08 KEEP THE SABBATH            Key Letters:  KS
 

1KS Exodus 20:8-10 We keep the Sabbath holy by abstaining from unnecessary work on that day. Even those who work for us should rest for the Sabbath.
2KS Gen. 1:31 God measures the day from evening (sunset) to evening.
3KS Leviticus 23:32 The Sabbath begins at sunset on Friday evening. All work should be done before sunset. Enjoy the beginning of the Sabbath with a special family worship.
4KS Mark 15:42 The day before the Sabbath is preparation day. Do all preparation possible on this day that will help avoid work on the Sabbath. Things you could do on any other day besides Sabbath, should be saved for another day.
5KS Nehemiah 13:15-22 How does this text describe Sabbath keeping? There should be no buying or selling on the Sabbath. What else?
6KS Isaiah
58:13, 14
On the Sabbath we are not to pursue our own business or our own pleasure. Keep our minds fixed on God and His plan for us. We lose the Sabbath blessing when we allow sports or other such things to intrude on God’s time.
7KS Exodus 34:21 "Even during the plowing season." No matter how busy or how much business you have on that day, you are to set it aside for God.
8KS Lev 23:3 The Sabbath is called a day of sacred assembly. We should worship on the Sabbath.
9KS Luke 4:16 Jesus went to God’s house to worship on the Sabbath. He is our example. Follow him.
10KS Matthew 12:10-12 Acts of mercy are permissible on the Sabbath. Medical work which is necessary to sustain life may have to be done on the Sabbath. It should still be limited to only what is necessary.
11KS Isaiah
66:22, 23
Let us make the Sabbaths as they come and go each week, lights along the way which lead to that glorious eternal home, where all the redeemed will come near to worship face to face each Sabbath day through out the eternal ages.

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