Saturday, November 5, 2015
Exodus 16:22-26 KJV
22 And it came to pass, [that] on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one [man]: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. 23 And he said unto them, This [is that] which the LORD hath said, To morrow [is] the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake [that] which ye will bake [to day], and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day [is] a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, [which is] the sabbath, in it there shall be none.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did the children of God do on the sixth day? (v.22)
2) What did Moses tell the congregation to do on the Sabbath? (v.23)
3) What did the people of God do with that which they gathered on the sixth day? Why? (v.24-26)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What, if anything, do you do to honor the Sabbath?
LIFE LESSONS
5) We honor the Sabbath best by resting in the Lord (the One who is our Sabbath because He fulfilled the Law)!
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Saturday, December 5, 2015
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Promised Rest
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Hebrews 4:1-11 KJV
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it]. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Why does the writer tell the people of God to "fear"? (v.1)
2) Who does, and does not, enter into the "rest" of God? Why? (v.2-3,6-11)
3) Why is entering into the "rest" of God so important? (v.4-5)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) How do you enter the "rest" promised by the Lord?
LIFE LESSONS
5) Believers enter the "rest" promised by God when we believe His word and cease from our own "works" of the flesh.
Hebrews 4:1-11 KJV
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. 2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard [it]. 3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. 5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: 7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God [did] from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) Why does the writer tell the people of God to "fear"? (v.1)
2) Who does, and does not, enter into the "rest" of God? Why? (v.2-3,6-11)
3) Why is entering into the "rest" of God so important? (v.4-5)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) How do you enter the "rest" promised by the Lord?
LIFE LESSONS
5) Believers enter the "rest" promised by God when we believe His word and cease from our own "works" of the flesh.
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Lord of the Sabbath
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Matthew 12:1-8 KJV
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 6 But I say unto you, That in this place is [one] greater than the temple. 7 But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) What did Jesus and His disciples do on the Sabbath day? (v.1)
2) How did the religious leaders respond to what they did? (v.2)
3) What was Jesus' response to the Pharisees? (v.3-8)
APPLICATION QUESTIONS
4) What does the statement, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice" mean to you?
5) How do you demonstrate your beliefs in the mercy of God your own life?
6) Are you "resting" in Jesus, or are you performing your way into eternal life?
LIFE LESSONS
7) The Lord expects His people to worship Him by extending His mercy, rather than His judgment, to others.
8) Jesus is our Sabbath because He is the One whom we may "rest" in from the trials and difficulties of this life.
9) Performance oriented religion always leads to spiritual exhaustion, fatigue and burn-out.
10) To "rest" is to cease from one's own striving to allow the Lord to be God in our lives.
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