Faith Is The Presence of Rest

Happy Sunday everyone,

I studied chapter 4 of the book of Hebrews in the Bible, and as always, I got a deeper understanding of what faith is. And I'd share part of what I got.

Genesis 2:2 makes us understand that on the seventh day of creation God rested. The rest here isn't the rest of sleep or taking a nap. What it means is that God was done with everything that there was nothing else to add. All that God had created was perfect that He rested on the completeness of His works, the term of rest being the same meaning as a lawyer saying he rests his case, thus, having nothing to add. My point here is that creation started from day one to day six, so if God didn't add anything else, why was the seventh day added as a day of creation, since we now understand that it isn’t a day to sleep or take a nap?

Man was created on the sixth day, being the very last of His creation. The seventh day wasn't created for God but for Man. Thus, Man was created to experience rest in all that God had created. This then brings to play what Jesus said in Mark 2:27, which says, "And He said to them, "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."

The essence of the seventh day being added was for Man. And as Man lost this rest when he fell, Jesus, through His resurrection, being the last Adam has brought to us this rest to receive. And as Hebrews 4:10 says, "For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His."

This rest is the promise found in the gift of Grace which can only be received by faith. And this was what the children of Israel refused to receive because their heart was hardened, because they did not mix the Word with faith, so they doubted, (ref. Hebrews 4:2).

Everything Man was ever going to need was already provided for him before he was created. Likewise, we enter into a much deeper form of rest when we receive Jesus as Lord of our lives, thus entering into the kingdom of Jesus Christ, and all that we would ever need has been given to us. All we have to do is believe and we activate the promise of rest already given to us.

The message of rest in Christ Jesus is so deep, I know I can't explain it enough in just this write-up. Log on tomorrow as I continue on the depth of rest God has given us in Christ Jesus. 

May the LORD bless you and keep you, make His face shine upon you. May the LORD be gracious to you and lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. AMEN.

                    

Why not accept Jesus today if you haven’t. Pray out loud, “Jesus, I confess that You are my Lord and Saviour. I believe in my heart that God raised You from the dead. By faith in Your Word, I receive salvation now. Thank You for saving me!” Congratulations, you’re born again, you are now brand new!

                                          

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Unless otherwise stated, the following scriptures are gotten from New King James Version (NKJV)