Practice of Sabbath: Abiding in Rest and Renewal 

Sabbath as Knowing God: Deepening Our Relationship 

Isaiah 58:13-14; Psalm 46:10 

November 2, 2025  

Dr. Brad Hoffmann, pastor 

 Isaiah 58:13-14 ESV: If you turn back your foot from the Sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight and the holy day of the Lord honorable; if you honor it, not going your own ways, or seeking your own pleasure, or talking idly; 14 then you shall take delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” [bold italic added] 

Psalm 46:10 ESV: “Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!” [bold italic added] 

James 4:8 ESV: Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. 

THE FRAMEWORK 

God Came to Us  

John 1:14 ESV: And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.  

Romans 6:3-5 ESV: Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 

The Spirit Indwells 

John 14:16-17 ESV: And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.  

The Church Community  

Matthew 18:20 ESV: For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them. 

Hebrews 10:19-25 ESV: Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, 25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.