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 from slavery to sin.

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 Jesus is the one who truly puts an end to our labors.

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 In Christ, we receive his righteousness by grace through faith,

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 not by our efforts.

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 It's Jesus who went to the cross on our behalf,

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 and on Friday when his work was complete,

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 what did he say?

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 It is finished.

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 His work was done.

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 He ceased from the work of redemption.

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 And on Saturday, he rested in the grave.

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 And on Sunday, he rose again as the beginning of a new age,

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 a new creation,

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 ushering in a new covenant

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 and doing away with the old covenant for good.

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 Scott Hubbard, he says,

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 When the stone rolled away from Jesus' tomb on Easter morning,

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 true Sabbath rest arrived,

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 and a new day dawned.

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 So fifth,

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 lastly,

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 let's bring it to us.

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 Where does this leave us?

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 Church, we are not obligated to keep the Sabbath

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 because we see that everything the Sabbath was meant to teach us

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 is found in Christ.

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 The Sabbath was his big arrows,

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 as pointing to Jesus,

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 and now Jesus has come.

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 Israel, the old covenant,

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 the Sabbath,

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 all these are shadows,

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 but Christ is the substance.

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 These are all blurry,

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 black and white images,

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 but now Christ has come,

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 and all of his new covenant people,

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 we get to enjoy the fullness of God's rest in him.

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 Yes, God still calls you to rest in him,

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 but no longer by simply setting aside one day out of seven,

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 but by coming to Christ in faith.

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 The early church had to wrestle with this, too.

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 This is one of the questions that they had to settle,

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 and they had to discuss,

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 is do we still observe the Sabbath day?

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 That was a question they had to ask right up there alongside.

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 Do we still have to be circumcised

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 in order to be a part of the people of God?

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 And here's what they said.

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 Paul says in Colossians chapter 2,

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 Let no one pass judgment on you

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 in questions of food and drink,

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 or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath.

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 These are a shadow of the things to come,

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 but the substance belongs to Christ.

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 And he tells the church in Rome,

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 Romans 14, verse 5,

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 he says,

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 One person esteems one day as better than another,

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 while another esteems all days alike.

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 Look, each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.

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 That would not fly in the old covenant, would it?

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 It used to be do this or die.

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 And now he says,

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 Christ has come and you are free.

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 Don't judge each other.

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 Live in the freedom that Christ has purchased for you in the gospel.

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 Live according to your convictions.

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 Something has happened that has drastically changed this dynamic

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 and this concept of Sabbath rest.

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 And that something clearly is the resurrection of Jesus.

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 In fact, the early church,

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 they began a totally new practice

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 in light of the resurrection of Jesus.

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 They began to gather

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 and to worship together on the Lord's day.

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 Sunday.

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 You wonder why we as Christians gather

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 and worship on Sunday morning

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 and not on Saturday.

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 Sunday is the Lord's day.

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 This is resurrection day.

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 It wasn't a new Sabbath day.

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 The Sabbath didn't just move forward 24 hours in the clock

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 from Saturday to Sunday.

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 This was an entirely new practice.

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 Gathering with the church

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 to worship the risen Lord Jesus on the Lord's day.

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 And guess what, church?

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 That is a command for Christians.

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 The author of Hebrews tells us

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 to not neglect the meeting together

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 as is the habit of some,

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 but encourage one another.

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 And all the more as you see the day drawing near.

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 And it's here together

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 that we as a church,

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 we come together

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 and we get a foretaste

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 of the rest of heaven.

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 For a brief moment in our week,

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 we set aside our work.

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 And we join together

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 with the angels in heaven

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 and singing songs of praise to the Lord.

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 We put down our tools.

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 We pick up our Bibles.

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 We remember,

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 we're reminded that God is our creator.

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 That we are set apart for Him.

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 That Jesus has come to redeem us

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 by His own blood.

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 What a gift we're given.

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 God extends true rest to us in Christ.

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 The rest that you and I were made for

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 is found in Christ.

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 The early church father, St. Augustine,

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 he would say it like this.

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 He said,

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 our hearts are restless

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 until we find rest in Thee.

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 Friend, if you are not a Christian,

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 Christ invites you this morning.

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 This invitation is yours.

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 Come to me.

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 All who are weary and heavy laden,

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 come to me.

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 All you who are burdened down by your sin,

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 come to me.

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 All you who are separated from me

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 by your sin,

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 come to Christ

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 and I will give you true rest.

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 And Christian,

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 as we grow in our walk with the Lord,

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 we're constantly bid to do the same thing.

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 Come to Christ.

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 Come to Christ.

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 Come to Christ.

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 We're called to rest in Him

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 and it's only in Him,

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 only by faith in Him

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 that you will find true rest.

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 I want you to turn with me

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 to one more passage as we close.

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 Hebrews chapter 4.

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 Hebrews chapter 4.

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 Right before this chapter,

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 the author of Hebrews,

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 he reminds us that

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 that many in Israel

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 failed to enter the promised rest.

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 That rest in the land of Canaan

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 was never ultimate.

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 The invitation was there.

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 The land was right there in front of them.

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 But he says that they heard the voice of God

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 and they hardened their hearts.

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 And so they didn't enter

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 because of their unbelief.

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 Therefore, he says chapter 4.

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 While the promise of entering His rest

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 still stands,

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 let us fear

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 lest any of you

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 should seem to have failed to reach it.

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 For good news came to us

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 just as to them.

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 But the message they heard

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 did not benefit them

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 because they were not united by faith

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 with those who listened.

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 For we who have believed

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 enter that rest.

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 As he has said,

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 verse 6.

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 Since therefore it remains

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 for some to enter it.

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 And those who formerly received

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 the good news

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 failed to enter

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 because of disobedience.

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 Again,

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 he appoints a certain day.

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 Today.

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 Saying through David

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 so long afterward.

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 And the words already quoted.

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 Today.

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 If you hear his voice,

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 do not harden your hearts.

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 For if Joshua had given them rest,

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 God would not have spoken

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 of another day later on.

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 So then,

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 there remains

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 a Sabbath rest

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 for the people of God.

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 For whoever has entered

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 God's rest

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 has also rested

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 from His works

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 as God did

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 from His.

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 Let us therefore

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 strive

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 to enter

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 that rest

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 so that no one

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 may fall

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 by the same sort

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 of disobedience.

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 Church,

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 as we

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 think on this theme

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 of God's rest,

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 we can make all sorts

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 of applications

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 about resting

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 and working,

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 taking a day off

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 every now and then,

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 getting a nap,

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 turning off your phone,

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 going for a walk

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 in the woods.

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 All of that is well

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 and good.

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 But there's something

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 infinitely more serious

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 at stake here.

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 I need you to listen.

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 God has spoken

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 to you today

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 through His Word.

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 And He has extended

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 to you

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 this promise.

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 Here it is again.

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 Come to Christ.

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 Come to Christ

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 and find true rest.

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 Leave behind

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 the chaos

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 and the striving

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 of this world.

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 Lay aside

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 the burden

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 of sin.

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 Come to Christ

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 and He will give you

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 true rest

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 for your souls.

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 He is the rest

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 that you were made for.

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 Today you have heard

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 His voice.

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 Do not harden

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 your hearts.

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 Those who believe

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 will enter

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 the rest

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 God has provided

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 for us in Christ.

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 Those who believe

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 will enter

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 His rest.

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 Today,

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 if you hear

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 His voice,

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 do not

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 harden

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 your hearts.

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 rest,

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 there remains

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 a Sabbath rest

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 for the people

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 of God.

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 And today,

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 today you may

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 enter true rest

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 by faith in Christ.

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 A perfect rest

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 that we who know

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 the Lord

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 will enjoy

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 in full

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 at His return

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:56.799
 in a new

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 and better Eden.

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 But we who

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 know the Lord

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 can enjoy

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 and enter that rest

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 and taste it

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 even partially

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 here right now

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 through faith

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 in Christ.

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 let us

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 therefore strive

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 to enter that rest

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 by hearing

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 and believing

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 by coming

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 to Christ

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 the Lord

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 of the Sabbath.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father,

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 what a joy

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 it is

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 and what a

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 restful thing

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 it is to know

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 that our sins

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 are forgiven.

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 in Christ.

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 That our deepest

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 and hardest

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 and greatest

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 efforts

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 our best works

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 it can't bring us

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 one inch closer

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 to you

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 but you've provided

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 perfect

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 righteousness

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 received

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 not by our

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 doing

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 but received

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 by grace

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 through faith

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 and a perfect

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 Savior

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 who just bids us

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 come.

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 Lord,

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 we pray

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 if there are

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 any with us

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 this morning

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.539
 who do not

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 know you

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 would you

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 would you

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 lead them

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 Lord

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 to believe

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 to listen

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 to this

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.579
 invitation

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 and to come

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 to Christ

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 and Father

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 for the church

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 for us believers

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 we pray

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.239
 God

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 that we would

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 not be

00:39:17.899 --> 00:39:19.039
 prone to

00:39:19.039 --> 00:39:19.879
 wander back

00:39:19.879 --> 00:39:20.739
 into this

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 rhythm of

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 work

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 and work

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 and work

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 of deeds

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 and deeds

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 and deeds

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 of effort

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 and effort

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 and effort

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 but that we

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 would rest

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 in Christ.

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 we love

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 you Lord

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 we pray

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 this in

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 Jesus name

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 Amen

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 Amen