🕊 Genesis Part 6: The Sabbath Rest of God
đź“… March 30, 2025
📖 Text: Genesis 2:1–3
🎙️ Sermon Series: Genesis – From Creation to Covenant
What does it mean that God "rested" on the seventh day? In this message, we explore how God's rest in Genesis 2 is not merely the end of creation, but the beginning of something deeply spiritual: a divine pattern, a covenantal sign, and a gospel promise.
Theme:
God’s rest on the seventh day is a divine model and a covenantal sign that points to spiritual rest in Christ and eternal communion with God.
Main Proposition:
Because God sanctified the seventh day as a holy rest, we must embrace the Sabbath principle by finding our ultimate rest in the finished work of Christ and honoring the Lord’s Day as a gift of grace.
🔍 In This Sermon:
We unpack the completion of creation in six literal days as a testimony to God’s power and order.
We see how God rested not from weariness but to model satisfaction and set apart a day for worship and reflection.
We consider how the seventh day, the first thing called holy in Scripture, points us to Jesus—the true Sabbath.
We examine the gospel implications of Sabbath rest, including the joy of the Lord’s Day and the hope of eternal communion with God.
✝️ Call to Action:
Christian—Are you truly resting in Christ? Are you delighting in the Lord’s Day?
Unbeliever—Come to Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath.
Church—Let’s joyfully recover a Christ-centered Lord’s Day marked by worship, fellowship, and gospel rest.
📖 “There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God…” — Hebrews 4:9
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