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Bible Lesson: Cherished Promises To
The Child Of God: To Those Who Keep The Sabbath.
Bible Text:
Isaiah 58:13,14 NLT
13 “Keep the
Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the
Sabbath and speak of it with delight as The Lord’s holy day.
Honor the
Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don’t follow your own
desires or talk idly.
14 Then The
Lord will be your delight. I will give you great honor
and satisfy you
with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. I, The Lord,
have spoken!”
The Lord's Request:
13 “Keep the
Sabbath day holy. Don’t pursue your own interests on that day,
but enjoy the
Sabbath and speak of it with delight as The Lord’s holy day.
Honor the
Sabbath in everything you do on that day, and don’t follow your own
desires or talk idly.
The Lord's Promise:
14 Then The
Lord will be your delight. I will give you great honor
and satisfy you
with the inheritance I promised to your ancestor Jacob. I, The Lord,
have spoken!”
The
Sabbath;
Genesis
2:2,3 KJV
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.
Exodus
16:23 NLT
He
told them, “This is what The Lord commanded: Tomorrow will be a day
of complete rest, a holy Sabbath day set apart for The Lord. So bake
or boil as much as you want today, and set aside what is left for
tomorrow.”
Exodus
20:8-11 KJV
8
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9
Six days shalt thou labor, 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:
11
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.
Exodus
31:16,17 KJV
16
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe
the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant.
17
It is a sign between Me and the children of Israel for ever: for in
six days The Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day He
rested, and was refreshed.
Exodus
34:21 NLT
You
have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh
day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and
harvest.
Exodus
35:1-3 NLT
1
Then Moses called together the whole community of Israel and told
them, “These are the instructions The Lord has commanded you to
follow.
2
You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but the seventh
day must be a Sabbath day of complete rest, a holy day dedicated to
The Lord. Anyone who works on that day must be put to death.
3
You must not even light a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath.”
Leviticus
23:3 KJV
Six
days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest,
an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath
of
The
Lord in all your dwellings.
Deuteronomy
5:12-15 KJV
12
Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as The Lord thy God hath
commanded thee.
13
Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work:
14
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, nor thy
manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any
of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy
manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
15
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that
The
Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a
stretched out arm: therefore The Lord thy God commanded thee to keep
the sabbath day.
Nehemiah
9:14 NLT
You
instructed them concerning your holy Sabbath. And you commanded them,
through Moses your servant, to obey all your commands, decrees, and
instructions.
Nehemiah
13:15-22 NLT
15
In those days I saw men of Judah treading out their wine presses on
the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys,
and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to
Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their
produce on that day.
16
Some men from Tyre, who lived in Jerusalem, were bringing in fish and
all kinds of merchandise. They were selling it on the Sabbath to the
people of Judah—and in Jerusalem at that!
17
So I confronted the nobles of Judah. “Why are you profaning the
Sabbath in this evil way?” I asked.
18
“Wasn’t it just this sort of thing that your ancestors did that
caused our God to bring all this trouble upon us and our city? Now
you are bringing even more wrath upon Israel by permitting the
Sabbath to be desecrated in this way!”
19
Then I commanded that the gates of Jerusalem should be shut as
darkness fell every Friday evening, not to be opened until the
Sabbath ended. I sent some of my own servants to guard the gates so
that no merchandise could be brought in on the Sabbath day.
20
The merchants and tradesmen with a variety of wares camped outside
Jerusalem once or twice.
21
But I spoke sharply to them and said, “What are you doing out here,
camping around the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you!”
And that was the last time they came on the Sabbath.
22
Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and to guard the
gates in order to preserve the holiness of the Sabbath.
Remember
this good deed also, O my God! Have compassion on me according to
your great and unfailing love.
Isaiah
66:22,23 KJV
22
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall
remain before Me, saith The Lord, so shall your seed and your name
remain.
23
And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before
Me, saith The Lord.
Ezekiel
20:10-24 NLT
10
So I brought them out of Egypt and led them into the wilderness.
11
There I gave them My decrees and regulations so they could find life
by keeping them.
12
And I gave them My Sabbath days of rest as a sign between them and
Me. It was to remind them that I am The Lord, who had set them apart
to be holy.
13
“But the people of Israel rebelled against Me, and they refused to
obey My decrees there in the wilderness. They wouldn’t obey My
regulations even though obedience would have given them life. They
also violated My Sabbath days. So I threatened to pour out My fury on
them, and I made plans to utterly consume them in the wilderness.
14
But again I held back in order to protect the honor of My name before
the nations who had seen My power in bringing Israel out of Egypt.
15
But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I
would not bring them into the land I had given them, a land flowing
with milk and honey, the most beautiful place on earth.
16
For they had rejected My regulations, refused to follow My decrees,
and violated My Sabbath days. Their hearts were given to their idols.
17
Nevertheless, I took pity on them and held back from destroying them
in the wilderness.
18
“Then I warned their children not to follow in their parents’
footsteps, defiling themselves with their idols.
19
‘I am The Lord your God,’ I told them. ‘Follow My decrees, pay
attention to My regulations,
20
and keep My Sabbath days holy, for they are a sign to remind you that
I am The Lord your God.’
21
“But their children, too, rebelled against Me. They refused to keep
My decrees and follow My regulations, even though obedience would
have given them life. And they also violated My Sabbath days. So
again I threatened to pour out My fury on them in the wilderness.
22
Nevertheless, I withdrew My judgment against them to protect the
honor of My name before the nations that had seen My power in
bringing them out of Egypt.
23
But I took a solemn oath against them in the wilderness. I swore I
would scatter them among all the nations
24
because they did not obey My regulations. They scorned My decrees by
violating My Sabbath days and longing for the idols of their
ancestors.
Matthew
5:17-19 KJV
17
Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfill.
18
For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
19
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and
shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of
heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be
called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew
12:8 KJV
For
The Son Of Man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
Matthew
28:1-8 KJV (Christ is risen)
1
In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first
day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see
the sepulcher.
2
And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of The Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the
door, and sat upon it.
3
His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
4
And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
5
And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I
know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6
He is not here: for He is risen, as He said. Come, see the place
where The Lord lay.
7
And go quickly, and tell His disciples that He is risen from the
dead; and, behold, He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye
see Him: lo, I have told you.
8
And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy;
and did run to bring His disciples word.
Mark
2:23-28 NLT
23
One Sabbath day as Jesus was walking through some grain fields, His
disciples began breaking off heads of grain to eat.
24
But the Pharisees said to Jesus, “Look, why are they breaking the
law by harvesting grain on the Sabbath?”
25
Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you ever read in the Scriptures what
David did when he and his companions were hungry?
26
He went into the house of God (during the days when Abiathar was high
priest) and broke the law by eating the sacred loaves of bread that
only the priests are allowed to eat. He also gave some to his
companions.”
27
Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made to meet the needs of
people, and not people to meet the requirements of the Sabbath.
28
So The Son Of Man is Lord, even over the Sabbath!”
Mark
3:1-6 KJV
1
And He entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there
which had a withered hand.
2
And they watched Him, whether He would heal him on the sabbath day;
that they might accuse Him.
3
And He saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
4
And He saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days,
or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
5
And when He had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved
for the hardness of their hearts, He saith unto the man, Stretch
forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored
whole as the other.
6
And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against Him, how they might destroy Him.
Mark
16:1-10 KJV
1
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint Him.
2
And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they
came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun.
3
And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from
the door of the sepulcher?
4
And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it
was very great.
5
And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the
right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were
affrighted.
6
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus Of Nazareth,
which was crucified: He is risen; He is not here: behold the place
where they laid Him.
7
But go your way, tell His disciples and Peter that He goeth before
you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him, as He said unto you.
8
And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulcher; for they
trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for
they were afraid.
9
Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week,
He appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven
devils.
10
And she went and told them that had been with Him, as they mourned
and wept.
Luke
4:16 KJV
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 13:10-17 NLT (Jesus Heals on the Sabbath)
10
One Sabbath day as Jesus was teaching in a synagogue,
11
He saw a woman who had been crippled by an evil spirit. She had been
bent double for eighteen years and was unable to stand up straight.
12
When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Dear woman, you
are healed of your sickness!”
13
Then He touched her, and instantly she could stand straight. How she
praised God!
14
But the leader in charge of the synagogue was indignant that Jesus
had healed her on the Sabbath day. “There are six days of the week
for working,” he said to the crowd. “Come on those days to be
healed, not on the Sabbath.”
15
But The Lord replied, “You hypocrites! Each of you works on the
Sabbath day! Don’t you untie your ox or your donkey from its stall
on the Sabbath and lead it out for water?
16
This dear woman, a daughter of Abraham, has been held in bondage by
Satan for eighteen years. Isn’t it right that she be released, even
on the Sabbath?”
17
This shamed His enemies, but all the people rejoiced at the wonderful
things He did.
Luke
16:17 KJV
And
it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law
to fail.
Luke
23:56 KJV
And
they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the
Sabbath day according to the commandment.
Luke 24:1-8 KJV (Christ's resurrection. Read all
53 verses)
1
Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning,
they came unto the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had
prepared, and certain others with them.
2
And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher.
3
And they entered in, and found not the body of The Lord Jesus.
4
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold,
two men stood by them in shining garments:
5
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth,
they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
6
He is not here, but is risen: remember how He spake unto you when He
was yet in Galilee,
7
Saying, The Son Of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful
men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
8
And they remembered His words,
John
14:15,21 KJV
15
If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
21
He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will
love him, and will manifest Myself to him.
John
20:1,19 KJV (Christ's
resurrection)
1
The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it
was yet dark, unto the sepulcher, and seeth the stone taken away from
the sepulcher.
19
Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week,
when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear
of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them,
Peace be unto you.
Acts
13:14,42 KJV
14
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia,
and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
42
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles
besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
Acts
17:3 NLT
As
was Paul’s custom, he went to the synagogue service, and for three
Sabbaths in a row he used the Scriptures to reason with the people.
Acts
18:4 NLT
Each
Sabbath found Paul at the synagogue, trying to convince the Jews and
Greeks alike.
Acts
20:7 KJV
And
upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came
together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on
the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
I
Corinthians 16:1,2 KJV
1
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order
to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him
in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when
I come.
Galatians 4:8-12 NLT (Paul’s Concern for the
Galatians)
8
Before you Gentiles knew God, you were slaves to so-called gods that
do not even exist.
9
So now that you know God (or should I say, now that God knows you),
why do you want to go back again and become slaves once more to the
weak and useless spiritual principles of this world?
10
You are trying to earn favor with God by observing certain days or
months or seasons or years.
11
I fear for you. Perhaps all my hard work with you was for nothing.
12
Dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to live as I do in
freedom from these things, for I have become like you Gentiles—free
from those laws.
Colossians
2:16,17 NLT
16
So don’t let anyone condemn you for what you eat or drink, or for
not celebrating certain holy days or new moon ceremonies or Sabbaths.
17
For these rules are only shadows of the reality yet to come. And
Christ Himself is that reality.
Hebrews
4:9-11 NLT
9
So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.
10
For all who have entered into God’s rest have rested from their
labors, just as God did after creating the world.
11
So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as
the people of Israel did, we will fall.
Revelation
14:12 NLT
This
means that God’s holy people must endure persecution patiently,
obeying His commands and maintaining their faith in Jesus.
A last thought, regarding the Sabbath.
Romans
5:1 KJV
Therefore
being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ:
Colossians
2:16,17 KJV
16
Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of
an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:
17
Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.
Romans
6:14,15 KJV
14
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the
law, but under grace.
15
What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under
grace? God forbid.
Not under the law, does not mean, not under our Lord's
example!
John
13:15 KJV
For
I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Luke
4:16 KJV (Jesus)
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
Hebrews 10:24,25 KJV (Apostle Paul)
24
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good
works:
25
Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the
manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more,
as ye see the day approaching.
Matthew
11:28 KJV
Come
unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
Selah
Prayer:
Deuteronomy
4:29 KJV
But
if from thence thou shalt seek The Lord thy God, thou shalt find Him,
if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
Proverbs
8:17 KJV
I
love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Zechariah
1:3 KJV
Therefore
say thou unto them, Thus saith The Lord Of Hosts; Turn ye unto Me,
saith The Lord Of Hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith The
Lord Of Hosts.
James
4:8 KJV
Draw
nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you..."
