Worship Service 02/13/2022

Preacher: Jeremy Herbert Text:  Acts 18:18-23 Theme: Reflect, Refresh, & Renew Notes: Refreshing the Body and Soul The Sabbath rest is for everyone The pattern of resting one day out of seven precedes the giving of the Law Genesis 2:1 Mark 2:27-28, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.” The …

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Preacher: Jeremy Herbert

Text:  Acts 18:18-23

Theme: Reflect, Refresh, & Renew

Notes:

Refreshing the Body and Soul

The Sabbath rest is for everyone

The pattern of resting one day out of seven precedes the giving of the Law
Genesis 2:1
Mark 2:27-28, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath.”
The Sabbath was given:

As a rest
As a remembrance

Rest restores our identity

The Sabbath was given as a distinctive mark for God’s people
It shows that our bodies, our time, and our finances belong to God

That He will provide because He is good
That while He commands us to labor, He is not dependent on our labor

Rest reminds us that it is about relationship

A God-initiated relationship
The rest we enjoy is Christ’s rest, because it was Christ who labored for our salvation–not us

Rest restores the soul

We need physical rest–but we also need spiritual and emotional rest
Our weekly church attendance is part of that spiritual and emotional rest
Psalm 23:1-3
“He makes me to lie down”

There are many times when God not only leads us to rest–but makes us do it
How many times have we overlabored until God providentially allowed sickness to force us to rest
Schaeffer, even good activity can be idolatry
Chambers, waiting & rest indicate a healthy faith

Rest should be purposeful

If relentless labor produced changed lives, then we don’t really need faith
There are lazy people that need to work harder
There are working people that need to rest
God is glorified by faith-fueled labor AND faith-fueled rest

Live It Out!

Take intentional time to refresh your body and soul
You need physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual rest
Depending on what your normal job is, rest might be different for you than others
Take rests from media and screens:

to rest and reset your attention span
to rest & redevelop your thinking skills
to quiet your soul

There are consequences to NOT resting:

physical: health
spiritual: relationships
You can’t steal sleep–you can only borrow it

Owning stuff can be labor as well

Every thing you own also owns you