Well Ordered Lives – Week Four
Exodus 20:8-11
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“Until you follow God expecting no personal benefit, you're not really following God.” - Tim Keller
Do You Believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit?
Will you live your life in the apostle's teaching and fellowship, the breaking of bread, and in prayer?
Will you LOVE the Lord your God with all of your heart, soul, might, and strength?
Will you walk in holiness and resist the devil, and whenever you fall into sin, repent and return to the Lord?
Will you SERVE others as an ambassador for Jesus and walk in the ministry of reconciliation?
Will you serve Christ by loving your neighbor as yourself, striving for justice and peace for all people?
Will you GO and Make Christlike disciples wherever the Lord leads?
Are you willing to leave home and lose the blessing of your Father?
Are you willing to lose your job?
Are you willing to the village of those who persecute you, forgive them, and share the love of Christ with them?
Are you willing to give an offering to the Lord?
Are you willing to be beaten rather than deny your faith?
Are you willing to go to prison?
Are you willing to die for Jesus?
Exodus 20:8-11 - 8 “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord 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. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy..
Rest, renewal, and sabbath
Sabbath is a Sacred Rhythm we Resist
1. Rest is god’s design
Genesis 2:1-3 – Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
God didn’t NEED rest.
God MODELED rest.
Exodus 20:8-11 – “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord 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. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
2. Busyness is often a trust issue
Mark 2:27-28 – And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
Busyness often hides:
Fear of failing
Fear of falling behind
Fear of being unproductive
Jesus said rest is a gift
Jesus said rest is a gift and refusing rest is a sign of rebellion
The GOSPEL:
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that God, in His love, sent His Son Jesus to live a sinless life, die on the cross for our sins, and rise again in victory over death. Through faith in Jesus, we are forgiven, reconciled to God, and given the gift of eternal life. This gospel calls us to repent, believe, and follow Jesus as Lord, living transformed lives by the power of His Spirit.
Rest, renewal, and sabbath
Sabbath is a Sacred Rhythm we Resist
1. Rest is god’s design
Genesis 2:1-3 – Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished his work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all his work that he had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that he had done in creation.
God didn’t NEED rest.
God MODELED rest.
Exodus 20:8-11 – “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord 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. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
2. Busyness is often a trust issue
Mark 2:27-28 – And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.
Busyness often hides:
Fear of failing
Fear of falling behind
Fear of being unproductive
Jesus said rest is a gift
Jesus said rest is a gift and refusing rest is a sign of rebellion
The GOSPEL:
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the good news that God, in His love, sent His Son Jesus to live a sinless life, die on the cross for our sins, and rise again in victory over death. Through faith in Jesus, we are forgiven, reconciled to God, and given the gift of eternal life. This gospel calls us to repent, believe, and follow Jesus as Lord, living transformed lives by the power of His Spirit.