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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