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  EVEN CHRIST PLEASED NOT HIMSELF
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: Let us have a self-forgetting ministry, focusing on serving
others and Christ, and finding our highest joy in divine love.

Topics: "Sabbath Rest", "Christian Freedom"
Scripture References: Job 34:29, Isaiah 45:9, Isaiah 63:14, Matthew 11:28, John 15:5, Philippians 2:13, Colossians 2:16, Hebrews 3:14, Hebrews 4:9-10

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DESCRIPTION
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The preacher delves into the concept of Sabbath rest, explaining that it
signifies a period of rest for God's people modeled after the
traditional Sabbath, but not limited to a specific day. The rest is a
fulfillment of believers' perpetual rest in fellowship with the Father
and the Son, contrasting the weekly Sabbath under the Law. This rest is
not dependent on special days but on faith in Christ's finished work,
offering believers constant fellowship with God and freedom from worldly
struggles.

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CONTENT
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Let this be a day of self-forgetting ministry for Christ and others. Let
us not once think of being ministered unto, but rather say with Him: I
am among you as he that serveth (Luke 22:27). Let us not drag our
burdens through the day but drop all our loads of care and be free to
carry His yoke and His burden. Let us make the happy exchange,
relinquishing ours and taking His. Let the covenant be: Thou shalt abide
for me . . . so will I also be for thee (Hosea 3:3). In such abiding we
lose our heaviest load-ourselves-and find our highest joy, divine love,
more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35). Let us do good to all
men as we have opportunity.

Let us lose no occasion of blessing, and let us look for ingenious ways
of service and usefulness.

Especially let us seek to win others to Christ. The Days of Heaven are
busy days, They serve continually. So spent for Thee and Thine, our
days, As the Days of Heaven would be.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/even-christ-pleased-not-himself/
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