How
to Keep the Sabbath
Lesson
17
Marking
Code: KS
Marking Color: Blue
Key Text: Exodus 20: 8-10
- Exodus 20:8-10. True
Sabbath keeping includes physical and
well as spiritual rest. We are to
cease all our regular labor and
occupations in order to enter into
fellowship with God.
- Isaiah 66:22,23. The
Sabbath includes spiritual rest and
fellowship. Sinless Adam and Eve
didn’t need physical rest as
much as they needed to cease from
their own interests and pursuits in
order to spend quality time with God.
This will be one of the reasons for
Sabbath keeping in the earth made
new.
- Leviticus 23:32. The
Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday
and ends at sunset on Saturday. At
Creation, the evening preceded the
morning of each day. (Genesis
1:5,8,13). According to the Bible,
each day begins and ends at sunset.
- Mark 15:42. The
Bible calls the day before the
Sabbath, the “preparation
day.” Friday is the day to
prepare for the Sabbath.
- Isaiah 58:12-14. We
are to turn our feet away from
tramping on God’s holy Sabbath
by engaging in common business
transactions. Rather we are to make
the Sabbath a day of joy!
Jeremiah
17:21,22. Bear no burdens on the Sabbath; no
work.
Luke
23:56. Rest on the Sabbath.
Exodus
34:21. Don’t plow or harvest.
Nehemiah
13: 15-22. Don’t buy or sell anything.
Isaiah
56: 6,7. Don’t pollute the Sabbath.
- Matthew 12:10-12. We
can do good on the Sabbath-this
includes all kinds of activities that
help others and that build morality,
integrity, and spirituality in us and
our families-that draw us closer to
God and to one another. Suggestions:
Leviticus
23:3. Rest physically and spiritually.
Proverbs
22:6. Teach our children spiritual values and
interact with them.
Isaiah
40:26. See God’s works in nature.
Isaiah
66:22. Worship God.
Matthew
24:14. Preach, teach, and spread the good
news of Jesus.
Matthew
25:35,36. Help the needy; feed the hungry,
visit those in prison.
Luke
4:16. Attend worship services at church.
Luke
13:14-17. Do good to all God’s
creatures.
Acts
17:11. Study God’s Word and fortify your
mind with His truth.
- Deuteronomy 5:15. We
are to keep the Sabbath as a sign of
our redemption by God from the
slavery of sin.
Ezekiel
20:12, 20.
Mark
2:27, 28.
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