Exodus 31:12-17; Colossians 2:16,17

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The Sabbath Shadow:
Jesus and Sabbath

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Ten commandments
Exodus 20:8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
rooted in Creation
9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work... 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth

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Ten commandments
Deuteronomy 5 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
rooted in Redemption
15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there ... Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

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serious business
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.

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What the church has mostly done
1. move from Sat to Sun
2. act like Pharisees

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Jesus on sabbath
1. attended gathering
Mark 1:21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.

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Jesus on sabbath
2. Favourite day for healing
Mark 3:4 Then Jesus asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they remained silent.

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Jesus on sabbath
3. Powerful provocative teaching
Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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Mark 2:27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

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John 5:17 In his defense Jesus said to them, “My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.”

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Paul on Sabbath
Colossians 2:16 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. 17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.

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Rest of the New Testament
Hebrews 4:9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.

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How about the Catechism?
...especially on the festive day of rest, I diligently attend the assembly of God’s people
...that every day of my life I rest from my evil ways, let the Lord work in me through his Spirit, and so begin in this life the eternal Sabbath

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So Now What?
1. Focus: Jesus is the Sabbath, not Sunday.
2. Find your sabbath, face your striving
3. Forgo Pharisaism

July 4th - The Sabbath Shadow