Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day by

keeping it holy.

Exodus 20:9-10

Six days you shall labor and do all your

work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath

to the LORD your God. On it you shall

not do any work, neither you, nor your

son or daughter, nor your manservant

or maidservant, nor your animals, nor

the alien within your gates.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made

the heavens and the earth, the

sea, and all that is in them, but he

rested on the seventh day.

Therefore the LORD blessed the

Sabbath day and made it holy.

1. Set-apart

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 20:8, 11b

Remember the Sabbath day by

keeping it holy . . . Therefore the

LORD blessed the Sabbath day

and made it holy.

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 20:11b

Therefore the LORD blessed

the Sabbath day and made it holy.

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

3. Rest-oriented

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 20:10

On it you shall not do any work,

neither you, nor your son or

daughter, nor your manservant or

maidservant, nor your animals, nor

the alien within your gates.

Not an “aimless” rest!

But a “God-focused” rest!

Exodus 20:10

But the seventh day is a Sabbath

to the LORD your God.

Exodus 20:11

For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the

sea, and all that is in them, but he

rested on the seventh day.

Therefore the LORD blessed the

Sabbath day and made it holy.

Deuteronomy 5:15

Remember that you were slaves in

Egypt and that the LORD your God

brought you out of there with

a mighty hand and an outstretched

arm. Therefore the LORD your God

has commanded you to observe the

Sabbath day.

Exodus 31:13

You must observe my Sabbaths.

This will be a sign between me

and you for the generations to

come, so you may know that I am

the LORD, who makes you

holy.

The Sabbath was to be

a God-focused rest!

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

3. Rest-oriented (God-focused)

4. Not to be fudged!

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 31:14

Observe the Sabbath, because it

is holy to you. Anyone who

desecrates it is to be put to

death; those who do any work on

that day must be cut off from their

people.

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

3. Rest-oriented (God-focused)

4. Not to be fudged!

5. A gracious gift!

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 20:11

The LORD blessed the Sabbath

day…

Exodus 20:11

The LORD blessed the Sabbath

day…

1521 ways

to break the

Sabbath!

Mark 2:27-28

Then he said to them, “The

Sabbath was made for man,

not man for the Sabbath. So the

Son of Man is Lord even of the

Sabbath.”

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

3. Rest-oriented (God-focused)

4. Not to be fudged!

5. A gracious gift!

6. Easily forgotten!

The Sabbath was . . .

Exodus 20:8

Remember the Sabbath day by

keeping it holy.

1. Set-apart

2. God-established

3. Rest-oriented (God-focused)

4. Not to be fudged!

5. A gracious gift!

6. Easily forgotten!

The Sabbath was . . .

Are we to observe

this fourth

commandment?

Nowhere in the

New Testament are

we commanded to

observe the Old

Testament

Sabbath.

Romans 14:5

One person considers one day

more sacred than another;

another considers every day

alike. Each of them should be fully

convinced in their own mind.

Colossians 2:16-17

Therefore do not let anyone judge

you by what you eat or drink, or with

regard to a religious festival, a New

Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.

These are a shadow of the things

that were to come; the reality,

however, is found in Christ.

Are we to observe

this fourth

commandment?

No, but . . .

The New Testament

church did begin to

observe Sunday as

a day marked out

from other days:

a day to gather

together for

worship and

instruction.

Acts 20:7

On the first day of the week we came together to break bread.

Paul spoke to the people and,

because he intended to leave the

next day, kept on talking until

midnight.

1 Corinthians 16:1

Now about the collection for God's

people: Do what I told the Galatian

churches to do.

1 Corinthians 16:2

On the first day of every

week, each one of you should

set aside a sum of money in

keeping with his income, saving it

up, so that when I come no

collections will have to be made.

Revelation 1:10

On the Lord’s Day I was in the

Spirit . . .

Ignatius of Antioch

(disciple of the

Apostle John)

In 114 AD he wrote that

Christians were to be“no longer

living for the Sabbath, but for

the LORD’S DAY.”

Can we, should we

forget the whole

concept of the Old

Testament Sabbath?

The Lord’s Day can become the

most important day of our week, if

we use it for our desperately

needed R & R!

Leviticus 23:3

There are six days when you may

work, but the seventh day is a day

of sabbath rest, a day of sacred

assembly.

Q 103. “What is God’s will

for you in the fourth

commandment?”

A. “. . . and that, especially on

the festive day of rest, I

regularly attend the assembly

of God’s people to learn what

God’s Word teaches . . .”

The Lord’s Day is graciously given

to us by God as a day for R & R!

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are

weary and burdened, and I will

give you rest.

Rediscovering the Good News

that We Dare Not Forget!

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Next Sunday – Honor in the

Home!

Lord’s Day Reading #39

What’s keeping

you back from

delighting in the

Lord’s Day and

getting some

desperately needed

rest & giving God

the reverence he

is due?