\"Remember the Sabbath"

Exodus 20 / Mark 2:23-28

Three ways this command is "transformed" in the New Testament

1) Christians shifted from observing the Jewish Sabbath to the "Lord’s Day"

"On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread…" (Acts 20:7)2) The Sabbath pointed forward to something greater that would be fulfilled in Jesus."So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his" (Heb. 4:9-10)

3) There is some Christian freedom when it comes to Sabbath observance"Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ" (Col. 2:16-17)

 

Two primary purposes of this commandment

1)The Lord’s Day is for worship                    2) The Lord’s Day is for rest