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Commandment # 4 Keep the Sabbath Holy!
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Central Park, New York City
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1. The Purpose of the Commandment RestRedemption
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1. The Purpose of the Sabbath RestExodus 20:8-10 8 “Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 9 Six days you shall labour and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the L ORD your God.”
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1. The Purpose of the Sabbath RestWorship
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1. The Purpose of the Sabbath Deuteronomy 5: 15Redemption 15 ” Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the L ORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm.”
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2. The Implications of the Sabbath WorkExodus 20:10 On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your ox, your donkey or any of your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns, so that your male and female servants may rest, as you do.
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“You show me a nation that has given up the Sabbath, and I will show you a nation that has got the seeds of decay."
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3. The Blessings of the Sabbath Deuteronomy 5:16, Exodus 20:11 Therefore the L ORD your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. Therefore the L ORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
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4. The Extension of the Sabbath One day a week One year in 7 Every 50 years The Sabbath was not made for man, man was made for the Sabbath (Jesus)
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4. The Extension of the Sabbath “The spiritual rest which God especially intends in this commandment is that we not only cease from our labour and trade but much more-that we let God alone work in us and that in all our powers do we do nothing of our own”
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4. The Extension of the Sabbath “Sabbath as that uncluttered time and space in which we can distance ourselves from our own activities enough to see what God is doing”
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5. The Practise of the Sabbath A balance in life Rest from work Worship Read Christian literature Time with family/Church family
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Central Park, New York City
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