God’s Holy Day 5.31.20

Sermon Manuscript: Exodus 20:8-11

Series: Do the 10 Commandments Still Matter

Title: God’s Holy Day

Date: 5/31/20

Location: Facebook Live / YouTube

 

 

Exodus 20:8-11 (NLT)

8 “Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 You have six days each week for your ordinary work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. On that day no one in your household may do any work. This includes you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, your livestock, and any foreigners living among you. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

Exodus 20:8 (NLT)

8 “Remember to observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

The Sabbath is a day that God’s children are commanded to set apart for the Lord. 

Ezekiel 20:10-13  (NASB)

10 So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. 11 I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live. 12 Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 

13 But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. 

Exodus 20:9  (NASB)

9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

 

Our work that brings a harvest to our household, is prescribed to be done in six days.

Exodus 20:10  (NLT)

10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath day of rest dedicated to the Lord your God. 

 

God has built downtime into your nature and commanded you to take it.

 

Exodus 16:27-29  (NLT)

27 Some of the people went out anyway on the seventh day, but they found no food. 28 The Lord asked Moses, “How long will these people refuse to obey my commands and instructions? 29 They must realize that the Sabbath is the Lord’s gift to you. That is why he gives you a two-day supply on the sixth day, so there will be enough for two days. On the Sabbath day you must each stay in your place. Do not go out to pick up food on the seventh day.”

Mark 2:27  (NLT)

27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.

Matthew 11:28-29 (NLT)

28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.