The Principle of Enjoying and Resting with God VS The Sign of Being One and United with God (A Divine Principle)
Genesis 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished his work; on the seventh day he rested from all his work.
Genesis 2:3 God blessed the seventh day and set it apart as holy, because on it he rested from all his work of creation and construction.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day; set it apart as holy.
Exodus 20:9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
Exodus 20:10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, neither you nor your sons nor your daughters, neither your servants nor your female servants, neither your livestock nor the sojourners in your towns.
Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and on the seventh day he rested; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.
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Item |
The Principle of Enjoying and Resting with God |
The Sign of Being One and United with God |
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Meaning |
Before working, man first enjoys God and rests with Him |
In God’s work, man and God are one in spirit and action |
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Reason |
God does not require man to work first, but to receive His supply |
God’s work is not done for God but by God within man |
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Metaphor |
The Sabbath: God works, man enjoys |
A sign: man does not act by himself but by God |
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Way |
Be filled with God before taking action |
Be one with God in action, speaking, and service |
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Function |
Supplies strength, power, and direction |
Causes God’s work to express God Himself and His glory |
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Explanation |
Rest is not inactivity, but enjoyment of God’s completed work |
Oneness is not cooperation side by side, but one life operating |
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Result |
Man is supplied, refreshed, and rested |
The work honors and glorifies God |
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Mutual Relationship |
Enjoyment is the foundation of oneness |
Oneness is the expression and proof of enjoyment |
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Example (OT) |
Creation: man entered God’s rest on his first day |
The tabernacle builders kept the Sabbath first (Exo. 31) |
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Example (NT) |
Pentecost: the disciples were filled with the Spirit |
Peter preached by the overflowing Spirit |
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Time Principle |
For man, rest is the first day |
From the first-day rest, man works with God |
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Cyclic Nature |
Rest → Work → Rest again |
Oneness → Action → Deeper oneness |
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Application (Life) |
Turn to the Lord and enjoy Him before everything |
Practice being one with the Lord in daily living |
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Application (Service) |
Do not rush to work for God; let God fill you first |
Do not merely speak for God; speak with God |
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Burden |
Deliver believers from self-powered religious labor |
Bring believers into the reality of God-man oneness |
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Prophesying Guidance |
Declare: “The Lord is my rest and enjoyment” |
Declare: “I am one spirit with the Lord” |
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Conclusion |
Man rests in God’s finished work to work with God |
Only work done in oneness truly honors God |
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Core Summary |
Enjoy first, then work |
Oneness is manifested in working |
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Ultimate Direction |
Prepare man for God’s work |
Produce a testimony of God working with man |
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Related Scriptures |
Gen. 2:2–3; Exo. 20:8–11; Heb. 4:9–10 |
Exo. 31:12–17; Acts 2:1–4; 1 Cor. 6:17; John 15:4–5 |
Overall Divine Conclusion:
God works and then rests; man rests and then works.
Only when man first enjoys God can he work with God in
oneness— and this oneness is the divine sign of
God’s people.
*Please refer to the 2025 Thanksgiving International Symposium on the All-Inclusive Christ as Revealed in the Gospel of Matthew, Part Five: Christ as the Giver of Rest
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