Sermon
Enter His Rest
Center Church
Speaker: Dave Turner
September 14, 2022 · 32 min
IdolatryRepentanceSpiritual DisciplinesIdentity in ChristMatthew 11:28–30Jeremiah 6:16Psalms 19:7–11
Summary
Jesus invites the weary to exchange self-imposed burdens—driven by idols of power, approval, comfort, and control—for his yoke through spiritual disciplines. True rest comes not from escaping work but from trusting Christ as the source of all we chase, knowing our earthly rest now prefigures eternal rest in heaven.
Highlights
Over time, if we trifle ourselves with vain pursuits, our hearts will grow bored with Christ.
To be okay with being a nobody because you already have everything in Jesus—he is freedom, he is rest.
The rest that we seek now in Jesus is just a mere pointer, a foreshadow of the final rest that we will have when we are there with him in heaven.