Zac Poonen - The New Covenant Sabbath Rest

Zac PoonenApril 15, 202420mWatch on YouTube

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Speaker: Zac Poonen Title: The New Covenant Sabbath Rest Date: 04/14/2024 Our Goal as Christians is this: To be an exact reflection of Jesus, the Son of God (Romans 8:29) We do this individually by growing in purity in our personal lives (1 John 3:2-3) We do this corporately by becoming fully functioning members of a local Church (Ephesians 4:11-16)

Summary

Zac Poonen explains that the New Covenant Sabbath rest is not merely a day of physical inactivity, but a perpetual state of spiritual peace and trust in God. True Sabbath rest involves freedom from anxiety about the past (through Christ's blood and God's forgiveness), confidence in God's sovereignty and fatherly care for the future, and complete surrender of our will to God's purposes. Believers are called to live in constant rest, free from turmoil caused by circumstances, people, or fear, resting in the assurance that God remembers our sins no more and orchestrates all things for our good.

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What was the Old Testament Sabbath?In the Old Testament, the Sabbath was the only commandment not focused on human relations, requiring Israelites to cease from their own ways, pleasures, and words on the Sabbath.

Canaan as a type of restJust as the Israelites failed to enter God's rest in Canaan due to unbelief, believers today are warned not to miss out on the spiritual rest God promises.

Living in a perpetual Sabbath restGod wants His people to live in a constant state of rest free from mental turmoil, anxiety over circumstances, or bitterness against others.

Resting from our own worksEntering God's rest means resting from our own works just as God rested after creation, secure in what Christ has done.

Freedom from past sinsThrough the blood of Christ, believers are declared righteous and can have complete assurance that God remembers their past sins and iniquities no more.

Trusting our heavenly Father for the futureKnowing God as our Father who rules heaven and earth gives us confidence that He controls the future and works everything together for our good.

Being diligent to enter the restBelievers must make a deliberate, diligent effort to enter this life of rest so that anxiety and panic do not destroy their homes and families.

Dealing only with GodEverything is laid bare before God, who is the ultimate one with whom we have to do, freeing us from panic over how other people treat us.

Setting the Lord continually before usBy keeping the Lord at our right hand twenty-four hours a day, we will not be moved or shaken by discouragement and unrest.Psalm 16:8

The necessity of being filled with the Holy SpiritBeing filled with the Holy Spirit helps us maintain a constant consciousness of the Lord's presence in our speech, reactions, and daily relationships.

Remaining steadfast in troubled timesAs the world approaches days of great fear, perplexity, and distress before the Lord's return, believers must lift up their heads and walk in this divine rest.Luke 21:25–26

Guarding against anxiety and accusationWhenever panic or a spirit of accusation against others creeps into your mind, recognize that you are out of God's will and reject the devil's lies.

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