4. 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.
5. 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.
11. 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.
16. 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.
17.
18. 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.
19.
20. 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.
23. 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.
33. Nowhere in the
New Testament are
we commanded to
observe the Old
Testament
Sabbath.
34. 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.
35. 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.
36. Are we to observe
this Old Testament
Sabbath?
No, but . . .
37. 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.
38. 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.
39. 1 Corinthians 16:1
Now about the collection for God's
people: Do what I told the Galatian
churches to do.
40. 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.
42. 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.”
43. Can we, should we
forget the whole
concept of the Old
Testament Sabbath?
44.
45. The Lord’s Day can become the
most important day of our week, if
we use it for our desperately
needed R & R!
46. 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.
47. 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 . . .”
48. The Lord’s Day can become the
most important day of our week, if
we use it for our desperately
needed R & R!
49. Matthew 11:28
Come to me, all you who are
weary and burdened, and I will
give you rest.
50.
51. Rediscovering the Good News
that We Dare Not Forget!
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Next Sunday – Honor in the
Home!
Lord’s Day Reading #39
52. 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?
