GIG221 The Sabbath Is a Quantum Experience
Growing In God with Gary Hargrave
Release Date: 11/06/2024
Growing In God with Gary Hargrave
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info_outlineWeb Description: In the quantum realm all things exist as possibilities until we observe them. But it must be understood that we are observing what exists; we are not creating something new. In God all things are possible to the one who believes. But that only works when it is a belief in what God has created. The Sabbath means that God rested because He completed His creation. And we enter His rest when we stop trying to create our own thing and become instruments to manifest what He has created.
Show Notes: Quantum physics describes a realm where all possibilities exist. It is the act of observation that takes something out of the quantum realm of possibility and manifests it in the realm we relate to. This quantum principle applies to the Sabbath. God rested on the Sabbath because all His works were completed. That means everything already exists in the realm of possibility. Therefore, our faith is not to create something new. It is to become aware of what God has already created and thus manifest what He has made available.
When you enter God's rest, you are resting from your works, from your striving, and from your seeking to accomplish something. There is nothing for you to accomplish since God has already accomplished everything. If you are stressed as a believer, it is because you have not entered His rest. You are still trying to work too hard to accomplish all the things you feel are from God. If they are from God, then He has already created them, and you need to manifest what He has created, not work harder yourself. If our awareness can lock onto what He has created, finalized, and completed, then we will become the manifestation of His works.
The book of Hebrews warns us not to be like those who failed to enter His rest because of disobedience. What was their disobedience? Even after they had witnessed God’s signs and wonders, they still did not believe He was God. They did not believe He was capable; they did not believe He was going to follow through on His promise. What then is the obedience God is looking for? It is believing in who He is as God and that what He has created is finished and fully available to us.
Key Verses:
• Hebrews 4:9–11. “The one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His.”
• Genesis 1:27–31. “God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good.”
• Genesis 2:1–4. “God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work.”
• Hebrews 4:1–11. “Let us be diligent to enter that rest.”
• Mark 9:23. “All things are possible to him who believes.”
• Matthew 7:7. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
• Psalm 95:6–11. “They tried Me, though they had seen My work.”
• Psalm 78:10–33. “In their heart they put God to the test.”
• Matthew 4:5–7. “YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.”
Quotes:
• “Something that we're still looking for is this idea of entering into His rest. So you must see that there is an experience available to us that God is wanting us to have that has not been accomplished yet.”
• “All things are possible to him who believes. If we pray, then we can pray and believe for these things to manifest. You knock and you keep on knocking. You ask and you keep on asking because they are there. You're not trying to invent them. You're not trying to recreate them. You are simply believing in what is.”
• “We've seen His salvation in our own lives. We've read the Bible stories. We've witnessed at times, many of us with our own eyes, the moving of God in the earth—healings and wonders. We cannot doubt. We cannot come back and say, ‘Oh, now we just need You to do one more miracle for us.’”
Takeaways:
1. Many Christians think that the Sabbath is strictly Jewish. But God sanctified the Sabbath day after He finished His creation, long before the commandment to observe the Sabbath. This means that the Sabbath was set apart for all mankind.
2. People are still trying to understand the quantum realm. But simply, it is a creation of God. It is the mind of God. It is the realm where all things are possible. And the Sabbath rest means that we simply activate what is possible in the mind of God rather than striving in ourselves to accomplish something.
3. The generation that God delivered from Egypt failed to enter His rest because of their unbelief. We do not want to follow their example. We had better know that He is God and that nothing is impossible for Him and that all He has created is available for us to possess.