Jeremiah 17.19-27 - “The God Who Offers Rest”

- “The God Who Offers Rest”

Jesus said, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (). God not only invites us to rest but He commands us to rest in Him one day in seven, the Sabbath Day. To ignore God’s rest places one’s soul in great danger.

rest” ( ). God not only invites us to rest but He commands us to rest in

Him one day in seven, the Sabbath Day. To ignore God’s rest places one’s soul in

great danger.

I. Warning! –

A. Take heed to yourselves

1. The 4th Commandment –

2. God does not want His people to be slaves to their work – , , )

B. The Sabbath is a testimony to the God who gives health and salvation –

1. We need to prepare our hearts and order our lives in order to remember the Sabbath Day –

2. You will take someone’s yoke on yourself – either the God of Rest or someone else representing Satan whose ways only lead to death ()

II. Honoring the Sabbath –

A. Evidences a teachable spirit

1. Failure to obey the Lord indicates a stubbornness of heart. Such stubbornness publicly reproaches and despises God

2. “Sit down” and seek the Lord –

3. Man’s first full day on earth was the Sabbath –

B. The Sabbath is the Lord’s Day

1. Jesus rose on the first day of the week –

2. The early Christians worshipped on the first day of the week –

3. Jesus appeared to John to write Revelation on the first day of the week –

C. The Christian Sabbath is the Lord’s Day

“As it is the law of nature, that, in general, a due proportion of time be set apart for the worship of God; so, in His Word, by a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment binding all men in all ages, He has particularly appointed one day in seven, for a Sabbath, to be kept holy unto him. which, from the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, was the last day of the week. and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord's Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.” Westminster Confession of Faith - 21.7

of Christ, was the last day of the week. and, from the resurrection of Christ, was changed into the first day of the week, which, in Scripture, is called the Lord's Day, and is to be continued to the end of the world, as the Christian Sabbath.” Westminster Confession of Faith - 21.7

III. The Blessings and Curse –

A. Blessings –

1. Prosperity

2. Civic blessing – Worship will flourish; the people will bring burnt offerings and sacrifices of praise

3. National blessing – the nation united

B. Curse –

1. God would destroy the nation, the first son as king only lasts three months and is taken to Egypt

2. Jehoiakim, the second son contended with Jeremiah for 14 years

3. The third son Jehoiachin ruled three months and taken to Babylon

4. The fourth son Zedekiah saw the destruction of Jerusalem

Our nation is suffering stress, depression, brokenness, poverty, and a nation torn apart by division, conflict, lawlessness, threatening anarchy. Is it not time to honor the Lord who died and rose again to heal His people and our land? Think about the Lord’s Day by what you are able to do, not what you can’t do. Rest in the Lord and the gospel of grace. Build lasting relationships; visit the sick and shut in. The Sabbath is a gift of grace. Give thanks and remember the Sabbath to keep it holy