"Do you know who I am?
Do you know My character and My heart?
Do you know what My Father desires of you?
"Look to the Cross!
Once for all I have shown you that I love you
and that I have forgiven you!
I have fulfilled all the requirements you could not;
all that is required of you is to rest in what I have done for you!
"As I am securely in the heart of the Father,
so you are securely in My heart!
See My heart in the Cross and rest in My love!"
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Art: "From His Heart"
"Come to the waters! Come to My rest!
I have finished the work for you;
come rest in My faithfulness!
"Rest in My love for you
and do not be afraid of disappointing Me,
for I am not afraid—
I do not judge you by the standards you think I do.
I already bore your punishment on the Cross;
I finished the works necessary for your salvation.
I satisfied the requirements of the Law for you.
"I am at rest;
come, be with Me in My rest.
Lay down your works
and rest in the Sabbath of My love."
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Art: "In His House"
"My children, you don't know that I love you whether you are right or wrong!
You are trying to convince yourselves and prove to others that I am with you,
adding up the numbers of your church members around the world,
the size of your education system and enterprises,
and the 'richness' of your church's 'heritage' and history.
"Don't you know that you do not need all of these things?
I have given you all that you will ever need on the Cross in My Son!
You cannot clothe yourselves by measuring your accomplishments!
No amount of measurement will 'prove' that I am with you
except for the Cross of My Son, Jesus Christ.
"Come into the light, My children in Adventism! Do not be afraid!
Yes, many of your 'calculations' will be exposed by the light of the gospel,
revealing the nakedness your forefathers tried to cover with new doctrines.
But if you let go of your 'proofs' at the foot of the Cross,
you will find yourselves clothed by My righteousness instead.
If you come out of the darkness, I will wrap you in the warmth of My light:
the light of the knowledge of salvation in My Son alone."
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Art: "Trusting In Being Right"
"Your house is not My house.
I am not calling you to pretend to be happy;
I am not calling you to behave like the 'elders.'
I am not interested in you saying 'the right things'
or doing the 'right' things.
"I want you.
I want you to be free to be yourself.
I want you because I love you.
"Come rest in Me alone,
for your house has not been a place of rest.
But you will be safe in Me:
I am your refuge,
and I will be your new home.
"Don't be afraid to come to Me.
You have been told that you were running away from Me
if you did not obey 'the church' and its teachings;
and if you questioned your spiritual parents,
you were told to stop, to conform, and just be good little boys and girls.
You were taught that you were orphans without their parenting,
but I tell you that you are Mine.
"You belong to Me.
You are members of My house.
You are My children forever."
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Art: "At God's Home"
Then they asked him,
“What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus answered,
“The work of God is this:
to believe in the One He has sent.”
- John 6:28-29
"I am calling you to the greatest work of all—
My work, which has already been finished for you!
I am calling you to rest from your works
and join Me in My Sabbath—today—
the rest that I purchased for you on the Cross.
I am calling you to the work of Eden,
to a place of rest you have not known in your house.
"In Me, as in Eden, you are a new creation,
for I have taken the curse:
You took the fruit from the Tree,
but I was hung on a tree in your place,
becoming a a curse for you so that you might be free.
"You cannot understand the works I have prepared for you
until you cease from attempting to enter My rest by keeping the Law.
Just as you cannot imagine the 'work' of Eden before sin and the curse of toil,
neither can you envision the works I have prepared for you
until you rest from the Law.
"Come! Rest in Me!
Etner My rest by faith alone!
Come into Eden in Me!"
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Art: "Wonderful Pastime"
"What once had glory has come to have no glory at all
because of the glory that surpasses it."
- 2 Corinthians 3:10 ESV
"I want you to know My law.
I want you to know My Spirit.
I want you to know My eternal covenant.
"I am so much bigger than you have understood,
because you have defined My law by the Ten Words of the old covenant
instead of by the love I gave you on the Cross
and commanded you to give one another.
"Cease your striving and your struggle to fit Me into the Ten Commandments!
Stop trying to define My character by the tablets of the old covenant!
Let Me be who I really am, and I will give you rest!"
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Art: "No Comparison"
See also:
"The Fulfillment of the Ten Commandments"
and
"Identifying the 'True' Church"
