Keeping the Sabbath is an eternal covenant between us and God, assuring God that we will be one with Him by first enjoying Him and being filled with Him and then working for Him in oneness with Him; we should not do anything for the Lord without first enjoying Him, for everything related to God’s […]
We Enter God’s Rest, enjoy God, and are Satisfied with God before we Work for God
March 24, 2026 by 10 Comments
We need to learn how to rest with God and then work for God, and we need to enter into God’s rest as we work with Him and for Him; we need to keep the principle of the Sabbath, taking Christ as our rest and enjoyment for our satisfaction with God and in God, and […]
The Work of the Lord to Build up the Church should Begin with the Enjoyment of God
October 14, 2020 by Leave a Comment
As believers in Christ and the people of God, we need to bear a sign that we rest with God, enjoy God, and are filled with God first, and then we work with the One who fills us; the work of the Lord to build up the church should begin with our enjoyment of God. […]
We first Enjoy God and are filled with Him and then Work with Him in Oneness with Him
July 2, 2020 by Leave a Comment
As the people of God, we must bear a sign that we are God’s by resting with God, enjoying God, and being filled with God first, and then we can work with the One who fills us; we must first enjoy God and be filled with Him before we can work with Him and for […]
We keep the Sabbath when we Rest and Enjoy God in a Solemn Way for His Satisfaction
October 16, 2018 by 1 Comment
The principle of the Sabbath is that God first wants us to rest and enjoy God, and then we can work together with Him. This principle applies both in creation and in redemption. When God created us, we didn’t have to work first but rest and enjoy God, and then we could work with Him. […]
Taking the Lord as our Real Sabbath Rest and Laboring with Him as our Strength
November 5, 2016 by 2 Comments
![Keeping the Sabbath is an eternal covenant assuring God that we will be one with Him by first enjoying Him and then working with Him, for Him, and in oneness with Him. The mentioning of the Sabbath here [Exo. 31:16] indicates that everything related to the tabernacle and its furniture leads us to God’s Sabbath, with its rest and refreshment in the enjoyment of what God has purposed and done. #ExoCS4, outline 11](https://i0.wp.com/agodman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Keeping-the-Sabbath-is-an-eternal-covenant-assuring-God-that-we-will-be-one-with-Him2.jpg?fit=200%2C300&ssl=1)
It is very significant that, after God gave Moses the specific instructions concerning the tabernacle and about the workers of the tabernacle, He reminded His people concerning keeping the Sabbath; keeping the Sabbath was a perpetual contract or covenant between God and His people, a sign showing everyone that they belong to Him (Exo. 31:13). […]
The Principle of the Sabbath is that we First Enjoy God and Rest in Him, then we Work
November 4, 2016 by 3 Comments
After seeing who are the workers of the tabernacle and what are their qualifications, today we want to see how God rested and was refreshed on the Sabbath, and therefore He charged that His people would keep His Sabbaths (Exo. 31:13-16); today we want to see what it means to keep the principle of the […]
