https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/gods-invitation-rest/ Accept God’s Invitation to Rest August 24, 2025 | Scott W. Kay © iStock.com/nullplus Share Post Email Advertise on TGC “It feels so nice to finally stop and catch my breath.” Can you remember the last time you had a moment like that? For some of us, it’s been a while. In our hard-working, highly productive culture, we can sometimes feel like exhausted swimmers swept downstream in a fast-moving river, fighting to keep our heads above water, gasping for air. We get up early and stay up late. We never waste a minute. Our schedule is full, running here, running there, running late, running to catch up, running on empty, until we collapse in utter exhaustion. Underneath the satisfaction of being hard-working, hard-playing people is a weariness that’s desperate for the pace to relent so we can rest and recharge. Deep down, we’re dying to slow down and take a break. We keep telling ours...
“If God is for us” (8) [Romans 8:31-34] Look at Romans 8:34 – “… Christ Jesus, who died--more than that, who was raised to life--is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.” The phrase “who died – more than that” here refers to the death of Jesus Christ (v. 34). Jesus Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3). Also, the word “was raised” here refers to the resurrection of Jesus Christ (Rom. 8:34). Jesus Christ rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Cor. 15:4). The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are like the heads and tails of the same coin. In other words, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are inseparable. Without the death of Jesus there is no resurrection of Jesus, and without the resurrection of Jesus there is no ...