Instead of demanding one day of the seven, the law of love really controls, regulates our entire time; seven days of the week we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, mind, soul and strength; seven days of the week we are to love our neighbor as ourselves; and seven days in the week we are to rest also—rest from our own works; rest by faith in the finished work of Christ; rest in the love of God; and rest in the peace of God which passes understanding, ruling in our hearts continually.
To enter into rest implies that we accept Christ's finished work as our justification before God, and that we abide with perfect assurance in the consciousness of the reckoned enjoyment of all Millennial blessings. He who has this faith, instead of going about to establish his own righteousness, has peace in the sense of enjoying Christ's righteousness. Thus justifying faith gives Him the rest of justification. Furthermore, in consecration, ceasing from living for self and the world, and looking forward with perfect assurance to the successful outcome of God's Plan, he has the same kind of rest that God enjoys.
Heb. 3:7—4:11; Job 22:21, 26; 34:29; Psa. 4:8; 17:15; 25:12; 29:11; 37:4, 11, 37; 119:165; 125:1, 5; Prov. 3:17, 24; Isa. 26:3, 12; 28:12; 53:5; 54:10, 13; 57:2, 19; John 14:27; 16:33; Acts 10:36; Rom. 5:1; 8:6; 14:17; 15:13; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 2:14-17; Phil. 4:7, 9; Col. 3:15; 2 Thes. 3:16.
