REST IN THE LORD

1.      Matthew 11:28-29 “Come(deute=hither, here) unto me, all ye that labor(kapiao=to be wearied out) and are heavy laden(phortizo=to burden), and I will give you rest(anapausin=to rest again, or back, to cease from labor, to stop).  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest(anapausin=a ceasing again, resting up) unto your souls(psuche=animal soul).  For my yoke(zugos=beam, balance) is easy(chrestos=useful, good, kind), and my burden(phortion=load, to be borne) is light(elphros=not heavy.”

2.      Mark 6:31 “And he said unto them, Come(deute=hither, here) ye yourselves apart(idian=by themselves) into a desert place(eremos=solitary) and rest(anapauomai=to rest again or back, cease from labor, pause)  a while(oligon=a little, in a small degree): for there were many(polus-much) coming(deute=hither, here) and going(hupago=to go away), and they had no leisure(eukaireo=to have a favorable opportunity)so much as to eat(phago=eat).”

3.      II Corinthians 2:13 “I(Paul)had no rest(anesis=a sending up or back) in my spirit(pnuema), because I found not(heurisko=to find) Titus my brother:”

4.      II Corinthians 7:5 “For when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh(sarx)had no rest(anesis=a sending up or back), but we were troubled(thlibo=to press, to squeeze, afflict) on every side(past=all); without(exothen=from without, externally) were fightings (mache=striving), within(esothen=from within) were fears (phobos=terror).”

5.      II Thessalonians 1:7 “And to you who are troubled(thlibo=to press, squeeze) rest(anesis=a sending up or back) with us(Paul, Silvanus and Timotheus).”

6.      Hebrews 3:8-11 “Harden not(skleruno=to make dry or stiff) your hearts(kardia=the heart), as in the provocation(parapikraino=a very bitter provocation, to irritate beyond measure), in the day of temptation(peirasmos=trial,proof) in the wilderness (eremos=deserted, desolate): When you fathers tempted (peirazo=to try) me, proved(dokimazo=to try) me, and saw my works(ergon=deed, business) forty years.  Wherefore I was grieved(pros=feel disgust) with that generation(genea=generation), and said, They do always err(planaomai=to wander) in their heart(kardia=the heart); and they have not known (ginosko=to know) my ways(hodos=road, journey, custom).  So I sware(omnumi=to swear)in my wrath(orge=anger), They shall not enter(riserchomai=to come or go into) into my rest(katapausis=a place of resting down).”

7.      Hebrews 4:1 “Let us therefore fear(phobeo=terify, to cause to fear) lest, a promiseepaggelia=a promise) being left us of entering(eiserchomai=to come or go into) into his rest(katapausia=a place of resting down), any of you should seem to come short of it.”

8.      Hebrews 4:3 “For we which have believed do enter into rest(katapausis=a place of resting down), as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest(katapausis=a place of resting down): although the works(ergon=deed, business) were finished ginomai=to become, happen) from the foundation(katabole=a casting or laying down, founding)of the world(kosmos=arrangement, beauty).”

9.      Hebrews 4:5 “And in his place again, If they shall enter into my rest(katapausis=a place of resting down).”

10.  Hebrews 4:8 “For if Jesus had given them rest(katapau=to rest thoroughly), then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.”

11.  Hebrews 4:9 “There remaineth therefore a rest(sabbatismos=a Sabbath rest) to the people of God.”

12.  Hebrews 4:10 “For he that is entered(eiserchomai=to come or go into) into his rest(katapau=to rest thoroughly), he also hath ceased(katapauo=to cease thoroughly)from his own works(ergon=deed, business), as God did from his.”

13.  Hebrews 4:11 “Let us labor(poudazo=to make haste, speed) therefore to enter into that rest(katapau=to rest thoroughly). lest any man fall(pipto=to fall) after the same example(hupodeigma=a sample, exhibition) of unbelief(apeitheia=disobedience).”