WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.839 It's great to be with you this morning. 00:00:08.560 --> 00:00:11.779 I am planting a church in Buena Vista. 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:14.800 If you know Spanish, your ears are ringing. 00:00:15.359 --> 00:00:16.359 They say it wrong. 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:20.679 Like a lot of things they say wrong here in Colorado. 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.760 So we meet at a, right now we meet at a Baptist church in the evening. 00:00:27.339 --> 00:00:29.359 We just started to meet there a couple months ago. 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:32.960 We moved around community center, event center, backyard. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:40.579 But the first time we met at this church, I had two of my kids who are 14 and 12. 00:00:41.219 --> 00:00:45.240 And their only memory of church is being in a church plant. 00:00:46.239 --> 00:00:50.079 And so they walk in and they go, what is this place? 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:52.159 They walk into a sanctuary like this. 00:00:52.260 --> 00:00:55.320 And they wander all around like this is so odd. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:59.000 Because they're used to setting chairs up, meeting in a gym. 00:00:59.359 --> 00:01:02.240 Just in some interesting places. 00:01:02.539 --> 00:01:05.180 But it's great to be with you. 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:06.620 I'm glad Matthew's on vacation. 00:01:08.439 --> 00:01:13.840 I think being a guest preacher, I want to make you appreciate Matthew more. 00:01:13.840 --> 00:01:22.359 We're going to look at the fourth commandment, which is keep the Sabbath day holy. 00:01:23.300 --> 00:01:27.820 Let me read this scripture from the book of Exodus. 00:01:27.819 --> 00:01:29.819 Remember the Sabbath day. 00:01:29.819 --> 00:01:33.879 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:37.599 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 00:01:37.979 --> 00:01:41.959 But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:46.579 On it you shall not do any work. 00:01:46.579 --> 00:01:56.739 You or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your livestock or the sojourner who is within your gates. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:02:05.599 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:12.000 Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 00:02:13.780 --> 00:02:22.859 Have you ever thought about how vulnerable we are as human beings within a 24-hour period of our day? 00:02:22.860 --> 00:02:25.220 And it's called sleep. 00:02:26.220 --> 00:02:28.780 We are the most vulnerable. 00:02:29.780 --> 00:02:37.840 And you might be able to stay up for maybe two days, maybe three days, and then your body has to shut down. 00:02:38.820 --> 00:02:41.460 And your body has to recalibrate. 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:46.720 And in one way, that's a picture of the Sabbath. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:55.460 It is needed for our humanity, our brains, and our bodies to function properly. 00:02:56.159 --> 00:02:58.120 We have to have that time. 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:02.419 But what keeps you from rest? 00:03:05.539 --> 00:03:07.099 Netflix, probably. 00:03:07.900 --> 00:03:10.259 You want to stay up and binge watch things? 00:03:11.000 --> 00:03:14.819 But what keeps you from deep rest? 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:31.699 This commandment is the most visible, the one that is most visibly rejected by not only society, but also you and me. 00:03:33.599 --> 00:03:37.520 This is the one that we think, we really don't need that. 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:42.539 We just need to be more productive, more efficient. 00:03:43.199 --> 00:03:44.319 We need to work harder. 00:03:46.719 --> 00:03:50.539 And what happens is, we become exhausted. 00:03:51.539 --> 00:03:56.780 Our country is one of the most overworked countries. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:00.120 Because we don't think we need rest. 00:04:00.699 --> 00:04:06.479 Because we have this idol as Americans that we need to be productive, we need to get stuff done. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:16.920 An article in Forbes magazine in 2018 states that the U.S. is the most overworked country in the developing world. 00:04:17.039 --> 00:04:24.519 We have more stress illness and work longer hours than our European and Japanese counterparts. 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:32.939 But breaking this commandment might mean that you get a promotion. 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:44.680 I don't think I really need to explain our need for rest really thoroughly. 00:04:45.100 --> 00:04:46.839 I think we all feel it. 00:04:50.839 --> 00:04:52.100 And we're tired. 00:04:52.100 --> 00:05:05.020 And one of the things that causes us to reject this commandment of taking a Sabbath day is that we don't believe God is right. 00:05:07.300 --> 00:05:13.640 And when we work harder, what we're saying is, we really don't need God. 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:19.539 We really don't need a day to remember that he is sovereign over everything. 00:05:19.540 --> 00:05:26.300 If you've been to BV, we're two hours west of here. 00:05:26.400 --> 00:05:29.220 It's a beautiful little town in the mountains. 00:05:29.700 --> 00:05:37.620 And one thing I enjoy about the area, which you probably enjoy this about Colorado because you live here, is nature. 00:05:39.379 --> 00:05:43.820 The beauty of the mountains, the trees, rivers. 00:05:44.540 --> 00:05:48.360 One thing I like about nature is it doesn't need me. 00:05:49.540 --> 00:05:52.760 It's not relying on me for something. 00:05:56.200 --> 00:05:58.960 And to me, that's a picture of the Sabbath day. 00:05:59.080 --> 00:06:05.220 It reminds me that I am not as valuable as I think I am. 00:06:09.700 --> 00:06:11.939 Remember the Sabbath day. 00:06:14.520 --> 00:06:15.320 It's interesting. 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:17.540 In this commandment, God could have said, 00:06:17.540 --> 00:06:24.939 take a Sabbath day and rest. 00:06:25.720 --> 00:06:27.340 But he modeled it. 00:06:29.180 --> 00:06:34.960 It's not as if we only do things when we see God model something. 00:06:35.520 --> 00:06:37.040 In Scripture, when God says, 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.520 do this, don't do this, 00:06:39.860 --> 00:06:42.379 that's enough for us to remember that. 00:06:42.379 --> 00:06:50.399 But he models taking a Sabbath day. 00:06:50.560 --> 00:06:52.079 Not that he was tired. 00:06:52.079 --> 00:06:57.779 And here in the beginning of this commandment, 00:06:58.300 --> 00:07:06.879 we think back to the Genesis account where God gave humanity not only life, 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:10.860 God gave humanity the blessing of work, 00:07:11.599 --> 00:07:14.219 God gave humanity marriage, 00:07:14.220 --> 00:07:19.660 and God gave humanity Sabbath rest. 00:07:20.700 --> 00:07:23.240 But I think this is what happens when we think about the Sabbath. 00:07:24.020 --> 00:07:26.760 We want a list of things we should not do. 00:07:26.759 --> 00:07:29.759 And that's what we want. 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:31.740 We want to say, okay, I'll take this day, 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.539 and let me just stay away from things, 00:07:35.060 --> 00:07:39.459 and then I'm resting on the Sabbath. 00:07:41.039 --> 00:07:43.740 But this day is for something. 00:07:44.740 --> 00:07:46.319 It is something positive. 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:51.379 Not just to stay away from negative things. 00:07:52.019 --> 00:07:53.519 And work marriage Sabbath rest, 00:07:53.579 --> 00:07:55.019 these are for all of creation. 00:07:57.599 --> 00:08:00.439 These are not just for the church, 00:08:00.759 --> 00:08:01.620 the people of God. 00:08:01.699 --> 00:08:03.980 This is for all of creation. 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:09.079 About a year ago, 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:12.819 I was talking to a friend who has a brain tumor, 00:08:12.819 --> 00:08:19.819 and she was told that she would not see her daughter graduate from high school, 00:08:20.019 --> 00:08:21.279 which is a couple years out. 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:23.800 And I was talking to her about, like, 00:08:23.819 --> 00:08:24.560 what does she enjoy, 00:08:24.740 --> 00:08:25.939 and what does she like to do, 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:27.139 and invest time in, 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.879 and she can't really sit still. 00:08:30.139 --> 00:08:30.639 And I said, 00:08:30.699 --> 00:08:33.580 why don't you go and work in your garden? 00:08:35.700 --> 00:08:37.659 And as you work in your garden, 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:39.500 remember, 00:08:39.500 --> 00:08:43.600 this is a small picture of the new heavens and the new earth. 00:08:45.620 --> 00:08:49.899 A great time of rejoicing and resting 00:08:49.899 --> 00:08:51.879 because of what Jesus has done. 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:57.960 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 00:08:58.340 --> 00:09:01.779 It is interesting that we don't have one of the commandments 00:09:01.779 --> 00:09:03.480 that says, 00:09:03.779 --> 00:09:05.580 you better work really hard. 00:09:05.580 --> 00:09:08.560 Even in this, 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:09.940 it's implied that we work 00:09:09.940 --> 00:09:12.180 because that was pre-fall. 00:09:14.200 --> 00:09:16.160 But there's no commandment that says, 00:09:16.940 --> 00:09:17.560 you humans, 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.780 you better get stuff done. 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:23.300 But what do we tell ourselves? 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:25.200 You human, 00:09:25.460 --> 00:09:27.740 you better get something done. 00:09:28.300 --> 00:09:30.180 You better show your value. 00:09:30.179 --> 00:09:37.519 What happened on the first day of humanity? 00:09:39.839 --> 00:09:41.559 First day of humanity, okay? 00:09:41.979 --> 00:09:43.359 Creation, story, 00:09:44.419 --> 00:09:45.639 humans were created. 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:47.219 Sixth day, 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:49.099 seventh day, 00:09:51.359 --> 00:09:51.659 Sabbath. 00:09:53.419 --> 00:09:55.339 That was the first day of humanity, 00:09:55.500 --> 00:09:57.599 which is really fascinating. 00:09:57.600 --> 00:09:59.100 Again, God did not say, 00:09:59.259 --> 00:09:59.500 all right, 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:00.540 first day of humanity, 00:10:00.980 --> 00:10:02.580 I want to see you guys get something done. 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:04.120 He says, 00:10:04.200 --> 00:10:04.279 no, 00:10:04.340 --> 00:10:05.200 first day of humanity, 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:06.860 I want you to rest. 00:10:07.800 --> 00:10:09.379 And I want you to remember 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:11.420 that God is sovereign. 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:14.139 And you are made, 00:10:15.620 --> 00:10:17.500 there's a part of you that is made 00:10:17.500 --> 00:10:19.800 that demands rest. 00:10:23.680 --> 00:10:24.399 But what 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.440 keeps you from that? 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.240 how is your value 00:10:30.240 --> 00:10:31.480 so tied up 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:32.399 in what you do 00:10:32.399 --> 00:10:34.460 that you think 00:10:34.460 --> 00:10:36.019 you cannot take a day 00:10:36.019 --> 00:10:38.019 and rest? 00:10:44.019 --> 00:10:44.540 We 00:10:44.540 --> 00:10:45.740 need 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:46.980 rest. 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:49.200 And this is not a day 00:10:49.200 --> 00:10:49.519 where 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.820 we should say, 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:51.200 you know what, 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:52.300 I'm just going to binge watch 00:10:52.300 --> 00:10:52.879 my Netflix. 00:10:53.820 --> 00:10:54.879 It's a day that I'm going to 00:10:54.879 --> 00:10:56.360 start thinking about Monday. 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.620 This is a day that you can 00:10:58.620 --> 00:10:59.720 sit outside, 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:02.720 drink some tea, 00:11:03.720 --> 00:11:04.879 feel the wind blow, 00:11:06.139 --> 00:11:07.480 watch the grass 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:08.800 and the trees, 00:11:09.340 --> 00:11:11.500 and remember 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:14.399 that Christ has set you free. 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:17.740 Because at the core of the Sabbath 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:20.360 is a reminder 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:21.659 is a reminder 00:11:21.659 --> 00:11:24.620 that you are set free 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:25.659 in Christ. 00:11:27.620 --> 00:11:29.039 That your salvation 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.000 is not based on what you do. 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.639 It is for freedom 00:11:34.639 --> 00:11:37.960 that Christ has set you free. 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:41.600 Do not submit again 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:43.419 to the yoke of slavery. 00:11:43.419 --> 00:11:45.979 It is for freedom. 00:11:46.500 --> 00:11:47.279 Galatians 5. 00:11:49.299 --> 00:11:50.679 So how can you 00:11:50.679 --> 00:11:51.860 enjoy 00:11:51.860 --> 00:11:53.919 being a 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:54.659 flourishing 00:11:54.659 --> 00:11:56.059 human being 00:11:56.059 --> 00:11:59.199 by taking time 00:11:59.199 --> 00:12:01.139 and not be productive? 00:12:03.059 --> 00:12:04.519 And we're so fed 00:12:04.519 --> 00:12:05.159 by our culture 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:05.679 there's something 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:06.319 in our head 00:12:06.319 --> 00:12:06.899 that would say, 00:12:07.939 --> 00:12:08.259 well, no, 00:12:08.319 --> 00:12:09.360 maybe like 10 minutes 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:10.199 I won't be productive. 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:11.740 Maybe an hour, 00:12:12.420 --> 00:12:15.200 but a whole entire day? 00:12:19.280 --> 00:12:20.780 And that's what you and I 00:12:20.780 --> 00:12:21.300 are called to. 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:28.040 What is the Sabbath? 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:28.879 The Old Testament, 00:12:29.040 --> 00:12:29.920 the Sabbath was 00:12:29.920 --> 00:12:31.480 a celebration 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:32.200 of creation. 00:12:33.660 --> 00:12:34.780 It was the sixth day. 00:12:36.160 --> 00:12:36.759 God rested 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:37.840 after creation 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:40.399 and that's what 00:12:40.399 --> 00:12:41.019 they would celebrate 00:12:41.019 --> 00:12:41.700 in the Old Testament. 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:43.940 What many call 00:12:43.940 --> 00:12:45.379 the Sabbath 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:46.060 now 00:12:46.060 --> 00:12:46.860 in the New Testament, 00:12:46.980 --> 00:12:47.360 they call it 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:48.139 the eighth day 00:12:48.139 --> 00:12:50.840 because 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.139 it is 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:53.240 something 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:54.200 new. 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:55.540 It is 00:12:55.540 --> 00:12:56.320 redemption. 00:12:56.620 --> 00:12:56.920 It is 00:12:56.920 --> 00:12:57.840 freedom. 00:13:00.780 --> 00:13:01.480 And that's 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:02.060 what we celebrate. 00:13:02.500 --> 00:13:02.759 No, 00:13:02.820 --> 00:13:03.240 we don't have 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:03.860 eight days 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:04.360 in the week 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:04.820 anymore 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:06.000 or never did, 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:06.940 but it's 00:13:06.940 --> 00:13:07.419 a celebration 00:13:07.419 --> 00:13:08.120 of the first 00:13:08.120 --> 00:13:08.759 day of the week, 00:13:08.820 --> 00:13:09.539 a day of worship 00:13:09.539 --> 00:13:10.299 and mercy 00:13:10.299 --> 00:13:12.559 and a day 00:13:12.559 --> 00:13:13.299 that we're looking 00:13:13.299 --> 00:13:14.899 to our 00:13:14.899 --> 00:13:16.480 salvation 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:17.899 coming to 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:19.179 a full reality 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:21.019 when we rest 00:13:21.019 --> 00:13:21.940 in Christ 00:13:21.940 --> 00:13:23.200 for eternity. 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:25.440 That was worth 00:13:25.440 --> 00:13:25.919 celebrating. 00:13:29.919 --> 00:13:30.779 Think of 00:13:30.779 --> 00:13:31.580 Sabbath 00:13:31.580 --> 00:13:32.539 as a day 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:32.919 where 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:33.960 the broken 00:13:33.960 --> 00:13:34.820 are restored. 00:13:34.820 --> 00:13:38.060 the chained 00:13:38.060 --> 00:13:38.660 are set 00:13:38.660 --> 00:13:39.060 free. 00:13:41.160 --> 00:13:42.100 The sinful 00:13:42.100 --> 00:13:42.720 are 00:13:42.720 --> 00:13:43.800 forgiven 00:13:43.800 --> 00:13:45.960 and all 00:13:45.960 --> 00:13:46.400 is made 00:13:46.400 --> 00:13:46.640 new. 00:13:48.340 --> 00:13:48.960 Doesn't that 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:49.440 sound 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:50.920 beautiful? 00:13:51.760 --> 00:13:52.160 Doesn't it 00:13:52.160 --> 00:13:52.879 sound wonderful 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:53.740 where we could 00:13:53.740 --> 00:13:54.920 free our mind 00:13:54.920 --> 00:13:55.420 enough for 00:13:55.420 --> 00:13:56.420 one day a week 00:13:56.420 --> 00:13:58.220 and enjoy 00:13:58.220 --> 00:13:59.960 that there 00:13:59.960 --> 00:14:00.600 is new 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:01.520 life 00:14:01.520 --> 00:14:02.460 coming 00:14:02.460 --> 00:14:04.720 and we 00:14:04.720 --> 00:14:04.940 can 00:14:04.940 --> 00:14:05.759 remember 00:14:05.759 --> 00:14:06.220 that. 00:14:11.100 --> 00:14:11.759 Salvation 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:13.400 is 00:14:13.400 --> 00:14:14.100 by 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:15.639 rest. 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.360 It's not 00:14:19.360 --> 00:14:20.000 by works. 00:14:20.940 --> 00:14:21.180 Well, 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:21.740 in one way 00:14:21.740 --> 00:14:22.480 it is by works 00:14:22.480 --> 00:14:24.340 because who 00:14:24.340 --> 00:14:24.759 worked for 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:25.379 your salvation? 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:26.780 Christ 00:14:26.780 --> 00:14:27.000 did 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:28.820 and he 00:14:28.820 --> 00:14:29.240 did it 00:14:29.240 --> 00:14:30.060 perfectly. 00:14:30.059 --> 00:14:34.119 what would 00:14:34.119 --> 00:14:34.679 you do 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:35.979 if this 00:14:35.979 --> 00:14:36.679 was a reality 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:36.979 in your 00:14:36.979 --> 00:14:37.319 life? 00:14:38.319 --> 00:14:38.919 That you 00:14:38.919 --> 00:14:39.199 had a 00:14:39.199 --> 00:14:39.519 day 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:42.439 that you 00:14:42.439 --> 00:14:42.819 could 00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:44.019 enjoy 00:14:44.019 --> 00:14:45.399 the goodness 00:14:45.399 --> 00:14:46.799 of what 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:47.179 it means 00:14:47.179 --> 00:14:47.519 to be a 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.039 human being? 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:49.099 What would 00:14:49.099 --> 00:14:49.319 it look 00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:49.559 like? 00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:52.919 Maybe 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.459 time with 00:14:53.459 --> 00:14:53.979 friends, 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:55.919 family, 00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:57.739 laughter, 00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:59.740 good food, 00:15:00.879 --> 00:15:01.440 wine, 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:03.060 a nap, 00:15:03.960 --> 00:15:04.600 a walk, 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:06.940 holding your 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.639 kid's hand? 00:15:10.639 --> 00:15:11.340 It 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:11.720 sounds like 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:12.060 a good 00:15:12.060 --> 00:15:12.419 day. 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:15.860 But again, 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:17.700 what keeps 00:15:17.700 --> 00:15:18.399 you from 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:19.000 doing 00:15:19.000 --> 00:15:19.639 that? 00:15:22.779 --> 00:15:23.560 What does 00:15:23.560 --> 00:15:24.139 this commandment 00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.720 tell us 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:26.019 about 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:27.080 God? 00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:31.100 I 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.639 had a, 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:32.639 well, 00:15:32.700 --> 00:15:32.899 he's 00:15:32.899 --> 00:15:33.560 passed away 00:15:33.560 --> 00:15:33.879 now. 00:15:34.000 --> 00:15:34.440 He's a 00:15:34.440 --> 00:15:34.980 Presbyterian 00:15:34.980 --> 00:15:35.360 minister. 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:37.259 And him 00:15:37.259 --> 00:15:37.539 and his 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:38.279 wife would, 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:39.000 on Sunday, 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:39.360 they wanted 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:39.659 to make 00:15:39.659 --> 00:15:40.060 the day 00:15:40.060 --> 00:15:41.120 really special. 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:41.759 And so 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:42.180 they had 00:15:42.180 --> 00:15:42.600 like a 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:43.320 box of 00:15:43.320 --> 00:15:44.580 special toys 00:15:44.580 --> 00:15:45.039 they'd bring 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:45.320 out for 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:45.759 their kids. 00:15:46.259 --> 00:15:46.580 And then 00:15:46.580 --> 00:15:47.139 for breakfast, 00:15:47.600 --> 00:15:47.960 they got 00:15:47.960 --> 00:15:48.519 chocolate 00:15:48.519 --> 00:15:48.940 milk, 00:15:49.279 --> 00:15:49.539 sugar 00:15:49.539 --> 00:15:50.120 cereal, 00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.220 like just 00:15:51.220 --> 00:15:51.860 junk, 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.240 okay? 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:53.480 Ding 00:15:53.480 --> 00:15:53.980 dongs, 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:54.360 whatever. 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:55.440 And then 00:15:55.440 --> 00:15:55.919 what happened 00:15:55.919 --> 00:15:56.299 is they'd 00:15:56.299 --> 00:15:56.879 go to church 00:15:56.879 --> 00:15:57.279 and their 00:15:57.279 --> 00:15:57.939 kids were 00:15:57.939 --> 00:15:59.019 bouncing 00:15:59.019 --> 00:15:59.720 off the 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:00.340 walls. 00:16:00.860 --> 00:16:01.399 And they 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:01.639 did it 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:01.939 for like 00:16:01.939 --> 00:16:02.580 six weeks 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:02.939 and they're 00:16:02.939 --> 00:16:03.139 like, 00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.419 I don't 00:16:03.419 --> 00:16:03.720 know what's 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:03.919 wrong with 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.340 our kids. 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:05.019 And they 00:16:05.019 --> 00:16:05.480 realized, 00:16:05.939 --> 00:16:06.220 oh, 00:16:06.659 --> 00:16:07.799 they just 00:16:07.799 --> 00:16:08.220 weren't being 00:16:08.220 --> 00:16:09.200 wise about 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:09.679 what they 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.000 did on 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:10.460 that day, 00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.080 at that 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:11.539 moment 00:16:11.539 --> 00:16:12.419 early. 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.340 What does 00:16:17.340 --> 00:16:17.860 this commandment 00:16:17.860 --> 00:16:18.519 tell us about 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:18.740 God? 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:19.480 This commandment 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.419 tells us 00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:22.019 that God 00:16:22.019 --> 00:16:22.759 is not asking 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:23.220 you to 00:16:23.220 --> 00:16:23.600 exhaust 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:24.019 yourself. 00:16:24.019 --> 00:16:28.259 He is 00:16:28.259 --> 00:16:28.840 not calling 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:29.879 you to 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:30.319 a life 00:16:30.319 --> 00:16:31.559 of hyper 00:16:31.559 --> 00:16:32.360 performance, 00:16:33.439 --> 00:16:33.980 anxiety, 00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.539 and stress. 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:40.519 He wants 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:40.840 you to 00:16:40.840 --> 00:16:41.620 flourish as 00:16:41.620 --> 00:16:41.960 a human 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:42.319 being. 00:16:43.539 --> 00:16:44.259 And the 00:16:44.259 --> 00:16:44.699 only way 00:16:44.699 --> 00:16:45.439 we flourish 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:46.799 is if we 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:47.699 know redemption 00:16:47.699 --> 00:16:48.720 in Christ. 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:48.800 rest. 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:52.300 That's the 00:16:52.300 --> 00:16:53.139 key to our 00:16:53.139 --> 00:16:53.680 flourishing. 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.660 That you 00:16:55.660 --> 00:16:56.279 can know 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:57.700 in your 00:16:57.700 --> 00:16:58.180 sin, 00:16:59.320 --> 00:17:01.320 God moves 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.879 toward you 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:03.800 and he 00:17:03.800 --> 00:17:04.319 embraces 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:04.600 you. 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:06.319 And he 00:17:06.319 --> 00:17:07.220 holds you 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:08.360 tighter 00:17:08.360 --> 00:17:09.579 and stronger 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.039 than you 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:10.519 could ever 00:17:10.519 --> 00:17:11.059 hold him. 00:17:14.079 --> 00:17:14.700 And I 00:17:14.700 --> 00:17:15.059 think that's 00:17:15.059 --> 00:17:15.700 another picture 00:17:15.700 --> 00:17:16.360 of rest. 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:16.399 rest. 00:17:21.399 --> 00:17:22.159 And God 00:17:22.159 --> 00:17:22.879 works as 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:23.419 you rest. 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:27.099 He works. 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:28.819 To reject 00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.879 this commandment 00:17:29.879 --> 00:17:30.579 is to 00:17:30.579 --> 00:17:31.899 reject the 00:17:31.899 --> 00:17:32.579 rhythm of 00:17:32.579 --> 00:17:33.099 the week 00:17:33.099 --> 00:17:33.699 that God 00:17:33.699 --> 00:17:34.240 has created 00:17:34.240 --> 00:17:34.799 for you 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.299 to flourish. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:40.519 So how 00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:40.799 does this 00:17:40.799 --> 00:17:41.159 commandment 00:17:41.159 --> 00:17:41.619 call us 00:17:41.619 --> 00:17:42.079 to live? 00:17:43.479 --> 00:17:43.939 Calls us 00:17:43.939 --> 00:17:45.379 to six 00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:45.879 days you 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:46.100 shall 00:17:46.100 --> 00:17:46.440 labor. 00:17:48.020 --> 00:17:48.420 And on 00:17:48.420 --> 00:17:48.980 the Sabbath 00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.440 day you 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:50.040 shall rest. 00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:53.040 It's to 00:17:53.040 --> 00:17:53.500 honor the 00:17:53.500 --> 00:17:53.920 weekly 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:55.300 rhythm 00:17:55.300 --> 00:17:56.260 of 00:17:56.260 --> 00:17:57.800 six days 00:17:57.800 --> 00:17:58.980 and one 00:17:58.980 --> 00:17:59.280 day of 00:17:59.280 --> 00:17:59.620 rest. 00:17:59.940 --> 00:18:00.440 So what 00:18:00.440 --> 00:18:00.760 does this 00:18:00.760 --> 00:18:01.320 look like? 00:18:02.220 --> 00:18:02.920 So maybe 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:03.560 on 00:18:03.560 --> 00:18:04.540 Thursday 00:18:04.540 --> 00:18:06.620 you begin 00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:07.100 to think 00:18:07.100 --> 00:18:07.580 about 00:18:07.580 --> 00:18:09.700 resting on 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:10.100 the Sabbath 00:18:10.100 --> 00:18:11.960 and enjoying 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:13.420 the goodness 00:18:13.420 --> 00:18:14.300 that God 00:18:14.300 --> 00:18:14.860 has provided. 00:18:14.859 --> 00:18:14.979 it. 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.919 Because I 00:18:15.919 --> 00:18:16.279 guarantee 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:16.639 if you're 00:18:16.639 --> 00:18:17.119 anything like 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.419 me, 00:18:17.639 --> 00:18:18.139 if you 00:18:18.139 --> 00:18:18.539 start thinking 00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.039 about Sunday 00:18:19.039 --> 00:18:19.439 morning, 00:18:19.919 --> 00:18:20.659 your to-do 00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.119 list is 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:21.879 already going 00:18:21.879 --> 00:18:23.179 and you're 00:18:23.179 --> 00:18:23.699 not going to 00:18:23.699 --> 00:18:24.039 be able to 00:18:24.039 --> 00:18:24.519 shut that 00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:24.859 off. 00:18:27.419 --> 00:18:28.039 And what 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:28.259 would it 00:18:28.259 --> 00:18:28.639 look like 00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.059 for you 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:29.399 as a 00:18:29.399 --> 00:18:29.879 church 00:18:29.879 --> 00:18:31.979 to enjoy 00:18:31.979 --> 00:18:33.179 fellowship 00:18:33.179 --> 00:18:34.740 and community 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.639 in a 00:18:35.639 --> 00:18:36.399 deeper 00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:37.500 way 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:39.359 when you 00:18:39.359 --> 00:18:39.779 gather 00:18:39.779 --> 00:18:40.900 for 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:41.240 worship? 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:46.599 God has 00:18:46.599 --> 00:18:47.579 instituted a 00:18:47.579 --> 00:18:47.940 weekly 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:48.680 structure 00:18:48.680 --> 00:18:49.380 to help 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:50.160 guide the 00:18:50.160 --> 00:18:50.539 health of 00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:51.019 humanity. 00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.240 Sabbath is 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:55.240 the opposite 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:55.720 of every 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:56.160 other day. 00:18:58.079 --> 00:18:58.839 It's 00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.819 opposite 00:18:59.819 --> 00:19:00.119 day. 00:19:00.119 --> 00:19:00.239 day. 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:02.579 When you 00:19:02.579 --> 00:19:02.879 were a 00:19:02.879 --> 00:19:03.119 kid, 00:19:03.199 --> 00:19:03.559 my kids 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.339 used to 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.479 play 00:19:04.479 --> 00:19:04.799 opposite 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:05.099 day. 00:19:05.899 --> 00:19:06.119 They'd 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:06.479 ask a 00:19:06.479 --> 00:19:06.819 question 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.179 like, 00:19:07.500 --> 00:19:08.019 is that 00:19:08.019 --> 00:19:08.799 if my 00:19:08.799 --> 00:19:09.099 kids want 00:19:09.099 --> 00:19:09.279 to go to 00:19:09.279 --> 00:19:09.739 the park? 00:19:10.819 --> 00:19:11.179 I'd say 00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.779 no because 00:19:11.779 --> 00:19:12.079 I'm not a 00:19:12.079 --> 00:19:12.559 good dad. 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:13.519 Just go 00:19:13.519 --> 00:19:14.059 watch TV. 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:14.879 And they'd 00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.099 say no, 00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.239 it's 00:19:15.239 --> 00:19:15.500 opposite 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:15.739 day, 00:19:15.819 --> 00:19:16.039 so that 00:19:16.039 --> 00:19:16.479 means yes. 00:19:17.899 --> 00:19:18.179 So on 00:19:18.179 --> 00:19:18.559 the Sabbath 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:18.939 day, 00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:19.899 it's 00:19:19.899 --> 00:19:20.239 opposite 00:19:20.239 --> 00:19:20.439 day. 00:19:20.500 --> 00:19:20.759 What's 00:19:20.759 --> 00:19:21.359 valued 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:23.919 is you 00:19:23.919 --> 00:19:25.479 sitting. 00:19:27.000 --> 00:19:27.539 What's 00:19:27.539 --> 00:19:28.059 valued 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:29.479 is how 00:19:29.479 --> 00:19:30.000 good was 00:19:30.000 --> 00:19:30.559 your nap? 00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:32.879 What's 00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:33.419 valued 00:19:33.419 --> 00:19:34.939 is were 00:19:34.939 --> 00:19:35.439 you able 00:19:35.439 --> 00:19:36.279 to extend 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.439 mercy? 00:19:39.879 --> 00:19:40.199 Were you 00:19:40.199 --> 00:19:40.679 able to 00:19:40.679 --> 00:19:41.139 worship 00:19:41.139 --> 00:19:43.339 God, 00:19:43.439 --> 00:19:43.639 your 00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:44.519 creator 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.240 and 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:45.899 redeemer 00:19:45.899 --> 00:19:47.379 in a way 00:19:47.379 --> 00:19:47.759 that you 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.319 not only 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:49.179 grew 00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:50.199 intellectually, 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.720 but your 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:52.519 affections 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:52.920 for him 00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:53.259 grew. 00:19:56.240 --> 00:19:57.039 And your 00:19:57.039 --> 00:19:57.640 longing 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:59.220 to be 00:19:59.220 --> 00:19:59.779 with him 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.700 in the 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:01.380 new heavens 00:20:01.380 --> 00:20:01.799 and the 00:20:01.799 --> 00:20:02.279 new earth 00:20:02.279 --> 00:20:03.259 grew. 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:05.440 That's 00:20:05.440 --> 00:20:05.880 what this 00:20:05.880 --> 00:20:06.519 day is 00:20:06.519 --> 00:20:07.080 called to 00:20:07.080 --> 00:20:07.360 be. 00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:09.880 Unplugged 00:20:09.880 --> 00:20:10.640 from electronics 00:20:10.640 --> 00:20:11.039 maybe? 00:20:12.580 --> 00:20:13.360 Play a 00:20:13.360 --> 00:20:13.860 board game? 00:20:15.660 --> 00:20:16.319 Do 00:20:16.319 --> 00:20:16.640 something 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.799 that gives 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.080 you 00:20:18.080 --> 00:20:18.720 fulfillment? 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:26.580 the 00:20:26.580 --> 00:20:26.880 Lord's 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:27.200 day is 00:20:27.200 --> 00:20:27.420 a day 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.000 of rest 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:29.140 to remind 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.660 yourselves 00:20:29.660 --> 00:20:30.559 that God 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:30.880 is in 00:20:30.880 --> 00:20:31.340 control. 00:20:32.620 --> 00:20:33.180 Eat 00:20:33.180 --> 00:20:33.420 good 00:20:33.420 --> 00:20:33.759 food, 00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.380 drink 00:20:35.380 --> 00:20:35.620 what's 00:20:35.620 --> 00:20:36.100 refreshing, 00:20:37.519 --> 00:20:38.740 read a 00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:38.900 good 00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.259 book, 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.140 build 00:20:42.140 --> 00:20:42.400 deep 00:20:42.400 --> 00:20:43.120 relationships. 00:20:44.120 --> 00:20:44.460 The 00:20:44.460 --> 00:20:44.940 Puritans 00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.380 called 00:20:45.380 --> 00:20:45.960 this 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.279 the 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:47.680 Lord's 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:47.980 day, 00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.380 the 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.799 market 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:49.279 day of 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.440 the 00:20:49.440 --> 00:20:49.740 soul. 00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:53.680 it is 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:53.940 a 00:20:53.940 --> 00:20:54.400 feast 00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:56.380 for your 00:20:56.380 --> 00:20:56.819 soul. 00:21:00.900 --> 00:21:01.539 So 00:21:01.539 --> 00:21:02.059 then what 00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.400 would that 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.960 look like 00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:04.080 for your 00:21:04.080 --> 00:21:04.680 soul to 00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:04.980 really 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.680 flourish 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.960 and feast? 00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:09.080 Because the 00:21:09.080 --> 00:21:09.600 rest of the 00:21:09.600 --> 00:21:09.900 week 00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:11.940 we are 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:13.140 told if 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:13.460 we're not 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:13.880 productive, 00:21:14.500 --> 00:21:15.019 if we're not 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.240 doing something, 00:21:16.360 --> 00:21:16.740 if we're not 00:21:16.740 --> 00:21:17.220 growing, 00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.220 if we're not 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:18.860 showing our 00:21:18.860 --> 00:21:19.339 value, 00:21:19.880 --> 00:21:21.420 especially at 00:21:21.420 --> 00:21:22.819 work and 00:21:22.819 --> 00:21:23.160 even in 00:21:23.160 --> 00:21:24.000 relationships that 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:24.400 were really 00:21:24.400 --> 00:21:24.880 not that 00:21:24.880 --> 00:21:25.259 important. 00:21:28.019 --> 00:21:28.779 But the 00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.420 market day of 00:21:29.420 --> 00:21:29.960 the soul 00:21:29.960 --> 00:21:31.819 is a 00:21:31.819 --> 00:21:33.059 reminder that 00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.440 you serve a 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:35.480 God who 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:36.079 moves toward 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.819 you and 00:21:37.819 --> 00:21:38.500 he embraces 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:39.980 you and he 00:21:39.980 --> 00:21:40.559 has sealed 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.120 you into 00:21:41.120 --> 00:21:41.860 his family, 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:42.920 that you are 00:21:42.920 --> 00:21:44.339 adopted and 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:44.600 you will 00:21:44.600 --> 00:21:45.019 never, 00:21:45.019 --> 00:21:45.700 ever, 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:45.740 ever, 00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:47.099 ever be 00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:47.920 alone. 00:21:50.440 --> 00:21:51.099 That's 00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:51.539 something to 00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:51.920 celebrate. 00:21:55.460 --> 00:21:56.139 Really, 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.779 this is the 00:21:56.779 --> 00:21:57.400 Christian's 00:21:57.400 --> 00:21:57.779 weekly 00:21:57.779 --> 00:21:58.660 4th of 00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.079 July 00:21:59.079 --> 00:22:01.700 that we 00:22:01.700 --> 00:22:02.139 celebrate. 00:22:02.319 --> 00:22:02.819 We're set 00:22:02.819 --> 00:22:03.180 free. 00:22:07.299 --> 00:22:08.099 So I 00:22:08.099 --> 00:22:08.599 encourage you 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.400 to be aware 00:22:09.400 --> 00:22:10.259 of what keeps 00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.639 you from a 00:22:11.639 --> 00:22:12.299 day of rest. 00:22:12.299 --> 00:22:12.339 rest. 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:15.779 And how 00:22:15.779 --> 00:22:16.319 is that 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.259 sin? 00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.879 Because God 00:22:19.879 --> 00:22:20.279 is really 00:22:20.279 --> 00:22:21.039 clear here. 00:22:22.940 --> 00:22:23.819 This is a 00:22:23.819 --> 00:22:24.599 day that our 00:22:24.599 --> 00:22:25.919 soul and 00:22:25.919 --> 00:22:26.899 our mind 00:22:26.899 --> 00:22:28.200 need rest, 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:29.059 to be reminded 00:22:29.059 --> 00:22:29.899 of a day to 00:22:29.899 --> 00:22:31.799 set time aside 00:22:31.799 --> 00:22:32.319 to worship 00:22:32.319 --> 00:22:32.899 God and 00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.819 extend mercy 00:22:33.819 --> 00:22:34.819 and enjoy 00:22:34.819 --> 00:22:35.240 the good 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.700 things. 00:22:35.700 --> 00:22:35.759 peace. 00:22:41.180 --> 00:22:41.840 So how 00:22:41.840 --> 00:22:42.400 does Jesus 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:43.259 fulfill this 00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:43.819 commandment? 00:22:47.580 --> 00:22:48.420 He is our 00:22:48.420 --> 00:22:49.120 ultimate rest. 00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:53.120 He is our 00:22:53.120 --> 00:22:55.059 ultimate rest. 00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.360 Nothing will 00:22:59.360 --> 00:23:00.340 fully satisfy 00:23:00.340 --> 00:23:01.080 you here on 00:23:01.080 --> 00:23:01.460 this earth. 00:23:03.120 --> 00:23:04.000 You being 00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.620 a workaholic, 00:23:05.700 --> 00:23:06.559 will not 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.299 satisfy you. 00:23:08.720 --> 00:23:09.799 You immersing 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:10.740 yourself in 00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.720 entertainment, 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:13.920 you never 00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.960 having time 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:16.019 to turn 00:23:16.019 --> 00:23:16.640 your brain 00:23:16.640 --> 00:23:17.380 off or 00:23:17.380 --> 00:23:17.779 at least 00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.440 down. 00:23:22.779 --> 00:23:23.640 So what 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:24.100 does it look 00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:24.960 like for you 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.759 to take time 00:23:25.759 --> 00:23:26.860 to rest? 00:23:29.180 --> 00:23:30.019 But the 00:23:30.019 --> 00:23:30.400 other thing 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:30.740 we need to 00:23:30.740 --> 00:23:31.700 remember is 00:23:31.700 --> 00:23:32.500 a day of 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.200 rest will 00:23:33.200 --> 00:23:34.580 not fully 00:23:34.580 --> 00:23:35.380 satisfy you. 00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.240 rest. 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.100 Because you 00:23:38.100 --> 00:23:38.460 are made 00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.880 for a 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.240 greater 00:23:39.240 --> 00:23:39.759 rest. 00:23:40.940 --> 00:23:41.700 And that's 00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.080 in Jesus. 00:23:44.539 --> 00:23:45.420 So if you 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:46.420 see this, 00:23:46.600 --> 00:23:47.180 and many 00:23:47.180 --> 00:23:47.460 of us, 00:23:47.539 --> 00:23:47.940 even as we 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.380 listen to 00:23:48.380 --> 00:23:48.799 sermons, 00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:51.240 we get 00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.480 really 00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.080 distracted 00:23:52.080 --> 00:23:52.420 and we 00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:52.799 begin to 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:52.980 think, 00:23:53.100 --> 00:23:53.279 okay, 00:23:53.840 --> 00:23:54.940 what's my 00:23:54.940 --> 00:23:55.759 action step 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:56.080 in here? 00:23:56.220 --> 00:23:56.700 What do I 00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.660 do? 00:23:57.660 --> 00:23:57.720 do? 00:23:59.779 --> 00:24:00.540 And maybe 00:24:00.540 --> 00:24:01.000 you've even 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:01.380 made a 00:24:01.380 --> 00:24:01.820 little list 00:24:01.820 --> 00:24:02.279 of things 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:02.860 to do 00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:04.519 instead 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.300 of 00:24:05.300 --> 00:24:07.420 remembering 00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.340 that you 00:24:08.340 --> 00:24:09.340 having a 00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.820 day of 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.700 rest will 00:24:10.700 --> 00:24:11.460 not ultimately 00:24:11.460 --> 00:24:12.340 fulfill you 00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:13.860 because your 00:24:13.860 --> 00:24:14.620 ultimate rest 00:24:14.620 --> 00:24:14.960 is in 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.220 Jesus. 00:24:17.820 --> 00:24:18.640 And what 00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:18.940 does that 00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:19.519 look like 00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:21.519 for you to 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:22.080 honor this 00:24:22.080 --> 00:24:22.660 commandment 00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.960 and take 00:24:23.960 --> 00:24:24.480 time to 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.040 rest and 00:24:25.040 --> 00:24:26.480 remember you 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.160 are redeemed 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:29.019 and you 00:24:29.019 --> 00:24:29.400 are set 00:24:29.400 --> 00:24:29.680 free. 00:24:31.100 --> 00:24:31.620 And maybe 00:24:31.620 --> 00:24:32.080 you're here 00:24:32.080 --> 00:24:32.800 this morning 00:24:32.800 --> 00:24:35.120 and you 00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:36.300 are sort of 00:24:36.300 --> 00:24:37.100 confused and 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:37.400 you don't 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:37.960 really know 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.440 who this 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:39.180 Jesus is 00:24:39.180 --> 00:24:40.320 that we've 00:24:40.320 --> 00:24:41.440 sung about 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:41.980 and read 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:42.560 confessions 00:24:42.560 --> 00:24:43.300 about and 00:24:43.300 --> 00:24:45.120 seen here 00:24:45.120 --> 00:24:45.540 in this 00:24:45.540 --> 00:24:45.860 scripture 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:47.199 and you're 00:24:47.199 --> 00:24:47.639 really not 00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:48.059 sure where 00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.479 you are. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.919 I would 00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.579 encourage you 00:24:51.579 --> 00:24:53.919 to take 00:24:53.919 --> 00:24:56.899 time to 00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.439 build some 00:24:57.439 --> 00:24:57.979 relationships 00:24:57.979 --> 00:24:59.359 here and 00:24:59.359 --> 00:24:59.959 to ask some 00:24:59.959 --> 00:25:00.719 good questions 00:25:00.719 --> 00:25:02.619 so you can 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:03.839 understand that 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.659 this sermon is 00:25:04.659 --> 00:25:05.719 not about 00:25:05.719 --> 00:25:07.039 you need to 00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.740 take time to 00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.179 rest. 00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:11.219 What I want 00:25:11.219 --> 00:25:11.879 to communicate 00:25:11.879 --> 00:25:12.959 is you and 00:25:12.959 --> 00:25:14.159 I really need 00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.099 Jesus. 00:25:15.859 --> 00:25:17.599 and maybe 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.039 that's where 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.439 you are. 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.699 And that's 00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:21.479 okay because I 00:25:21.479 --> 00:25:22.419 guarantee everyone 00:25:22.419 --> 00:25:23.019 in this room 00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:24.139 has been in the 00:25:24.139 --> 00:25:24.759 same place 00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.519 as you are. 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.879 The God of the 00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.839 Bible is a good 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.459 and gracious 00:25:30.459 --> 00:25:33.219 God and he 00:25:33.219 --> 00:25:34.019 wants you to 00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.119 rest in him 00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.000 alone. 00:25:36.379 --> 00:25:37.219 Not in you 00:25:37.219 --> 00:25:37.919 being productive, 00:25:38.179 --> 00:25:38.740 not in you 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:40.339 learning something, 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.559 doing amazing 00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:42.059 things. 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:42.919 He wants you 00:25:42.919 --> 00:25:44.259 to rest in 00:25:44.259 --> 00:25:45.219 him. 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:47.699 Let me pray. 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.439 Most gracious 00:25:54.439 --> 00:25:55.039 God, we are 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.659 thankful that 00:25:55.659 --> 00:25:57.500 you know our 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.439 weakness, you 00:25:58.439 --> 00:25:58.799 know our 00:25:58.799 --> 00:25:59.979 propensity to 00:25:59.979 --> 00:26:03.359 put ourself 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.799 in the place 00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:05.319 of you 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.119 and to make 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:07.599 our own 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:09.379 rules and to 00:26:09.379 --> 00:26:09.859 find our 00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:11.059 significance in 00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.639 things that are 00:26:11.639 --> 00:26:12.299 not ultimate. 00:26:12.299 --> 00:26:15.599 and we ask 00:26:15.599 --> 00:26:17.099 that your 00:26:17.099 --> 00:26:18.019 spirit would 00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:18.980 work within 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.419 us, 00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:22.000 that we 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.539 would know 00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:23.240 what it 00:26:23.240 --> 00:26:24.200 means to 00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:25.419 rest in the 00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:26.119 goodness of 00:26:26.119 --> 00:26:26.419 Jesus. 00:26:28.180 --> 00:26:29.119 In his name 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:29.740 we pray. 00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:31.359 Amen. 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:31.459 Amen. 00:26:49.939 --> 00:26:50.939 Amen.