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 Good morning. It is a privilege to be with you this morning and preach God's word.

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! For today's message, I have included an outline in your bulletin that will be helpful as we go through this topic of stewarding your Lord's day.

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 While Nathan's on sabbatical, the elders have decided that a series on stewardship would be beneficial to us.

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 The normal rhythm of our preaching is a verse-by-verse exposition.

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 We hope to preach expository, expositionally, and our hope is to bring out the meaning of Scripture and to apply it to your lives.

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 During this series, we are taking a topical approach in looking at different topics of Scripture.

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 We're going to do this in four parts. Last week, Zach took the topic of preaching on stewarding our time.

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 Today, my responsibility and privilege is to teach our second message on stewarding our Lord's day.

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 To teach a series on stewardship, we need to define what stewardship is.

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 Stewardship, when discussing Scripture, involves taking care of all that God has given us.

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 So for this message, I'm going to define stewardship, and you'll see the definition,

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 as something God has entrusted to us for His supreme glory and our ultimate good.

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 What God has given to us is our responsibility to care for as God has instructed in His Word.

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 So when we talk about God's supreme glory, it means that in everything that we've been given,

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 that we use it or manage it for God's glory.

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 And all these things should go to bring about good in our lives and to the glory of God.

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 So the main point for today's message is the Lord's day is God's gift to us,

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 and we have a responsibility to steward this day for His supreme glory and our ultimate good.

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 Now that we've defined what stewardship means, let's clearly define what the Lord's day means.

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 In the 1689 London Baptist Confession, there is a helpful summary of what the Lord's day is.

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 On your outline, if you flip to the back, I've provided this definition if you want to read with me.

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 In 1689 chapter 22, paragraphs 7 through 8, it says,

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 It is the law of nature that in general portion of time specified by God should be set apart for the worship of God.

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 So by His Word, in a positive, moral, and perpetual commandment that obligates everyone in every age,

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 He has specifically anointed one day in seven for a Sabbath to be kept holy to Him.

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 From the beginning of the world to the resurrection of Christ, the appointed day was the last day of the week.

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 After the resurrection of Christ, it was changed to the first day of the week, which is called the Lord's day.

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 This day is to be kept to the end of the age as a Christian Sabbath,

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 since the observance of the last day of the week has been abolished.

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 The Sabbath is kept holy to the Lord when people have first prepared their hearts appropriately

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 and arranged their everyday affairs in advance.

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 Then they observe a holy rest all day from their works, words, and thoughts about secular employment and recreation.

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 Not only that, but they also fill the whole time with public and private acts of worship

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 and the duties of necessity and mercy.

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 So this is how I would define the Lord's day that I think that we've seen in church history

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 and what I believe the Bible teaches for us.

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 To see this in Scripture, though, I hope for us to go to Exodus 20, verses 1 through 11.

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 And then we'll spend our time there, and then we'll spend our time in Hebrews 4.

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 So if you'll take your copy of God's Word and turn to Exodus 20 with me.

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 Exodus 20, starting in verse 1.

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 Hear and believe the word of the Lord.

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 And God spoke all these words, saying,

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 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 You shall have no other gods before me.

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 You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above,

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 or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

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 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God,

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 visiting iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,

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 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

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 You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain,

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 for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.

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 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant

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 or your livestock or the sojourner who is within your gates.

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 For in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them,

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 and rested on the seventh day.

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 Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

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 Here in Exodus 20 we are presented with what we call the Ten Commandments.

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 We see that the first four commandments instruct us on what it looks like to love God.

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 And the last six commandments instruct us on what it looks like to love others.

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 So the first four commandments help us understand that to love God is to worship him and him alone.

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 In the first four commands he specifies how he is to be worshipped.

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 Look at the first command with me.

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 He says, in the first command he shows us who is to be worshipped.

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 In the second command he tells us how to be worshipped.

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 In the third command he directs us in what way we worship him.

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 And in the fourth command he advises us on when we should engage in public worship.

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 The commands provide us with the what, the who, and the how for worshipping God.

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 But it also provides us of the when.

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 So we'll see this in three points.

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 The first point today is the Lord's day is a day of worship to Yahweh alone.

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 And the sub-point is the name of Yahweh.

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 When we begin this text, when we look at verses 1 through 2, we see the phrase that says,

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 I am the Lord your God.

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 The Lord in all caps in our copy of God's word is a translation of his personal name, Yahweh.

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 When we read this word in the Bible, it calls to mind who God is.

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 It did for the Israelites.

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 When God revealed himself to Moses, he said to him, I am who I am.

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 And he said to Moses, say this to the people of Israel, I am has sent you.

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 In Exodus 3, God's revelation of his personal name, he reveals that he is who he is.

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 Or this could translate as, he will be who he will be.

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 In this verse, we see a clear testimony that God has always been and that he always will be.

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 God is who he is all the time.

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 There is not a moment that we will find when God is not God or has given up his godness.

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 He has always been.

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 He is and he always will be.

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 Our God will never change.

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 So Yahweh will always be who he is all the time.

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 This is the great I am.

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 When we read about God and his name, it defines who he is.

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 It carries an understanding of the wondrous works he's done and what he is like.

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 We naturally do this too.

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 We naturally associate what people are like with names.

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 So when you think about naming a kid, you don't choose certain names because it reminds you of certain things.

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 In our case, we named our son William.

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 William is a name for Bill, who is a mentor of mine and has blessed me and set a good example of godliness.

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 So we wanted to honor Bill in naming our son William, but we also want William to walk in the example that Bill has set.

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 It's a name that brings great association.

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 It reminds me that Bill is a man who has walked faithfully in serving the Lord and he loves him with his whole heart.

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 So when we read the all caps of Yahweh in verse or of the Lord in verse 2, we know that God's personal name is here that says Yahweh.

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 When it says, I am Yahweh, it reminds us that this is God.

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 Verse 2 also says, Yahweh, your God.

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 This is Yahweh, the God of the people Israel.

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 When the people hear, I am Yahweh, your God, it carries the meaning that this is the great I am who has saved them and cares for them.

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 We see in the verse that he defines who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

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 They are reminded that he is God and that he'll always be God.

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 So when I consider thinking of God in a way that's helpful and simplistic and considering his attributes, a way that's been helpful for me is to remind myself that God is great and God is good.

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 So I'd love us to consider God's greatness and goodness for a moment.

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 In considering God's greatness, Yahweh is incomprehensible.

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 He is far too great for us to even know.

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 His name is too wonderful.

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 His thoughts are too deep.

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 His power is too great.

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 His wisdom is too inscrutable.

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 His being is too vast.

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 Our God does not depend upon anyone.

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 He does not change like shifting shadows.

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 He does not have fleeting or changing emotions as if we cannot depend upon him.

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 No, Yahweh is independent.

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 He is all say.

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 All things come from him, from within him.

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 And he does not depend upon anything.

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 He alone is God.

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 He alone is Yahweh.

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 Isn't this how we see in Psalms when David describes God?

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 Psalm 145, 3 says,

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 Great is Yahweh and greatly to be praised.

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 His greatness is unsearchable.

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 Psalm 147, 5.

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 Great is our Lord and abundant power.

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 His understanding is beyond measure.

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 How about how Isaiah describes them in Isaiah 46?

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 I am God and there is none other.

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 I am God and there is none like me.

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 Declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done.

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 Saying,

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 My counsel shall stand and I will accomplish my purpose.

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 Or how about Isaiah 55, verses 8 through 9?

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 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are my ways your ways, declares Yahweh.

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 For as high as the heaven is above the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways,

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 and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.

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 Truly, God is incomprehensible and majestic and too great for us to know.

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 But He is also good.

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 He has revealed Himself to us in His creation and revelation.

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 And we see His goodness.

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 He is full of steadfast love.

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 He lavishes His mercy and grace upon us.

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 He is kind and compassionate.

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 He is holy and just.

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 He sees us and knows us.

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 He is near to the broken and takes care of the widows and the orphans.

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 We see this also in the Psalms when David says,

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 Yahweh works righteousness and justice for all who are oppressed.

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 He may known His ways to Moses, His acts to the people of Israel.

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 Yahweh is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

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 He will not always chide, nor will He keep His anger forever.

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 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

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 For as high as the heaven is above the earth, so great is His steadfast love towards those who fear Him.

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 And as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.

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 As a father shows compassion to his children, so Yahweh shows compassion to those who fear Him.

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 For He knows our frame.

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 He remembers that we are dust.

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 Or how about Psalm 147.3?

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 He says, He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

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 So when we read Exodus and we see in verse 2 that He's introduced as,

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 I am Yahweh, your God.

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 He shows His redemption in that verse.

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 But it also carries this meaning that this is God.

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 And it should cause us to be enthralled.

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 It should cause us to praise that this is the God that we come now to worship.

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 On our Lord's Day, when we steward it, when we manage our day,

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 we're preparing our hearts to go and meet the living God in the church of the living God.

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 So when we get here, we see that this is how Moses introduces the Ten Commandments.

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 After presenting himself to Israel as Yahweh, the God who has saved them from their slavery,

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 He then gives them His gracious rules for how to love and worship Him.

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 These rules are a demonstration of God's grace to inform us how we should live.

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 He has revealed Himself to us.

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 For the unbelieving, these rules serve as a rod that condemns, that shows one of their sin.

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 But for the believing, these rules are a guide and a counsel.

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 A counselor.

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 Psalm 119.18 says,

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 Open my eyes that I may behold the wondrous things of your law.

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 Psalm 119.24 says,

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 Your testimonies are my delight.

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 They are my counselors.

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 And Psalm 119.10 says,

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 The law is more to be desired than gold.

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 Even much fine gold.

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 And sweeter also than the honey and the drippings of the honeycomb.

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 According to the Bible, the law is something that is sweeter than honey and richer than gold.

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 And it is good.

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 And it is gracious that we have them so that we can love and worship God properly.

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 So in the first three commandments, we see that because God is Yahweh, He deserves our worship exclusively.

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 He commands that there is no one before Him and there is nothing that we can do to resemble Him on earth that will properly worship Him.

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 In fact, for those who make images to represent God and worship Him,

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 when they make something and they bow down to it, they're actually heaping up judgment.

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 Verse 5 says,

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 I, Yahweh, your God, am a jealous God.

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 We should not make images to worship or resemble God because we have God to worship.

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 Our love and affection finds its chief end and purpose in God.

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 Man and woman, God's image bearers, the crown of His glorious creation,

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 find their purpose and fulfillment in the worship of God.

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 Creation and all that is within it was made to worship and glorify God.

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 That's what the Bible is teaching from beginning to end.

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 We are image bearers and our goal is to reflect the majesty and the glory and the splendor of our God.

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 Then we get to the third commandment and it directs us on how we should live in a way that honors Yahweh with our words and our speech.

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 The word here, take, is the Hebrew word that is used to mean to carry or to lift.

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 The verse is saying that we should not bear the name of Yahweh in a worthless manner.

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 As followers of the one true God, the way we speak and live is not inconsequential,

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 but it matters consequently.

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 When we speak, our words represent the God we worship.

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 When we act, our actions reflect the God we serve.

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 The third commandment directs us to bear God's image well,

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 to reflect and represent Him well in the world we live.

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 So finally, the fourth commandment informs the time in which we should worship.

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 In the first three commandments, one sees that God requires worship exclusively,

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 and this is done in how we live for Him.

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 According to the first three commandments, our worship to Yahweh is every day.

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 Every day we're commanded to worship God and bear His name well.

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 In the fourth commandment, God reminds the people that while they represent and image God every moment,

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 there is a special day that God has established for His people to worship Him.

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 This precious and sacred day is the day we call the Sabbath day.

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 Leads me to point number two.

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 The Lord's day is the day of resting in Christ.

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 So look at Exodus 28 with me.

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 It says,

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 Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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 This verse here is not establishing a Sabbath day for the people of God to start doing.

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 It is pointing back to Genesis 2, 1-3,

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 and telling the people to remember the Sabbath day that He has established.

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 This command was established in creation and was meant for the people of Israel to keep.

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 Genesis 2, 1-3 says,

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 Thus the heavens and earth were finished and all the host of them.

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 And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done

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 and rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done.

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 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy

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 because on it God rested from all His work that He had done in creation.

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 We see here that the Sabbath day is what we call a creation ordinance or a creation law.

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 It was established in creation for all humanity.

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 At this point there wasn't Israel and other nations.

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 It was Ab and Eve.

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 It was meant for all humanity to observe.

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 It is meant to be kept from the beginning of creation

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 and to the end of the world when we have final and internal rest.

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 So in Genesis 2, 1-3, we see a few things.

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 We see that God has instituted a pattern or rhythm meant to be kept of work and rest.

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 For six days you shall labor,

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 but on the seventh day you shall observe the Sabbath rest.

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 Number two, the Sabbath day was a day of rest.

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 And number three, the seventh day was made holy.

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 It is a day to be sanctified by all men in the day in which God has blessed.

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 So when we get to Exodus 28, the word remember is recalling.

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 It's not establishing a new thing to practice.

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 It's something that God has reminded us that has been since creation.

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 The use of the word remember shows us that we have a sacred practice established by God since creation.

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 This command is for the perpetuity of the sabbatical rhythm.

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 Six days we work, one day we rest.

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 The command emphasizes the continuity of a Sabbath day.

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 This day is to be exalted as a significant day of the week where we come,

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 revere, and worship Yahweh, and we find rest in Him.

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 The Westminster Larger Catechism, in discussing the Fourth Commandment, asked this question.

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 Why is the word remember set in the beginning of the Fourth Commandment?

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 And the response of the catechism is,

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 the word remember is set in the beginning of the Fourth Commandment,

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 partly because of the great benefit of remembering it.

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 We being thereby helped in our preparation to keep it,

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 and in keeping it, better to keep all the rest of the commandments.

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 And to continue a thankful remembrance of two great benefits of creation and redemption,

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 and partly because we're very ready to forget it.

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 The Sabbath helps God's people to be reminded of the sanctity of the day that God has set,

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 and it's important that we learn to regulate our lives around it.

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 When our lives are in tune with the sabbatical rhythm,

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 we are faithful in obeying the rest of the commandments to live before God.

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 The one day of rest of this week was part of God's good design for us,

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 and God Himself modeled it for us in creation.

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 But we also see that remember is used because we are quick to forget.

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 We're quick to forget the worship of God and to make Him holy.

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 A healthy sabbatical practice bolsters a healthy holy living every day.

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 We rest on the Sabbath so that we can rest in Christ every day.

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 They are not mutually exclusive things, as if they're opponents,

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 but they are true in holy duties together.

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 As we see in the Ten Commandments,

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 three are about worshiping God all the time.

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 One's about time.

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 In the same way, we should rest in Christ all the time.

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 But one command would be to rest in Him on a special day.

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 In Exodus 20, 8 through 11,

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 we see the continuation of the Sabbath.

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 When Jesus Christ came, lived, died,

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 He completely obeyed and fulfilled the law.

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 In the fulfillment of the law,

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 the ceremonial and civil aspects of the law were fulfilled and abolished.

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 The moral law, summarized in the Ten Commandments,

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 serve as a rule of life for the church.

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 For the Christian, the law is no longer a schoolmaster

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 showing us of all the wrongs that we have done,

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 but the law is a treasure and a guide,

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 showing us how to love our God.

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 The Christian's proper response to the law is delight,

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 because they know how to love and worship God.

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 Hebrews 4, 1 through 11,

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 teaches us that there still remains a Sabbath rest

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 for the believers today.

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 If you'll turn there with me,

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 we will look at Hebrews 4, 1 through 11.

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 Beginning in verse 1.

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 Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands,

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 let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

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 For good news came to us just as to them,

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 but the message they heard did not benefit them,

00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:50.579
 because they were not united by faith to those who listened.

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 For we who have believed that rest,

00:23:53.819 --> 00:23:54.720
 as He had said,

00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:56.519
 as I swore on my wrath,

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 they shall not enter my rest.

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 Although His works were finished from the foundation of the world.

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 For He has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way.

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 God rested on the seventh day from all His works.

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 And again in this passage, He said,

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.379
 they shall not enter my rest.

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 Since, therefore, it remains for some to enter it,

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 and those who formerly received the good news

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 failed to enter because of disobedience.

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 And again, He appoints a certain day today,

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 saying through David,

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 so long afterward,

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 and the words already quoted,

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 Today, if you hear His voice,

00:24:29.699 --> 00:24:31.259
 do not harden your hearts.

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 For if Joshua had given them rest,

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 God would have spoken of another day later on.

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 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:44.639
 For whoever has entered God's rest

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 has also rested from His works as God did from His.

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 Let us, therefore, strive to enter that rest,

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 so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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 As you're reading, you probably observed that there is a lot of uses of the word rest.

00:25:01.520 --> 00:25:04.500
 Rest is all throughout Hebrews chapter 4.

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 And the author in this book is not using the rest in a linear fashion as one usage,

00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.700
 but showing multiple types of rest.

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 He shows the rest of God at creation,

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 the rest of entering the promised land,

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 and other types of rest.

00:25:19.059 --> 00:25:24.359
 But he's using these examples to portray three types of rest we find in Hebrews chapter 4.

00:25:25.039 --> 00:25:26.200
 We see in Hebrews chapter 4,

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:28.859
 there is one rest in Christ.

00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.039
 We see this in verses 2 through 3.

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 Number two,

00:25:32.639 --> 00:25:35.019
 the saints' everlasting rest in heaven.

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 We see this in verses 11 through 13.

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 And number three,

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 that there is a Sabbath rest.

00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:43.359
 We see in Hebrews 4, 9.

00:25:43.359 --> 00:25:47.000
 In verses 2 through 3,

00:25:47.119 --> 00:25:48.779
 we see that rest is found in Christ.

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 The one who believes in the gospel of Jesus Christ

00:25:52.019 --> 00:25:53.939
 has been united to him by faith

00:25:53.939 --> 00:25:55.719
 and enters his rest.

00:25:56.679 --> 00:25:58.379
 In verses 11 through 13,

00:25:58.699 --> 00:26:01.759
 there is a command to strive to enter everlasting rest.

00:26:02.279 --> 00:26:03.819
 While the believer has rest in Christ,

00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:05.839
 they continually set their eyes

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.779
 on the everlasting rest to come.

00:26:08.619 --> 00:26:11.639
 This is done through God's living and abiding word.

00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:13.500
 In verse 9,

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.980
 the author makes clear

00:26:14.980 --> 00:26:17.380
 that there is a Sabbath observance for the believer.

00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.240
 We see this in three ways.

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 Number one,

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 the phrase,

00:26:21.380 --> 00:26:21.980
 there remains,

00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:24.200
 is used to describe action

00:26:24.200 --> 00:26:26.040
 that is presently required.

00:26:26.520 --> 00:26:27.759
 And this is how the word remains

00:26:27.759 --> 00:26:30.100
 is used in the rest of the book of Hebrews.

00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:31.740
 Number two,

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 the word used for rest

00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:35.140
 is completely different than all the rest of the words.

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 If you were a normal Greek reader in this time,

00:26:38.340 --> 00:26:39.740
 reading Hebrews chapter 4,

00:26:39.740 --> 00:26:41.060
 this is what you would hear.

00:26:42.560 --> 00:26:43.120
 Katapausis,

00:26:43.280 --> 00:26:44.140
 Katapausis,

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 there remains a Katapausis,

00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:46.759
 Katapausis,

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:48.160
 Sabbatismos,

00:26:48.880 --> 00:26:49.700
 Katapausis,

00:26:50.020 --> 00:26:50.840
 Katapausis.

00:26:51.520 --> 00:26:52.120
 And in that,

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.620
 there seems to be a different word

00:26:53.620 --> 00:26:55.400
 with a distinct and different meaning.

00:26:56.060 --> 00:26:57.220
 This is demonstrated

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:59.259
 in the usage of this word.

00:26:59.320 --> 00:27:01.259
 This word is only used one time

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:02.080
 in all of scripture.

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:04.180
 Hebrews chapter 4,

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.200
 verse 9.

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.819
 The third reason,

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.840
 while I think this means

00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.819
 Sabbath rest,

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.680
 Sabbath keeping,

00:27:10.819 --> 00:27:11.880
 or Sabbath observance,

00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:13.220
 is that the word

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.120
 Sabbatismos

00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:15.319
 is used four times

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:17.220
 in post-biblical writings.

00:27:18.000 --> 00:27:19.100
 And in the Septuagint,

00:27:19.220 --> 00:27:19.779
 it's used with

00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:21.660
 relative associated terms

00:27:21.660 --> 00:27:24.620
 that are associated with the same verbs

00:27:24.620 --> 00:27:25.519
 to mean

00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.720
 Sabbath observance.

00:27:26.860 --> 00:27:28.559
 In both all post-biblical writings

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:30.120
 and the Septuagint

00:27:30.120 --> 00:27:30.980
 with related terms,

00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:31.900
 all of it means

00:27:31.900 --> 00:27:32.840
 Sabbath observance

00:27:32.839 --> 00:27:33.659
 or Sabbath keeping.

00:27:35.139 --> 00:27:37.259
 The Lexan Theological Dictionary

00:27:37.259 --> 00:27:38.319
 supports this definition,

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:38.899
 saying,

00:27:39.720 --> 00:27:40.259
 this noun,

00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:41.419
 Sabbatismos,

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:43.099
 is derived from the verb

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:44.039
 Sabbatidzo,

00:27:44.519 --> 00:27:45.099
 which means

00:27:45.099 --> 00:27:46.039
 the rest on the Sabbath

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:47.500
 and helps us understand

00:27:47.500 --> 00:27:48.519
 that Sabbatismos

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.419
 means resting on the Sabbath.

00:27:51.379 --> 00:27:52.220
 The usage

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:53.459
 in post-biblical sources

00:27:53.459 --> 00:27:55.139
 and the Septuagint

00:27:55.139 --> 00:27:56.379
 helps understand

00:27:56.379 --> 00:27:58.480
 that the word Sabbatismos

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.839
 in Hebrews 4, 9

00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:00.859
 has the meaning

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.299
 of Sabbath observance

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:04.139
 or Sabbath keeping.

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.680
 So when the believer

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:07.339
 is reading Hebrews 4, 9,

00:28:07.700 --> 00:28:08.740
 it is to be understood

00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.819
 that there remains

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.599
 a Sabbath keeping

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:12.180
 or a Sabbath rest

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:13.619
 for the people of God.

00:28:14.559 --> 00:28:15.480
 Brothers and sisters,

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.919
 God has designed

00:28:16.919 --> 00:28:17.419
 the Sabbath

00:28:17.419 --> 00:28:19.059
 for man and woman

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.759
 as a practice

00:28:19.759 --> 00:28:20.379
 to be kept

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.519
 until the blessed

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.299
 and happy rest

00:28:22.299 --> 00:28:22.839
 that we have

00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:23.599
 in all eternity.

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.779
 The 1689 says,

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.680
 this day is kept

00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.940
 to the end of the age

00:28:27.940 --> 00:28:29.279
 as a Christian Sabbath.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:31.539
 While verse 9

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.240
 reminds the people

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.680
 of God

00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.379
 of their sabbatical duty,

00:28:34.859 --> 00:28:35.440
 verse 10

00:28:35.440 --> 00:28:36.460
 gives the people

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:36.980
 of God

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.920
 the foundation

00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:38.759
 of this duty.

00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.259
 In verse 10,

00:28:40.339 --> 00:28:40.680
 it says,

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.279
 for whoever

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.940
 has entered God's rest

00:28:42.940 --> 00:28:44.359
 has also rested

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.259
 from his works

00:28:45.259 --> 00:28:45.980
 as God did

00:28:45.980 --> 00:28:46.920
 from his.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:48.839
 The New King James

00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:49.940
 translation says,

00:28:50.500 --> 00:28:51.680
 he who has

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.139
 entered God's rest

00:28:53.139 --> 00:28:54.180
 instead of whoever.

00:28:55.139 --> 00:28:55.819
 I'm inclined

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:56.539
 to see that

00:28:56.539 --> 00:28:57.660
 the New King James

00:28:57.660 --> 00:28:58.400
 translation has

00:28:58.400 --> 00:28:59.519
 a better rendering here.

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:00.840
 Verse 10

00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:01.320
 is not talking

00:29:01.320 --> 00:29:01.880
 about believers

00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:03.180
 but of Christ.

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.560
 The only one

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.460
 who can truly rest

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:07.420
 from and in his works

00:29:07.420 --> 00:29:08.080
 as God did

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.580
 in creation,

00:29:09.180 --> 00:29:10.160
 in the creation

00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.519
 of the world,

00:29:10.640 --> 00:29:11.140
 is Jesus

00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:11.720
 who did

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.580
 in the new creation.

00:29:13.360 --> 00:29:14.000
 Just as God

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.880
 rested from his work

00:29:14.880 --> 00:29:15.300
 of creation,

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:16.660
 Jesus now rests

00:29:16.660 --> 00:29:17.440
 from his work

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:18.259
 of new creation.

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.800
 And as Hebrews 1.3

00:29:19.800 --> 00:29:20.140
 says,

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.300
 he sat down

00:29:21.300 --> 00:29:22.180
 at the right hand

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.860
 of majesty.

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:25.040
 The former Sabbath

00:29:25.040 --> 00:29:27.060
 of the New Testament

00:29:27.059 --> 00:29:28.419
 has been abolished

00:29:28.419 --> 00:29:29.399
 and is fulfilled

00:29:29.399 --> 00:29:30.319
 in the work of Christ.

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:31.919
 The Christian Sabbath

00:29:31.919 --> 00:29:33.059
 is the first day

00:29:33.059 --> 00:29:33.559
 of the week

00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:34.259
 and is a day

00:29:34.259 --> 00:29:34.960
 to find rest

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.539
 in the gospel

00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:29:37.359 --> 00:29:38.379
 Jesus came,

00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:39.859
 he lived,

00:29:40.200 --> 00:29:40.919
 he died,

00:29:41.179 --> 00:29:42.279
 and he rose again.

00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.619
 That our old lives

00:29:43.619 --> 00:29:44.599
 would be dead in him

00:29:44.599 --> 00:29:45.599
 and our new lives

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:47.159
 would live in him.

00:29:47.940 --> 00:29:48.639
 It is Christ

00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.319
 who now lives in us.

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.799
 And just as Jesus

00:29:51.799 --> 00:29:52.919
 rose from the dead

00:29:52.919 --> 00:29:53.839
 bringing victory

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:54.879
 and life for us,

00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.759
 we wake up

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.599
 on Sunday mornings

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:57.539
 to celebrate

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.779
 and to rest

00:29:58.779 --> 00:30:00.079
 in Jesus Christ.

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.700
 Brothers and sisters,

00:30:03.539 --> 00:30:04.720
 are there any here

00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:06.079
 today that is

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.680
 weary

00:30:06.680 --> 00:30:08.059
 or heavy laden?

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:10.460
 Are any here

00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:11.420
 carrying the weight

00:30:11.420 --> 00:30:12.160
 of their sin

00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:12.799
 feeling

00:30:12.799 --> 00:30:14.400
 condemnation?

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.160
 Are there any

00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:17.220
 who are anxious

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.519
 or who are

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.319
 depressed

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.440
 or who feel

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:21.180
 unstable?

00:30:22.259 --> 00:30:23.259
 Is there anyone

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:24.039
 who is suffering

00:30:24.039 --> 00:30:24.659
 that feels

00:30:24.659 --> 00:30:25.680
 as if their life

00:30:25.680 --> 00:30:26.379
 is tossed

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:27.159
 to and fro

00:30:27.159 --> 00:30:28.220
 like a wave?

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.240
 Look no further.

00:30:30.740 --> 00:30:31.440
 The salve

00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:32.180
 of your soul

00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:32.700
 is presented

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:33.539
 to you this morning.

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:34.779
 You can come

00:30:34.779 --> 00:30:35.279
 to the house

00:30:35.279 --> 00:30:35.799
 of God

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:36.759
 on the day

00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.259
 of rest

00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.960
 and we have

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.420
 a Savior

00:30:38.420 --> 00:30:39.299
 who gives rest

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:40.000
 to his children.

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.700
 Our Savior,

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.940
 Jesus Christ,

00:30:43.659 --> 00:30:44.519
 offers rest

00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:45.379
 from our sins

00:30:45.379 --> 00:30:45.980
 and works.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.220
 So today,

00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.420
 you can come

00:30:48.420 --> 00:30:49.720
 without price,

00:30:50.059 --> 00:30:50.420
 privilege,

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:51.100
 or works

00:30:51.100 --> 00:30:51.860
 and rest

00:30:51.860 --> 00:30:52.840
 in Christ.

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.240
 As Matthew

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:56.440
 11, 28-30 says,

00:30:56.900 --> 00:30:57.720
 Come to me

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.080
 all who labor

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.880
 and heavy laden

00:30:59.880 --> 00:31:01.000
 and I

00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:02.000
 will give you

00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.539
 rest.

00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:03.920
 Take my yoke

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:04.500
 upon you

00:31:04.500 --> 00:31:05.560
 and learn from me

00:31:05.560 --> 00:31:06.940
 for I am gentle

00:31:06.940 --> 00:31:08.300
 and lowly in heart

00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:09.640
 and you will find

00:31:09.640 --> 00:31:10.960
 rest for your souls.

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.279
 My yoke

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:12.840
 is easy

00:31:12.840 --> 00:31:13.640
 and my burden

00:31:13.640 --> 00:31:14.380
 is light.

00:31:16.380 --> 00:31:17.380
 Our souls

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.160
 now rest

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:18.779
 in Christ

00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.480
 as we look

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.920
 forward

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.820
 to the eternal

00:31:20.820 --> 00:31:22.019
 rest to come.

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:23.400
 That one day

00:31:23.400 --> 00:31:24.580
 we will be

00:31:24.580 --> 00:31:25.140
 delivered from

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.980
 this body of death.

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:26.840
 One day

00:31:26.840 --> 00:31:27.800
 we will no longer

00:31:27.800 --> 00:31:28.860
 be stained

00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.620
 by sin

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.320
 and be wrestling

00:31:30.320 --> 00:31:31.160
 with the flesh.

00:31:31.820 --> 00:31:32.700
 So as the day

00:31:32.700 --> 00:31:33.300
 is approaching

00:31:33.300 --> 00:31:34.340
 when our rest

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:34.960
 will be full

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:35.500
 and forever,

00:31:36.300 --> 00:31:37.140
 brothers and sisters,

00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.320
 rest now

00:31:38.320 --> 00:31:39.500
 in Christ

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.480
 with your gaze

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:41.279
 looking forward

00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:42.240
 towards eternity.

00:31:43.080 --> 00:31:44.320
 Our Sabbath day

00:31:44.320 --> 00:31:44.980
 is designed

00:31:44.980 --> 00:31:45.440
 as a day

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.340
 of gospel rest.

00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:47.600
 This is done

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.179
 corporately

00:31:48.179 --> 00:31:49.179
 in our gatherings

00:31:49.179 --> 00:31:49.839
 and privately

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:50.859
 in our homes.

00:31:51.619 --> 00:31:51.879
 Truly,

00:31:52.019 --> 00:31:52.519
 the Lord's day

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.919
 is a day

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:53.319
 of resting

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.799
 in Christ.

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.399
 Point number three.

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:57.099
 The Lord's day

00:31:57.099 --> 00:31:57.619
 is a day

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.319
 to be kept

00:31:58.319 --> 00:31:59.240
 holy to God.

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.819
 If you turn

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.259
 back over

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.740
 on your outline

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:02.500
 to the confession,

00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:04.159
 chapter 22,

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.899
 paragraph 8

00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.759
 summarizes

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.659
 how to sanctify

00:32:06.659 --> 00:32:07.519
 the Lord's day,

00:32:07.939 --> 00:32:08.719
 how to make

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:09.480
 this day holy.

00:32:11.079 --> 00:32:11.819
 The Sabbath

00:32:11.819 --> 00:32:12.879
 is kept holy

00:32:12.879 --> 00:32:13.519
 to the Lord

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.099
 when people

00:32:14.099 --> 00:32:14.819
 have first prepared

00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:15.279
 their hearts

00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:15.879
 appropriately

00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.160
 and arrange

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:17.640
 their everyday

00:32:17.640 --> 00:32:18.100
 affairs

00:32:18.100 --> 00:32:18.700
 in advance.

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:19.760
 Then they

00:32:19.760 --> 00:32:20.600
 observe a holy

00:32:20.600 --> 00:32:21.600
 rest all day

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.200
 from their own

00:32:22.200 --> 00:32:22.600
 works,

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.200
 words,

00:32:23.320 --> 00:32:23.880
 and thoughts

00:32:23.880 --> 00:32:24.840
 about their

00:32:24.840 --> 00:32:25.540
 secular employment

00:32:25.540 --> 00:32:26.200
 and recreation.

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.640
 Not only that,

00:32:27.900 --> 00:32:28.500
 but they also

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.440
 fill the whole time

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:30.200
 with public

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:30.640
 and private

00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:31.260
 acts of worship

00:32:31.260 --> 00:32:31.760
 and duties

00:32:31.760 --> 00:32:32.400
 of necessity

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.020
 and mercy.

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.500
 Under this point,

00:32:34.580 --> 00:32:34.920
 we're going to have

00:32:34.920 --> 00:32:35.980
 three sub-points.

00:32:36.740 --> 00:32:37.300
 Preparation,

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:38.440
 observation,

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:40.340
 and contemplation.

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.659
 Number one,

00:32:41.759 --> 00:32:42.220
 preparation.

00:32:44.199 --> 00:32:44.639
 First,

00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:45.779
 the Lord's day

00:32:45.779 --> 00:32:46.519
 is a day

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.919
 holy,

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:47.819
 that is to be

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.339
 kept holy

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:49.459
 by preparing

00:32:49.459 --> 00:32:50.099
 for the day.

00:32:51.099 --> 00:32:51.799
 This preparation

00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.639
 involves preparing

00:32:52.639 --> 00:32:53.359
 our hearts

00:32:53.359 --> 00:32:54.299
 before the Lord

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:54.959
 and taking care

00:32:54.959 --> 00:32:55.439
 of our normal

00:32:55.439 --> 00:32:56.539
 tasks in advance.

00:32:57.220 --> 00:32:57.879
 When we work

00:32:57.879 --> 00:32:58.439
 in the preparation

00:32:58.439 --> 00:32:59.019
 for the Lord's day,

00:32:59.099 --> 00:32:59.639
 we are keeping

00:32:59.639 --> 00:33:00.480
 the day holy.

00:33:02.419 --> 00:33:03.319
 Our preparation

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:04.099
 is giving time

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.720
 to make this day

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.539
 sacred and precious

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:06.159
 for the worship

00:33:06.159 --> 00:33:06.699
 of Yahweh.

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.199
 So just as the

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:09.179
 Israelites would come

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:10.440
 and do ceremonial

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:11.200
 practices to

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:12.400
 approach God,

00:33:13.000 --> 00:33:13.900
 we come and

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:14.600
 prepare our hearts

00:33:14.600 --> 00:33:15.299
 to approach Him

00:33:15.299 --> 00:33:16.279
 in worship today.

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.400
 And just as

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:19.240
 Israelites would

00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:20.100
 get their house

00:33:20.100 --> 00:33:21.060
 together and

00:33:21.060 --> 00:33:21.840
 clean up and

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.320
 make sure they're

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.900
 not doing the

00:33:22.900 --> 00:33:23.420
 work they would

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.799
 need to do

00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:24.480
 every day,

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.080
 we prepare our

00:33:26.080 --> 00:33:26.840
 normal everyday

00:33:26.840 --> 00:33:27.660
 affairs and our

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:28.840
 work so that we

00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.700
 can spend this day

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:30.759
 in worship to

00:33:30.759 --> 00:33:31.420
 our God.

00:33:32.820 --> 00:33:34.539
 The day is not

00:33:34.539 --> 00:33:35.240
 about what we

00:33:35.240 --> 00:33:35.660
 don't do,

00:33:35.740 --> 00:33:36.140
 but it's a day

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:36.880
 where we occupy

00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:38.279
 ourselves with our

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:38.840
 King of Kings

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.399
 and our Lord

00:33:39.399 --> 00:33:39.959
 of Lords,

00:33:40.359 --> 00:33:40.679
 and our

00:33:40.679 --> 00:33:41.419
 triune God,

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:41.899
 the Father,

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.419
 Son,

00:33:42.779 --> 00:33:43.399
 and the Spirit.

00:33:45.399 --> 00:33:46.099
 I don't have

00:33:46.099 --> 00:33:46.799
 much time to

00:33:46.799 --> 00:33:47.740
 provide a lot

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.339
 of practical

00:33:48.339 --> 00:33:49.559
 examples for

00:33:49.559 --> 00:33:50.199
 how this is

00:33:50.199 --> 00:33:50.439
 done.

00:33:50.740 --> 00:33:51.299
 I'd be happy

00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:51.919
 to give some

00:33:51.919 --> 00:33:53.000
 areas that I

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:53.279
 think would be

00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:53.799
 really helpful

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.419
 if you want

00:33:54.419 --> 00:33:54.819
 to talk.

00:33:55.459 --> 00:33:56.419
 But another

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:56.959
 suggestion I

00:33:56.959 --> 00:33:57.559
 have is Nathan

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:58.259
 preached a

00:33:58.259 --> 00:33:58.699
 three-part

00:33:58.699 --> 00:33:59.679
 series on this

00:33:59.679 --> 00:34:00.579
 subject in

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:01.439
 2018.

00:34:02.500 --> 00:34:02.859
 And if you

00:34:02.859 --> 00:34:03.720
 go to CFC's

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.059
 website,

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.439
 scroll all the

00:34:04.439 --> 00:34:04.740
 way down to

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:05.059
 the bottom

00:34:05.059 --> 00:34:05.439
 and go to

00:34:05.439 --> 00:34:05.819
 sermons,

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.799
 he has a

00:34:06.799 --> 00:34:07.259
 series on

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:08.619
 Exodus 19,

00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:09.639
 and 20.

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.659
 If you go to

00:34:10.659 --> 00:34:11.039
 those sermons,

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.819
 you can find

00:34:11.819 --> 00:34:13.420
 them there,

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.900
 and he gives

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.679
 so many great

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.639
 practical observations

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.440
 that we can do

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.779
 to help prepare

00:34:17.779 --> 00:34:18.480
 and set this

00:34:18.480 --> 00:34:18.980
 day apart.

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:21.059
 Also,

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:21.719
 the Puritans

00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:22.119
 have written

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.400
 some great

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.259
 material on

00:34:24.259 --> 00:34:25.519
 practicing the

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.119
 Sabbath well.

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.199
 So I want to

00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:27.759
 give you a couple

00:34:27.759 --> 00:34:28.679
 quotes on how

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:29.319
 they describe

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:29.940
 preparing for

00:34:29.940 --> 00:34:30.319
 this day.

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:32.240
 Richard Baxter

00:34:32.240 --> 00:34:33.039
 calls the

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.460
 Lord's Day

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:34.120
 a day for

00:34:34.120 --> 00:34:34.860
 heart work.

00:34:35.920 --> 00:34:36.160
 For the

00:34:36.160 --> 00:34:36.740
 Puritans,

00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:37.440
 the battle

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.880
 for our

00:34:37.880 --> 00:34:38.340
 Lord's Day

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.900
 is won or

00:34:38.900 --> 00:34:39.580
 lost on the

00:34:39.580 --> 00:34:40.059
 foregoing

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.920
 Saturday night,

00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:42.160
 when time

00:34:42.160 --> 00:34:42.680
 should be set

00:34:42.680 --> 00:34:43.100
 aside for

00:34:43.100 --> 00:34:43.920
 self-examination,

00:34:44.080 --> 00:34:44.480
 confession,

00:34:44.600 --> 00:34:45.220
 and prayer for

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:45.500
 the coming

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:45.800
 day.

00:34:46.760 --> 00:34:47.100
 George

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:47.440
 Swinnick

00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:47.820
 says,

00:34:48.200 --> 00:34:48.500
 if thou

00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.140
 wouldst leave

00:34:49.140 --> 00:34:49.580
 thy heart

00:34:49.580 --> 00:34:50.140
 with God

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.940
 on Saturday

00:34:50.940 --> 00:34:51.320
 night,

00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:51.980
 thou

00:34:51.980 --> 00:34:52.820
 shouldst find

00:34:52.820 --> 00:34:53.220
 it with

00:34:53.220 --> 00:34:53.880
 him in

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.340
 the Lord's

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.900
 Day morning.

00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:57.019
 Richard Baxter

00:34:57.019 --> 00:34:57.460
 says,

00:34:57.880 --> 00:34:58.559
 go seasonably

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.000
 to bed,

00:34:59.320 --> 00:34:59.579
 that you

00:34:59.579 --> 00:34:59.820
 may not

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:00.239
 be sleepy

00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:00.500
 on the

00:35:00.500 --> 00:35:00.739
 Lord's

00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:00.900
 Day.

00:35:02.159 --> 00:35:02.960
 Number two

00:35:02.960 --> 00:35:03.900
 of the

00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:04.259
 sub-points,

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:04.940
 observation.

00:35:06.500 --> 00:35:06.920
 In keeping

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.460
 the Lord's

00:35:07.460 --> 00:35:07.900
 Day holy,

00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:08.659
 we observe

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:09.460
 a holy rest

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.000
 from everyday

00:35:10.000 --> 00:35:11.400
 affairs and

00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.679
 secular

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.119
 employment.

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.199
 Instead of

00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:17.300
 focusing on

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.820
 everyday affairs

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.159
 and secular

00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:18.420
 employment,

00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:18.820
 we are

00:35:18.820 --> 00:35:19.880
 resting in

00:35:19.880 --> 00:35:20.259
 the finished

00:35:20.259 --> 00:35:20.759
 work of

00:35:20.759 --> 00:35:21.579
 Christ and

00:35:21.579 --> 00:35:21.980
 filling this

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.420
 whole day

00:35:22.420 --> 00:35:23.019
 with worship

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.780
 of God.

00:35:24.739 --> 00:35:25.219
 This was

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.000
 the central

00:35:26.000 --> 00:35:26.519
 part of the

00:35:26.519 --> 00:35:26.820
 Lord's

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.539
 Day is

00:35:27.539 --> 00:35:28.059
 the gathering

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.780
 of the

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.220
 saints for

00:35:29.220 --> 00:35:29.519
 corporate

00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:29.880
 worship.

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.000
 We see

00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:31.320
 this in

00:35:31.320 --> 00:35:32.320
 Acts 27

00:35:32.320 --> 00:35:33.120
 and in

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:33.500
 1 Corinthians

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.000
 16,

00:35:34.080 --> 00:35:34.640
 1-2.

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:35.620
 Instead of

00:35:35.620 --> 00:35:36.019
 keeping the

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.480
 Sabbath on

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:36.760
 Saturday,

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:38.019
 the saints

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.680
 after the

00:35:38.680 --> 00:35:39.019
 resurrection

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:40.140
 of Christ

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:41.019
 would gather

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.300
 on the

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:41.620
 first day

00:35:41.620 --> 00:35:41.800
 of the

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.019
 week,

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.539
 called

00:35:42.539 --> 00:35:42.740
 the

00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.059
 Lord's

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.240
 Day,

00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:43.480
 to

00:35:43.480 --> 00:35:43.740
 worship

00:35:43.740 --> 00:35:44.100
 God.

00:35:44.880 --> 00:35:45.220
 Scripture

00:35:45.220 --> 00:35:46.140
 testifies to

00:35:46.140 --> 00:35:46.680
 this change

00:35:46.680 --> 00:35:47.360
 and church

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.680
 history

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.400
 authenticates

00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.300
 this change.

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.720
 The purpose

00:35:50.720 --> 00:35:51.240
 for corporate

00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:51.660
 gathering of

00:35:51.660 --> 00:35:52.039
 the saints

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.700
 is to

00:35:52.700 --> 00:35:53.059
 worship

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.539
 our

00:35:53.539 --> 00:35:53.860
 sovereign

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.200
 king.

00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:55.460
 1 Timothy

00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.180
 3-16

00:35:56.179 --> 00:35:56.719
 calls the

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.159
 gathering of

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.559
 the church

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.460
 the household

00:35:58.460 --> 00:35:59.339
 of God.

00:35:59.899 --> 00:36:00.759
 Paul calls

00:36:00.759 --> 00:36:01.179
 this gathering

00:36:01.179 --> 00:36:01.779
 the church

00:36:01.779 --> 00:36:02.480
 of the living

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.899
 God.

00:36:03.399 --> 00:36:04.239
 In Matthew

00:36:04.239 --> 00:36:04.919
 18,

00:36:05.039 --> 00:36:06.539
 verses 15-20,

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:08.159
 Jesus explains how to

00:36:08.159 --> 00:36:09.079
 confront sin in the

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.359
 church,

00:36:09.579 --> 00:36:10.440
 and if necessary,

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.339
 how to apply church

00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:11.779
 discipline.

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:13.319
 But in verse 20

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.259
 of Matthew 18,

00:36:14.399 --> 00:36:15.000
 it says,

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:21.039
 it is in the

00:36:21.039 --> 00:36:21.519
 church of the

00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:22.079
 living God,

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.280
 his household,

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.480
 that in a

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:25.199
 special way,

00:36:25.360 --> 00:36:26.079
 his presence

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:27.079
 is here.

00:36:27.800 --> 00:36:28.380
 When Paul

00:36:28.380 --> 00:36:28.940
 exhorts Timothy

00:36:28.940 --> 00:36:29.599
 to preach the

00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.699
 word in 2

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:31.360
 Timothy 4,

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:31.920
 he gives a

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.480
 severe warning.

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.179
 He says,

00:36:33.639 --> 00:36:34.559
 I charge you

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.179
 in the

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.019
 presence of

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.539
 God,

00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.420
 who is the

00:36:37.420 --> 00:36:37.980
 judge of

00:36:37.980 --> 00:36:38.400
 the living

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.780
 and the

00:36:38.780 --> 00:36:39.159
 dead,

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.900
 by his

00:36:39.900 --> 00:36:40.500
 appearing in

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:40.739
 kingdom,

00:36:41.139 --> 00:36:42.380
 preach the

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:42.860
 word.

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:44.120
 the presence

00:36:44.120 --> 00:36:44.660
 of God

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:45.019
 is with

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.480
 his people

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.079
 in a special

00:36:46.079 --> 00:36:46.780
 way on the

00:36:46.780 --> 00:36:47.320
 Lord's Day,

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.320
 in the

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:48.700
 gathering of

00:36:48.700 --> 00:36:49.180
 the saints

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:50.380
 as the

00:36:50.380 --> 00:36:50.720
 church.

00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:51.559
 And when the

00:36:51.559 --> 00:36:52.160
 preacher goes

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:52.579
 before the

00:36:52.579 --> 00:36:52.980
 pulpit,

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:53.920
 he is under

00:36:53.920 --> 00:36:54.860
 solemn oath,

00:36:55.420 --> 00:36:56.079
 a solemn

00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.660
 pledge to

00:36:57.660 --> 00:36:58.900
 preach God's

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.300
 word and

00:36:59.300 --> 00:36:59.960
 nothing else.

00:37:00.620 --> 00:37:01.079
 And it is

00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:01.559
 this word

00:37:01.559 --> 00:37:02.059
 preached that

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:02.599
 we see in

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.680
 2 Timothy 3

00:37:03.680 --> 00:37:04.820
 that matures

00:37:04.820 --> 00:37:05.440
 the church,

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.440
 and it is

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.099
 this word

00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:07.680
 preached we

00:37:07.680 --> 00:37:08.160
 see in 1

00:37:08.160 --> 00:37:08.640
 Timothy that

00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.559
 makes the

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:10.380
 people holy.

00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.900
 The people

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.140
 of God

00:37:12.140 --> 00:37:12.620
 experience

00:37:12.619 --> 00:37:13.380
 God in

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.519
 the

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:13.759
 preaching

00:37:13.759 --> 00:37:14.059
 of his

00:37:14.059 --> 00:37:14.380
 word.

00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:15.440
 So,

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:15.960
 brothers and

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.279
 sisters,

00:37:17.279 --> 00:37:17.980
 the gathering

00:37:17.980 --> 00:37:18.460
 of our

00:37:18.460 --> 00:37:18.819
 church on

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:19.159
 a Sunday

00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:19.679
 morning is

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.119
 not a

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:20.460
 social

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:20.819
 endeavor.

00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.500
 We come

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:22.980
 together to

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.519
 worship the

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.059
 living God.

00:37:24.219 --> 00:37:24.639
 We come

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.460
 to praise

00:37:25.460 --> 00:37:26.139
 him and

00:37:26.139 --> 00:37:26.699
 to hear

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:27.400
 his word

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:27.960
 brought forth

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.420
 to bear

00:37:28.420 --> 00:37:29.219
 on our

00:37:29.219 --> 00:37:29.759
 lives.

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.519
 When we

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.239
 come to

00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:33.059
 the gathering

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:33.279
 of the

00:37:33.279 --> 00:37:33.440
 saints,

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:33.799
 we are

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.400
 coming for

00:37:34.400 --> 00:37:35.259
 the God

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:35.759
 who is

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.480
 the blessed

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.940
 and only

00:37:36.940 --> 00:37:37.400
 sovereign,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:38.119
 the King

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.679
 of kings,

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.420
 and the

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.299
 Lord of

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:40.739
 lords.

00:37:40.739 --> 00:37:42.379
 So,

00:37:42.479 --> 00:37:42.759
 as we

00:37:42.759 --> 00:37:43.139
 consider

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.519
 the

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:43.819
 Lord's

00:37:43.819 --> 00:37:44.079
 day,

00:37:44.500 --> 00:37:44.719
 and how

00:37:44.719 --> 00:37:44.879
 to

00:37:44.879 --> 00:37:45.279
 steward

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.719
 this

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:45.959
 day

00:37:45.959 --> 00:37:46.159
 for

00:37:46.159 --> 00:37:46.359
 his

00:37:46.359 --> 00:37:46.759
 glory

00:37:46.759 --> 00:37:47.099
 and

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.319
 our

00:37:47.319 --> 00:37:47.639
 good,

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:48.439
 we need

00:37:48.439 --> 00:37:48.699
 to set

00:37:48.699 --> 00:37:49.239
 this day,

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.339
 especially this

00:37:50.339 --> 00:37:50.979
 gathering that

00:37:50.979 --> 00:37:51.379
 we're in,

00:37:51.439 --> 00:37:51.919
 as holy,

00:37:52.500 --> 00:37:53.399
 as a sacred

00:37:53.399 --> 00:37:54.079
 day and a

00:37:54.079 --> 00:37:54.879
 sacred time.

00:37:55.419 --> 00:37:56.199
 If possible,

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.259
 the gathering of

00:37:57.259 --> 00:37:57.659
 the church should

00:37:57.659 --> 00:37:58.359
 not be missed

00:37:58.359 --> 00:37:59.619
 because it is the

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:00.279
 household of God

00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.699
 gathered,

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.899
 and the living God

00:38:01.899 --> 00:38:02.659
 is especially

00:38:02.659 --> 00:38:04.500
 present here.

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.579
 the Puritans,

00:38:06.659 --> 00:38:07.079
 when they talked

00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:07.739
 about going

00:38:07.739 --> 00:38:08.920
 to church,

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.639
 they didn't say

00:38:09.639 --> 00:38:10.179
 we're going to

00:38:10.179 --> 00:38:10.579
 church,

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.320
 they would say

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.760
 we're going

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.380
 to sermon,

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.500
 because they're

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.199
 going to hear

00:38:14.199 --> 00:38:14.679
 the word of

00:38:14.679 --> 00:38:15.880
 God proclaimed,

00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:16.800
 brought to

00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.139
 bear,

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.099
 so that it

00:38:18.099 --> 00:38:18.739
 would change

00:38:18.739 --> 00:38:19.059
 them,

00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:19.920
 and not only

00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:20.219
 them,

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:20.519
 that it would

00:38:20.519 --> 00:38:20.980
 change their

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.460
 lives.

00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:22.079
 So,

00:38:22.179 --> 00:38:22.800
 after that,

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.480
 the fathers

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:23.800
 would then

00:38:23.800 --> 00:38:24.260
 go home,

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:24.780
 and they would

00:38:24.780 --> 00:38:25.159
 teach their

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.500
 kids from

00:38:25.500 --> 00:38:25.860
 the oldest

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.400
 to the youngest

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:26.980
 the sermon,

00:38:27.659 --> 00:38:28.079
 so that the

00:38:28.079 --> 00:38:28.739
 kids would

00:38:28.739 --> 00:38:29.300
 know the word,

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.619
 it would be

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.340
 in their hearts,

00:38:31.739 --> 00:38:32.420
 and Lord willing,

00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:33.039
 they would grow

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.500
 into it,

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:33.960
 and it would

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:35.360
 change them.

00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.380
 The gathering

00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.019
 of the saints

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:39.559
 for us is a

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.400
 time for us

00:38:40.400 --> 00:38:40.920
 to rejoice.

00:38:41.460 --> 00:38:42.220
 It's a delight,

00:38:42.320 --> 00:38:43.159
 it's a feast,

00:38:43.400 --> 00:38:44.139
 where we come

00:38:44.139 --> 00:38:45.220
 and hear about

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.840
 the proclamation

00:38:45.840 --> 00:38:47.420
 of Jesus Christ,

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.400
 and where we

00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:49.300
 rest in his

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.079
 finished work,

00:38:50.340 --> 00:38:50.860
 and where we

00:38:50.860 --> 00:38:51.400
 look forward

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:51.880
 to the day

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:52.480
 approaching,

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.579
 where we have

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.519
 eternal rest.

00:38:55.860 --> 00:38:56.639
 While the

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:57.639
 primacy of our

00:38:57.639 --> 00:38:58.460
 gathering is to

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:58.980
 worship our

00:38:58.980 --> 00:38:59.679
 triune God,

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.500
 there is an

00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.380
 important and

00:39:01.380 --> 00:39:02.720
 organic component

00:39:02.720 --> 00:39:03.380
 that scripture

00:39:03.380 --> 00:39:03.820
 stresses,

00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.440
 in the gathering

00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:06.019
 of the church,

00:39:06.539 --> 00:39:07.280
 believers are

00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:07.760
 covenanted

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:09.199
 together for

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.059
 Christian practice.

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:11.340
 Hebrews 10,

00:39:11.440 --> 00:39:13.079
 24-25 says,

00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:14.579
 and let us

00:39:14.579 --> 00:39:15.260
 consider how to

00:39:15.260 --> 00:39:15.880
 stir up one

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.539
 another to love

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.179
 and good works,

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.720
 not neglecting to

00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:19.280
 meet together,

00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.720
 as is the habit

00:39:20.720 --> 00:39:21.179
 of some,

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.559
 but encouraging

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:23.159
 one another,

00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.380
 and all the more

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:25.300
 as you see the

00:39:25.300 --> 00:39:26.820
 day drawing near.

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.579
 Our gathering

00:39:28.579 --> 00:39:30.099
 together is to

00:39:30.099 --> 00:39:30.820
 worship Yahweh,

00:39:30.820 --> 00:39:31.860
 and the organic

00:39:31.860 --> 00:39:32.360
 means that we

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.920
 come together

00:39:32.920 --> 00:39:33.880
 is that we

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.240
 come together

00:39:34.240 --> 00:39:34.960
 to minister to

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.340
 one another,

00:39:35.500 --> 00:39:36.280
 to love and

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:36.760
 to stir in

00:39:36.760 --> 00:39:37.360
 good works.

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:38.480
 The Puritans

00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.340
 call this every

00:39:39.340 --> 00:39:40.519
 limb, every

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.800
 member ministry.

00:39:42.620 --> 00:39:43.200
 J.I. Packer

00:39:43.200 --> 00:39:43.860
 describes it this

00:39:43.860 --> 00:39:44.140
 way,

00:39:44.620 --> 00:39:45.460
 the New Testament

00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.000
 picture,

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.320
 the New Testament

00:39:47.320 --> 00:39:47.960
 picture is the

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.960
 local church as a

00:39:48.960 --> 00:39:49.580
 body in which

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:50.180
 every member,

00:39:50.660 --> 00:39:51.400
 that is literally

00:39:51.400 --> 00:39:52.200
 every limb,

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.180
 has its own

00:39:53.180 --> 00:39:54.640
 part to play in

00:39:54.640 --> 00:39:55.180
 advancing the

00:39:55.180 --> 00:39:55.920
 welfare and growth

00:39:55.920 --> 00:39:56.680
 as a whole.

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.380
 1 Peter 4,

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.720
 10-11 calls us

00:39:59.720 --> 00:40:00.940
 to steward God's

00:40:00.940 --> 00:40:02.220
 grace given to

00:40:02.220 --> 00:40:02.579
 us.

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:03.860
 The way in which

00:40:03.860 --> 00:40:04.880
 we steward God's

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.700
 grace is to use

00:40:05.700 --> 00:40:06.900
 our giftings to

00:40:06.900 --> 00:40:07.559
 serve his body.

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.099
 When we come

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:09.860
 together, we are

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.500
 called to serve

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:10.960
 one another by

00:40:10.960 --> 00:40:11.780
 stirring one another

00:40:11.780 --> 00:40:12.900
 in love and

00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:13.340
 helping each other

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.920
 become more

00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:14.599
 heavenward.

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.539
 So be encouraged

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:18.039
 by 1 Peter 4,

00:40:18.240 --> 00:40:19.059
 10-11.

00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:20.820
 As each has

00:40:20.820 --> 00:40:21.680
 received a gift,

00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:22.760
 use it to serve

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:23.880
 one another as

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.599
 good stewards of

00:40:24.599 --> 00:40:25.659
 God's varied grace.

00:40:25.920 --> 00:40:27.519
 Whoever speaks as

00:40:27.519 --> 00:40:28.340
 one who speaks

00:40:28.340 --> 00:40:29.500
 oracles of God,

00:40:29.860 --> 00:40:31.460
 whoever serves as

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.320
 one who serves by

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.900
 the strength that

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.539
 God supplies, in

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.700
 order that in

00:40:35.700 --> 00:40:36.680
 everything God may

00:40:36.680 --> 00:40:37.539
 be glorified through

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:39.159
 Jesus Christ, to

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:40.559
 him belong glory and

00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.900
 dominion forever and

00:40:41.900 --> 00:40:42.139
 ever.

00:40:42.340 --> 00:40:42.700
 Amen.

00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:44.980
 The Lord's Day

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:46.139
 gathering includes

00:40:46.139 --> 00:40:46.820
 the gathering of the

00:40:46.820 --> 00:40:47.840
 church as a central

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.340
 day and it also

00:40:49.340 --> 00:40:51.519
 includes how we

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.139
 spend the rest of

00:40:52.139 --> 00:40:52.460
 our day.

00:40:52.860 --> 00:40:53.920
 So the central part

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.720
 of our day is

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.380
 coming together

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.619
 as a church,

00:40:56.860 --> 00:40:57.460
 as the household

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.900
 of God,

00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.640
 as the temple

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.300
 and as the body

00:40:59.300 --> 00:41:00.599
 of Christ.

00:41:01.280 --> 00:41:02.300
 But it's also

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:03.059
 important how we

00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.660
 spend the rest of

00:41:03.660 --> 00:41:04.019
 our day.

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.220
 And that's where we

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:05.700
 talk about the

00:41:05.700 --> 00:41:06.300
 Sabbath keeping,

00:41:06.460 --> 00:41:07.180
 is that the rest of

00:41:07.180 --> 00:41:07.920
 our day should be

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.180
 spent in ways that

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.200
 encourage and provoke

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:12.039
 worship of God

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:14.200
 and rest in Christ.

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.099
 J.I.

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:16.840
 Packer says

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.660
 regarding the

00:41:17.660 --> 00:41:18.280
 Sabbath keeping,

00:41:18.740 --> 00:41:19.539
 Sabbath keeping

00:41:19.539 --> 00:41:20.460
 means action,

00:41:20.619 --> 00:41:21.420
 not inaction.

00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:22.880
 The Lord's Day is

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:23.500
 not a day for

00:41:23.500 --> 00:41:23.940
 idleness.

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:25.440
 A Puritanist

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:25.700
 said,

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:26.780
 idleness is a

00:41:26.780 --> 00:41:27.440
 sin every day,

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.539
 but much more

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.240
 on the Lord's

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.480
 Day.

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:30.720
 J.I.

00:41:30.720 --> 00:41:31.360
 Packer goes on

00:41:31.360 --> 00:41:31.780
 to say,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:32.760
 we are to rest

00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:33.340
 from the business

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:34.059
 of our earthly

00:41:34.059 --> 00:41:35.099
 calling in order

00:41:35.099 --> 00:41:36.360
 to prosecute the

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.400
 business of our

00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:38.159
 heavenly calling.

00:41:39.639 --> 00:41:40.500
 These acts of

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.179
 worship can be

00:41:41.179 --> 00:41:41.880
 offered through

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:42.480
 hospitality,

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.539
 through holy

00:41:43.539 --> 00:41:44.200
 conversations,

00:41:44.380 --> 00:41:44.940
 through talking

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.760
 of the things

00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:46.200
 of God.

00:41:47.380 --> 00:41:48.260
 This can be done

00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:48.900
 through taking a

00:41:48.900 --> 00:41:49.679
 nap, going on

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.380
 walks, hikes,

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.119
 playing in the yard,

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:52.139
 going to the park.

00:41:52.139 --> 00:41:53.420
 The intention

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.159
 is to live

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.639
 in a manner

00:41:54.639 --> 00:41:55.500
 that is worshipful

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.019
 to God

00:41:56.019 --> 00:41:56.920
 and helps your

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.539
 family worship

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.900
 God.

00:41:58.599 --> 00:41:59.319
 On the negative,

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.259
 we should avoid

00:42:00.259 --> 00:42:01.440
 things that make

00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:02.019
 our mind dull

00:42:02.019 --> 00:42:02.400
 and idle.

00:42:02.779 --> 00:42:03.159
 We should not

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:03.799
 engage in things

00:42:03.799 --> 00:42:04.440
 that provoke

00:42:04.440 --> 00:42:05.339
 sin in our

00:42:05.339 --> 00:42:05.699
 hearts.

00:42:06.779 --> 00:42:07.599
 In a great

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.139
 article by

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.099
 Robert Godfrey

00:42:09.099 --> 00:42:09.460
 called

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.359
 Revived by

00:42:10.359 --> 00:42:11.440
 Sabbath Revival,

00:42:11.980 --> 00:42:12.639
 he says,

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.239
 as we seek

00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.879
 to cultivate

00:42:14.879 --> 00:42:15.599
 afresh a

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.219
 Sabbath keeping

00:42:16.219 --> 00:42:17.259
 among us,

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.440
 we need to do

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.239
 that positively.

00:42:19.859 --> 00:42:20.379
 We should not

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:21.440
 in the first

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.280
 place ask what

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:22.900
 we may not

00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:23.920
 do as a list

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.340
 of do and

00:42:24.340 --> 00:42:24.860
 don'ts.

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.860
 Rather, we

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.720
 should ask how

00:42:26.720 --> 00:42:27.180
 we can give

00:42:27.180 --> 00:42:27.800
 this day to

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.900
 God to develop

00:42:28.900 --> 00:42:29.460
 our relationship

00:42:29.460 --> 00:42:29.980
 with him.

00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.260
 In answer to

00:42:31.260 --> 00:42:31.880
 any question

00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.680
 about what we

00:42:32.680 --> 00:42:33.400
 may do on

00:42:33.400 --> 00:42:34.640
 Sunday, we

00:42:34.640 --> 00:42:35.140
 should first

00:42:35.140 --> 00:42:35.960
 ask if it

00:42:35.960 --> 00:42:36.619
 contributes to

00:42:36.619 --> 00:42:37.160
 the giving of

00:42:37.160 --> 00:42:37.559
 the day to

00:42:37.559 --> 00:42:37.980
 the Lord.

00:42:38.559 --> 00:42:39.200
 If work or

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:40.460
 recreation distracts

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:40.940
 us from God,

00:42:41.220 --> 00:42:41.740
 then it is not

00:42:41.740 --> 00:42:42.420
 appropriate to

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:44.480
 the Sabbath.

00:42:44.960 --> 00:42:45.960
 We don't need

00:42:45.960 --> 00:42:46.820
 a long list of

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.760
 approved or

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.760
 forbidden activities,

00:42:48.760 --> 00:42:49.620
 but we need

00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:49.940
 to simply

00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.600
 ask, does

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:52.140
 this contribute

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:53.300
 to worshiping

00:42:53.300 --> 00:42:53.880
 the Lord and

00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.500
 giving this day

00:42:54.500 --> 00:42:55.220
 to the Lord?

00:42:56.620 --> 00:42:57.380
 The Sabbath is

00:42:57.380 --> 00:42:57.900
 not a day of

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.480
 do and don'ts,

00:42:58.520 --> 00:42:59.200
 it's a day of

00:42:59.200 --> 00:43:00.080
 rest and delight

00:43:00.080 --> 00:43:01.000
 in our God.

00:43:01.820 --> 00:43:02.760
 Finally, in

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.300
 brief,

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:04.120
 contemplation.

00:43:05.800 --> 00:43:06.260
 The Sabbath,

00:43:06.520 --> 00:43:07.200
 the Lord's day,

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.180
 is a day that

00:43:08.180 --> 00:43:08.600
 is to be kept

00:43:08.600 --> 00:43:09.480
 holy and a day

00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.680
 of rest until

00:43:10.680 --> 00:43:11.620
 we reach our

00:43:11.620 --> 00:43:12.360
 final rest.

00:43:13.340 --> 00:43:14.180
 Robert Godfrey

00:43:14.180 --> 00:43:15.320
 says, we need

00:43:15.320 --> 00:43:16.180
 the Sabbath now

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:17.060
 as a foretaste

00:43:17.059 --> 00:43:17.699
 of the blessed

00:43:17.699 --> 00:43:18.860
 eternal rest

00:43:18.860 --> 00:43:19.340
 that Christ

00:43:19.340 --> 00:43:19.880
 has won for

00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:20.159
 us.

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:21.400
 Our fellowship

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.940
 with him in

00:43:21.940 --> 00:43:22.400
 public and

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.019
 private worship

00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.699
 on the Lord's

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:24.500
 day is the

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.179
 beginning of

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.739
 that everlasting

00:43:25.739 --> 00:43:26.779
 rest that he

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.259
 promises.

00:43:28.059 --> 00:43:28.739
 The rest that

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.559
 we partake in

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:31.179
 every day in

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:32.059
 Christ, and

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:32.779
 especially on

00:43:32.779 --> 00:43:33.299
 the Sabbath

00:43:33.299 --> 00:43:34.639
 day, helps

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:35.340
 us anticipate

00:43:35.340 --> 00:43:36.360
 the marriage

00:43:36.360 --> 00:43:37.279
 supper of

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:37.840
 the Lamb.

00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.119
 It helps us

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:40.079
 long for the

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.900
 day when sin

00:43:40.900 --> 00:43:41.320
 will be no

00:43:41.320 --> 00:43:42.320
 more, when sin

00:43:42.320 --> 00:43:43.059
 will be vanquished

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.779
 and we will be

00:43:43.779 --> 00:43:44.860
 perfectly arrayed

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.759
 in glory.

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:47.000
 Our Sabbath

00:43:47.000 --> 00:43:47.620
 rest is a

00:43:47.620 --> 00:43:48.420
 longing for a

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.580
 greater rest, a

00:43:49.580 --> 00:43:50.360
 rest of eternal

00:43:50.360 --> 00:43:51.800
 communion with

00:43:51.800 --> 00:43:52.440
 our Lord.

00:43:53.160 --> 00:43:53.740
 This is a day

00:43:53.740 --> 00:43:54.580
 of contemplation

00:43:54.580 --> 00:43:55.060
 what is to

00:43:55.060 --> 00:43:56.040
 come and

00:43:56.040 --> 00:43:56.880
 remind ourselves

00:43:56.880 --> 00:43:57.460
 it is far

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.620
 better than

00:43:58.620 --> 00:43:59.060
 the earthly

00:43:59.060 --> 00:43:59.700
 joys that we

00:43:59.700 --> 00:44:00.740
 have now.

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:01.860
 This is a day

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.340
 to teach our

00:44:02.340 --> 00:44:02.780
 children that

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.660
 life is

00:44:03.660 --> 00:44:04.680
 temporary and

00:44:04.680 --> 00:44:05.200
 there is much

00:44:05.200 --> 00:44:06.160
 joy in heaven

00:44:06.160 --> 00:44:06.960
 to come, that

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.400
 we don't live

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:07.880
 for this world

00:44:07.880 --> 00:44:08.340
 but we live

00:44:08.340 --> 00:44:09.220
 for the world

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:09.860
 to come.

00:44:10.520 --> 00:44:11.280
 This is a day

00:44:11.280 --> 00:44:11.820
 that we look

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.840
 forward and

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.700
 rest backwards

00:44:13.699 --> 00:44:15.319
 until we

00:44:15.319 --> 00:44:15.839
 one day

00:44:15.839 --> 00:44:16.699
 rest finally

00:44:16.699 --> 00:44:17.079
 forward.

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.859
 A lot of us

00:44:18.859 --> 00:44:19.519
 parents with

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:20.179
 young kids are

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:20.639
 hearing this

00:44:20.639 --> 00:44:21.559
 probably and

00:44:21.559 --> 00:44:22.679
 thinking, how

00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:23.239
 do I do

00:44:23.239 --> 00:44:23.559
 this?

00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:24.480
 How can I

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.439
 sit down and

00:44:25.439 --> 00:44:26.279
 tell my kids

00:44:26.279 --> 00:44:26.699
 certain things

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:27.099
 about the

00:44:27.099 --> 00:44:27.500
 Lord's Day?

00:44:27.679 --> 00:44:28.159
 How can I

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.779
 cultivate this

00:44:28.779 --> 00:44:29.399
 in my home?

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:30.359
 Because right

00:44:30.359 --> 00:44:31.480
 now for a lot

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.519
 of us, life

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.399
 is crazy with

00:44:33.399 --> 00:44:33.739
 littles.

00:44:34.819 --> 00:44:35.699
 My suggestion

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.939
 is that our

00:44:36.939 --> 00:44:37.579
 Sabbath keeping

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:38.279
 looks different

00:44:38.279 --> 00:44:39.739
 than older kids

00:44:39.739 --> 00:44:40.359
 in the home.

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:40.819
 If we had

00:44:40.819 --> 00:44:41.299
 older kids in

00:44:41.299 --> 00:44:41.559
 the home,

00:44:41.719 --> 00:44:41.919
 there would

00:44:41.919 --> 00:44:42.179
 be more

00:44:42.179 --> 00:44:42.779
 conversations,

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:44.419
 more investment

00:44:44.419 --> 00:44:45.719
 in the growing

00:44:45.719 --> 00:44:46.440
 together and

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:47.079
 knowing the

00:44:47.079 --> 00:44:47.319
 Lord.

00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:48.239
 But for the

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:49.119
 littles, I

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.899
 recommend that

00:44:49.899 --> 00:44:50.859
 we now develop

00:44:50.859 --> 00:44:51.980
 habits and

00:44:51.980 --> 00:44:53.279
 practices that

00:44:53.279 --> 00:44:53.940
 we can cultivate

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:54.399
 in our home,

00:44:54.460 --> 00:44:54.899
 that become

00:44:54.899 --> 00:44:55.899
 normal in our

00:44:55.899 --> 00:44:56.259
 home and

00:44:56.259 --> 00:44:57.039
 regulate our

00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:58.159
 lives to the

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:58.919
 sabbatical rhythm.

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.099
 And Lord

00:45:00.099 --> 00:45:00.899
 willing, as they

00:45:00.899 --> 00:45:01.859
 grow up, these

00:45:01.859 --> 00:45:02.539
 practices will be

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:02.879
 normal.

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.739
 They'll be

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.279
 something that

00:45:04.279 --> 00:45:04.879
 they look forward

00:45:04.879 --> 00:45:05.859
 to and that

00:45:05.859 --> 00:45:06.759
 they can delight

00:45:06.759 --> 00:45:07.339
 in.

00:45:08.779 --> 00:45:09.759
 So in closing,

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.859
 the Lord's Day

00:45:10.859 --> 00:45:11.559
 is a sacred

00:45:11.559 --> 00:45:12.159
 day where God

00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:13.019
 alone is

00:45:13.019 --> 00:45:13.480
 worshipped.

00:45:13.879 --> 00:45:14.519
 We rest from

00:45:14.519 --> 00:45:15.000
 our normal

00:45:15.000 --> 00:45:15.679
 affairs and

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.539
 find solace in

00:45:16.539 --> 00:45:16.920
 the finished

00:45:16.920 --> 00:45:17.420
 work of

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:17.739
 Christ.

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.920
 It is a

00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:19.279
 day to be

00:45:19.279 --> 00:45:19.819
 kept holy.

00:45:20.539 --> 00:45:21.079
 A sabbatical

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:21.719
 life is a

00:45:21.719 --> 00:45:22.299
 life of rhythm

00:45:22.299 --> 00:45:22.899
 and helps us

00:45:22.899 --> 00:45:23.420
 regulate a

00:45:23.420 --> 00:45:24.059
 proper worship

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.519
 of God.

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.639
 Let every

00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:26.179
 day be a

00:45:26.179 --> 00:45:26.679
 day of rest

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.079
 in Christ,

00:45:27.359 --> 00:45:27.659
 but let

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.279
 especially the

00:45:28.279 --> 00:45:28.759
 Lord's Day

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.899
 be a day of

00:45:29.899 --> 00:45:30.399
 rest and

00:45:30.399 --> 00:45:31.259
 feasting with

00:45:31.259 --> 00:45:31.739
 your Lord.

00:45:32.659 --> 00:45:33.019
 I want to

00:45:33.019 --> 00:45:33.559
 leave you with

00:45:33.559 --> 00:45:34.219
 a quote from

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.839
 Richard Baxter

00:45:34.839 --> 00:45:35.599
 in his book

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.420
 The Everlasting

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:37.019
 Rest of the

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:37.299
 Saints.

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:39.120
 May the

00:45:39.120 --> 00:45:39.780
 living God

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.660
 who is the

00:45:40.660 --> 00:45:41.580
 portion rest of

00:45:41.580 --> 00:45:42.160
 his saints

00:45:42.160 --> 00:45:43.600
 make these

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 our carnal

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