How God’s Character Is Received
By R. S. Owen
God’s character is revealed to man in the person of Jesus Christ. To have Christ in us is to be one with God, as Jesus said, “I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one.” But any man who is in Christ Jesus is a new creature, or creation. 2 Cor. 5:17. In him is manifest creative power. In this new creation is revealed the name or character of God, for His works declare His name; and the sign or memorial of this name, the Sabbath (Ex. 20:8-10), ought to be seen upon this new creature. O, my dear reader, if God has made you a new creature in Christ Jesus you ought to carry to the world His Sabbath, which is the sign, or seal, of His creative power. Do not deny your Father’s name by being ashamed of the sign and by failing to keep it. See Rev. 3:8-11. When God finished the creation of the world in six days, He entered on the seventh day into His rest and was refreshed. Ex. 31:17. Not, however, by physical rest, for the Creator “fainteth not, neither is weary.”8But He rested. He viewed His new creation, and saw that it was good, and He rejoiced and took delight in it. And this was His rest, while the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. So, my dear reader, if you have looked to Him, and find in Him for you a new creation, and are rejoicing in it, you have entered into God's rest, "for we which have believed do enter into rest." It is therefore your privilege to shout for joy, and to join in the song of the angels who are rejoicing in the presence of God over one sinner who has repented. Such "call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable." Such do not do their own ways, nor find their own pleasure, nor speak their own words (Isa. 58:13); but they delight in the law of the Lord, and in His law do they meditate day and night (Ps. 1:2).