Sabbath
I’m thinking about what sabbath means this week. I’m teaching Matt 12 this week. Nobody’s going to get this message if they don’t get sabbath. I work to have a church that’s culturally relevant, and nobody relevant talks about sabbath. Only an older generation that believed in not working on Sunday. And blue laws. But to be serious about understanding the Christian faith, I think I need to do a bang up job with this message.
How many times do you think the bible talks about the sabbath? The word itself occurs 167 times in the ESV. I’ll guarantee that lots of times its talking about sabbath even when it doesn’t use the word. Also, the word means ‘to cease, desist, or rest’. The word rest occurs almost 650 times. God talks about it all the time.
It’s obvious that one of God’s great blessings he is offering us is rest. I’m motivated figure it out.
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January 13, 2009 at 1:42 am
A verse popped into my head Sunday during your message and I could not remember where it was found. And then it popped in again as I read your blog. It is Psalm 46:10 and it says in most translations “Be still and know that I am God.” The NASB reads “Cease striving and know that I am God.” It is so easy to forget that no matter what is going on He is God. Many times it takes a sabbath rest to remeber that. It takes us being still to remember who He is. I sometimes wonder if the Sabbath was more than just a way for us to rest from work but a time to remember who He is and how much we need Him. We finally quiet down and can actually hear His voice.