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••• The Mystery of Rest: Resting In Christ, Ep 338 .••• Bible Study Verses: Psalm 37.1, Hebrews 11.6, Romans 4, Hebrews 3.19, Ecclesiastes 9.11, Matthew 11.28-30 .••• “Another element of the Sabbath day rest which God instituted as a foreshadowing of our complete rest in Christ is that He blessed it, sanctified it, and made it holy. Here again we see the symbol of Christ as our Sabbath rest—the holy, perfect Son of God who sanctifies and makes holy all who believe in Him. God sanctified Christ, just as He sanctified the Sabbath day, and sent Him into the world (John 10:36) to be our sacrifice for sin. In Him we find complete rest from the labors of our self-effort, because He alone is holy and righteous. "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21). We can now cease from our spiritual labors and rest in Him, not just one day a week, but always", Got Questions Ministries, a network of sites with a shared mission: to glorify God and