• RememberRemember• The SabbathThe Sabbath• Day Day • And And • Keep Keep • It Holy….Ex. 20:8-11It Holy….Ex. 20:8-11

• Who?Who?• Sabbath—7Sabbath—7thth day..day of Rest day..day of Rest

• This This • Do Do • InIn• RemembranceRemembrance• OfOf

• Me…. I Cor. 11:24 Me…. I Cor. 11:24 Who?Who?• First day of the Week—Sunday, First day of the Week—Sunday, • The Lord’s Day. ( Acts 20:7)The Lord’s Day. ( Acts 20:7)

• What does theWhat does the

• Bible TeachBible Teach

• ConcerningConcerning

• Both days?Both days?

4 Basic Positions TaughtAbout the Sabbath

• The true position taught in the Bible that the Sabbath was abolished at the cross and Christians have worshipped since the cross, on the first day (Sunday). The false position taught by Sabbatarians that Saturday is the day Christians worship. The false position taught by the Catholic Church that the Pope changed the day Christians worship from Saturday to Sunday. The false position taught by most Protestant churches that Sunday is the Christian Sabbath.

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• In the Beginning

• We want to start with Genesis 2:1-3. .

• Those who believe we are to keep the Sabbath today begin at the very book of beginning to say that we must.

• "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.  And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the he rested on the seventh dayseventh day from all his work which he had made.   And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."    (Genesis 2:1-3)

• Note what the text says:•  • 1. The Lord Rested on the 7th Day. • 2. God blessed and sanctified the  7th

     day.  • 3. He consecrated it as holy.   • The word rested in this passage is

‘shabath.’  God ended His work and He rested.

What the text DOES DOES NOTNOT SAY.. SAY..

• 1.  Man is to keep this Day! Not Called 1.  Man is to keep this Day! Not Called Sabbath here…Sabbath here…

• The 1st mention of the 7th day being • Called the Sabbath Day is found in• Ex. 16:23 Circle it in your Bible! Ex. 16:23 Circle it in your Bible!

11stst Mentioned in Bible Mentioned in Bible

• 23 And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, To morrow is the

rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.

•  The Scriptures do NOT tell us that Adam and Eve were instructed to rest on the 7th day.  

• Noah is not instructed to keep the Sabbath Day as a holy      day.

•   Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph are not instructed to observe a Sabbath, nor do we read where any of these people were at any time keeping the Sabbath day as a holy day

• This point is importantThis point is important

• We have to look to another period of time in Bible history to learn God’s instructions given regarding the Sabbath and it’s keeping.

•    We must respect God’s Silence on We must respect God’s Silence on this subjectthis subject.

The command to Keep the Sabbath was The command to Keep the Sabbath was made known unto the children of Israelmade known unto the children of Israel

• Nehemiah 9:12-14 “made known unto them Thy Holy Sabbath”  We learn here that the Sabbath was made known unto the  children of Israel.

•  1. Not to Abraham,

• 2. Not to Isaac Jacob

• 3. Not to Adam & Eve.

In Exodus 16:2-16In Exodus 16:2-16• Moses tells the Israelitesthe Israelites that tomorrow

is a “Holy Sabbath unto the Lord”

•  Six days they could gather manna and on the sixth day they were to gather two portions one to be eaten on the Sabbath a day when no manna would be given by God.

4th Commandment of 10..

• Given to IsraelGiven to Israel

• ““"Remember the sabbath "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.," day, to keep it holy.," Exodus 20:8.  Exodus 20:8.  

• Who is God Who is God speaking to speaking to regarding the regarding the keeping of the keeping of the Sabbath?Sabbath?

Ex.31:12-18Ex.31:12-18

• Verse 13 “children of Israel”

• Verse 13 “you shall keep”

• Verse 14   “sign between me and You”  (the children of Israel)

• Verse 14 “throughout your generations”

• Verse 14  “You may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you”

Exodus 31:12-18

• Verse 15  “you  shall keep the sabbath therefore”

• Verse 16  “Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath”

• Verse 16  “throughout their generations”

• Verse 16  “for a never ending covenant”

• Verse 17  “a sign between me and the children of Israel forever.”

• Clearly this passage teaches God’s revealed will for the children of the children of IsraelIsrael to keep the Sabbath Day holy.

Neh. 9:13-14Neh. 9:13-14• 13 Thou camest down also

upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

Neh. 9:14Neh. 9:14• 14 And madest known unto

them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

• If God made known the Sabbath on If God made known the Sabbath on Mount Sinai when He gave the Law Mount Sinai when He gave the Law through Moses, He did not make it through Moses, He did not make it known to Adam and Eve,known to Adam and Eve,

• Cain and Abel,Cain and Abel,

• or anyone else prior to the giving or anyone else prior to the giving of the Mosaic law.of the Mosaic law.

Punishment for workingPunishment for workingon the Sabbathon the Sabbath

• Num. 15:32 A man gathered sticks (worked) Num. 15:32 A man gathered sticks (worked) on the Sabbath Day…on the Sabbath Day…

• God had told them specifically…No• Work on the Sabbath Day!• Moses inquired of God what was to be done

to the man . Hear God “The man shall be surely put to death:all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. V.35.

• They did! He died!They did! He died!

Old Law Done Away WithOld Law Done Away With-New Law Is Now in Effect-New Law Is Now in Effect

• Ephesians 2:13-16 “Ephesians 2:13-16 “having abolished in having abolished in His flesh the enmity even the law of His flesh the enmity even the law of commands contained in commands contained in ordinances . . .”ordinances . . .”

• Romans 7:1-11 “discharged  from the Romans 7:1-11 “discharged  from the law” law”

• What law is under consideration? What law is under consideration?

• “

• Thou shalt not covet” (verse 7) Thou shalt not covet” (verse 7)

• ““oldness of the letter” (verse 6)     oldness of the letter” (verse 6)    

• Colossians 2:13-17  “nailing it to His cross” Colossians 2:13-17  “nailing it to His cross”

• Hebrews 8:3-7 “for if that first covenant Hebrews 8:3-7 “for if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second” (7) have been sought for the second” (7)

• Hebrews 9:13-18  “new testament” (15)Hebrews 9:13-18  “new testament” (15)

• We live under the New We live under the New Testament today.Testament today.  

• We live under the Testament of Christ We live under the Testament of Christ and not under the first law given to the and not under the first law given to the children of Israel.children of Israel.

Not One Word is spoken in N.T.Not One Word is spoken in N.T.for Christians to keep the Sabbathfor Christians to keep the Sabbath!!

•  What we do learn however is that the What we do learn however is that the early Christians were meeting on the early Christians were meeting on the ““first day of the week,” first day of the week,” Acts 20:7Acts 20:7

• The disciples (followers of Christ) came together (assembled) to break bread, to partake  of the Lord’s Supper.  

• The fact that the Christians were meeting on the first day of the week for worship is also strengthened by Paul’s command to the Corinthian church to lay by in store upon the first day of the week.

• I Corinthians 16:1-5  One can only conclude that the disciples were meeting on the first day of every week to break bread and to lay by in store.

• Where in the law of Christ (the new Where in the law of Christ (the new testament) are we commanded to testament) are we commanded to observe the Sabbath and keep it holy?  observe the Sabbath and keep it holy?  

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•No where!No where!

• The Jews, Israelites were to “remember the The Jews, Israelites were to “remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy..”Sabbath Day and keep it holy..”

• Exodus 20:8-11Exodus 20:8-11

• We today are to meet on the First dayWe today are to meet on the First day• Of the week to eat the Lord’s supperOf the week to eat the Lord’s supper• And to do as He said:And to do as He said:• This Do In Remembrance of Me! This Do In Remembrance of Me! • I Cor. 11:24I Cor. 11:24