Lesson 14: Rest for the Weary

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Lesson 14: Rest for the Weary

1. What did Jesus tell His disciples to do? Mark 6:31

2. What kind of rest has He promised? Matthew 11:28-30

3. What kind of sleep has God promised? Proverbs 3 :24

4. To what particular kind of people has this been promised? Ecclesiastes 5:12

5. When do people usually sleep? 1 Thessalonians 5:7

6. What do the following verses tell us about sleeping too much or at the wrong time or place? 

A. Proverbs 19:15

B. Mark 14:37, 38

C. Proverbs 24:33, 34

D. Proverbs 10:5

There is a time to sleep and a time to be awake as these verses show. A person who spends too much of his time in bed will likely suffer want.

7. When, according to the Bible is the best time of day to get up? Psalm 57:8; Isaiah 50:4

8. Is it alright to reduce the amount of sleep we get? Psalm 127:2

Rather than sleeping too much, many people sleep too little. The average adult needs about 8 hours of sleep each night. Too little sleep causes the body to wear out faster and is responsible for accidents on the job and while driving a vehicle. Studies performed at Stanford University have shown that driving while sleepy is as dangerous as driving drunk.

9. Why are we told in Proverbs 20:13 “Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.”? Proverbs 6:6-11

10. Why did Jesus tell the disciples to watch and pray with Him? Matthew 26:41

11. When a poor man gave a pledge for a loan, why was the lender to return the pledge before nightfall? Exodus 22:26-27

The poor man had little to give as collateral or a pledge of repayment, so he would take off his outer cloak and give that to the lender. But his cloak was to be returned before the sun went down since it was also his blanket and cover as he slept at night. God is interested in our welfare, and wants us to be comfortable.

12. Do we need to be fearful when we lay down to sleep? Psalm 4:8

13. What was Paul’s purpose in telling us it is time to wake up? Romans 13:11

14. How did Jesus tell us the same thing? Mark 13:35, 36

Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? Amos 5:20.

15. Why will the day of Jesus’ coming be a day of darkness? John 3:19

16. If it is a day of darkness to evildoers, what kind of day will it be to the righteous? 1 Thessalonians 5:5

“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light” 1 Peter 2:9.

17. What is it that will lighten the darkness of sin? John 1:9-11

“Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light” Ephesians 5:14.

18. Does God sleep? Psalm 121:3, 4

19. Does God ever become tired and weary? Isaiah 40:28

20. What was His purpose in taking a day of rest? Genesis 2:2

21. What did God do that set the seventh day apart from the other six days? Genesis 2:3

Something that has been sanctified has been set apart for holy use. The seventh day was set apart from the other six days as a day of rest holy to God.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it” Exodus 20:8-11.

22. How did Jesus regard the Sabbath? Matthew 12:8

23. Is the Sabbath still important to us today? Hebrews 4:3, 4

“There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God” Hebrews 4:9.

“And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath” Mark 2:27.

24. How are we to rest on the Sabbath day? Isaiah 58:13, 14

During the French Revolution of the late eighteenth century, the atheist government decided to change the week from seven to ten days. Everyone would have every tenth day off rather than every seventh day. The experiment was a failure for neither human nor animal could tolerate a ten day week. The body needs rest from labor every seventh day. God has given us a day that we may rest from our labor and spend time meditating on God and worshiping Him.

25. What is another meaning for sleep that Jesus gave? John 11:11-14

26. Will those that sleep the slumber of death ever awake?  Daniel 12:2

27. When will those who will have everlasting life awaken? 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 16

28. Those who will awaken to shame and everlasting contempt wake up when? Revelation 20:4-6

29. Will the redeemed keep the Sabbath in heaven? Isaiah 66:23

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