St. John's Denver St. John's Church & School

We are called to live differently than the rest of the world. In this text, we see the Ten Commandments and the emphasis is on God rescuing His people out of Egypt remembering that they were brought out of Egypt and saved from slavery, where they did not have a day of rest. The world often operates like Egypt in the story of the Exodus. However, as God’s people, we will be faithful and be reminded of God's rescue from sin and death and find rest that contrasts the rest of the world.

This week Pastor Andrew and St. John's School's Principal Phil Barnard discuss how Christians think their experiences are more true than other belief systems?

Work out of rest. And, rest from work. We follow in the footsteps of our Creator who spoke the world into order. Part of His good creation was rest for Himself as a pattern for all to follow. Rest is a part of God's creation. Notice the word for rest is not simply "to stop" but rather to "settle" or “dwell” in (Genesis 2:15). This is different than just simply stopping to rest, because we have a God who creates, enters His creation, and enjoys it. What does that look like for us as people of God as we pattern after Him and show the world what it looks like to Sabbath?

Lust and licentiousness are focused on self and break and damage relationships. A life of faith and a life of love are a highway above a life of self. Our new self is being renewed in knowledge after the image of God.

You have been made alive with Christ. You're alive because Christ has been raised from the dead! This hope that we have today comes from a God who loves us.