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Rest in the Lord
by Jack Horn
Rest means to trust in Jesus Christ as our Life-Source, depending upon Him to empower our actions
with His strength and direction. Rest is not ceasing to work; rest is the power of God working through us.
Rest is depending on God to do the work and not our own efforts. God has equipped us to do His work.
Ephesians 2:10. “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them,” Hebrews 3:1 “Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a
heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.”
Remember, in Ephesians 2, it says we were created in Christ Jesus for good works. At our new birth,
we were created in Christ Jesus. All things are new, old things have passed away. Hebrews 3:2 “He was
faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.” Jesus was faithful to God to do
all the works God appointed Him to do. God lived His life through His Son, while He ministered on
earth.
Hebrews 3:3-6 “For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, just so much
as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4For every house is built by
someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5Now Moses was faithful in all His house as
a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6but Christ was
faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and
the boast of our hope firm until the end.”
Notice Christ was faithful as a Son over all of us. It has always been in the heart of God, to be a father
to many sons.
Hebrews 2:10 "For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in
bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through
suffering."
God’s ultimate intention and purpose has always been to be a Father of many Sons, living His life
through them.
Hebrews 3:7-11 (NNAS) "Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU
HEAR HIS VOICE, 8DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY
PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, 9WHERE
YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY
YEARS. 10"THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID,
'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY
WAYS'; 11AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'""
In the wilderness, Israel did not believe God was able to take them into the Promised Land. After the
spies returned, fear came on the people. They would not allow God to do the work and fight their battles.
They were unable to enter into the rest of God.
Hebrews 3:12 (RSV) “Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving
heart, leading you to fall away from the living God."
Just learning about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is not enough to enter into the rest of God. Being a
mature Son requires an intimate relationship with the triune God.
Hebrews 3:13 (RSV) "But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of
you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of [Mr.] sin." [Mr. Sin is a persona in us.] Mr. Sin is always
by Jack Horn
Rest means to trust in Jesus Christ as our Life-Source, depending upon Him to empower our actions
with His strength and direction. Rest is not ceasing to work; rest is the power of God working through us.
Rest is depending on God to do the work and not our own efforts. God has equipped us to do His work.
Ephesians 2:10. “We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared
beforehand, that we should walk in them,” Hebrews 3:1 “Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a
heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.”
Remember, in Ephesians 2, it says we were created in Christ Jesus for good works. At our new birth,
we were created in Christ Jesus. All things are new, old things have passed away. Hebrews 3:2 “He was
faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house.” Jesus was faithful to God to do
all the works God appointed Him to do. God lived His life through His Son, while He ministered on
earth.
Hebrews 3:3-6 “For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, just so much
as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. 4For every house is built by
someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5Now Moses was faithful in all His house as
a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6but Christ was
faithful as a Son over His house whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and
the boast of our hope firm until the end.”
Notice Christ was faithful as a Son over all of us. It has always been in the heart of God, to be a father
to many sons.
Hebrews 2:10 "For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in
bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through
suffering."
God’s ultimate intention and purpose has always been to be a Father of many Sons, living His life
through them.
Hebrews 3:7-11 (NNAS) "Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU
HEAR HIS VOICE, 8DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY
PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, 9WHERE
YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY
YEARS. 10"THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID,
'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY
WAYS'; 11AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'""
In the wilderness, Israel did not believe God was able to take them into the Promised Land. After the
spies returned, fear came on the people. They would not allow God to do the work and fight their battles.
They were unable to enter into the rest of God.
Hebrews 3:12 (RSV) “Take care, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving
heart, leading you to fall away from the living God."
Just learning about the Father, Son and Holy Spirit is not enough to enter into the rest of God. Being a
mature Son requires an intimate relationship with the triune God.
Hebrews 3:13 (RSV) "But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "today," that none of
you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of [Mr.] sin." [Mr. Sin is a persona in us.] Mr. Sin is always
