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    SABBATH

    . This is the frst Sunday o our stewardship season and our theme this year isliving a proportionate li e-looking at Bibli al stewardship as way o re-ordering ourlives to re!e t "od#s priorities

    $e as a ongregation need to be giving more o our money and talents to do abetter %ob at being our brother and sisters keeper here in &hiladelphia and

    on retely aring or those in need throughout the world. $e need to be a tivelylooking or the a e o 'esus in the least o these. $e need to in rease our programbudget to grow our priorities around edu ation( hildren and youth. $e need totake are o this ama)ing san tuary( that serves as a light and mission post in this

    ommunity.

    But * am not going to talk about any o those things. Today

    * am a ter something more ontroversial than your money-* want to talk about yourtime.

    And * am not trying to get you to volunteer or sign-up or anything-so * am notpersonally a ter your time-But "od is

    'esus is o ten portrayed as o+ering a radi ally new approa h to "od as opposed tothe 'ewish pra ti es o his time. &arti ularly when they atta k 'esus or healing onthe Sabbath( the &harisees and the s ribes ome o+ looking like legalisti hypo riteswho are more on erned with the proper observan e o ustoms and ritual-than the

    needs o "od#s people. $hen 'esus states in ,ark that humans were not reatedor the Sabbath( but the Sabbath or humans-we are tempted to think o 'esus as a

    revolutionary-but he is not. 'esus# emphasis on the spirit o the law as opposed tothe letter makes him a good 'ew. 'esus understands what "od was up to in "enesis1 and his on ronting the religious olks o his day was part o his way to get themto understand what "od really ares about

    The trouble with most modern ollowers o 'esus is that we tend to get neither theletter nor the spirit right on erning how we should be living the gi t o theSabbath prin iple

    ut T lesson this morning was the /eut( version o the Sabbath ommand whi h isthe 0 th o the 1 ommandmants-but the Sabbath was a tually established prior tothe law The Sabbath prin iple is established in the frst 2reation story

    Though "enesis one is probably late-written as part o the fnal edition o the 3irst3ive books

    The 4stablishment o sabbath is prior to Sinai-it is a prin iple or all o humanity

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    *t is tied to our identity as being reated in the image o "od

    "enesis one portrays "od as really en%oying his %ob

    4lohem makes something and stops and admires it as i he is inviting the reader toome look at my work in 2reation

    $hy take si5 days6

    * mean "od ould have said-* made a big bang-any 7uestions

    8ot this is poetry-"od is en%oying the work o reation be ause it is a labor o love

    This "ood- osmos is good-light is good-land 9sea plants trees birds sea monsters allgood

    And "od#s best day is the last one

    8ow granted we are made the same day as the reepy rawlers( but they are notmade in the image o "od humans

    And part o what it means to be made in "od#s image-is to go do "od like stu+-"obe in harge

    :ou are stewards o the world-subdue( ultivate( domesti ate( edu ate( reate

    8ow * am pretty sure "od did not have nu lear bombs( destru tion o the o)one andglobial warming in mind. But "od took the risk;,e not so mu h But "od is

    onsistent in putting us in harge-* would not have given &eter the keys to the

    kingdom either-But * digress"od gave humanity god-like powers- and then said getting ready get set 9stop

    "od ommanded that on e a week we are to stop nearly everything to remember we are not "od

    And to observe

    -to take time to regroup to re resh 9to rest to gather and east with riends andamily 9to en%oy the good gi ts o reation;to re onne t to "od

    Wait a minute God commands me to relax rest, eat good food with thepeople I love and re ect on all the good gifts of Life What kind ofrimitive !"rant is that#

    ne who loves us

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    Hear a new the words o 'esus

    2ome unto me( all ye that labour and are heavy laden( and * will give you rest.

    C Take my yoke upon you( and learn o meD or * am meek and lowly in heartE and yeshall fnd rest unto your souls.