but I question, gravely question whether a man who has grossly sinned should be very readily restored to the pulpit. As John Angell James remarks, "When a preacher of righteousness has stood in the way of sinners, he should never again open his lips in the great congregation until his repentance is as notorious as his sin."Lectures to my Students
The claim of our Lord that "the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath" was applicable to Adam and Eve preeminently. Adam was the only man present when the Sabbath was made. The Sabbath was a gift given to him at the end of the creative week. This gift was meant to be a perpetual reminder of God's masterful work in creation.There Remains a Sabbath Rest, 54
Man is to properly magnify God's image by living in consonance with the patterns that God has installed in His creation from the beginning, including the pattern of work and rest.There Remains a Sabbath Rest, 52
God directs that each seventh day be kept as a day of rest from the labors of the previous six... The day is to be kept 'holy' -that is, it is to be used for honoring God the creator by worship, as well as for refreshing human creatures by the break from their otherwise unending toilGod and Culture, Essays in Honor of Carl F. H. Henry, 363
If you fall into any gross sin, after the work is begun in you, as David and Peter did, think not that you must cast away your confidence, and expect nothing but wrath from God and Christ, and that you must refuse to be comforted by the grace of Christ, at least for some time; for thus you would be the more weak and prone to fall into other sins: but rather strive to believe more confidently, that you have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and that he is the propitiation for our sinsThe Gospel Mystery of Sanctification
Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.