REMEMBER THE SABBATH (4 OF 10)
by Zach Terry
Scripture: Exodus 20:8-11
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Remember the Sabbath (4 of 10)
Series: 10 Commandments
Zach Terry
Exodus 20:8-11
INTRODUCTION: We are in a study of the 10 commandments. Today we are looking at the 4th commandment - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. This is the most verbose of the commandments. God through Moses gives greater commentary on this commandment than on any of the other 9.
This is one of only two commandments stated in the positive. The 4th and the 5th commandments tell us what we ARE to do, the other 8 tell us what we are NOT to do.
This is also the most controversial commandment of the 10. If you think about it, the other 9 are pretty largely accepted, some even outside the Judeo-Christian faith. Most would agree that murder is wrong, it is wrong to lie, most cultures agree that it is good to honor father and mother. But this one is different, it is distinctly religious in nature. Within Judaism and within Christianity this commandment has been the source of great division.
Jesus ministry was constantly answering questions about his keeping of the Sabbath or lack thereof. Within the Church, entire denominations have formed around this particular command - the Seventh Day Adventist.
Most of us generally think of this command as, ''you ought to go to church on Sunday''. But I want to show you today that this is has MUCH more to say to you than that.
TEXT: Exodus 20:8-11 (ESV)
8 ''Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
So that's the command - now in verse 9, it is unpacked.
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
So before Moses talks to us about REST he reminds us that we are commanded to WORK. Six day you shall labor and do all your work.
CREATION - Work was not seen biblically as a bad thing. Adam was placed in the garden to WORK the Garden. Paradise involved work. This is before the fall - there was cultivating, there was landscaping, there was farming and productivity. There was seed time and harvest. These were all a ...
Series: 10 Commandments
Zach Terry
Exodus 20:8-11
INTRODUCTION: We are in a study of the 10 commandments. Today we are looking at the 4th commandment - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. This is the most verbose of the commandments. God through Moses gives greater commentary on this commandment than on any of the other 9.
This is one of only two commandments stated in the positive. The 4th and the 5th commandments tell us what we ARE to do, the other 8 tell us what we are NOT to do.
This is also the most controversial commandment of the 10. If you think about it, the other 9 are pretty largely accepted, some even outside the Judeo-Christian faith. Most would agree that murder is wrong, it is wrong to lie, most cultures agree that it is good to honor father and mother. But this one is different, it is distinctly religious in nature. Within Judaism and within Christianity this commandment has been the source of great division.
Jesus ministry was constantly answering questions about his keeping of the Sabbath or lack thereof. Within the Church, entire denominations have formed around this particular command - the Seventh Day Adventist.
Most of us generally think of this command as, ''you ought to go to church on Sunday''. But I want to show you today that this is has MUCH more to say to you than that.
TEXT: Exodus 20:8-11 (ESV)
8 ''Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
So that's the command - now in verse 9, it is unpacked.
9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work,
So before Moses talks to us about REST he reminds us that we are commanded to WORK. Six day you shall labor and do all your work.
CREATION - Work was not seen biblically as a bad thing. Adam was placed in the garden to WORK the Garden. Paradise involved work. This is before the fall - there was cultivating, there was landscaping, there was farming and productivity. There was seed time and harvest. These were all a ...
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