Bible Questions Answered:
“...I feel so upset, so agitated,...”
Garry/ Moscow, Russia
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Many flee to the
islands, mountains or major cities of renown, but come home not
rested, but rather more flustered, then when they left.
Psalm 55:6 KJV
And I said, Oh
that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at
rest.
Rest for the body,
should not be confused with rest for the soul.
Well did Augustine
say...
“Our hearts are
restless, until they can find rest in you.”
Augustine of Hippo
354–430, "Confessions".
Spiritual
Rest:
May
be missed by unyielding or stubbornness.
Isaiah 28:12 KJV
To whom He
said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and
this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Jeremiah 6:16 KJV
Thus saith The
Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where
is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your
souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
No
rest, for the wicked.
Isaiah 57:20,21 KJV
20 But the
wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters
cast up mire and dirt.
21 There is no
peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Hebrews 3:10,11,18,19 KJV
10 Wherefore I
was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in
their heart; and they have not known My ways.
11 So I sware
in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest.)
18 And to whom
sware He that they should not enter into His rest, but to them that
believed not?
19 So we see
that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
Revelation 14:11 KJV
And the smoke
of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no
rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
No
Spiritual Rest, For The Self-Righteous:
Romans
3:10,20-24 KJV
10 As it is
written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
20 Therefore by
the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight:
for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
21 But now the
righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed
by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the
righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and
upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
23 For all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
24 Being
justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
Romans 4:4,5 NLT
4 When people
work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
5 But people
are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but
because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
Romans 5:1 KJV
Therefore being
justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:
Romans 11:6 KJV
And since it is
through God’s kindness, then it is not by their good works. For
in that case, God’s grace would not be what it really is—free and
undeserved.
Galatians 2:16
KJV
Yet we know
that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not
by obeying the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that
we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not
because we have obeyed the law. For no one will ever be made
right with God by obeying the law.”
Ephesians 2:8,9
KJV
8 For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves:
it is
The Gift Of God:
9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Titus 3:5-7 KJV
5 Not by
works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His
mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of
The Holy Ghost;
6 Which He shed
on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;
7 That being
justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope
of eternal life.
Spiritual
rest comes by having faith in the “finished” work of The Lord
Jesus Christ.
Spiritual
Rest:
Exodus 33:14 KJV
And He said, My
presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Psalm 116:7 KJV
Return unto
thy rest, O my soul; for The Lord hath dealt bountifully with
thee.
Matthew 11:28-30 KJV
28 Come unto
Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
29 Take My yoke
upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye
shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For My yoke
is easy, and My burden is light.
Received
by faith.
Hebrews 4:3 NLT
3 For only we
who believe can enter His rest. As for the others, God said, “In
My anger I took an oath: ‘They will never enter My place of rest,’”
even though this rest has been ready since He made the world.
9 So there is a
special rest still waiting for the people of God.
Future,
heavenly rest.
Revelation 14:13
KJV
And I heard a
voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which
die in The Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith The Spirit, that they may
rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.
Psalm 29:11 KJV
The Lord will
give strength unto His people; The Lord will bless His people with
peace.
John 14:27 KJV
Peace I leave
with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I
unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 3:16-18 KJV
16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His Only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of The Only Begotten Son Of God.
Acts 2:21 KJV
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of The Lord shall be saved.