"Rest & Restedness" Message by Robin Liew on 30Oct2016

1. ROBIN LIEW | 30 OCT 2016
SSMC
SUNGAI WAY-SUBANG
METHODIST
C H U R C H
R & R: REST (anapauó)
RESTEDNESS (katapauó)

2. REST (anapauó)
&
RESTEDNESS (katapauó)

3. REST (anapauó) Mark 6:30-31
• ‘ana’ ~ up, motion from lower to higher
plane, completing a process that intensifies
i.e. a process that tires, exhaust
• ‘paou’ ~ pause, to put to stop

4. 30 The apostles gathered around Jesus and
reported to him all they had done and taught.
31 Then, because so many people were coming
and going that they did not even have a chance
to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by
yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.“
context …. Mark 6 : 7-12
REST (anapauó) Mark 6: 30-31

5. • Jesus was aware the apostles and were tired,
exhausted, wearied from the ‘works’ they have
been doing. They needed ‘rest’ (anapauó). To rest
from weariness, tiredness.
• Purpose of ‘rest’ (anapauó) is to regain strength, to
be refreshed to continue
REST (anapauó) Mark 6: 30-31

6. 28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and
burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 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.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
REST (anapauó) Matthew 11:28-30

7. LESSONS about REST (anapauó)
1. Rest is ‘sacred’ - the purpose is to rest from
weariness. Biblical worldview KOG - no secular
vs spiritual , no physical vs spiritual.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you
do, do all to the glory of God
1 Cor 10:30

8. 2. Rest is important. God wired us to have
‘rest’ regularly and at intermittent periods.
In science (chronobiology) – biological clock
and circadian rhythm are in built-in.
LESSONS about REST (anapauó)

9. LESSONS about REST (anapauó)
Biological Clock and Circadian Rythmn

10. 3. Our responsibility to take care of this
“temple” that God has given us. In the
Biblical Worldview, Christ restored
1. Vertical Relationship
2. Horizontal Relationship
3. Internal Relationship (with SELF)
4. Other/External Relationship (with CREATION)
LESSONS about REST (anapauó)

11. 4. Different forms of “rest” - engage with the
purpose to refresh/ renew/restore/ refuel us
LESSONS about REST (anapauó)

12. 5. Pace yourself and identify the warning
Indicators
 Stressed
 Depressed
 Physical ailments
 Feeling ‘numb’ - aimless and directionless
 ‘Fogginess’ – unable to make coherent and
good decisions
LESSONS about REST (anapauó)

13. Question :
Do you need to
rest (anapauó) ?

14. • REST (katapauó) the opposite of REST(anapauó)
• ‘kata’ - motion from higher plane to a lower
plane, down with reference to absolute end-
point (CEASE because it is finished)
• ‘pauo’ – to pause, to put to stop
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4: 1-11

15. • Bring down completely - Calming down
of the winds
• To make to be quiet, to cause to be at
rest
• To settle down, to colonise , to abode
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4: 1-11

16. • REST (anapauó) - cease from our work for rest
• REST (katapauó) - not cease from our work
but ‘in’ work i.e. to trust and be rested in God
(His works and promises).
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4:1-11

17. 1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest
still stands, let us be careful that none of you be
found to have fallen short of it.
2 For we also have had the gospel preached to us,
just as they did; but the message they heard was of
no value to them, because those who heard did not
combine it with faith.
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4:1-11

18. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just
as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my
anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.'" And yet
his work has been finished since the creation of
the world.
4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh
day in these words: "And on the seventh day God
rested from all his work."
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4:1-11

19. 5 And again in the passage above he says, "They
shall never enter my rest."
6 It still remains that some will enter that rest, and
those who formerly had the gospel preached to
them did not go in, because of their disobedience.
7 Therefore God again set a certain day, calling it
Today, when a long time later he spoke through
David, as was said before:
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your
hearts."
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4:1-11

20. 8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would
not have spoken later about another day.
9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the
people of God;
10 for anyone who enters God's rest also rests
from his own work, just as God did from his.
11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter
that rest, so that no one will fall by following
their example of disobedience.
REST (katapauó) Hebrew 4:1-11

21. 1. It is of God (my rest, God’s rest)
2. It is for us who believe – relationship
3. It is supernatural - quiet and rest , a
restedness and confidence in all situations
(Phil 4:7)
Psalms 23/ Psalms 131 / Isa 30:15
Lessons about REST (katapauó)

22. Psalms 131
1 My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not
haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters
or things too wonderful for me.
2 But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a
weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is
my soul within me.
3 O Israel, put your hope in the Lord both now and
forevermore.

23. CONCLUSION
REST (anapauó)
&
RESTEDNESS (katapauó)