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The Seventh D ay - The Sabbath

The Seventh D ay - The Sabbath. What is the Sabbath for? Rest. “Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed”. Exodus 23:12. What is the Sabbath for ?

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The Seventh D ay - The Sabbath

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  1. The Seventh Day - The Sabbath

  2. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest

  3. “Six days do your work, but on the seventh day do not work, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the slave born in your household, and the alien as well, may be refreshed”. Exodus 23:12

  4. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest - Ex 23:12 • You are not to work. - Stop working • Your donkey should rest – lit ‘be quiet’, ‘settle down’, ‘lay down’. • Your employees are to be refreshed – ‘take a breather’ • Remembering • Creation - Exodus 20:11

  5. 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. Exodus 20:11

  6. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest - Ex 23:12 • You are not to work. - Stop working • Your donkey can rest – lit ‘be quiet, ‘settle down’, lay down. • Your employees are to be refreshed – take a breather • Remembering • Creation - Exodus 20:11

  7. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest - Ex 23:12 • You are not to work. - Stop working • Your donkey can rest – lit ‘be quiet, ‘settle down’, lay down. • Your employees are to be refreshed – take a breather • Remembering • Creation - Exodus 20:11 • Redemption – Deut 5:15

  8. 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. Deuteronomy 5:15

  9. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest - Ex 23:12 • You are not to work. - Stop working • Your donkey can rest – lit ‘be quiet, ‘settle down’, lay down. • Your employees are to be refreshed – take a breather • Remembering • Creation - Exodus 20:11 • Redemption – Deut 5:15

  10. What is the Sabbath for? • Rest - Ex 23:12 • You are not to work. - Stop working • Your donkey can rest – lit ‘be quiet, ‘settle down’, lay down. • Your employees are to be refreshed – take a breather • Remembering • Creation - Exodus 20:11 • Redemption – Deut 5:15 • Worship • Numbers 28:9-10, Luke 4:16, Heb 10:25

  11. Why Sunday not Saturday? • The seventh day marked the victory of the first creation. • The first day marked the victory of the new creation • How should we use the Sabbath? • Use it for Rest • Use it for Worship • A wonderful ideal – But how can we do it? • By managing expectation • By good preparation

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