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That’s why it’s said that the believer who has confessed his or her sins can “rest” in the finished work of Christ. We’ve made it; we’re accepted. Guilt is the force that drives most compulsive behavior. Guilt lies behind much of the frantic pace of our lives today. But Jesus solved the guilt problem once and for all at the cross. Jesus’ cry, “It is finished,” sealed His promise of “I will give you rest” as an established fact. Christ completed the work of redeeming us at Calvary [Titus 2:14], then He rested in the tomb over the Sabbath, and rose from the grave Sunday morning as the Victor over sin and death. The Christian can have no greater assurance than to rest in the finished work of Christ.
Because He “who promised is faithful,” we can enter into the salvation-rest Jesus has promised. The stability, peace, and rest we experience in Jesus every day is a result not of anything we do, but of what He did at the cross. We can rest in Christ because our salvation is assured. That assurance creates a response of loving obedience [as we saw in guide 15]. And it motivates us to spend time with Christ each day, feeding on His Word and breathing in the atmosphere of heaven through prayer. A rendezvous with Jesus helps us turn a stressed-out lifestyle into a peaceful and purposeful life.
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When
Jesus died, He did “away with sin.” The devil can no longer
hold our sins against us, for our Substitute made full provision at Calvary
for forgiveness. Since Jesus “has made perfect forever those who
are being made holy,” Satan can no longer hold our failures and inadequacies
against us.
