Consumed by Rest/Peace
Consumed by Rest/Peace
Main Text: I Thessalonians 1:7, Matthew 11:28-30
Psalm 3:5
There is a difference in being tired and weary!
Tired - the need for rest or sleep.
Weary - exhausted in strength, endurance or effort. Lack of will to keep pressing on.
II Thessalonians 1:7
When Paul wrote the book of Second Thessalonians, the believers in the city of Thessalonica were undergoing horrifying persecution.
Christians were being hunted both by pagan idol worshipers and by unbelieving Jews who detested the Gospel message.
Members of the Thessalonian church were suffering, and some even paid the price of dying for the Gospel.
In spite of these afflictions and pressures from outside forces, this congregation refused to surrender to defeat.
When Paul addressed these believers in Second Thessalonians, they had already been under this stress and pressure for a long period of time.
The assaults against them had been like a stream of unstoppable attacks from which they had no break.
They were exhausted — extremely tired, worn out, and fatigued.
It had been a very long time since they had put up their feet and taken a break!
The idea of unwinding or lightening up almost seemed like a fantasy.
We all need to rest at some point!
“If you’ve been going through it, you still must learn how to rest in the Lord, even in the middle of that difficult situation you are facing.
If you don’t, the battle will wear you out!
The word “troubled” tells us the extent of their hardships.
It is the Greek word thlipsis, a word Paul often employs when he describes difficult events that he and his team have encountered.
This word is so strong that it is impossible to misunderstand the intensity of these persecutions.
It conveys the idea of a heavy-pressure situation.
In fact, one scholar commented that the word thlipsis was first used to describe the specific act of tying a victim with a rope, laying him on his back, and then placing a huge boulder on top of him until his body was crushed.
As time progressed, this word came to describe any situation that was crushing or debilitating.
Matthew 11:28-30
v.29 - “Bend your neck to my yoke.” The metaphor of a yoke is that it joins two animals to work as one. It is not simply work or toil that is the focus here, but union with Christ.
YOKE - being joined together with the Lord.
BURDEN - load.
I Kings 19:4-7
We’re
Psalm 46:10
Number 13:32-33 - IN ORDER FOR YOU TO STEP INTO PROMISE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFRONT SOME GIANTS.
Psalm 3:5
There is a difference in being tired and weary!
Tired - the need for rest or sleep.
Weary - exhausted in strength, endurance or effort. Lack of will to keep pressing on.
II Thessalonians 1:7
When Paul wrote the book of Second Thessalonians, the believers in the city of Thessalonica were undergoing horrifying persecution.
Christians were being hunted both by pagan idol worshipers and by unbelieving Jews who detested the Gospel message.
Members of the Thessalonian church were suffering, and some even paid the price of dying for the Gospel.
In spite of these afflictions and pressures from outside forces, this congregation refused to surrender to defeat.
When Paul addressed these believers in Second Thessalonians, they had already been under this stress and pressure for a long period of time.
The assaults against them had been like a stream of unstoppable attacks from which they had no break.
They were exhausted — extremely tired, worn out, and fatigued.
It had been a very long time since they had put up their feet and taken a break!
The idea of unwinding or lightening up almost seemed like a fantasy.
We all need to rest at some point!
“If you’ve been going through it, you still must learn how to rest in the Lord, even in the middle of that difficult situation you are facing.
If you don’t, the battle will wear you out!
The word “troubled” tells us the extent of their hardships.
It is the Greek word thlipsis, a word Paul often employs when he describes difficult events that he and his team have encountered.
This word is so strong that it is impossible to misunderstand the intensity of these persecutions.
It conveys the idea of a heavy-pressure situation.
In fact, one scholar commented that the word thlipsis was first used to describe the specific act of tying a victim with a rope, laying him on his back, and then placing a huge boulder on top of him until his body was crushed.
As time progressed, this word came to describe any situation that was crushing or debilitating.
Matthew 11:28-30
v.29 - “Bend your neck to my yoke.” The metaphor of a yoke is that it joins two animals to work as one. It is not simply work or toil that is the focus here, but union with Christ.
YOKE - being joined together with the Lord.
BURDEN - load.
I Kings 19:4-7
We’re
Psalm 46:10
Number 13:32-33 - IN ORDER FOR YOU TO STEP INTO PROMISE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONFRONT SOME GIANTS.
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