The idea of Sabbath-like rest through faith in Jesus, described in Hebrews 3 and 4, and the rest in Jesus that the Old Testament Sabbath foreshadowed, mentioned in Colossians 2, resonates with me.

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“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to ent… ...

Let me begin by saying that the word “sabbath,” as I am using it here today, does not been the Jewish Sabbath or Saturday, or the Christian Sabbath, which is Sunday, but rather the idea of ...

Sabbath is given and commanded as a day of rest, being modeled after the idea that God rested after all the work that God had done to create the world (Ex. 20:8-11). In Deuteronomy, sabbath is also ...

Remember the story of the laborers that Jesus told (Matt. 20:1–16). ... If we and our young people are going to embrace Sabbath rest for the gift that it is, ...

However, Christians since the earliest times have equated Sabbath rest and worship with the first day of the week. This was to honor the resurrection of Jesus, which occurred on a Sunday, or as ...

Jesus’ sabbath healings are controversial because ancient Jews debated whether lifesaving work was permitted on the holy day. ... In the rest of them, Jesus defends himself—because ancient Jews, like ...

“O Lord Jesus Christ, by Your three-day rest in the tomb You hallowed the graves of all who believe in You, promising resurrection to our mortal bodies…” (Lutheran Service Book Agenda, p. 128).

There remains, then, a sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.