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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
Ex 20:8-11 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to YHWH your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days YHWH made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, YHWH blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.”
I. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
A. AT SINAI
>>1. PHYSICAL BLESSING (Gen 2:15; 3:19; II Thes 3:10-12; I Tim 5:8)
>>2. SPIRITUAL BLESSING (I Thes 5:18; Phil 4:19; Gen 2:3; Ex 16:29-30)
B. HEBREW HISTORY
>>1. CONTINUED OBSERVANCE (Ex 31:13-14 Num 15:29-36)
>>2. METICULOUS OBSERVANCE (Luke 6:1-2; Acts 1:12; Josh 3:4)
II. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
A. FULFILLED IN CHRIST
>>1. PURPOSE OF THE SABBATH (Mt 12:3-13)
>>2. SABBATH REST (Mt 11:28; Heb 4:7a-11)
B. FOR THE CHURCH
>>1. FREEDOM (Col 2:16-17 Gal 4:9-10 Rom 14:4-6a I Pet 2:9; 1:16)
>>2. NEW “SABBATH” (Mk 16:9; Jn 20:19; Acts 20:7; I Cor 16:2; Rev 1:10)
III. IN THE WORLD TODAY
A. WORLD HISTORY
>>1. AMERICAN WORSHIP
>>2. WORLD WORSHIP
B. 21ST CENTURY
>>1. SABBATARIANS
>>2. PHARISEES (Acts 20:7; Heb 10:25; I Cor 11:20-28; Ps 122:1)