Sabbath Flashcards
So how do we remember the Sabbath and not do our own pleasure? You remember the Sabbath by keeping the laws that pertain to the Sabbath which is the same as not doing thy own pleasure.
Ex 20:8( keeps it holy)
Isaiah 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: [14] Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it
The Sabbath is the 7th day of the week and literally means “rest”, it also the first Holiday ordained by the Most High, creator of heaven and earth.
Genesis 2:2-3 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. [2] And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. [3] And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made
No Cooking
No Cooking
Exodus 35:3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
No buying or Selling
Nehemiah 10:31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.
Prepare the day before
Exodus 16:23 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
What day of the week is the Sabbath?
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Is you own your own business can you hire someone to work for you on the Sabbath?
Exodus 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: [10] But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
It’s going into the Sabbath how do you know when to stop working?
Nehemiah 13:19 And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
Mark 2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
Exodus 31:16-17 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
It’s a sign
Is the Sabbath every week?
Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
That’s why we should be Joyful and look forward to the Sabbaths
Ezra 9:8 And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
The Sabbath, Feast days is our Strength
Nehemiah 8:10 Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
Did Christ keep and teach on the Sabbath?
Luke 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Luke 4:31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Can you leave your House to keep the Sabbath ? To Congregate
Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
What does Dwelling means ?
Leviticus 23:31 Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Your Dwelling Place
Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,