A Day of Rest

Sunday, December 6, 2015
Exodus 20:8-11, 31:12-16 KJV 

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates: 11 For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. 

12 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it [is] a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that [ye] may know that I [am] the LORD that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it [is] holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth [any] work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 15 Six days may work be done; but in the seventh [is] the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth [any] work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. 16 Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What does the Lord God want His people to do in observance of the sabbath day? Why? (20:8-11)
2) Why is it so  important that God's people remember to keep sabbath? (31:12-13)
3) How long is the sabbath to be kept and what are the penalties for not keeping it? (31:14-16)

APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) Review Hebrews 4:1-10 concerning the promise of rest that remains for the children of God in this present age of grace.

LIFE LESSONS
5) We enter into God's rest by ceasing from our own efforts to live godly lives and by yielding to the Holy Spirit's direction for our lives.