Exodus 20:8 through Exodus 20:11 (KJV)
8Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9Six days shalt thou labour, and do
all thy work: 10But 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:
11For 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.
God Gives us a Plan for working.
God gives us a specific plan for working, this is an indication that we have a
responsibility to work. He also gives us a standard for rest. We are taught by
this commandment to work for six days, and then to spend the seventh day for
rest. The important part of this point is that we are expected to work.
God Gives us a Prescription for Weariness.
It's not that God needed rest on the seventh day, but instead that he was
showing us by example that we need that day of rest. Weariness causes physical,
spiritual, emotional, and psychological problems in our life. We cannot continue
without rest.
God gives us a priority for Worship.
By setting aside one day for worship God established the primacy of worship. For
us to remain Holy, we must spend time apart from the world worshipping our Lord.
Pastor's Note: There is no full manuscript available for this sermon. This
message was preached from this outline which was adapted from several sermons on
this passage. My primary source was Pastor Tom Dooley at
http://www.zoomnet.net/~dooley/time4.txt
