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Speaker 2Welcome to day three as we march through the Ten Commandments found in Exodus , chapter 20 . Today we're going to talk about the fourth commandment , also very misunderstood , I think , especially as post-resurrected Christians . We'll pick it up in verse eight . It says this Remember the Sabbath day To keep it holy . Six days you shall labor and do all your work , but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord , your God . On it you shall not do any work , you or your son or your daughter , your male servant or your female servant , or your livestock or the sojourner who is within your gates . For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth , the sea and all that is in them , and he rested on the seventh day . Therefore , the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy .
You see , here's the ancient rabbis will say that the fourth commandment is the hinge commandment . This is brilliant . A lawyer comes to Jesus and says what's the greatest commandment in the whole Bible ? He quotes the Shema , which is basically this love God , love people . If you look at the 10 commandments that way , you will understand that Commandments 1 , 2 , and 3 are love God . Commandments 5 through 10 are how we are to love people , and the Sabbath commandment . The fourth commandment is the hinge commandment , that this is how we are to prioritize our relationship with God . Jesus
is going to come along and say that hey , listen , man , you have turned the Sabbath into something it was not meant to be . It was not meant to be a burden , it was meant to be a blessing . And so then the early church comes along and they kind of well , not kind of they changed the Sabbath the Jewish Sabbath was sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday . And then the early Christians turned their day of worship to the Lord's day , because the resurrection was the most important thing . So it's not the day that matters , but here's what matters the principle of the Sabbath matters .
Speaker 2That God has created us in rhythm . Think about this that God was not in a hurry when he created the earth . I mean , why in the world did he take six days ? Why not create it all ? In one word , because God created us to live in rhythm . He creates the first three days and then on the subsequent three days he fills the environments that he created on those first three days , and there was evening and there was morning , and the next day Our heart beats in rhythm . We live in seasons . There's something about music that the rhythm of music gets to deep places in our heart , and God has called us to live in this kind of rhythm that we are supposed to work for six days .
Speaker 2We work hard from sunup to sundown and get all the work done that God has for us , and we get tired . And being tired is a constant reminder that we are needy , that we need God to do this miraculous thing . You ever think about this ? You lay down , go to bed and it's like you go into a little coma . You are unconscious and yet God refuels you so that you can be ready for the next day . But here's what's interesting If you take it all the way back to creation , which is where this commandment is rooted ,
it says that God worked for six days and he rested .
Speaker 2Well , why did he rest ? He didn't rest because he was tired . He doesn't get tired . He rests as an example for Adam and Eve . Well , think about this . What day were Adam and Eve created ? They were created at the end of God's week , and so they were created on the sixth day and saying can you imagine , before they go to bed their very first night , and Adam goes to the Lord and says all right , boss , what are we going to do tomorrow ? Because I got a lot of work to do . I mean , I've got to subdue and cultivate , I've got to be fruitful and multiply . I can't wait to get to work on that one . What are we going to do tomorrow ? And God says to Adam and Eve here's what you're going to do tomorrow . Nothing , you're going to rest . And they're thinking we're not even tired , we haven't done anything , all we've done is be created .
Speaker 2So the Sabbath is not simply a result of your week to rest . Sabbath means that you prioritize God as first and foremost in your life . The first full day of the very first humans , the first thing they did was they rested in the Lord , they connected with the Lord . They weren't resting from work , they were resting for work .
Speaker 2You see , because when we give God our first and best , not with just our finances , but especially with our time this is why the church gathers on a Sunday morning to give him the first and best of our week . Because if we reorient our entire life but God is not first in your life , then your whole life is going to be
out of order . And so let me ask you do you Sabbath ? And I know you're like , nah , I'm too busy . Well , if the devil can't make you bad , he'll make you busy . I dare you . I dare you to live in the kind of rhythm where one day a week , you stop , you rest , you refocus your life on Christ , you connect with your loved ones , you have time of worship and rest so that you can be the man God has called you to be . For the rest of the week , remember the Sabbath and keep it holy .
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