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E NTERING INTO G OD ’ S S ABBATH R EST

of His earthly ministry. The final confrontation took place at the cross, where the devil gathered the combined strength of all his forces to break down the wall that Christ had built to resist his temptations. He tried every possible device in order to come be tween Christ and His Father, to tempt the Saviour to take mat ters into His own hands, but he was entirely unsuccessful. With perfect fidelity Christ lived out the Sabbath rest princi ples in those awesome battles with the master of evil, and by so doing He assured Himself of total victory in every confrontation. He remained a faithful Son, holding fast His submission to His heavenly Parent until death. Throughout His life He carried out the will of His Father and never trusted to His own will. “For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.” John 6:38. “I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judg ment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.” John 5:30 (NKJV). “‘My food,’ said Jesus, ‘is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.’” John 4:34. We too need to submit our wills just as fully and continually to our heavenly Father if we are to walk in the footsteps of Je sus and finish the work.