1. Who is the source of rest? · Jesus Christ our Saviour and Lord is our only Source of rest. In fact Jesus is our Rest! Read Matthew 11:28-30.
2. What is the relationship between rest and righteousness? · Rest is the result of righteousness. Read Isaiah 32:17, 18; Romans 5:1.
3. Who is our righteousness in the New Covenant experience? · Jesus Christ is the Lord our Righteousness and therefore He is also our Rest . Read 1 Corinthians 1:30; Jeremiah 23:6.
4. How does the believer enter into God’s Rest? · By faith, faith in Christ. Read Hebrews 4:3.
5. Why did the Israelites in the Sinaitic Old Covenant not enter into God’s rest? · Unbelief prevented them from entering into God’s rest. Read Hebrews 3:10,11 & 19; 4:1,2.
6. With what original restfulness does Paul compare the rest of salvation? · The rest the believer has in Christ is the same rest which the creation enjoyed in the beginning at the end of creation-week before Adam’s fall. Read Hebrews 4:3, 9, 10.
The sweet harmony, peace and rest which characterized the oneness between God and man before the entrance of sin into the world, is the same harmony, peace and rest which the believer has in Christ in the New Covenant experience.
7. How did God celebrate the creation rest in the beginning? · God celebrated the creation rest by resting upon, blessing and sanctifying the seventh day of creation-week. Read Genesis 2:1-3; Hebrews 4:4.
8. According to Jesus, for whom did God make the Sabbath? · The Sabbath was made for man. Read Mark 2:27, 28.
9. Are New-Covenant believers in Christ to celebrate their salvation rest in the same way as, or in a different way to, how God celebrated His creation rest? · The believer who has entered into rest ceases from his own works as God ceased from His. And how did God cease from His? Read Genesis 2:1-3. Read Hebrews 4:9,10,4. Therefore both the New-Covenant rest and the creation-rest are celebrated on the seventh day of the week.
10. Is it true that circumcision was the entrance sign to the Old Covenant? · Here Paul states very clearly that circumcision was given to Abraham as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had before circumcision. Therefore circumcision was given as a sign of the New Covenant. But Israel perverted the whole arrangement and came to regard circumcision as salvation itself! Read Romans 4 especially verse 11.
2. What is the relationship between rest and righteousness? · Rest is the result of righteousness. Read Isaiah 32:17, 18; Romans 5:1.
3. Who is our righteousness in the New Covenant experience? · Jesus Christ is the Lord our Righteousness and therefore He is also our Rest . Read 1 Corinthians 1:30; Jeremiah 23:6.
4. How does the believer enter into God’s Rest? · By faith, faith in Christ. Read Hebrews 4:3.
5. Why did the Israelites in the Sinaitic Old Covenant not enter into God’s rest? · Unbelief prevented them from entering into God’s rest. Read Hebrews 3:10,11 & 19; 4:1,2.
6. With what original restfulness does Paul compare the rest of salvation? · The rest the believer has in Christ is the same rest which the creation enjoyed in the beginning at the end of creation-week before Adam’s fall. Read Hebrews 4:3, 9, 10.
The sweet harmony, peace and rest which characterized the oneness between God and man before the entrance of sin into the world, is the same harmony, peace and rest which the believer has in Christ in the New Covenant experience.
7. How did God celebrate the creation rest in the beginning? · God celebrated the creation rest by resting upon, blessing and sanctifying the seventh day of creation-week. Read Genesis 2:1-3; Hebrews 4:4.
8. According to Jesus, for whom did God make the Sabbath? · The Sabbath was made for man. Read Mark 2:27, 28.
9. Are New-Covenant believers in Christ to celebrate their salvation rest in the same way as, or in a different way to, how God celebrated His creation rest? · The believer who has entered into rest ceases from his own works as God ceased from His. And how did God cease from His? Read Genesis 2:1-3. Read Hebrews 4:9,10,4. Therefore both the New-Covenant rest and the creation-rest are celebrated on the seventh day of the week.
10. Is it true that circumcision was the entrance sign to the Old Covenant? · Here Paul states very clearly that circumcision was given to Abraham as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had before circumcision. Therefore circumcision was given as a sign of the New Covenant. But Israel perverted the whole arrangement and came to regard circumcision as salvation itself! Read Romans 4 especially verse 11.