There And Back Again Week 5 5.21.17

Sermon Notes

SLIDE:  There & Back Again.

 

SLIDE:  Biblically Based, Relationally Driven, Spirit-Led

 

SLIDE: Exploring the connections between the Old Testament and New Testaments is important for our faith journey.

 

10 Commandments

 

SLIDE: Sabbath… God Created

10 Commandments

Exodus 20:11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.   Pg. 60

 

Sabbath is the 4th commandment and is the longest

 

7 speeches = 7 days.

 

7th speech

Exodus 31: on the 7th day God rested +  was refreshed!

Hebrew word for refreshed.

 

The noun  = bless the lord oh my –  (SOUL)  self!

 

That noun is given as a verb 3xs.

God was Re-Self-ed!

God got God’s self back!

“Let me gather myself”

 

God’s self was depleted through creation

The business of this world wants us to be depleted.

 

People who are re-freshed and re-selfed are people can stand.

 

 

SABBATH = It is a God called work stoppage!

 

It is a refusal to identified by productivity

 

Creation and being in sync with creation

 

Creation has a rhythm of work and rest.

 

You violate this and it will become unsustainable

 

Resisting the chaos of the world

 

 

SLIDE:  Sabbath… God Saves & Provides

10 Commandments

Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

 

 

God of CREATION &  GOD of SALVATION

 

Duet 15:18  Year of Release.  Cancellation of Debts.

 

7th Day  –  Sabbath

 7th Year  –  cancelling debts

 

The Year for Canceling Debts

DEUT 15 At the end of every seven years you must cancel debts.

The poor: do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward them. Rather, be openhanded and freely lend them whatever they need. Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought: “The seventh year, the year for canceling debts, is near,” so that you do not show ill will toward the needy among your fellow Israelites and give them nothing. They may then appeal to the Lord against you, and you will be found guilty of sin. 10 Give generously to them and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to.

 

11 There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites who are poor and needy in your land.

 

49th year Leviticus 25

 

Leviticus 25   50th year = JUBILEE!    

 

Give the land rest.

Return property to those who have lost it!

 

Exodus 16: Moses said to them, MANNA “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.

20 However, some of them paid no attention to Moses; they kept part of it until morning, but it was full of maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

22 On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much—two omers

 

29 Bear in mind that the Lord has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day he gives you bread for two days. Everyone is to stay where they are on the seventh day; no one is to go out.” 30 So the people rested on the seventh day.

 

 

Deuteronomy 5:15 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.

 

Sabbath was a revolt against slavery in Egypt!

 

Some of us are tired!  Exhausted. 

 

You are maxed out, stressed out, and this week you have freaked out.

 

You are living a life that leaves it impossible to express Jesus to others.

 

God of Creation and Deliverance!

He will supply!

 

IT became about rules! Regulations.

Who is out… who is in!  Love is gone.

 

Mark 2:27   Sabbath is for us!

Mark 2:27 Then Jesus said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.    Pg. 814

 

 

Mark 2:23-27 Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath

23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”

 

OT King David hungry … temple

 

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.  : 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”

 

Mark 3 Jesus heals the hand of a man!

 

If the Sabbath speaks of creation and redemption!

 

 

FEWEEEE I am in slavery…  R U SURE?

 

Success…  Cannot stop!  

People pleasing:  SOUL.   Identity

 

Shut off your email,  Set your boundaries

 

The owner…  Go home!  You get paid!  I will cover your work!

 

Shut off your mind,  Shut off your email,  resist the slavery!

 

Communion

Pastor Pete Hartwig