1. Gen. 2:2 |
God rests on the seventh day and
sanctifies the Sabbath |
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2. Ex. 16:4-5 |
The Sabbath a TEST COMMANDMENT to prove
whether one will walk in God's Law or not. |
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3. Ex. 16:23 |
God reveals to Israel the CORRECT DAY to
keep the Sabbath after they have been in Egypt for 400
years. |
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4. Ex. 20:8 - 11 |
Sabbath a part of the Decalogue, the TEN
COMMANDMENTS engraved in tablets of stone by the very
finger of God. Shows the Sabbath is a memorial of God's
creation. |
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5. Ex. 31:13-17 |
Sabbath is a SIGN of God's people. We
of the faith are spiritual Israelites; children of
Abraham (Gal. 3:7) |
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6. Deut. 5:12-15 |
Sabbath again included as part of the
Ten Commandments. Emphasizes that the Sabbath is a day
of LIBERTY. |
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7. Ezek. 20:12 |
Sabbath a SIGN of SANCTIFICATION |
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8. Ezek. 20:20-23 |
The breaking of the Sabbath a primary
reason Israel went into CAPTIVITY and was scattered. |
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9. Mark 1:21 |
Jesus Christ teaches on the Sabbath. |
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10. Luke 4:16 |
Jesus Christ faithfully attends the
synagogue on the Sabbath as His custom or habit was. We
are to walk in His steps (I Peter 1:21) |
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11. Mark 2:27-28 |
Sabbath was made for MAN, not just for
the Jew. Jesus Christ is LORD of the Sabbath. |
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12. Matt. 24:20 |
Show Sabbath was still to be observed in
later times. |
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13. Luke 23:56 |
Holy Spirit inspires N.T. writer Luke to
affirm that the Sabbath was still a COMMANDMENT. Luke
was written around 60 AD. Almost 30 years after
Christ's death. |
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14. Heb. 4:9 |
There remains a SABBATISMOS (Greek-"A
keeping of the Sabbath") to the people of God. The
Sabbath is a picture of the rest we have in Christ and
finally in His Kingdom. |
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15. Acts 13:14-15 |
Paul teaches in Antioch in the synagogue
on the Sabbath. |
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16. Acts 13:42-44 |
Paul teaches to BOTH Jews and Gentile on
the Sabbath. |
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17. Acts 16:12-13 |
Paul teaches in a strictly GENTILE area
in Philipi on the Sabbath. |
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18. Acts 17:1-4 |
Paul teaches on three consecutive
Sabbath to Jews and Greeks. |
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19. Acts 18:1-4 |
Paul works six days as a tent maker and
teaches in the synagogue every Sabbath. |
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20. Isa. 56:2-7 |
A MILLENNIAL reference to God's Sabbath |
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21. Isa. 58:13-14 |
We are to turn away from doing our own
pleasure on the Sabbath and call the Sabbath a DELIGHT. |
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22. Isa. 66:23-24 |
Sabbath to be kept after the time of the
NEW HEAVENS and the NEW EARTH. |