Genesis 2:1-3 "So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation."

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Genesis 2:1-3 "So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation."

God's Rest Day For Us 神赐给我们的安息日

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 A. Demonstrated at Creation 在创世时的示范 Genesis 2:1-3 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 A. Demonstrated at Creation 在创世时的示范 創 世 記 2:1-3 天地万物都造齐了。到第七日，神造物的工已 经完毕，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。 神赐福给第七日，定为圣日；因为在这日，神 歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 A. Demonstrated at Creation 在创世时的示范 Genesis 2:1-3 So the creation of the heavens and the earth and everything in them was completed. On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 B. Formalized with Israel 与以色列定为律法 Exodus 20:8-11 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 B. Formalized with Israel 与以色列定为律法 Exodus 20:8-11 days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 B. Formalized with Israel 与以色列定为律法 出 埃 及 記 20:8-11 当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌做你一 切的工，但第七日是向耶和华 ─ 你神当守的安 息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并 你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可做；因为 六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海，和其中的万 物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日， 定为圣日。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 B. Formalized with Israel 与以色列定为律法 Exodus 31:13 Say to the Israelites, "You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the LORD, who makes you holy."

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 B. Formalized with Israel 与以色列定为律法 出 埃 及 31:13 你要吩咐以色列人说：你们务要守我的安息日； 因为这是你我之间世世代代的证据，使你们知 道我 ─ 耶和华是叫你们成为圣的。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 C. Corrected by Jesus 被主耶稣更正 Mark 2:27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." 馬 可 福 音 2:27 又对他们说：安息日是为人设立的，人不是为 安息日设立的。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 C. Corrected by Jesus 被主耶稣更正 Matthew 12:11-12 He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 C. Corrected by Jesus 被主耶稣更正 馬 太 福 音 12:11-12 耶稣说：你们中间谁有一只羊，当安息日掉在 坑里，不把他抓住，拉上来呢？人比羊何等贵 重呢！所以，在安息日作善事是可以的。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 D. Liberated by Paul 被保罗解放 Colossians 2:16-17 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 D. Liberated by Paul 被保罗解放 歌 羅 西 書 2:16-17 所以，不拘在饮食上，或节期、月朔、安息日 都不可让人论断你们。这些原是後事的影儿； 那形体却是基督。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 E. Moved by the Early Church 被早期教会移动 Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Paul spoke to the people... 使 徒 行 傳 20:7 七日的第一日，我们聚会擘饼的时候，保罗因 为要次日起行，就与他们讲论，直讲到半夜。

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 E. Moved by the Early Church 被早期教会移动 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up... 歌 林 多 前 書 16:2 每逢七日的第一日，各人要照自己的进项抽出 来留着...

1. The Teaching of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的教导 E. Moved by the Early Church 被早期教会移动 Revelation 1:10 On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet... 启 示 录 1:10 当主日，我被圣灵感动，听见在我後面有大声 音如吹号...

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 A. Enjoy Physical and Mental Renewal 享受肉体与心灵的更新

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 B. Observing the Sabbath Rest Day with Joy 喜乐的来守安息日 Isaiah 58:13-14 If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD’s holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride in

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 B. Observing the Sabbath Rest Day with Joy 喜乐的来守安息日 Isaiah 58:13-14 triumph on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 B. Observing the Sabbath Rest Day with Joy 喜乐的来守安息日 以 賽 亞 書 58:13-14 你若在安息日谨慎你的脚步，在我圣日不以操 作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称耶和华的 圣日为可尊重的；而且尊敬这日，不办自己的 私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话，你 就以耶和华为乐。耶和华要使你乘驾地的高处， 又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。这是耶和华亲口 说的。

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 Hebrews 4:4-10 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” And again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.” Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 Hebrews 4:4-10 did not go in because of their disobedience, God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.”For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 Hebrews 4:4-10 about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 希 伯 來 書 4:4-10 论到第七日，有一处说，到第七日神就歇了他 一切的工。又有一处说：他们断不可进入我的 安息！既有必进安息的人，那先前听见福音的， 因为不信从，不得进去。所以过了多年，就在 大卫的书上，又限定一日，如以上所引的说： 你们今日若听他的话，就不可硬着心。若是约 书亚已叫他们享了安息，後来神就不再提别的

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 希 伯 來 書 4:4-10 日子了。这样看来，必另有一安息日的安息为 神的子民存留。因为那进入安息的，乃是歇了 自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一样。

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until we finds its rest in thee.” - Augustine

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 Matthew 11:28-29 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

2. The Application of the Sabbath Rest 有关安息日的应用 C. Receiving the Salvation Rest 接受救恩的安息 馬 太 福 音 11:28-29 凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你 们得安息。我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭， 学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。