WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.359 Okay, so we're reading from Matthew chapter 11 verse 25 and to Matthew chapter 12 verse 14 and that's page 977. 00:00:20.359 --> 00:00:23.000 So Matthew 11 chapter 25. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:52.980 At that time Jesus said, 00:00:53.000 --> 00:01:06.739 At that time Jesus went through the cornfield on the Sabbath. 00:01:07.400 --> 00:01:11.240 His disciples were hungry and began to pick some ears of corn and eat them. 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:14.519 When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:18.239 Look, your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath. 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:19.780 He answered, 00:01:20.259 --> 00:01:23.519 Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 00:01:24.179 --> 00:01:28.699 He entered the house of God and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, 00:01:29.099 --> 00:01:32.620 which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests. 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:39.299 Or haven't you read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent? 00:01:39.299 --> 00:01:43.579 I tell you that the one greater than the temple is here. 00:01:44.399 --> 00:01:51.379 If you had known what these words mean, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the innocent. 00:01:52.120 --> 00:01:54.420 For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. 00:01:54.420 --> 00:02:00.640 Going on from that place, he went into their synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 00:02:01.460 --> 00:02:04.359 Looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, they asked him, 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:06.359 Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath? 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:08.039 He said to them, 00:02:08.259 --> 00:02:11.639 If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, 00:02:12.219 --> 00:02:14.659 will you not take hold of it and lift it out? 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:17.740 How much more valuable is a man than a sheep? 00:02:18.439 --> 00:02:20.939 Therefore, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. 00:02:20.939 --> 00:02:23.359 Then he said to the man, 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:24.740 Stretch out your hand. 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:29.419 So he stretched it out, and it was completely restored, just as sound as the other. 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:33.639 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:40.719 Thank you, Kate. 00:02:41.379 --> 00:02:46.599 I'm now going to invite Peter, Peter White, to come and join me. 00:02:46.599 --> 00:02:51.060 And I'm going to ask him a couple of questions, 00:02:51.239 --> 00:02:53.359 or I'm going to let him tell us a little bit about him. 00:02:53.780 --> 00:03:02.699 How, who he is, what he does, who's in your family, maybe. 00:03:03.079 --> 00:03:08.459 And then maybe how, as a church, we can be praying for the church in Middleton. 00:03:08.659 --> 00:03:13.159 And then I'm going to pray for him as he speaks to us. 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:14.780 So, over to you, Peter. 00:03:14.780 --> 00:03:17.979 Thanks, Alex. 00:03:19.580 --> 00:03:20.819 I'm Peter Whiting. 00:03:21.319 --> 00:03:23.939 It says here that I run a boat business, which is sort of true. 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.139 We do have a connection with boats, 00:03:27.539 --> 00:03:29.920 but really the main business is fiberglass, 00:03:30.039 --> 00:03:34.960 which we sell the materials and we do some manufacturing as well, 00:03:35.060 --> 00:03:36.460 and that's in Middleton. 00:03:37.719 --> 00:03:39.439 My wife is Miriam, 00:03:39.439 --> 00:03:42.879 and she is a cousin of Jill Smith, 00:03:42.919 --> 00:03:44.099 if you want to have a connection. 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:47.639 And I have three kids, 00:03:48.020 --> 00:03:49.500 Bobby, Nathan, and Claire. 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:51.359 Bobby is a good friend of Peter's, 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:55.419 and you might know Nathan and Claire as well. 00:03:55.419 --> 00:03:59.299 So, my eldest is going to be 20 next week. 00:04:01.619 --> 00:04:03.539 And my youngest is 14. 00:04:03.959 --> 00:04:07.479 So, yeah, I'm an elder in Middleton. 00:04:07.839 --> 00:04:09.039 There's three of us as elders. 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:10.739 Andy Compton is the pastor. 00:04:11.239 --> 00:04:13.079 Colin Meikle and myself are elders. 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:17.560 And we have a church, I think, very, very similar to yours. 00:04:18.420 --> 00:04:20.660 And we meet in the Middleton Park Hotel. 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:23.379 But when I see the logistics of all that you're doing here, 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:24.780 it's exactly the same for us, 00:04:24.819 --> 00:04:26.080 setting up and all the rest. 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.620 We just have slightly more salubrious surroundings than you. 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:33.920 And so we meet there. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:36.100 In terms of prayer for Middleton, 00:04:36.100 --> 00:04:39.980 I was thinking, well, 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:43.879 you might know Paul McFarland, 00:04:44.520 --> 00:04:45.280 Paul and Kate. 00:04:46.400 --> 00:04:48.160 They have been with us for, 00:04:48.520 --> 00:04:50.220 or Paul has been with us for a few years 00:04:50.220 --> 00:04:53.780 acting as a worker with Andy, 00:04:53.900 --> 00:04:55.879 but they're now moving on to you all. 00:04:56.500 --> 00:04:58.800 So I think that leaves a bit of a hole for Middleton. 00:04:59.060 --> 00:05:00.840 So maybe that's something we could pray for, 00:05:00.900 --> 00:05:01.840 or you could pray for us, 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:08.339 as Andy no longer has another worker with him. 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:13.000 That would be something to pray for Andy 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:15.639 as we continue to try and do outreach 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.359 in the town and in the surrounding area. 00:05:19.599 --> 00:05:22.059 So anyway, thanks for having me this morning. 00:05:23.819 --> 00:05:24.559 Thanks, Peter. 00:05:24.879 --> 00:05:27.859 So we'll just pray for Peter before he speaks to us. 00:05:27.860 --> 00:05:33.800 Lord, thank you for all that we have heard this morning. 00:05:34.540 --> 00:05:36.860 And we pray now for Peter 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:38.920 as he opens up your word to us. 00:05:39.740 --> 00:05:44.240 I pray that it would challenge us, 00:05:44.660 --> 00:05:46.620 change us, and transform us. 00:05:46.620 --> 00:05:52.540 I pray that we would be people 00:05:52.540 --> 00:05:55.220 who know how to rest 00:05:55.220 --> 00:05:58.780 under the headship of Jesus. 00:06:00.060 --> 00:06:03.240 Help us now to submit our lives 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.639 and our hearts under your word. 00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:08.780 And bless Peter as he speaks to us. 00:06:10.120 --> 00:06:12.459 Give us ears to listen 00:06:12.459 --> 00:06:14.680 and hearts to hear. 00:06:14.680 --> 00:06:16.560 We pray this in Jesus' name. 00:06:17.280 --> 00:06:17.600 Amen. 00:06:21.400 --> 00:06:22.060 Thank you. 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:25.639 Okay. 00:06:33.180 --> 00:06:33.620 Sorry. 00:06:33.620 --> 00:06:33.639 Sorry. 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:43.040 I'm going to put that here. 00:06:43.040 --> 00:06:45.860 Ah, I could do it then. 00:06:49.260 --> 00:06:51.879 Ah, he was really testing me. 00:06:53.260 --> 00:06:54.420 Okay, thanks, Alex. 00:06:54.920 --> 00:06:55.400 Good. 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:56.080 Okay. 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:57.480 I'm all right now. 00:06:59.820 --> 00:07:03.560 The verse I want to look at 00:07:03.560 --> 00:07:06.780 is 28 to 30. 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:09.379 And the theme, as you know, 00:07:09.379 --> 00:07:11.060 is rest. 00:07:11.060 --> 00:07:13.620 Alex asked me what that would be. 00:07:13.740 --> 00:07:16.199 So that's why the theme of this morning 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:17.280 has been unrest. 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:22.160 And so I think some of you 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:22.819 have been on holidays 00:07:22.819 --> 00:07:24.759 and some of you are away 00:07:24.759 --> 00:07:26.420 or some of you are not here away. 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:29.040 And I know that Johnny and Kirstie 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:30.160 have gone on holidays. 00:07:30.699 --> 00:07:32.720 And you've been, you've been. 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:34.699 I'm sure some of you are still looking forward 00:07:34.699 --> 00:07:35.480 to going on the holidays. 00:07:35.480 --> 00:07:36.280 I am. 00:07:37.060 --> 00:07:38.700 We're heading off to, 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:41.420 down to the West Cork 00:07:41.420 --> 00:07:42.480 in 10 days' time. 00:07:42.540 --> 00:07:43.020 And I tell you, 00:07:43.080 --> 00:07:45.540 I am really looking forward 00:07:45.540 --> 00:07:46.560 to that. 00:07:47.939 --> 00:07:49.560 And I think, you know, 00:07:49.620 --> 00:07:51.040 holidays are things that 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:53.660 should and usually do 00:07:53.660 --> 00:07:54.580 invigorate us 00:07:54.580 --> 00:07:56.819 and get us ready to face 00:07:56.819 --> 00:07:59.100 the pressures of normal life. 00:07:59.100 --> 00:08:01.960 Because life is, you know, 00:08:02.520 --> 00:08:03.460 it's stressful. 00:08:03.840 --> 00:08:05.420 And we need these times 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:06.680 of rest. 00:08:08.000 --> 00:08:08.920 As the saying goes, 00:08:09.000 --> 00:08:10.120 all work and no play 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:11.600 makes Jack a dull boy. 00:08:12.580 --> 00:08:13.439 So this is something 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:14.439 that we can all relate to. 00:08:15.580 --> 00:08:17.620 And it is how God has made us 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:19.240 that we need times 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:20.280 to be refreshed. 00:08:20.420 --> 00:08:21.680 Do you mind if I just drop this down a bit? 00:08:23.080 --> 00:08:23.980 Okay, that's fine. 00:08:23.980 --> 00:08:27.460 And so when Jesus says, 00:08:28.280 --> 00:08:29.000 come to me, 00:08:29.120 --> 00:08:31.080 all you who are weary and burdened, 00:08:31.080 --> 00:08:32.320 and I will give you rest, 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:35.100 what's he alluding to? 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.980 Is he offering us 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:39.340 a lie-in every morning, 00:08:40.580 --> 00:08:41.759 a weekend away, 00:08:42.320 --> 00:08:44.379 or a regular break? 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:45.100 So this is what we want 00:08:45.100 --> 00:08:45.860 to just look at. 00:08:45.860 --> 00:08:47.639 And the reason I read the, 00:08:47.740 --> 00:08:49.960 or we read the passage before 00:08:49.960 --> 00:08:51.139 and right through to the end 00:08:51.139 --> 00:08:55.259 of verse 14 in chapter 12, 00:08:55.500 --> 00:08:56.139 it's just if you, 00:08:56.519 --> 00:08:57.779 that passage following, 00:08:58.039 --> 00:08:59.379 you notice how it's about the Sabbath. 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:02.360 And obviously there's a discussion 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:03.759 about what you should 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:04.819 and shouldn't do on the Sabbath. 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:06.639 But what is really interesting 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.319 is the final verse 14, 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:10.439 the Pharisees went out 00:09:10.439 --> 00:09:12.840 and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 00:09:13.059 --> 00:09:14.819 And so I suppose you've got 00:09:14.819 --> 00:09:18.559 this dichotomy of the Pharisees 00:09:18.559 --> 00:09:18.879 that have, 00:09:19.159 --> 00:09:20.620 they've been given this welcome, 00:09:20.620 --> 00:09:22.100 this offer to, 00:09:22.419 --> 00:09:23.799 this invitation to come to Jesus 00:09:23.799 --> 00:09:24.440 and rest, 00:09:25.299 --> 00:09:26.519 but they just turn 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:27.860 the other way 00:09:27.860 --> 00:09:29.740 and just hope for us 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:30.360 that we will, 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:32.940 we will respond to this invitation 00:09:32.940 --> 00:09:36.000 and there'll be no part of us 00:09:36.000 --> 00:09:37.120 that's like the Pharisees 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:37.679 that actually 00:09:37.679 --> 00:09:39.379 goes the opposite way. 00:09:39.379 --> 00:09:41.399 So anyway, 00:09:41.620 --> 00:09:42.639 thank you for the opportunity 00:09:42.639 --> 00:09:43.580 to speak this morning 00:09:43.580 --> 00:09:45.200 and I just pray that God 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:45.879 will bless us 00:09:45.879 --> 00:09:47.759 as we look at his word 00:09:47.759 --> 00:09:49.220 and may he encourage us 00:09:49.220 --> 00:09:50.659 to live lives 00:09:50.659 --> 00:09:51.879 to please and follow him. 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:55.320 So as we look at this invitation, 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:57.059 which I think is a wonderful one, 00:09:58.059 --> 00:10:00.159 it just reminds me 00:10:00.159 --> 00:10:01.419 there's another invitation 00:10:01.419 --> 00:10:03.659 similar in John chapter 7, 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:04.700 you might like to turn that, 00:10:04.700 --> 00:10:06.240 John 7, 00:10:06.500 --> 00:10:08.240 verse 37, 00:10:08.240 --> 00:10:13.200 John 7, 00:10:13.300 --> 00:10:14.020 37, 00:10:14.020 --> 00:10:18.500 on the last and greatest day 00:10:18.500 --> 00:10:19.140 of the feast, 00:10:19.340 --> 00:10:20.820 Jesus stood and said 00:10:20.820 --> 00:10:21.980 in a loud voice, 00:10:22.500 --> 00:10:24.940 if anyone is thirsty, 00:10:25.940 --> 00:10:29.220 let him come to me and drink. 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.020 Whoever believes in me, 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:32.360 as the scripture has said, 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.800 streams of living water 00:10:34.800 --> 00:10:37.220 will flow from within him. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.039 So we've got these two invitations 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:40.019 that Jesus made. 00:10:40.899 --> 00:10:43.060 One is to come and be filled 00:10:43.060 --> 00:10:43.740 if you're thirsty 00:10:43.740 --> 00:10:45.220 and the other is to get rest 00:10:45.220 --> 00:10:47.960 if you're weary and burdened. 00:10:48.519 --> 00:10:49.899 And both of these invitations 00:10:49.899 --> 00:10:50.680 have their roots 00:10:50.680 --> 00:10:51.440 in the Old Testament. 00:10:52.500 --> 00:10:54.500 We can turn back to Isaiah 55 00:10:54.500 --> 00:10:56.600 and this is the one 00:10:56.600 --> 00:10:57.860 that we're most familiar with. 00:10:57.860 --> 00:10:59.840 Isaiah 55, 00:11:00.519 --> 00:11:02.639 verses 1 to 3. 00:11:04.639 --> 00:11:06.519 Come, all you who are thirsty, 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:08.759 come to the waters. 00:11:09.659 --> 00:11:10.840 You who have no money, 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.120 come, buy and eat. 00:11:13.340 --> 00:11:15.879 Come, buy wine and milk 00:11:15.879 --> 00:11:17.440 without money 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:19.159 and without cost. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:21.379 Why spend money 00:11:21.379 --> 00:11:22.539 on what is not bread 00:11:22.539 --> 00:11:24.539 and your labor 00:11:24.539 --> 00:11:26.639 on what does not satisfy? 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.139 Listen, listen to me 00:11:29.139 --> 00:11:30.539 and eat what is good 00:11:30.539 --> 00:11:32.939 and your soul will delight 00:11:32.939 --> 00:11:35.980 in the richest affair. 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:39.259 Give ear and come to me. 00:11:39.939 --> 00:11:40.639 Hear me 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:43.939 that your soul may live. 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:47.080 And then ones that are more specific 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:47.980 to today's reading 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:48.819 are in Jeremiah, 00:11:49.059 --> 00:11:50.220 Jeremiah 6 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:52.480 and verse 16. 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:57.279 And this one says, 00:11:57.360 --> 00:11:58.600 This is what the Lord says. 00:11:58.700 --> 00:12:00.139 Stand at the crossroads 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:00.639 and look. 00:12:01.060 --> 00:12:03.180 Ask for the ancient paths. 00:12:03.539 --> 00:12:05.080 Ask where the good way is 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:07.200 and walk in it 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.779 and you will find rest 00:12:09.779 --> 00:12:11.620 for your souls. 00:12:12.899 --> 00:12:14.060 And then the second one 00:12:14.060 --> 00:12:16.759 is in Exodus chapter 33 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:18.600 and it's where God says 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:19.299 to Moses, 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:20.679 verse 14, 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.319 My presence will go with you 00:12:23.319 --> 00:12:26.720 and I will give you rest. 00:12:27.679 --> 00:12:30.039 So as Jesus made this invitation, 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:32.200 his listeners 00:12:32.200 --> 00:12:34.600 and especially the Pharisees 00:12:34.600 --> 00:12:35.080 who would have been 00:12:35.080 --> 00:12:36.240 very knowledgeable 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:37.600 of their Bible, 00:12:37.819 --> 00:12:38.679 of their Torah, 00:12:39.779 --> 00:12:41.480 would have understood 00:12:41.480 --> 00:12:42.220 the significance 00:12:42.220 --> 00:12:43.419 of what Jesus was saying. 00:12:43.419 --> 00:12:45.099 that Jesus here, 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:46.279 when he makes this invitation, 00:12:46.479 --> 00:12:48.039 is identifying himself 00:12:48.039 --> 00:12:51.579 with the Old Testament God 00:12:51.579 --> 00:12:53.439 of Isaiah and Jeremiah 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:54.219 and Moses. 00:12:55.740 --> 00:13:00.339 And as Jesus gives this invitation, 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:03.279 he's basically claiming divinity. 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.299 That God who made that invitation 00:13:06.299 --> 00:13:07.179 in Isaiah 00:13:07.179 --> 00:13:09.339 is the same as Jesus 00:13:09.339 --> 00:13:09.839 who was saying, 00:13:09.839 --> 00:13:10.759 Come to me 00:13:10.759 --> 00:13:13.279 and I will give you rest. 00:13:14.120 --> 00:13:15.139 And if you look at the 00:13:15.139 --> 00:13:18.199 verses 25 to 27 00:13:18.199 --> 00:13:19.219 of our reading, 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:24.120 it says, 00:13:24.199 --> 00:13:24.779 At that time, 00:13:25.319 --> 00:13:25.839 Jesus said, 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:26.939 I praise you, Father, 00:13:27.139 --> 00:13:28.120 Lord of heaven and earth, 00:13:28.179 --> 00:13:28.979 because you've hidden 00:13:28.979 --> 00:13:29.779 these things 00:13:29.779 --> 00:13:31.679 from the wise and learned 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:32.539 and revealed them 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.299 to little children. 00:13:33.500 --> 00:13:34.779 Yes, Father, 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.539 for this was your good pleasure. 00:13:37.599 --> 00:13:38.819 All things have been 00:13:38.819 --> 00:13:39.659 committed to me 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:40.659 by my Father. 00:13:41.399 --> 00:13:42.819 No one knows the Son 00:13:42.820 --> 00:13:44.180 except the Father, 00:13:44.300 --> 00:13:45.680 and no one knows the Father 00:13:45.680 --> 00:13:47.460 except the Son 00:13:47.460 --> 00:13:48.840 and those to whom 00:13:48.840 --> 00:13:49.900 the Son chooses 00:13:49.900 --> 00:13:50.700 to reveal him. 00:13:50.800 --> 00:13:50.960 So, 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:53.860 when Jesus addresses God 00:13:53.860 --> 00:13:54.780 as Father 00:13:54.780 --> 00:13:56.520 and claims to be Son, 00:13:56.800 --> 00:13:59.400 he is claiming divinity. 00:14:01.740 --> 00:14:03.140 But we won't look too much 00:14:03.140 --> 00:14:04.040 into that for now, 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.740 because that's a whole 00:14:04.740 --> 00:14:05.920 different area. 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:08.079 So, 00:14:08.139 --> 00:14:09.079 I now want to have a look 00:14:09.079 --> 00:14:10.740 at what is it 00:14:10.740 --> 00:14:12.120 that Jesus is offering 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.719 when he says, 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:14.699 Come to me, 00:14:15.219 --> 00:14:16.199 all you who are weary 00:14:16.199 --> 00:14:17.399 and burdened, 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.479 and I will give you rest. 00:14:20.479 --> 00:14:21.899 If you look up the dictionary, 00:14:22.479 --> 00:14:24.479 the definition of rest 00:14:24.479 --> 00:14:26.839 is to cease work 00:14:26.839 --> 00:14:27.599 or movement 00:14:27.599 --> 00:14:29.899 in order to relax, 00:14:30.579 --> 00:14:31.000 sleep, 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:32.980 or recover strength. 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:33.259 So, 00:14:33.659 --> 00:14:35.360 the purpose of rest 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:37.000 is to relax, 00:14:37.240 --> 00:14:37.919 sleep, 00:14:38.039 --> 00:14:39.100 or recover strength. 00:14:39.200 --> 00:14:39.779 And I think maybe 00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.379 the last bit, 00:14:40.440 --> 00:14:41.200 recovering strength, 00:14:41.279 --> 00:14:43.039 is probably what it's really about. 00:14:43.120 --> 00:14:43.860 In order for us 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:44.740 to keep going on, 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:46.039 we need to be 00:14:46.039 --> 00:14:47.440 recovering strength. 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:48.460 So, 00:14:48.539 --> 00:14:49.100 I want to have a look 00:14:49.100 --> 00:14:50.220 at the concept of rest 00:14:50.220 --> 00:14:51.639 in the Bible. 00:14:52.139 --> 00:14:52.820 And if we turn back 00:14:52.820 --> 00:14:53.340 to Genesis, 00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:55.340 it's where we'll 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:56.679 start with the first 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:59.080 reference to rest. 00:14:59.080 --> 00:14:59.639 And of course, 00:14:59.720 --> 00:15:01.139 it's at the end 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:04.160 of the creation account. 00:15:05.060 --> 00:15:06.740 Genesis chapter 1, 00:15:07.139 --> 00:15:08.240 verse 31, 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:11.020 we have the completion 00:15:11.020 --> 00:15:12.759 of the six days 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:13.500 of creation. 00:15:15.100 --> 00:15:18.180 And God has been active 00:15:18.180 --> 00:15:19.180 in creating. 00:15:20.400 --> 00:15:23.040 And in verse 31, 00:15:23.280 --> 00:15:24.420 it says that God 00:15:24.420 --> 00:15:27.240 saw all that he had made 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:30.000 and it was very good. 00:15:31.259 --> 00:15:32.139 And there was evening 00:15:32.139 --> 00:15:33.019 and there was morning 00:15:33.019 --> 00:15:34.000 the sixth day. 00:15:34.080 --> 00:15:34.159 So, 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:34.680 we have the end 00:15:34.680 --> 00:15:35.379 of the sixth day 00:15:35.379 --> 00:15:36.279 and God is looking 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:37.120 at all that he's made 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:38.500 and it's very good. 00:15:39.259 --> 00:15:39.759 And it says, 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.460 thus the heavens 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:41.019 and the earth 00:15:41.019 --> 00:15:41.799 were completed 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:43.220 in all their vast array. 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:45.299 And by the seventh day, 00:15:45.379 --> 00:15:46.399 so that's the next day, 00:15:47.200 --> 00:15:48.299 God had finished 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:48.960 his work. 00:15:49.519 --> 00:15:50.419 God had finished 00:15:50.419 --> 00:15:50.799 the work 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:51.980 that he had been doing. 00:15:52.539 --> 00:15:52.840 So, 00:15:52.940 --> 00:15:53.940 on the seventh day, 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:54.840 he rested 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:57.019 from all his work. 00:15:57.820 --> 00:15:59.180 And God blessed 00:15:59.180 --> 00:16:00.060 the seventh day 00:16:00.060 --> 00:16:01.899 and made it holy 00:16:01.899 --> 00:16:03.840 because on it 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.620 he rested 00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:06.540 from all the work 00:16:06.540 --> 00:16:08.180 of creating 00:16:08.180 --> 00:16:09.280 that he had done. 00:16:10.280 --> 00:16:10.920 So, 00:16:11.000 --> 00:16:11.600 we see here 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:12.280 that when God 00:16:12.280 --> 00:16:13.280 had completed 00:16:13.280 --> 00:16:14.420 his work of creating, 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:16.019 first of all, 00:16:16.060 --> 00:16:16.720 he looks at it 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:18.000 and he sees 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.920 that it's good. 00:16:20.160 --> 00:16:20.400 So, 00:16:20.500 --> 00:16:21.720 he looks at 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:22.780 his completed creation 00:16:22.779 --> 00:16:23.720 and he acknowledges 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:25.699 this is very good. 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:27.600 And I think 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.019 this is something 00:16:28.019 --> 00:16:29.000 that we can relate to. 00:16:29.779 --> 00:16:30.779 It can be as simple 00:16:30.779 --> 00:16:31.319 as 00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:33.039 cutting the grass 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:33.879 or 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:35.860 finishing exams 00:16:35.860 --> 00:16:36.620 or 00:16:36.620 --> 00:16:38.039 baking a cake 00:16:38.039 --> 00:16:38.539 but you 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:39.379 look at it 00:16:39.379 --> 00:16:39.659 and say, 00:16:39.879 --> 00:16:41.139 that's good, 00:16:41.360 --> 00:16:42.559 I'm happy with that, 00:16:43.319 --> 00:16:43.939 that is how 00:16:43.939 --> 00:16:44.579 I want it to be. 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:45.159 And God has 00:16:45.159 --> 00:16:45.579 this sense 00:16:45.579 --> 00:16:46.439 of satisfaction 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:48.159 and he's 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:49.459 looking at 00:16:49.459 --> 00:16:50.539 this completed work 00:16:50.539 --> 00:16:51.879 and he now 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:52.779 rests. 00:16:54.360 --> 00:16:54.759 So, 00:16:55.000 --> 00:16:56.579 this principle 00:16:56.579 --> 00:16:57.079 of rest 00:16:57.079 --> 00:16:57.519 is first 00:16:57.519 --> 00:16:58.719 demonstrated by God. 00:16:59.139 --> 00:17:00.179 God has been active, 00:17:00.779 --> 00:17:01.419 he's busy 00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:02.860 and then he rests. 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.379 So, 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:04.720 in the context 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:06.319 of hard work 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:06.899 and 00:17:06.899 --> 00:17:08.599 in the fulfilling 00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.180 completion 00:17:09.180 --> 00:17:09.980 of a task, 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.059 do you know what? 00:17:11.139 --> 00:17:11.899 It's okay 00:17:11.899 --> 00:17:13.819 to take a breather 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.139 and to rest. 00:17:15.220 --> 00:17:15.779 And I find that 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:16.519 really encouraging 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.539 that rest 00:17:17.539 --> 00:17:18.039 is actually 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.519 something that's 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:19.339 ordained by God 00:17:19.339 --> 00:17:20.299 and it's necessary 00:17:20.299 --> 00:17:21.759 for normal 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:23.379 human functioning. 00:17:24.779 --> 00:17:25.679 I remember 00:17:25.679 --> 00:17:27.379 years ago 00:17:27.379 --> 00:17:28.119 I was on an OM 00:17:28.119 --> 00:17:28.579 team, 00:17:28.679 --> 00:17:29.159 it was when I was 00:17:29.159 --> 00:17:29.819 a young Christian 00:17:29.819 --> 00:17:30.359 and 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:32.699 it was my first 00:17:32.699 --> 00:17:33.639 experience 00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:34.299 of 00:17:34.299 --> 00:17:35.759 Christian work. 00:17:37.179 --> 00:17:37.899 Those of you 00:17:37.899 --> 00:17:38.939 familiar with OM, 00:17:39.419 --> 00:17:39.779 maybe, 00:17:40.199 --> 00:17:40.919 I don't know 00:17:40.919 --> 00:17:41.399 whether anyone 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:42.179 was on OM 00:17:42.179 --> 00:17:43.299 back in the 80s, 00:17:44.199 --> 00:17:45.019 but OM 00:17:45.019 --> 00:17:45.419 would have been 00:17:45.419 --> 00:17:46.579 quite an extreme 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.079 sort of, 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.039 you know, 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.599 they worked you 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:48.960 hard. 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:50.200 And I remember 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:51.319 being on the team 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:51.759 and, 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:52.559 you know, 00:17:52.619 --> 00:17:53.519 this is my first 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:54.139 experience of 00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.839 Christian work 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:55.680 of any sort 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.779 and we arrived, 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.299 we were on this 00:18:00.299 --> 00:18:00.940 team in France 00:18:00.940 --> 00:18:01.879 and we arrived 00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.639 at the home 00:18:02.639 --> 00:18:03.940 of a missionary 00:18:03.940 --> 00:18:05.319 family and I was 00:18:05.319 --> 00:18:06.579 quite amazed 00:18:06.579 --> 00:18:07.500 to see the family 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:08.579 were heading off 00:18:08.579 --> 00:18:09.920 on holidays. 00:18:11.240 --> 00:18:11.519 I thought, 00:18:11.659 --> 00:18:11.819 wow, 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.240 so Christian 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:14.299 missionaries, 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:15.180 you know, 00:18:15.220 --> 00:18:15.920 Christian workers 00:18:15.920 --> 00:18:17.080 can go on holidays. 00:18:18.100 --> 00:18:18.840 That's good. 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.340 Good. 00:18:21.480 --> 00:18:21.860 And 00:18:21.860 --> 00:18:23.380 I think 00:18:23.380 --> 00:18:24.140 if you know 00:18:24.140 --> 00:18:24.519 OM, 00:18:24.640 --> 00:18:25.060 you know what I 00:18:25.060 --> 00:18:26.360 mean when I 00:18:26.360 --> 00:18:26.880 say that. 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:28.140 But that was 00:18:28.140 --> 00:18:28.940 encouraging that 00:18:28.940 --> 00:18:29.840 it's okay to 00:18:29.840 --> 00:18:30.400 have holidays 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:31.900 and even 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.680 Christian workers 00:18:32.680 --> 00:18:33.060 can have 00:18:33.060 --> 00:18:33.620 holidays, 00:18:34.580 --> 00:18:35.140 but I think, 00:18:35.200 --> 00:18:35.360 you know, 00:18:35.420 --> 00:18:36.620 they do need it. 00:18:37.140 --> 00:18:37.640 They need it. 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.519 So you can pray 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:39.360 for your pastor 00:18:39.360 --> 00:18:40.860 and the family 00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.519 as they go on 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:41.940 holidays, 00:18:41.940 --> 00:18:43.840 that they'll 00:18:43.840 --> 00:18:44.480 be refreshed 00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:46.360 and able to 00:18:46.360 --> 00:18:47.019 come back 00:18:47.019 --> 00:18:48.440 revitalized 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:49.799 for the work. 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:51.980 So, 00:18:52.220 --> 00:18:53.360 we've got this 00:18:53.360 --> 00:18:54.080 principle that 00:18:54.080 --> 00:18:55.340 rest is something 00:18:55.340 --> 00:18:56.640 that's part of 00:18:56.640 --> 00:18:57.400 normal human 00:18:57.400 --> 00:18:58.080 functioning. 00:18:58.600 --> 00:18:58.980 But God 00:18:58.980 --> 00:18:59.660 takes it further. 00:18:59.940 --> 00:19:00.380 If you move on 00:19:00.380 --> 00:19:01.380 to Exodus 20 00:19:01.380 --> 00:19:03.019 and we have 00:19:03.019 --> 00:19:04.180 the Ten Commandments 00:19:04.180 --> 00:19:07.160 and the fourth 00:19:07.160 --> 00:19:07.740 commandment, 00:19:07.840 --> 00:19:08.180 of course, 00:19:08.320 --> 00:19:08.759 is the 00:19:08.759 --> 00:19:10.580 to keep the 00:19:10.580 --> 00:19:11.320 Sabbath day 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:14.079 and Exodus 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:14.539 20, 00:19:14.639 --> 00:19:15.159 verse 4. 00:19:15.240 --> 00:19:15.839 Remember the 00:19:15.839 --> 00:19:16.579 Sabbath day 00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.919 by keeping it 00:19:17.919 --> 00:19:18.279 holy. 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:19.740 Six days 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.720 you shall 00:19:20.720 --> 00:19:21.419 labor and 00:19:21.419 --> 00:19:21.919 do all your 00:19:21.919 --> 00:19:22.259 work, 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:23.079 but the 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.720 seventh day 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:24.099 is a 00:19:24.099 --> 00:19:24.379 Sabbath 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.379 to the 00:19:25.379 --> 00:19:25.819 Lord your 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.159 God. 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:26.539 On it 00:19:26.539 --> 00:19:26.859 you shall 00:19:26.859 --> 00:19:28.059 not do 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:28.579 any work, 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.319 neither you 00:19:29.319 --> 00:19:30.079 nor your 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:30.480 son or 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:30.779 daughter, 00:19:30.939 --> 00:19:31.240 nor your 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:31.819 manservant 00:19:31.819 --> 00:19:32.500 or maidservant, 00:19:32.659 --> 00:19:33.000 nor your 00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:33.439 animals, 00:19:34.099 --> 00:19:34.539 nor the 00:19:34.539 --> 00:19:35.119 alien within 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.599 your gates. 00:19:35.700 --> 00:19:36.039 For in 00:19:36.039 --> 00:19:36.740 six days 00:19:36.740 --> 00:19:37.799 the Lord 00:19:37.799 --> 00:19:38.259 made the 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:38.779 heavens and 00:19:38.779 --> 00:19:39.139 the earth, 00:19:39.679 --> 00:19:40.460 the sea and 00:19:40.460 --> 00:19:40.939 all that is 00:19:40.940 --> 00:19:41.320 in them, 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.140 but he 00:19:42.140 --> 00:19:42.779 rested on 00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.200 the seventh 00:19:43.200 --> 00:19:43.500 day. 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:45.120 Therefore the 00:19:45.120 --> 00:19:46.059 Lord blessed 00:19:46.059 --> 00:19:46.500 the Sabbath 00:19:46.500 --> 00:19:47.960 day and 00:19:47.960 --> 00:19:48.320 made it 00:19:48.320 --> 00:19:48.580 holy. 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.200 So now 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:51.000 not only have 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.720 we got rest 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.200 being a 00:19:52.200 --> 00:19:52.620 principle, 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:53.240 but now it's 00:19:53.240 --> 00:19:53.720 actually a 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.460 commandment 00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:57.779 that the 00:19:57.779 --> 00:19:59.059 Israelites were 00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:00.019 to work six 00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:01.120 days and 00:20:01.120 --> 00:20:01.519 they were to 00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.100 rest on the 00:20:02.100 --> 00:20:02.600 seventh day 00:20:02.600 --> 00:20:02.980 and the 00:20:02.980 --> 00:20:03.900 pattern that 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:04.240 they took 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:04.680 that from 00:20:04.680 --> 00:20:04.980 was that 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:05.620 that's exactly 00:20:05.620 --> 00:20:05.980 what God 00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:06.400 had done in 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:06.720 creation. 00:20:06.900 --> 00:20:07.080 He'd 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:08.620 created over 00:20:08.620 --> 00:20:09.320 six days and 00:20:09.320 --> 00:20:10.019 he rested on 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:10.420 the seventh 00:20:10.420 --> 00:20:10.619 day. 00:20:10.700 --> 00:20:11.180 So that 00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:12.200 is why they 00:20:12.200 --> 00:20:12.700 were to do 00:20:12.700 --> 00:20:12.799 it. 00:20:12.879 --> 00:20:13.099 And it was 00:20:13.099 --> 00:20:13.960 a commandment. 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:15.139 Not only is 00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:16.319 it that it's a 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.879 good idea, 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:17.799 but actually it 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.480 is something that 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:19.319 we should do 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:20.440 because it 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:21.359 works for us. 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:23.500 And has it 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.180 ever occurred to 00:20:24.180 --> 00:20:24.639 you why we 00:20:24.639 --> 00:20:25.079 have a seven 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.599 day week? 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:26.720 Well, that's 00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:27.259 where it comes 00:20:27.259 --> 00:20:27.639 from. 00:20:29.339 --> 00:20:30.180 Because the 00:20:30.180 --> 00:20:31.000 seven day week 00:20:31.000 --> 00:20:31.900 has no 00:20:31.900 --> 00:20:32.900 astronomical 00:20:32.900 --> 00:20:34.900 reasoning. 00:20:35.440 --> 00:20:35.900 The reason I 00:20:35.900 --> 00:20:36.440 say that is, 00:20:36.519 --> 00:20:37.319 look, a year is 00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:37.980 the time it 00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.519 takes for the 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:38.900 earth to go 00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.220 around the 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:39.460 sun. 00:20:40.019 --> 00:20:40.720 A month is 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.200 the time it 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:41.960 takes for the 00:20:41.960 --> 00:20:42.320 moon to go 00:20:42.320 --> 00:20:42.580 around the 00:20:42.580 --> 00:20:42.820 earth. 00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.360 And a day, 00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:43.759 of course, 00:20:43.820 --> 00:20:44.980 is the time it 00:20:44.980 --> 00:20:45.480 takes for the 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:46.060 earth to spin 00:20:46.060 --> 00:20:46.680 on its axis. 00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.300 But a seven 00:20:47.300 --> 00:20:47.780 day week, 00:20:47.840 --> 00:20:48.320 there's no 00:20:48.320 --> 00:20:50.000 logical reason 00:20:50.000 --> 00:20:50.660 for a seven 00:20:50.660 --> 00:20:51.140 day week. 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.820 And if you 00:20:52.820 --> 00:20:53.700 are interested, 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.240 if you go 00:20:55.240 --> 00:20:55.840 online and look 00:20:55.840 --> 00:20:56.280 up the old 00:20:56.280 --> 00:20:57.440 farmer's almanac, 00:20:58.019 --> 00:20:58.820 it says in 00:20:58.820 --> 00:20:59.680 that no more 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.600 logic supports 00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.759 seven days than 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:03.120 say eight or 00:21:03.120 --> 00:21:03.680 five. 00:21:04.460 --> 00:21:05.300 Yet the seven 00:21:05.300 --> 00:21:06.060 day week has 00:21:06.060 --> 00:21:07.360 resisted any 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.939 and all 00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.639 attempt at 00:21:08.639 --> 00:21:09.399 change. 00:21:10.679 --> 00:21:11.219 So if you're 00:21:11.219 --> 00:21:12.299 interested in a 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:12.759 little bit of 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.059 history, the 00:21:15.059 --> 00:21:15.919 almanac goes on 00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:16.539 to say that 00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.219 atheistic 00:21:17.219 --> 00:21:18.119 revolutionaries 00:21:18.119 --> 00:21:20.159 tried unsuccessfully 00:21:20.159 --> 00:21:21.159 to get rid of 00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:21.740 the seven day 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.079 week. 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:25.679 In 1793, the 00:21:25.679 --> 00:21:26.240 leaders of the 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:27.099 French Revolution 00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:28.179 produced a new 00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:29.659 calendar and 00:21:29.659 --> 00:21:30.299 they divided it 00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:30.779 into three 00:21:30.779 --> 00:21:31.419 ten day 00:21:31.419 --> 00:21:32.359 decades, they 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.799 called it. 00:21:32.879 --> 00:21:33.839 So a week of 00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.379 ten days. 00:21:35.759 --> 00:21:36.559 It never 00:21:36.559 --> 00:21:37.779 caught on and 00:21:37.779 --> 00:21:39.159 Napoleon abandoned 00:21:39.159 --> 00:21:40.699 it in 1805. 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:43.639 In 1929, the 00:21:43.639 --> 00:21:44.399 Soviet Union 00:21:44.399 --> 00:21:45.379 tried a five 00:21:45.379 --> 00:21:47.079 day week and 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:47.480 there was one 00:21:47.480 --> 00:21:48.419 day of rest and 00:21:48.419 --> 00:21:49.159 the days of the 00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:50.679 week were named 00:21:50.679 --> 00:21:52.799 after colours and 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.519 everybody was 00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.240 assigned a colour. 00:21:54.720 --> 00:21:56.639 So perhaps a 00:21:56.639 --> 00:21:57.559 husband might be 00:21:57.559 --> 00:21:58.500 yellow, so 00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.199 yellow was his 00:21:59.199 --> 00:22:00.059 day off and 00:22:00.059 --> 00:22:02.019 his wife, she'd 00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.740 be given green. 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:05.500 So your day 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:06.099 off was yellow 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.559 and your day 00:22:06.559 --> 00:22:07.000 off was green. 00:22:07.099 --> 00:22:07.740 So obviously it 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:08.599 didn't really work 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.640 for families and 00:22:09.640 --> 00:22:10.359 there was a lot 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.000 of confusion. 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.900 The plan was 00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:14.380 revised in 1932 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.620 to a six day 00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.140 week and 00:22:16.140 --> 00:22:16.680 instead of 00:22:16.680 --> 00:22:18.980 having colours 00:22:18.980 --> 00:22:19.880 they had numbers 00:22:19.880 --> 00:22:22.299 but by 1940 00:22:22.299 --> 00:22:23.799 they gave up 00:22:23.799 --> 00:22:25.539 and now Russia 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.400 is back on 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:27.359 the seven day 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:27.660 week. 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:28.980 And as the 00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.799 almanac said, 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.680 the seven day 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.160 week has 00:22:32.160 --> 00:22:33.080 resisted any 00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:33.660 and all 00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:35.000 attempt at 00:22:35.000 --> 00:22:35.400 change. 00:22:35.480 --> 00:22:36.660 So I just 00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:37.140 think that's 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:37.900 really interesting. 00:22:38.140 --> 00:22:38.620 You know, God 00:22:38.620 --> 00:22:40.140 instituted, he 00:22:40.140 --> 00:22:40.660 said this is 00:22:40.660 --> 00:22:40.960 what you're 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:41.900 to do, man 00:22:41.900 --> 00:22:42.560 has tried to 00:22:42.560 --> 00:22:44.220 change it, but 00:22:44.220 --> 00:22:45.000 what works is 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:45.519 the seven day 00:22:45.519 --> 00:22:45.880 week. 00:22:46.660 --> 00:22:47.200 And God 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.880 knows best. 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:48.340 And Psalm 00:22:48.340 --> 00:22:49.880 103.14 says, 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.440 for he knows 00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.060 how we are 00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:53.779 formed and he 00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.540 remembers that 00:22:55.540 --> 00:22:56.360 we are dust. 00:22:56.359 --> 00:22:56.439 rest. 00:22:57.639 --> 00:22:58.699 So the first 00:22:58.699 --> 00:23:01.119 point is that 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:02.179 if we are 00:23:02.179 --> 00:23:03.679 finding that 00:23:03.679 --> 00:23:04.419 we are heavy 00:23:04.419 --> 00:23:05.339 and burdened, 00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:05.699 that we're 00:23:05.699 --> 00:23:07.139 weary and 00:23:07.139 --> 00:23:07.979 burdened, 00:23:09.659 --> 00:23:10.159 there's a 00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.199 practical note 00:23:11.199 --> 00:23:11.959 here, are we 00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:12.959 getting enough 00:23:12.959 --> 00:23:13.279 rest? 00:23:13.359 --> 00:23:13.979 Maybe you need 00:23:13.979 --> 00:23:14.439 a holiday, 00:23:15.299 --> 00:23:15.879 maybe you need 00:23:15.879 --> 00:23:17.279 to stop and 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:18.139 just get off. 00:23:18.539 --> 00:23:19.119 Maybe you 00:23:19.119 --> 00:23:20.399 haven't got a 00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:21.219 proper rest in 00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:22.740 your routine. 00:23:22.740 --> 00:23:24.079 obviously we 00:23:24.079 --> 00:23:24.960 can't always 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:26.819 take off one 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.400 day in seven 00:23:27.400 --> 00:23:28.019 and we can't 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.839 always have the 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:29.319 privilege of 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:29.880 having Sunday 00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.579 off, but 00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:31.680 certainly the 00:23:31.680 --> 00:23:32.220 principle of 00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:33.000 getting rest is 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:34.799 necessary for 00:23:34.799 --> 00:23:35.359 our proper 00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:37.019 functioning as 00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.740 a human being. 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.319 So, moving 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:42.440 on, a deeper 00:23:42.440 --> 00:23:43.120 rest, and this 00:23:43.120 --> 00:23:43.620 is something that 00:23:43.620 --> 00:23:44.099 we've already 00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:45.519 alluded to in 00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.599 that Psalm that 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:48.000 Alex read, 00:23:48.140 --> 00:23:49.900 Psalm 62, and 00:23:49.900 --> 00:23:50.599 I think maybe we 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:51.160 could turn to 00:23:51.160 --> 00:23:51.799 that because that's 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:52.519 in my notes as 00:23:52.519 --> 00:23:52.680 well. 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:54.200 Psalm 62, and 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:55.019 this is a rest 00:23:55.019 --> 00:23:55.859 of the soul, and 00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:56.859 Jesus says here, 00:23:57.380 --> 00:23:58.000 you will find 00:23:58.000 --> 00:23:59.640 rest for your 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.339 souls. 00:24:00.579 --> 00:24:01.019 So, there's the 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:01.799 physical sort of, 00:24:02.460 --> 00:24:03.299 I'll just take a 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.799 day off, there's 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.460 that type of rest, 00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:04.960 but there's also 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.880 the deeper rest, 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:07.220 rest for our 00:24:07.220 --> 00:24:07.519 souls. 00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.620 And in Psalm 62, 00:24:08.759 --> 00:24:09.079 which we've 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:11.420 already read, a 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.240 wonderful Psalm, 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:15.539 David says, 00:24:16.440 --> 00:24:17.839 my soul finds 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:19.680 rest in God 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:21.480 alone, my 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:22.160 salvation, 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.160 salvation, and 00:24:23.160 --> 00:24:24.160 salvation, and 00:24:24.160 --> 00:24:25.160 salvation. 00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.180 He alone is my 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:26.080 rock and my 00:24:26.080 --> 00:24:26.720 salvation. 00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:28.140 He is my 00:24:28.140 --> 00:24:29.120 fortress, I 00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:30.680 shall never be 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:31.080 shaken. 00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.320 And then in 00:24:32.320 --> 00:24:33.720 verse 5, David 00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:34.660 then points the 00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:35.620 finger at himself 00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:37.120 and says to 00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:38.380 himself, find 00:24:38.380 --> 00:24:39.100 rest, O my 00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:40.680 soul, in God 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.019 alone. 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.880 My hope comes 00:24:41.880 --> 00:24:42.380 from him. 00:24:43.240 --> 00:24:44.340 He alone is my 00:24:44.340 --> 00:24:45.120 rock and my 00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.600 salvation. 00:24:46.400 --> 00:24:47.120 He is my 00:24:47.120 --> 00:24:48.980 fortress, I 00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:51.299 shall not be 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.880 shaken. 00:24:53.579 --> 00:24:54.339 So Jesus 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:55.339 says if we are 00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.819 to find rest 00:24:56.819 --> 00:24:57.680 for our souls, 00:24:57.759 --> 00:24:58.259 we are to take 00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:59.000 up his yoke. 00:24:59.420 --> 00:25:00.000 We are to take 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.120 up a yoke upon 00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.380 us and we are 00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:03.140 to learn from 00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:03.360 him. 00:25:03.360 --> 00:25:05.240 I think we all 00:25:05.240 --> 00:25:05.680 know what a 00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.259 yoke is. 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.539 I know they're 00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.339 not used anymore, 00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.339 but obviously it 00:25:10.339 --> 00:25:11.420 was the way that 00:25:11.420 --> 00:25:12.700 the farmer used 00:25:12.700 --> 00:25:14.660 to get his 00:25:14.660 --> 00:25:15.980 oxen to do 00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.940 useful work. 00:25:18.180 --> 00:25:19.460 And the 00:25:19.460 --> 00:25:20.660 yoke would 00:25:20.660 --> 00:25:22.299 constrain the 00:25:22.299 --> 00:25:23.779 ox to do 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.339 what the farmer 00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:24.759 wanted. 00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:27.059 And so in 00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:28.099 this context, 00:25:28.200 --> 00:25:28.620 when Jesus 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:30.180 says take my 00:25:30.180 --> 00:25:31.259 yoke upon you, 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:32.700 there obviously 00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:33.460 is this 00:25:33.460 --> 00:25:36.259 context that we 00:25:36.259 --> 00:25:36.779 are to be 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.779 obedient to 00:25:37.779 --> 00:25:38.559 God. 00:25:40.819 --> 00:25:41.819 And 1 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.440 John 5 00:25:42.440 --> 00:25:43.380 3 says, 00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.240 this is love 00:25:45.240 --> 00:25:45.980 for God 00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.680 to obey 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.640 his commands. 00:25:50.380 --> 00:25:50.980 And he goes 00:25:50.980 --> 00:25:51.440 on to say, 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:52.240 and his commands 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:53.059 are not 00:25:53.059 --> 00:25:54.440 burdensome. 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.640 So this 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:01.220 rest of soul 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:01.620 that Jesus 00:26:01.620 --> 00:26:02.200 talks about 00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.640 is linked 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:03.319 with obedience 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:03.940 that we need 00:26:03.940 --> 00:26:04.599 to put God 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.140 in the right 00:26:05.140 --> 00:26:06.579 place in our 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:07.099 lives. 00:26:08.339 --> 00:26:09.059 We've already 00:26:09.059 --> 00:26:09.839 read that verse 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.880 in Exodus. 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:13.359 God says 00:26:13.359 --> 00:26:13.799 to Moses, 00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.519 my presence 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:15.139 will go with 00:26:15.139 --> 00:26:16.379 you and I 00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:16.859 will give 00:26:16.859 --> 00:26:17.759 you rest. 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.539 And when 00:26:18.539 --> 00:26:19.180 God spoke 00:26:19.180 --> 00:26:19.859 to Moses, 00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:23.039 the rest 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:24.359 that they 00:26:24.359 --> 00:26:24.700 were looking 00:26:24.700 --> 00:26:25.359 forward to 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:25.700 was the 00:26:25.700 --> 00:26:26.440 promised land. 00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:29.119 And as 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.440 you know, 00:26:29.559 --> 00:26:30.240 Moses didn't 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:30.619 enter the 00:26:30.619 --> 00:26:31.240 promised land 00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.119 and the 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:32.740 Israelites at 00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.180 that time 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.599 didn't enter 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:34.019 the promised 00:26:34.019 --> 00:26:34.359 land. 00:26:34.720 --> 00:26:36.519 And Deuteronomy 00:26:36.519 --> 00:26:38.440 1.32 gives 00:26:38.440 --> 00:26:39.220 the reason 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.519 why they 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:41.120 didn't enter 00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.920 that land. 00:26:43.519 --> 00:26:43.779 And it's 00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.339 simply this, 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.880 you did 00:26:44.880 --> 00:26:46.220 not trust 00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.880 in the 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.740 Lord your 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.299 God. 00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.079 That's 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.620 Deuteronomy 00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.279 1.32. 00:26:51.079 --> 00:26:52.279 And Hebrews 00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:52.960 explains it 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.279 more. 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:54.960 Hebrews 3.18 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.480 says, 00:26:55.880 --> 00:26:56.360 to whom 00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.900 did God 00:26:56.900 --> 00:26:57.579 swear that 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.900 they would 00:26:57.900 --> 00:26:58.559 never enter 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.220 his rest 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.240 if not 00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:01.000 to those 00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.799 who 00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.779 disobeyed? 00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.139 So we 00:27:04.139 --> 00:27:04.799 see that 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:05.160 they were 00:27:05.160 --> 00:27:05.779 not able 00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.339 to enter 00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:07.700 because of 00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:08.700 their unbelief. 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:09.579 So the 00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:09.920 Israelites 00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.960 didn't enter 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.519 the promised 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.940 land, 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.700 didn't enter 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.279 that rest 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:14.440 because of 00:27:14.440 --> 00:27:14.619 their 00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.619 disobedience. 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:17.839 Joshua 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:18.339 then was 00:27:18.339 --> 00:27:18.700 the next 00:27:18.700 --> 00:27:19.980 leader and 00:27:19.980 --> 00:27:20.579 Joshua was 00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:22.379 successful in 00:27:22.379 --> 00:27:23.500 bringing the 00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.180 Israelites into 00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.619 the promised 00:27:24.619 --> 00:27:25.000 land. 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:26.740 And when 00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.420 God appointed 00:27:27.420 --> 00:27:27.839 Joshua, 00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.420 he said to 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:28.539 him, 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.119 be strong 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:29.759 and courageous 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:31.200 because you 00:27:31.200 --> 00:27:32.259 will lead 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.980 these people 00:27:32.980 --> 00:27:33.619 to inherit 00:27:33.619 --> 00:27:34.259 the land 00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.599 I swore to 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.339 their forefathers 00:27:36.339 --> 00:27:36.980 to give them. 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:38.359 Be strong 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:39.599 and very 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.160 courageous. 00:27:41.000 --> 00:27:41.759 Be careful 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:43.160 to obey 00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:43.940 all the law 00:27:43.940 --> 00:27:44.539 my servant 00:27:44.539 --> 00:27:45.200 Moses gave 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.420 you. 00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.879 Do not turn 00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.359 from it to 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.759 the right 00:27:47.759 --> 00:27:48.359 or the left 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:49.500 that you 00:27:49.500 --> 00:27:49.940 might be 00:27:49.940 --> 00:27:50.619 successful 00:27:50.619 --> 00:27:51.420 wherever you 00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.619 go. 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.700 So God 00:27:52.700 --> 00:27:53.660 said to 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.359 Joshua, 00:27:54.920 --> 00:27:55.559 be careful 00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.039 to be 00:27:56.039 --> 00:27:56.640 obedient. 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:57.539 And if 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:57.740 you're 00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.259 obedient, 00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.420 you will 00:27:59.420 --> 00:28:00.839 enter that 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:01.579 rest in 00:28:01.579 --> 00:28:02.059 the promised 00:28:02.059 --> 00:28:02.480 land. 00:28:03.579 --> 00:28:03.980 And of 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.200 course, 00:28:04.379 --> 00:28:04.899 Joshua was 00:28:04.899 --> 00:28:05.440 successful. 00:28:06.399 --> 00:28:06.899 And Joshua 00:28:06.899 --> 00:28:07.740 brought the 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.179 people into 00:28:08.179 --> 00:28:08.619 the promised 00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.059 land. 00:28:10.619 --> 00:28:12.099 And Joshua's 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.759 words to the 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.399 people were, 00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.339 remember the 00:28:14.339 --> 00:28:15.159 command that 00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:16.659 Moses, the 00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.960 servant of 00:28:17.960 --> 00:28:18.339 the Lord, 00:28:18.419 --> 00:28:18.940 gave you. 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:20.099 The Lord 00:28:20.099 --> 00:28:20.700 your God 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.179 has given 00:28:21.179 --> 00:28:21.759 you rest 00:28:21.759 --> 00:28:22.799 and has 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.359 granted you 00:28:23.359 --> 00:28:23.839 this land. 00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:24.519 So Joshua 00:28:24.519 --> 00:28:25.379 was very 00:28:25.379 --> 00:28:25.779 clear, 00:28:26.179 --> 00:28:26.679 guys, if 00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.079 you want to 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.579 enter that 00:28:27.579 --> 00:28:28.720 rest, that 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.379 promised land, 00:28:29.859 --> 00:28:30.539 be obedient 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:32.139 to God. 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.659 And at 00:28:33.659 --> 00:28:34.099 the end, 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.079 after the 00:28:35.079 --> 00:28:35.940 occupation of 00:28:35.940 --> 00:28:36.420 the land, 00:28:36.819 --> 00:28:37.460 we read in 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:38.420 Joshua 21, 00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.899 43, 00:28:40.180 --> 00:28:40.480 so the 00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:41.019 Lord gave 00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:41.740 Israel all 00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.480 the land he 00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.299 had sworn to 00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.639 give their 00:28:43.639 --> 00:28:44.200 forefathers, 00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:45.159 and they 00:28:45.159 --> 00:28:46.339 took possession 00:28:46.339 --> 00:28:46.960 of it and 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:47.700 settled there. 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.059 The Lord 00:28:49.059 --> 00:28:49.599 gave them 00:28:49.599 --> 00:28:50.259 rest on 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.980 every side, 00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.639 just as he 00:28:52.639 --> 00:28:53.279 had sworn 00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.539 to their 00:28:54.539 --> 00:28:55.259 forefathers. 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.480 So if 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:57.740 you're a 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.240 Christian this 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.079 morning and 00:28:59.079 --> 00:28:59.460 you're looking 00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.059 for rest, 00:29:00.180 --> 00:29:00.819 this rest of 00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:01.359 the soul, 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.079 you're not 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:03.940 called to 00:29:03.940 --> 00:29:04.799 take up 00:29:04.799 --> 00:29:05.640 arms and 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.759 invade the 00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.480 promised land 00:29:07.480 --> 00:29:08.200 and engage 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.640 in battle 00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:08.940 with the 00:29:08.940 --> 00:29:10.660 Philistines or 00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.379 the Canaanites 00:29:11.379 --> 00:29:11.660 or the 00:29:11.660 --> 00:29:12.319 Amorites or 00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:13.160 the Amalekites 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:14.599 or any 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:15.359 other ites. 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.759 But we are 00:29:16.759 --> 00:29:17.359 called by 00:29:17.359 --> 00:29:18.039 Jesus to 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:18.619 take up his 00:29:18.619 --> 00:29:19.079 yoke and 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.519 learn from 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:19.740 him. 00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:22.119 But the 00:29:22.119 --> 00:29:22.500 great thing 00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:22.960 about this 00:29:22.960 --> 00:29:23.480 yoke that 00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.000 Jesus gives 00:29:25.000 --> 00:29:25.680 us is that 00:29:25.680 --> 00:29:26.779 it's easy 00:29:26.779 --> 00:29:29.539 or not so 00:29:29.539 --> 00:29:30.220 much easy 00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.220 as it 00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.559 fits and 00:29:32.559 --> 00:29:32.980 it's 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:33.500 comfortable. 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:34.599 I think 00:29:34.599 --> 00:29:35.140 what the 00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.799 word means 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:36.079 is there's 00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:36.519 no hard 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.799 edges, 00:29:36.920 --> 00:29:37.299 it doesn't 00:29:37.299 --> 00:29:37.900 press in 00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:38.380 and poke 00:29:38.380 --> 00:29:39.160 your spine 00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:40.059 or, you 00:29:40.059 --> 00:29:40.339 know, it's 00:29:40.339 --> 00:29:41.500 not constantly 00:29:41.500 --> 00:29:42.380 making you 00:29:42.380 --> 00:29:42.839 uncomfortable. 00:29:43.099 --> 00:29:43.680 It's a 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.160 yoke that 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.880 is, it 00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:45.380 fits. 00:29:45.860 --> 00:29:46.420 But obviously 00:29:46.420 --> 00:29:47.140 it's also a 00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.519 yoke that 00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.079 keeps you 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.799 going in a 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.339 direction so 00:29:49.339 --> 00:29:49.620 you're not 00:29:49.620 --> 00:29:50.180 free to just 00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.660 head off 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.720 wherever you 00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:51.980 want. 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:52.380 And that's 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:52.660 what it's 00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.019 like for 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:53.519 the Christian 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:54.920 that we 00:29:54.920 --> 00:29:55.440 are to 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:56.720 be obedient 00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:57.279 to him. 00:29:57.379 --> 00:29:57.839 But as we 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.639 obey God, 00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.559 it's not 00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.180 burdensome, 00:30:00.279 --> 00:30:00.879 it's not 00:30:00.879 --> 00:30:02.799 tough and 00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:04.119 uncomfortable, 00:30:04.500 --> 00:30:04.900 it's not 00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.480 harsh. 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.859 The word 00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:08.119 is, it's 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:08.980 not harsh 00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.700 or hard 00:30:09.700 --> 00:30:10.400 or sharp 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:11.400 or pressing, 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:12.619 but it's 00:30:12.619 --> 00:30:13.180 comfortable, 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:14.400 gracious 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.960 and pleasant. 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:16.500 That's what 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:16.879 the word 00:30:16.879 --> 00:30:17.299 means. 00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.359 And the 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.639 burden is 00:30:20.639 --> 00:30:22.259 light and 00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.180 easy to 00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.740 be born. 00:30:24.379 --> 00:30:24.799 So the 00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:25.660 invitation that 00:30:25.660 --> 00:30:26.299 Jesus gives 00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.940 us is a 00:30:26.940 --> 00:30:27.500 good one. 00:30:28.079 --> 00:30:28.500 It's something 00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.099 that we can 00:30:29.099 --> 00:30:29.920 be encouraged 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.279 about. 00:30:30.379 --> 00:30:30.819 It's not 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.799 difficult. 00:30:33.059 --> 00:30:33.980 So how do 00:30:33.980 --> 00:30:34.440 we enter 00:30:34.440 --> 00:30:34.980 into this 00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.420 rest of 00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:35.740 God? 00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:37.379 If we're 00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:37.879 a Christian, 00:30:38.779 --> 00:30:39.379 the principle 00:30:39.379 --> 00:30:40.180 is the 00:30:40.180 --> 00:30:40.579 same. 00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.539 Trust and 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:42.960 obey. 00:30:44.119 --> 00:30:45.259 And in 00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.759 Acts 17, 00:30:46.759 --> 00:30:47.879 that famous 00:30:47.879 --> 00:30:50.559 sermon of 00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.140 Paul to 00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:51.339 the 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.960 Athenians, 00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.299 to the 00:30:52.299 --> 00:30:52.619 Greeks, 00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.740 Paul says, 00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:57.039 God commands 00:30:57.039 --> 00:30:58.180 all men 00:30:58.180 --> 00:31:00.200 everywhere to 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:01.099 repent. 00:31:02.059 --> 00:31:03.039 So the 00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:03.700 command that 00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.440 goes out is 00:31:04.440 --> 00:31:04.819 you must 00:31:04.819 --> 00:31:05.379 repent, 00:31:05.660 --> 00:31:06.000 but the 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.460 great thing 00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.940 is that as 00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:07.720 you repent, 00:31:08.539 --> 00:31:09.180 this is when 00:31:09.180 --> 00:31:10.259 you receive 00:31:10.259 --> 00:31:10.839 the rest of 00:31:10.839 --> 00:31:11.259 God. 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.319 Psalm 32, 00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:13.960 maybe we 00:31:13.960 --> 00:31:14.359 could look at 00:31:14.359 --> 00:31:14.619 that, 00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:15.419 because this 00:31:15.419 --> 00:31:15.679 is a 00:31:15.679 --> 00:31:16.019 wonderful 00:31:16.019 --> 00:31:16.759 psalm which 00:31:16.759 --> 00:31:18.159 speaks of 00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:19.019 repentance and 00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.839 forgiveness and 00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.459 the rest of 00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:21.859 God that 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.479 comes through 00:31:22.479 --> 00:31:22.679 that. 00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.479 Psalm 32. 00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.239 Blessed is 00:31:31.239 --> 00:31:32.799 he whose 00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:33.899 transgressions 00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:35.119 are forgiven, 00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.619 whose sins 00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:37.379 are covered. 00:31:38.699 --> 00:31:39.359 Blessed is 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.099 the man whose 00:31:40.099 --> 00:31:40.939 sin the Lord 00:31:40.939 --> 00:31:41.559 does not 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.219 count against 00:31:42.219 --> 00:31:42.500 him, 00:31:43.179 --> 00:31:44.039 and in 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.799 whose spirit 00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:46.099 is no 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:46.639 deceit. 00:31:47.099 --> 00:31:47.639 So there's 00:31:47.639 --> 00:31:48.119 the blessing, 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.899 and now we 00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.139 have a 00:31:50.139 --> 00:31:50.720 description of 00:31:50.720 --> 00:31:51.420 somebody who's 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.619 resisting that. 00:31:53.099 --> 00:31:53.559 When I 00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:54.359 kept silent, 00:31:55.299 --> 00:31:56.159 my bones 00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:57.359 wasted away 00:31:57.359 --> 00:31:58.539 through my 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.420 groaning all 00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.000 day long. 00:32:00.500 --> 00:32:01.180 For day and 00:32:01.180 --> 00:32:01.659 night your 00:32:01.659 --> 00:32:02.399 hand was 00:32:02.399 --> 00:32:03.039 heavy upon 00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:04.180 me, my 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:04.960 strength was 00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:06.700 sapped, as 00:32:06.700 --> 00:32:07.420 in the heat 00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:07.899 of summer. 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:08.200 So you've 00:32:08.200 --> 00:32:08.519 got this 00:32:08.519 --> 00:32:09.220 description of 00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:09.819 somebody who 00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:11.139 is not 00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.759 confessing 00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.299 their sins, 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.019 who is not 00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.539 turning to 00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.200 God, not 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:14.879 repenting, 00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:15.799 and there's 00:32:15.799 --> 00:32:16.240 like this 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.799 physical 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:18.079 oppression that 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:18.740 they're receiving. 00:32:19.859 --> 00:32:20.339 And then it 00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:20.940 says in verse 00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.180 5, 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.480 Then I 00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.279 acknowledged my 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:23.019 sin to you, 00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:24.359 and I did 00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:25.299 not cover up 00:32:25.299 --> 00:32:25.980 my iniquity. 00:32:26.859 --> 00:32:27.839 I said, I 00:32:27.839 --> 00:32:28.899 will confess 00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:30.579 my transgressions 00:32:30.579 --> 00:32:31.200 to the Lord. 00:32:32.440 --> 00:32:32.899 And guess 00:32:32.899 --> 00:32:33.159 what? 00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:34.500 You forgave 00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:35.559 the guilt 00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:36.859 of my 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.379 sin. 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:38.399 And if you 00:32:38.399 --> 00:32:38.899 then go back 00:32:38.899 --> 00:32:39.279 to verse 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:39.579 1, 00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.440 blessed is 00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:41.759 he whose 00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.559 transgressions 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.059 are forgiven, 00:32:43.179 --> 00:32:43.599 whose sins 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:44.099 are covered. 00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:46.079 Blessed is 00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:46.639 the man 00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.779 whose sin 00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.460 the Lord 00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.399 does not 00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.019 count against 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:51.319 him, and 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.779 in whose 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.460 spirit is 00:32:53.460 --> 00:32:54.279 no deceit. 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.980 So if as 00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.759 yet we've 00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.559 resisted Jesus' 00:32:58.759 --> 00:32:59.279 call on our 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.039 lives, the 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:02.200 invitation is 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.599 to come to 00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.960 Jesus. 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.440 And where 00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:05.960 do we come? 00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.119 We come at 00:33:07.119 --> 00:33:07.519 the foot of 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:08.059 the cross. 00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:10.179 we acknowledge 00:33:10.179 --> 00:33:10.879 our sin and 00:33:10.879 --> 00:33:11.539 we lay it 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.039 on him. 00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.919 We thank 00:33:12.919 --> 00:33:13.940 him for 00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.419 taking the 00:33:14.419 --> 00:33:14.859 burden of 00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:15.419 our sin and 00:33:15.419 --> 00:33:15.859 paying the 00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:17.799 price so we 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.159 can be 00:33:18.159 --> 00:33:18.539 forgiven. 00:33:18.919 --> 00:33:19.539 We trust 00:33:19.539 --> 00:33:20.000 in him. 00:33:21.179 --> 00:33:22.460 John 3.16 00:33:22.460 --> 00:33:23.159 For God 00:33:23.159 --> 00:33:24.599 so loved the 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.279 world that he 00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.379 gave his only 00:33:26.379 --> 00:33:28.019 son that 00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:29.000 whoever believes 00:33:29.000 --> 00:33:29.579 in him 00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:31.019 shall not 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:33.940 perish but 00:33:33.940 --> 00:33:34.799 have eternal 00:33:34.799 --> 00:33:35.179 life. 00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.400 and I 00:33:35.400 --> 00:33:35.640 think you 00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:36.180 could replace 00:33:36.180 --> 00:33:36.799 that eternal 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:37.440 life with 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.220 eternal rest. 00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.500 Rest in 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.799 him. 00:33:41.960 --> 00:33:42.580 So are we 00:33:42.580 --> 00:33:43.180 trusting in 00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.680 Jesus in 00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.140 that way? 00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:45.500 Have we 00:33:45.500 --> 00:33:46.480 cast on him 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.080 the heaviest 00:33:47.080 --> 00:33:47.740 of burdens 00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:49.519 our sin and 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:50.799 found in him 00:33:50.799 --> 00:33:51.960 the rest of 00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.560 our soul? 00:33:53.299 --> 00:33:53.940 That is 00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.480 peace with 00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:54.840 God. 00:33:58.120 --> 00:33:59.080 Just in 00:33:59.080 --> 00:33:59.660 closing I 00:33:59.660 --> 00:34:00.100 just want us 00:34:00.100 --> 00:34:00.799 to look at 00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:03.039 a couple of 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:04.140 characters that 00:34:04.140 --> 00:34:04.519 you're probably 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:05.160 very familiar 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.420 with. 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:05.759 It's in 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:06.279 Luke chapter 00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.720 10. 00:34:10.800 --> 00:34:12.099 Because let's 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.699 just bring it 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:14.019 home and 00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:15.000 see some 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.699 people in 00:34:15.699 --> 00:34:16.480 the Bible who 00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:18.219 really demonstrate 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.440 this experiencing 00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.380 God's rest. 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.880 And it's the 00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:24.059 account of 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:26.659 Mary and 00:34:26.659 --> 00:34:27.019 Martha. 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.679 And it's in 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:30.300 Luke chapter 00:34:30.300 --> 00:34:31.159 10 verses 00:34:31.159 --> 00:34:33.000 39 to 00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.679 41. 00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:40.139 As Jesus 00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:40.519 and his 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:41.179 disciples were 00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.460 on their 00:34:41.460 --> 00:34:41.980 way he 00:34:41.980 --> 00:34:42.380 came to 00:34:42.380 --> 00:34:42.860 a village 00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.259 where a 00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:43.719 woman named 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.460 Martha opened 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:45.019 her home to 00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.300 him. 00:34:46.219 --> 00:34:46.840 She had a 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:47.460 sister called 00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.599 Mary who 00:34:48.599 --> 00:34:49.079 sat at the 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.559 Lord's feet 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.099 listening to 00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.360 what he 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:50.900 said but 00:34:50.900 --> 00:34:51.500 Martha was 00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.099 distracted by 00:34:53.099 --> 00:34:53.539 all the 00:34:53.539 --> 00:34:54.380 preparations that 00:34:54.380 --> 00:34:54.860 had to be 00:34:54.860 --> 00:34:55.239 made. 00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.739 She came to 00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.219 him and 00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:57.840 said and 00:34:57.840 --> 00:34:58.400 asked Lord 00:34:58.400 --> 00:34:59.300 don't you 00:34:59.300 --> 00:34:59.960 care that my 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:00.519 sister has 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.119 left me to do 00:35:01.119 --> 00:35:01.679 the work by 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:02.119 myself? 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.679 Tell her to 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:04.179 help me. 00:35:05.619 --> 00:35:06.579 Martha, Martha 00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:07.039 the Lord 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:08.460 answered you 00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:09.319 are worried 00:35:09.319 --> 00:35:10.279 and upset 00:35:10.279 --> 00:35:11.619 about many 00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:13.619 things but 00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.239 only one 00:35:14.239 --> 00:35:14.619 thing is 00:35:14.619 --> 00:35:15.000 needed. 00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.099 Mary has 00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.779 chosen what 00:35:17.779 --> 00:35:19.500 is better and 00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.400 it will not be 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:21.880 taken away 00:35:21.880 --> 00:35:22.519 from her. 00:35:23.700 --> 00:35:24.500 So here we 00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.860 have these 00:35:24.860 --> 00:35:28.119 sisters and 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:28.680 they're friends 00:35:28.680 --> 00:35:30.420 of Jesus and 00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.119 they're very 00:35:31.119 --> 00:35:31.539 different 00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:32.860 characters. 00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:35.140 Martha is a 00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:37.140 doer and 00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:37.820 here she is 00:35:37.820 --> 00:35:38.660 she's busy 00:35:38.660 --> 00:35:39.480 preparing, 00:35:39.940 --> 00:35:41.160 she opens 00:35:41.160 --> 00:35:41.780 her home, 00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:42.640 she gets a 00:35:42.640 --> 00:35:44.320 meal ready and 00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.900 she's busy, 00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:45.400 busy, busy, 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.380 busy but she's 00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.900 frustrated, 00:35:47.160 --> 00:35:47.760 she's not at 00:35:47.760 --> 00:35:49.099 rest, she's 00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.940 not at peace 00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.980 and she's 00:35:50.980 --> 00:35:51.860 frustrated because 00:35:51.860 --> 00:35:52.519 her sister 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:54.039 isn't helping, 00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.780 her sister is 00:35:55.780 --> 00:35:56.720 sitting at 00:35:56.720 --> 00:35:57.480 Jesus' feet 00:35:57.480 --> 00:35:59.220 and she's 00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:00.200 listening to 00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:01.860 Jesus and 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:02.920 Martha goes 00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.660 to Jesus and 00:36:03.660 --> 00:36:03.800 says, 00:36:03.860 --> 00:36:04.380 Jesus don't 00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:06.340 you care that 00:36:06.340 --> 00:36:07.120 I'm here on 00:36:07.120 --> 00:36:08.000 my own doing 00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:08.800 all this work 00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.360 for you? 00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:11.120 Tell her to 00:36:11.120 --> 00:36:11.640 help me. 00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.800 And Jesus 00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.480 simply says, 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:14.880 Martha, 00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.680 you're worried 00:36:16.680 --> 00:36:17.599 and upset 00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:19.140 about many 00:36:19.140 --> 00:36:20.860 things but 00:36:20.860 --> 00:36:21.800 you know 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:21.980 what, 00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.460 your sister 00:36:22.460 --> 00:36:22.820 has made 00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.160 the right 00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.700 choice in 00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.280 this case. 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.380 The dishes 00:36:26.380 --> 00:36:27.079 can wait, 00:36:27.599 --> 00:36:27.960 the dinner 00:36:27.960 --> 00:36:28.579 can wait, 00:36:29.380 --> 00:36:31.079 you need to 00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.700 find rest 00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:32.700 in me. 00:36:34.620 --> 00:36:35.519 Mary's chosen 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:36.240 what is better 00:36:36.240 --> 00:36:37.740 and it will 00:36:37.740 --> 00:36:38.460 not be taken 00:36:38.460 --> 00:36:39.140 away from her. 00:36:39.139 --> 00:36:41.500 what I love 00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:42.139 about those 00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.719 two sisters 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.079 is that 00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.679 later on 00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:45.059 there's another 00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.679 account of 00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.619 them and 00:36:46.619 --> 00:36:47.119 Jesus is 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.559 again at 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.079 their house 00:36:48.079 --> 00:36:49.879 and 00:36:49.879 --> 00:36:51.579 Martha is 00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:53.119 the one 00:36:53.119 --> 00:36:54.179 doing the 00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.699 preparations 00:36:54.699 --> 00:36:55.179 but there's 00:36:55.179 --> 00:36:55.940 no condemnation 00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:56.339 here because 00:36:56.339 --> 00:36:57.839 Martha is 00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:58.319 different to 00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.940 Mary and 00:36:59.940 --> 00:37:00.339 obviously 00:37:00.339 --> 00:37:02.000 this is not 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:02.639 an excuse 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.279 not to do 00:37:03.279 --> 00:37:03.659 the washing 00:37:03.659 --> 00:37:04.059 up young 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:05.259 people or 00:37:05.259 --> 00:37:05.839 to help at 00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:08.440 home but 00:37:08.440 --> 00:37:08.780 there are 00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.320 times where 00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:09.700 we just 00:37:09.700 --> 00:37:10.400 need to 00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:11.240 sit at 00:37:11.240 --> 00:37:11.539 Jesus' 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.920 feet and 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.960 find rest 00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:16.539 and refreshment 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:16.980 in him. 00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:19.180 So during 00:37:19.180 --> 00:37:19.860 this holiday 00:37:19.860 --> 00:37:20.420 season 00:37:20.420 --> 00:37:22.980 may God 00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.860 refresh us 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:26.019 and more 00:37:26.019 --> 00:37:26.460 importantly 00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.340 may we find 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:29.059 that rest 00:37:29.059 --> 00:37:30.019 of our souls 00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.700 in Jesus 00:37:30.699 --> 00:37:31.939 as we 00:37:31.939 --> 00:37:32.539 trust 00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.980 and obey 00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:34.439 him 00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:35.399 throughout 00:37:35.399 --> 00:37:36.000 the year. 00:37:37.839 --> 00:37:38.000 Are we 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:38.259 going to 00:37:38.259 --> 00:37:38.799 have a 00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.719 closing? 00:37:39.859 --> 00:37:40.299 So we've 00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.339 just a hymn 00:37:41.339 --> 00:37:42.199 that I'd 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:42.699 like us to 00:37:42.699 --> 00:37:43.519 sing is 00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.719 when we 00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:45.399 walk with 00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:45.939 the Lord 00:37:45.939 --> 00:37:47.000 in the 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:47.359 light of 00:37:47.359 --> 00:37:48.019 his word 00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:49.719 what a 00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:50.239 glory he 00:37:50.239 --> 00:37:50.859 sheds on 00:37:50.859 --> 00:37:51.379 his way 00:37:51.379 --> 00:37:53.019 I forget 00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.399 the words 00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:53.719 but we'll 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.099 sing them 00:37:54.099 --> 00:37:54.379 now 00:37:54.379 --> 00:37:55.139 when we 00:37:55.139 --> 00:37:55.579 walk with 00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:56.019 the Lord. 00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:57.179 Thanks. 00:37:57.179 --> 00:37:57.239 Thanks. 00:37:57.239 --> 00:37:57.299 Thanks. 00:37:57.299 --> 00:37:57.319 Thanks. 00:37:57.319 --> 00:37:57.339 Thanks.