is given to me in heaven and earth, you
go preach the gospel. The word of God says he's able
to do all that he promised. The word of God says he's able
to save to the uttermost them that come to God by him. The
word of God says he's able to keep you from falling. and perish
him. The word of God says he's able
to present you faultless, without blame, before his glory with
exceeding joy. The word of God says he's able
to raise your vile body and make it like his own. So this one
who promises rest can give it. He's got the power. Secondly,
he's got the will. That's why he came to this earth.
He said, I've come to seek and to save the lost. One day he
was eating with some publicans and sinners, some common, ordinary
folks like you and me. And some of the religious leaders,
the Pharisees, were jealous in this, and they saw him eating
with those publicans and sinners, and they said to his disciples,
why did your master eat with publicans and sinners? Doesn't
he know these people? Like one said, if he were a prophet,
he wouldn't let that woman touch him. And our Lord knew what they
said, and he answered them instead of his disciples. And he said
to them, the well do not need a doctor, but those that are
sick. I have come to call not the righteous,
self-righteous, hypocritical, to repentance. I've come to call
sinners. You go learn what that means.
He has the will. The Son of Man is come to seek
and to save the lost. I've come into the world that
they might have life and have it more abundantly. Jesus Christ
came into the world to save sinners. He gave his life for that purpose,
to redeem sinners. He died the just for the unjust
to bring us to God. He ever lives to make intercession
for us. He has the power. He's got the
will. I'm glad salvation is not by
my will, but by his. Because my will is fickle and
in bondage and changeable. His will never changes. And what
he wills, he'll accomplish. What he purposes, he promises.
What he promises, he fulfills. And that is the third thing,
the person who promises something must have the power to do it,
the will to do it, and he must be faithful. But I'll tell you
this, he'll be faithful. Titus, Paul wrote to Titus and
he said, We have a hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie,
promised before the world began. Firm as the throne, this gospel
stands. My Lord, my God, my trust, if
I'm found in Jesus' hands, my soul will never be lost. His
honor is engaged to save the weakest of his sheep, all that
the Heavenly Father gave, my Lord will surely keep." Do you
believe that? I do. Who speaks? The Son of God, who has the power
and the will and the faithfulness to give rest. All that's seconded,
to whom does he speak? For whom is it intended? Well,
he says here, look, come unto me, all ye that labour in a heavy
laden. Well, all people labour in a heavy
laden. Some of us labour harder than
others. Some of us are more burdened than others physically. I went
from that ranch, we rode in the truck up to the coffee fields.
The coffee fields were being picked. This is coffee season.
I wanted to see where they were picking coffee. And we rode up
there as far as we could go. Some of you have been up there.
And we parked the car, the truck, and then we climbed the hill.
It was steep. I didn't know whether I was going
to make it. We took sticks and helped us along, you know, it
was steep up the hill. I guess a half a mile up the
hill. And got up there and just looking
over the crest of the hill was a little house. And the lady
said, I brought you up here to visit someone. This man and his
wife were in the service last night. And I want you to see
where they live and what they do. So we struggled. I mean, it was something. All
the way up there was a path. And it was a rough path and a
rugged path and a steep path. And we got up there, and there
was his coffee drying. He drays his coffee. He's got
250 acres up there. And they live right on top of
the hill, and it's straight down on all sides. He's right on the
top of this hill. The mountain's going up behind
him, but it's just a place about the size of this auditorium where
his house sits and where his coffee patio, where he dries
his coffee. He had some okra planted. They
told us they didn't eat it. They used it for medicinal purposes.
I left to eat it. They don't, they had some beans
planted and some peas and around the house, their little house
garden. But he had a shack where he and his wife started years
ago, just a shack. But next to it he built a cement
house, stucco, with three little rooms. He built it himself. His tools were primitive. He had a little wheelbarrow he
built. that he'd made a wheel out of a log. He'd cut a log
and hollowed it out and made a wheel out of a log. And his
little boy's wagon had four wheels on it and they were made out
of logs, the wheels were, the little, everything so primitive.
But he built that house. And I said, Milton, ask him how
he got the material up here to build that house. And Milton told me later, he
carried on his back nine tons of cement, 100-pound sacks, 180
trips, a 100-pound sack of concrete from down there as far as the
truck could come, up that hill. The little fellow, he struck
me below my shoulder, but he was strong, and strong in grace,
too. But he carried 180 sacks of concrete
up that hill to build that house, not counting the and the gravel,
but he built it. That man's labor and heavy laden. But that's not what this talks
about. Because that's a lot of man. We're going to, I don't
promise you rest from labor. Scripture says man won't work,
don't let him eat. That's just plain. Men are going to earn
their living with the sweat of their brow until they're put
in the ground. You ladies, You're going to have heartache
and problems and trouble, sorrow and childbirth, and you're going
to labor. And that's not what we're talking
about here, though. But his presence makes these burdens lighter.
His presence makes our daily labors lighter and more joyful. But he doesn't do away with them.
The rest we're talking about here is not a rest from physical
labor. and physical suffering, here's
what he's talking about, those who labor and a heavy laden fourfold. Now listen to me. Those who labor
and are burdened with a feeling of their sins against God. That's
what bothered David. He said, my sins are ever before
me. Against thee and thee only have
I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight. But I tell If my
heart can be relieved of that distress over my sins and my
guilt before God, then my body can rest easier at night. Do
you see what I'm saying? And my labor will be touched
with more joy. If I can have a restful heart
and a peaceful mind in relationship to God, then I can go about my
labor. That man carried that cement.
A lot of men don't carry cement. knew God, and knows God, and
worships God, and has a family who loves God. And he could carry
that cement ace bag up that hill with a whole lot more joy than
that man carries it up who says, I'm building all this for nothing,
God's going to burn it, and I'm going to perish, and I have no
hope. This is all I've got. You follow me? That's the labor
and heavy laden, burdened heart overseeing. Secondly, a concern
for my salvation. It is a point I long to know,
oft it gives me anxious thought. Am I of the Lord's or no? Am
I his or am I not? So this labor, all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, has to do with a feeling of our sins against
God, a concern for our soul's salvation, thoughts of death
and judgment. Someone said one of the children's
been talking a little bit about death lately. That's good. There's nothing wrong with that,
is there? Because we've got to deal with it. It's poignant to
me and wants to die. I wouldn't give the impression
to these children or my grandchildren or my beloved friends that I
intend to be here forever, or really for very much longer.
So let's be honest. And it shouldn't cause He didn't
call this trouble of heart. Paul was looking forward to being
with Christ. But this depresses, and in a
view of eternity without God. So that's ye who labor and are
heavy laden under the feeling of sin, a concern of my soul's
salvation, death and judgment, and then where will I spend eternity?
Well, here's the third thing now. What's his command? Verse
28. Come unto me. Come unto me. Come unto me. It looks like we
can understand three words, doesn't it? Looks like we can hear that. Come unto me. He didn't say go
to the front of the church. That's not where peace is found.
Peace in some emotional experience or some psychological voodoo,
some religious charlatan casts a spell over people. He didn't
say go to Sinai's law. People are giving out, here's
rules, here's your rules now, here's your regulations. Jews weren't able to live under
that law. Why do you think you can't? He
didn't say, come to Sinai. He didn't say, come to the front.
He didn't say, do good works. He didn't say, send somebody
else. I go down to Mexico, and they're all sending Mary. And you say, well, don't be critical.
I have to be. If you find the truth, you've
got to cast off the error. You teachers here this morning,
you point out error to your students in order that they might see
truth. And down there, I hear them Hail Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us poor sinners." He didn't say, send somebody else.
He didn't say, send my mother. He said, you come. All you that
labor and are heavy laden, you come to me. He didn't say, go
off somewhere and prepare yourself. He didn't say, go to church.
He didn't say, where you have a more convenient season. He
said, come to me. That's very simple, come to me,
just like you are, just as I am, without one plea, but that thy
blood was shed for me, and that you bid me come to thee. Two
reasons I come to Christ, three reasons. I need him, his blood
was shed for me, and he said come. And now, you can come to
Christ without moving your foot. You can come to Christ without
moving a finger. Old Brother Mews said, not a hand nor a hair.
He said, you come to Christ, but don't you move from where
you are. Do you understand that? Most of you do. You come to Christ,
but don't you move a hand nor a hair. Because you come to Christ
in heart, in faith. The thief on the cross couldn't
move his hands or his feet. He could move two things. and
his tongue. And that's the way he came. He
looked to Christ and he said, Lord, remember me. And my Lord
remembered him. You come to me. Who speaks Christ? To whom does he speak? Those
who are troubled. And what's his command? Come
to me. And what's his promise? Each word's important. I, the
rest is in him. I. Well, the man can't do it,
the church can't do it, mama can't do it, the law can't do
it, I can. I will. Oh, I like that. I like the shalls and the wills
of God's word. My sheep hear my voice and they
come to me and I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. I will. Give. I like that word. It's a free gift of God. You
don't pay for it. But I promise brother in our
tithe, don't do that. But I promise I'll be here every
Sunday, don't do that. Don't promise me anything. Don't
promise God anything, because you're going to break it. You
just promise him one thing, I'm going to look to Christ. That's
the only thing, just one thing. Lord, sink or swim, I go to him.
Help my unbelief. I'm not into promising business,
resolutions either. He said you come, I'll give you.
Give you rest. Give you. You know when someone
gives you a gift, I guess the worst insult you could do is
say, let me help you on that. If he wanted you to help him
on that, he would have sent you a bell. But he gave it. That's Christ said, I'll give
you. And I'll give you. Come unto me and I'll give you. I will give you. I like a hymn was sung a while
ago, why not me? I'll give you. I'm glad he didn't
say I'll give the Jews, or the gringos, or the Mexicans, or
the Gentiles. He said you. And that you will
apply to you, or to whomever is laboring in heavy labor. You. What? Rest. Rest. And I tell you, there can a whole
lot be going on out here, and if he gives you rest, you're
rested. It's rest from the fear of sin.
My sins, oh, the bliss of that glorious thought. My sins, not
in part, but the whole, are nailed to the cross. I bear them no
more. But if I don't bear them any
more, and God doesn't remember them any more, why should I be
upset over them? rest from the works of the law.
Christ has redeemed us from the works of the law. You attend
this church, there will be no rules or regulations handed out.
There will be no requirements. We meet here and all who are
hungry, all who desire to come, come and worship the Lord. We
don't have any officers or meetings or business meetings or organizations. Our one purpose is to worship
God and preach his gospel and glorify Christ Jesus. I don't
interfere in your lives. I won't be coming around checking
up on you, and neither will the elders. Because we've got nobody
to check up on us. I mean, God's able to take care
of his children. God's able. And he will. I'll give you rest. Rest from
work. and labors. What you do, you
do because you want to. And if we do it for any other
reason, God won't accept it. You see, don't you have stewardship
Sunday and pledge cards and think, no sirree? Aren't people required
to give ten percent? No sirree. No sirree. Aren't you required to attend
so many services? No sirree. That's not grace. That's And that didn't help anybody. We do what we do because we want
to. We do it because we love Christ. And that's the only motive
that God will accept. Rest from the fear of trials
and storms. Rest. It's all right. It's all right. I don't, I don't, and you don't
enjoy trials. But I know when God calls me
to go through them, and to endure them is for my good and for his
glory, and he sends it, and so I can rest. And I don't have
to sit back and say, well, what if, what if I could have changed
this course? No. I'm not a fatalist. I just know all things work together
for good to them who love God. And I'm not going to grieve over
the things I can't change. Just rest. Christ will give you
that rest. Rest from the fear of death,
he that believeth on me will never die. I can't die, I've
already died. I died in Christ. I'll sleep
someday, but I'm not going to die. When I lie down here in
a casket in front of this pulpit, if God permits me to have a service
here, I won't be there. That body will be there, but
it's getting old anyway and wore out. It's like a car that's got
too many miles on it. The fellow said, if I'd known
I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself. But I won't be there. I'm not
going to die. Believers do not die. They sleep. Isn't that right, Larry? And
we rest from that. We rest from the fear of hell.
Can it be possible that someone in hell for whom Christ died?
No. Is it possible that a man will
perish whose trust in Christ? I like what that black preacher
said, John Jasper. Somebody asked him, he said,
Are you a believer? He said, Yes. He said, Do you
believe you're going to heaven? He said, Yes. Do you believe
you're saved? Yes. Why? Because I believe on Christ.
I trust Christ. I believe the gospel. I rest
in Christ. Well, he said, what if you get up there and they
turn you away? He said, if they turn me away, God's going to
lose more than I lose. And the man was horrified. He
said, how can you say a thing like that? If they turn you away,
God will lose more than you will? He said, yes, I'll lose my soul,
but God will lose his honor. Because God said, he that believeth
on the Son will never die. And God can't. quit at one out
of his presence who is resting in Christ. And my friend, that's
just so. I believe this. Christ said,
you come to me, I'll give you rest. I believe that. And I'm
going to come to him. I'm going to keep coming. Brother
Todd and I, one of the preachers told me on the phone yesterday,
he said, I'm preaching from that verse in Peter where it says,
to whom coming? He said, we never quit coming
to Christ. To whom coming? To whom coming? To whom coming?
Like the disciples said, when Christ said, will you go away,
they said, to whom? Thou hast the words of life. And I believe
and I'm sure that you're the Son of God. That's it. And then he said, and I'll quit.
Verse 29, And take my yoke upon you, my yoke, and learn of me,
for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you'll find rest. This rest,
in case some of you may misunderstand what I'm saying, it is to a degree
rest, rest in Him. But the more we learn of Him,
the more we rest. Don't you have more rest now
than you had 20 years ago? See what I'm saying? More rest.
Why? You learn more of Christ. Isn't
that right, Jim? The more you learn of Him, The
more you learn of his word, the more you seek his will and his
way, the more you can rest. So it's faith grows, confidence
grows, love grows, rest grows, peace grows. All of these things
grow. And we grow in grace and in the
knowledge of Christ. That's how these things grow.
It's not I'm getting to be a better person, it's I'm understanding
more of him. and his mercies to me. You see
what I'm saying? I hope you do. Mike and Daisy
are going to sing for us at this time.

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