The
Fourth Commandment
Adapted From: Ten to Grow On By Sandra Klaus
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Review:
o
How
many commandments are there? 10
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The
10 Commandments are found in which part of the Bible? Old Testament and many
are repeated in the New Testament.
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What
is the First Commandment?
§ You shall
have no other Gods before me.
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What
is the Second Commandment?
§ You shall
not make for Yourself an Idol
o
What
is the Third Commandment?
§ You shall
not misuse the name of the Lord your God
o
Who
can remember where the 10 Commandments are first found in the Bible? What book? Exodus
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Read
Exodus 20:8-11
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Sabbath?
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The
word Sabbath comes from the Hebrew word meaning to stop, take a break, rest
from your work.
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Holy?
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Holy
means to separate or set apart.
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When
God gave this Commandment to Moses to share with His people, he was asking for
a special day to be set aside each week for worship and rest. A day of worship.
In a sense, a gift to God. On that one
day, people were to give their attention to God.
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Ways
in which we can worship God:
o
Go
to church
o
Pray
o
Thinking
about Him
o
Reading
the Bible
o
Singing
songs to Him or about Him
o
Doing
good things for others
o
Encouraging
other Christians
o
Telling
unbelievers about Christ
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Sabbath
was also a gift from God. A day of
rest. A day away from our ordinary
work. He knew we would need a break.
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Most
Christians use Sunday as their day of worship and rest.
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God
loves us and He wants us to take care of ourselves both spiritually and
physically.
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God
wants us to spend time with Him every day, but it’s important that set aside
one day to be a special “God’s” day. He
doesn’t request this. He commands it.
“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it Holy.”
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Traditionally
Jews celebrated the Sabbath on Saturday. From sunset Friday night to sunset
Saturday night, the Jewish people were forbidden to do any work at all.
·
Then
Jesus came and changed that perspective a bit.
He said it was ok to do some things on the Sabbath.
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Mark
2:27 – Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath
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Matthew
12:12 – Jesus says it is right to do good things on the Sabbath
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After
Jesus came and died to save us all from our sins, people began celebrating the
Sabbath on Sunday. Not all churches
consider Sunday the Sabbath. Some still use Saturday.
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Some
people look at the Sabbath as their day of rest, and they sleep in, skip
church, and lounge around all day.
That’s fantastic except for one thing.
They’ve missed the “worship” part of the commandment! Oh dear!
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Other
people do so much on the Sabbath attempting to get ready for church, get ready
for big meals, going to a church meeting after church, that they’ve missed out
on the “rest” part of the commandment.
Also, Oh dear!
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Leaving
out either part – rest or worship – is disobeying God’s Commandment.
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God
gave us the Sabbath so that we would be ready to face what would come at us
during the week.
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Remember
to study God’s Word and worship him while making time to rest and relax.
· Bible Drill: Things to do to keep
God’s day holy
Luke 18:1 (Pray)
Psalm 119:11 (Memorize)
Psalm 9:1 (Praise)
Ephesians 5:19 (Sing)
Psalm 1:1-2 (Meditate)
Acts 20:35 (Give)
Hebrews 13:16 (Do good)
I Thessalonians 5:18 (Give thanks)
Exodus
20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day by
keeping it holy. Six days you shall
labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your
God. On it you shall not do any work…
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. Therefore the Lord blessed the
Sabbath day and made it holy.
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