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 Please turn with me your Bible to Exodus chapter 20.

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 I'm only going to preach on the fourth commandment, which is verses 8 through 11.

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 Let me read it out loud for us. Can you guys stand if you're able for the reading of God's Word?

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

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 On it you shall not do any work.

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 You or your son or your daughter, your male servant or your female servant or your livestock

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 or the sojourner who is within your gates.

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 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that is in them, 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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 This is God's holy and authoritative word.

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 May be seated.

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 Pastor Tim Hester begins his book, The Busy Christian's Guide to Busyness, with this imaginary dialogue.

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 Do you regularly work 30 minutes a day longer than your contracted hours?

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 What does that have to do with anything?

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 I have a lot to do, so I have to work a lot of hours.

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 Do you check work emails and phone messages at home?

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 Are you serious?

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 Have you been around much this millennium?

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 Has anyone ever said to you,

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 I didn't want to trouble you because I know how busy you are?

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 Of course, and I'm glad they have the decency to respect my time.

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 Do your family or friends complain about not getting time with you?

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 Well, I wouldn't call it complaining per se.

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 They're still learning that quality is more important than quantity time.

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 If tomorrow evening were unexpectedly fed up, would you use it to do work or a household chore?

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 Uh, yeah.

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 Were you going to do it for me?

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 Do you often feel tired during the day or do you find your neck and shoulders aching?

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 I wouldn't do.

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 Ibuprofen, not a problem.

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 Do you often exceed the speed limit while driving?

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 Well, it depends on whether I'm trying to eat French fries at the same time.

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 Do you make use of any flexible working arrangements offered by your employers?

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 Definitely.

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 I work at home.

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 I work in the car.

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 I work on vacation.

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 I can work pretty much anywhere.

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 Do you pray with your children regularly?

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 Well, I never turn them down when they ask.

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 Do you have enough time to pray?

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 Well, I'm more a pray continually kind of person.

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 I don't need to set aside specific time to pray because I'm always in communion with God.

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 Do you have a hobby in which you are actively involved?

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 Does Pinterest count?

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 Does Pinterest count?

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 Do you eat together as a family, as a household, at least once a day?

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 More or less, when one person is eating, someone else is usually in the house at the same time.

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 Do you have a hobby in which you are also in the house at the same time?

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 It's too close to home, doesn't it?

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 So anyway.

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 It's too close to home, doesn't it?

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 In so many ways.

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 If you have answers similarly to any of these questions,

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 you suffer from what Chester calls hurry sickness.

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 Especially here in Cambridge,

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 and by many people in a perpetual hurry,

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 carried by busyness and an ever-growing list of to-dos,

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 we tend to work too much.

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 It's almost unbelievable now that this happened in 1967,

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 but in 1967, there was a testimony before a Senate subcommittee

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 that claimed that by 1985,

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 Americans would be working an average 22 hours a week,

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 or a total of 27 weeks out of the year,

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 and that they would retire by the age of 38.

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 This is what they genuinely predicted would happen

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 with the advancement of technologies and whatnot,

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 the rise of computers.

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 They were obviously wrong.

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 An average worker in 1967 worked 1,716 hours per year,

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 but according to Gallup's annual work and education survey from 2021,

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 on average, employed adults in the U.S.,

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 including both part-time and full-time workers,

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 worked 44.1 hours per week.

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 Remember, that's including part-time workers,

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 so imagine how high that number is

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 if you exclude all part-time workers to get the average.

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 Now, that average multiplied by 260 working days

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 comes out to 2,293 hours per year.

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 So we're working way more,

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 577 hours more per year

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 than people used to do 50 years ago.

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 Technology cannot cure our overwork and hurry sickness

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 because these are sicknesses of heart.

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 We have a hard time resting

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 because we do not trust God to provide

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 and seek to provide for ourselves.

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 We have a hard time resting

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 because to counteract the emptiness of our own lives,

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 we surround ourselves with diversions and distractions

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 that require more time and attention

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 and provide no rest.

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 We have a hard time resting

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 because we find our identity

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 in our successive accomplishments

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 and in people's approval

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 rather than in Christ.

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 So the fourth word of the Decalogue

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 brings us back to the God who alone can cure us.

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 And this passage ultimately points us to Jesus

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 who fulfilled this command

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 and gives us rest for our souls.

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 So the main point that I want to drive home is this,

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 we should work and rest

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 like those who have found rest for our souls in Christ.

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 So we're going to talk about remembrance

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 and we're going to talk about rest

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 and we're going to talk about the rationale

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 of this fourth word in the 10th Amendment.

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 It begins this way in verse 8,

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 remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy.

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 God tells the Israelites to remember it

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 because He had already given them the command

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 to keep the Sabbath earlier in Exodus 16.

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 In Exodus 16, if you recall,

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 God started raining down manna,

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 bread from heaven for the Israelites to eat.

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 He sent the manna daily

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 so that they might gather it and eat it for each day.

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 They can't save it for the next day

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 because the manna expired.

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 It went bad.

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 It rotted.

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 However, on the sixth day of the week,

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 God rained down two days portion of manna

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 and He instructed them to save half of it

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 for the seventh day

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 because He wanted them to observe

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 a day of solemn rest,

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 a holy Sabbath to the Lord

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 on the seventh day.

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 And on the seventh day,

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 the manna that they saved up overnight

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 from the sixth day did not go bad.

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 And the whole point of this exercise

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 was to cultivate dependence

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 and trust among God's people.

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 The Sabbath was God's way of saying to Israel,

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 don't worry about your next meal.

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 Rest from your labors

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 because I will take care of you.

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 In his book, Adopted for Life,

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 Russell Moore writes about

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 he and his wife's experience

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 with two boys from Russia.

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 He says, quote,

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 we knew the boys had acclimated to our home

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 that they trusted us

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 when they stopped hiding food

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 in their high chairs.

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 They knew there would be another meal coming

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 and they wouldn't have to fight for the scraps.

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 This was the new normal.

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 Moore's adopted sons

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 were stashing away food

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 in their high chairs

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 because they feared

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 that they might not be fed

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 the next time they're hungry.

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 But when they finally learned

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 to trust their adopted parents,

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 when they finally realized

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 that they are not orphans anymore,

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 but that they are sons,

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 they stopped hiding food

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 and started depending on their father

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 to provide for them.

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 That's the lesson

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 that God gave to the Israelites

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 with the Sabbath.

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 You are not orphans anymore.

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 You are my children.

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 I will provide for you.

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 So look to me.

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 Depend on me.

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 And don't work like everything depends on you.

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 This is the kind of trusting relationship

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 that God calls us to as well.

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 Are you wracked with anxiety

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 because you believe

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 that you are solely responsible

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 for your life and future?

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 God's inviting you.

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 I am your father.

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 I am your provider.

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 Depend on me.

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 Philip Melanchthon,

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 who is one of the greatest theologians

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 of the Protestant Reformation,

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 is said to have said to his friend

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 Martin Luther one day,

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 Brother, this day,

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 you and I will discuss

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 the governance of the universe.

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 very lofty invitation

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 to theological discourse.

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 He wanted to spend the day

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 in serious, intense theological discussion

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 of divine providence.

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 How does it work?

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 What's the relationship

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 between God's governance of the world

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 and our responsibility in the world?

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 But Melanchthon was totally taken aback

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 by his friend Luther's simple response.

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 This day,

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 you and I will go fishing.

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 And leave the governance

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 of the universe to God.

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 That really captures

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 the spirit of the Sabbath.

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 No, it's not about fishing.

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 But it's about rest

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 born out of trust in God.

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 It's about leaving

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 the governance of the universe

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 and our lives to God.

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 So the Israelites

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 were to remember the Sabbath

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 so that they might keep it holy

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 because the Lord had blessed it

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 and made it holy.

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 To keep it holy

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 is to keep it set apart,

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 special,

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 not the other days.

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 So Israelists were not

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 to treat their Saturday,

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 the Sabbath,

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 like a Monday.

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 They were not to do

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 the same regular activity

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 and work

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 that they did

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 on Thursday

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 on the Sabbath.

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 And by setting apart

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 the seventh day,

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 the Israelites were themselves

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 being set apart

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 from the other nations,

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 being set apart

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 as belongings

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 to the Lord.

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 I mentioned this

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 two months ago,

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 I think,

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 when I preached

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 on Exodus 16,

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 that Israelites

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 were the only ancient people

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 that observed

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 a strict

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 weekly day of rest.

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 year is a natural unit of time

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 because that's how long

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 it takes

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 for the earth

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 to spin around

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 the sun.

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 A month

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 is a natural unit of time

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 because that's how long

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 the lunar cycle is.

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 And a day

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 is a natural unit of time

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 because that's how long

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 it takes for the earth

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 to spin around its axis.

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 But a week,

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 where do you get a week?

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 It's an unnatural unit of time

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 because it only exists

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 on the basis

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 of divine fiat.

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 It exists

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 because God

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 sets them.

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 So,

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 following this

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 weekly rhythm

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 that no other nation

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 around,

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 and by resting

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 on the seventh day,

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 Israelites,

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 the Israelites

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 are setting themselves apart

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 as a nation

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 belonging to God.

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 They're saying,

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 no,

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 we don't take orders

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 from creation.

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 No,

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 we take orders

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 directly from the Creator.

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 We belong to Him.

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 This is why

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 Exodus 1

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 says that

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 the Sabbath

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 is the sign

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 of the Mosaic covenant

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 between God

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 and His people.

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 It was what marked

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 Israel as

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 God's own

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 natural possession.

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 And so,

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 to profane the Sabbath,

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 to violate it,

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 was tantamount

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 to disowning the Lord

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 because that was

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 the chosen covenant sign.

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 That's why

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 there's a death penalty

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 in the Old Testament

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 prescribed for

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 high-handed

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 violation of the Sabbath.

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 That's the meaning

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 of the first command

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 within this fourth

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 word of the Decalade.

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 Remember the Sabbath day

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 to keep it holy.

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 Then verses 9 to 10

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 get into the specifics

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 of the fourth word,

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 namely the command

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 to rest.

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 But before we get

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 to the command

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 about resting,

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 it says in verse 9,

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 six days you shall labor

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 and do all your work.

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 This is also

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 an imperative command

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 though it is assumed

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 in the context

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 of the Sabbath command.

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 Adam was commanded

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 to work the garden

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 in Genesis 2

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 before he ever sinned.

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 While the toilsomeness

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 of work

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 and the pain involved

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 in all forms of labor

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 is the result

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 of the fall,

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 work itself

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 is not a consequence

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 of the fall.

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 As we see

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 in Genesis 1 to 2

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 and as we see here

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 in Exodus 20 verse 11,

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 our six days of work

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 is patterned

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 after God's six days

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 of work in creation.

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 This is why hard work

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 is commended

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 all throughout Scripture.

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 2 Thessalonians 3

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 tells us,

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 if anyone is not willing

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 to work,

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 let him not eat.

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 For we hear

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 that some among you

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 walk in idleness,

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 not busy at work,

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 but busy bodies.

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 Now such persons

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 we command and encourage

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ

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 to do their work quietly

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 and to earn

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 their own living.

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 So the fourth command

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 to rest

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 and to observe a Sabbath

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 is not an excuse

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 to spurn work

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 and to live

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 the rest of our lives

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 for relaxation

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 and recreation.

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 The cure for busyness

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 is not laziness.

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 Some of us think

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 that work is bad

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 and leisure is good.

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 We think of work

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 as a necessary evil.

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 We work in order

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 to rest.

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 We get through the work

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 in order to get

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 to the weekend

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 of fun and partying.

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 We work hard

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 and earn a lot of money

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 in order to spend it

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 on jewels and gadgets

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 and restaurants

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 and vacations

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 and retirements.

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 We work in order

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 to rest.

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 But that's not

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 a biblical mindset.

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 Work is not merely

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 a means to an end.

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 Thou,

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 self.

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 We're meant to follow

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 the pattern of God's work

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 and glorify God

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 in our work.

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 Not only that,

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 Daniel Doriani

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 writes in his book

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 entitled

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 Work

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 that work

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 is the chief place

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 where we love

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 our neighbors

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 as ourselves.

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 Why?

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 Because he says

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 at work

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 we have the greatest

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 skill and training.

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 We spend the most time

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 and we can bring

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 the greatest resources

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 to bear.

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 If we take up

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 that average

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 annual work hours

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 of 2,293 hours per year

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 that we calculated earlier

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 and then multiply

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 that by 40 years

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 assuming that people

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 start work

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 at 21

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 although in here

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 it's probably more

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 like 26

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 and then you

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 go to work

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 to 61

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 which is the average

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 retirement age

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 for Americans.

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 So that's trending

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 up as well.

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 That's over

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 90,000 hours

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 that we spend

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 doing work

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 in our lifetime.

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 90,000 hours.

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 The primary way

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 in which you love

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 your neighbor

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 is not

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 in the volunteer work

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 you do

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 in your neighborhood

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 on the side

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 but it's in the work

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 that you do

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 where you will spend

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 90,000 hours

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 of your waking hours

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 because that's where

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 you have the greatest expertise

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 because that's where

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 you spend the most

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 of your time.

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 The work is significant

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 but work is not everything.

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 work is not all

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 various for Christians

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 to do.

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 We still have the greatest

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 the great commission

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 to fulfill

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 of making disciples

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 of all nations.

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 Work

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 whether that's

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 in the office

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 or at home

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 it's a human calling

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 but disciple making

00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.759
 is a Christian calling.

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 we're not merely

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 fishermen

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 we're fishers

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 of men.

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 So I'm not saying

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 that if you're a faithful

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 worker

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 that you're obeying

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 God fully

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 no there's still

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 much else

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 to do

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 as a Christian

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 but I am saying

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 that there is

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 dignity and value

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 in the work

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 that you do

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 if it's honest work.

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 The Bible does not

00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:27.259
 teach you

00:17:27.259 --> 00:17:28.440
 that work is bad

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 that work is a

00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.500
 necessary evil

00:17:30.500 --> 00:17:31.319
 that enables us

00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:31.720
 to rest

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 and relax

00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:33.000
 and recreate.

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 We do not work

00:17:34.579 --> 00:17:35.339
 in order to rest

00:17:35.339 --> 00:17:36.680
 we work to glorify God.

00:17:39.299 --> 00:17:40.460
 So the fourth word

00:17:40.460 --> 00:17:40.940
 commends

00:17:40.940 --> 00:17:42.279
 six days of labor

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.319
 but its main point

00:17:43.319 --> 00:17:44.019
 is not work

00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.700
 but rest

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 because it's rest

00:17:47.019 --> 00:17:48.200
 that sets God's people

00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:49.139
 apart from the rest

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 of the world.

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 People in every

00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.680
 society and culture

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 work

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 but God's people

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 are not only to work

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 but also to rest.

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 Just as there are

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 people who work

00:17:59.820 --> 00:18:00.759
 in order to rest

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 there are people

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.380
 who rest

00:18:02.380 --> 00:18:03.920
 in order to work.

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.380
 Maybe some of you

00:18:06.380 --> 00:18:07.060
 are more like that.

00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.299
 To such people

00:18:09.299 --> 00:18:10.500
 rest is bad

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.740
 and work is good.

00:18:12.660 --> 00:18:13.299
 To them

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.080
 rest is

00:18:14.080 --> 00:18:15.220
 necessary evil.

00:18:16.900 --> 00:18:17.500
 Recuperation

00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:18.320
 that is needed

00:18:18.320 --> 00:18:19.259
 only so that they

00:18:19.259 --> 00:18:20.200
 can start

00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:21.080
 working again.

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 But this is an

00:18:23.940 --> 00:18:24.960
 unbiblical perspective

00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:25.400
 as well.

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 Rest is not merely

00:18:26.980 --> 00:18:28.039
 a means to an end.

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:29.060
 It too is a way

00:18:29.060 --> 00:18:29.519
 to imitate

00:18:29.519 --> 00:18:30.519
 and glorify God

00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:31.400
 because it says

00:18:31.400 --> 00:18:32.039
 in verse 11

00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.140
 God rested

00:18:33.140 --> 00:18:34.680
 on the seventh day.

00:18:35.820 --> 00:18:36.580
 We're following

00:18:36.580 --> 00:18:37.080
 the pattern

00:18:37.080 --> 00:18:38.039
 that he set for us.

00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.240
 So there's a contrast

00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.259
 in verse 9

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:40.900
 and verse 10.

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 Verse 9 says

00:18:41.600 --> 00:18:42.680
 do all your work

00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:43.360
 in sixth day

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.539
 but then verse 10

00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:45.420
 says on the seventh day

00:18:45.420 --> 00:18:46.340
 you shall not do

00:18:46.340 --> 00:18:47.160
 any work.

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 So we set apart

00:18:49.000 --> 00:18:49.680
 the seventh day

00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.519
 from the rest of the days

00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:51.259
 by ceasing

00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:52.079
 from the work

00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:52.980
 that we do.

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 Is this

00:18:53.900 --> 00:18:55.119
 economically costly?

00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.299
 Yes,

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.200
 it certainly is.

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 Does this make us

00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:00.140
 less productive?

00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:01.960
 Of course it does.

00:19:03.180 --> 00:19:04.079
 But that's

00:19:04.079 --> 00:19:05.180
 the point.

00:19:08.539 --> 00:19:09.440
 As we will see

00:19:09.440 --> 00:19:09.980
 when we get to

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.440
 the rationale

00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:11.119
 in verse 11

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:12.019
 we are not commanded

00:19:12.019 --> 00:19:12.879
 to keep the Sabbath

00:19:12.879 --> 00:19:14.420
 because we work better

00:19:14.420 --> 00:19:15.480
 and are more productive

00:19:15.480 --> 00:19:16.799
 if we take time to rest.

00:19:17.359 --> 00:19:17.900
 Well that's certainly

00:19:17.900 --> 00:19:18.359
 possible.

00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:20.779
 The point of the Sabbath

00:19:20.779 --> 00:19:22.419
 is not more productivity.

00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:23.959
 You do not rest

00:19:23.959 --> 00:19:24.819
 in order to work.

00:19:25.000 --> 00:19:25.859
 The point of the Sabbath

00:19:25.859 --> 00:19:26.899
 is dependence

00:19:26.899 --> 00:19:28.539
 and trust.

00:19:29.459 --> 00:19:30.599
 Rest born out

00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.539
 of trusting God.

00:19:32.879 --> 00:19:34.379
 It's about honoring God

00:19:34.379 --> 00:19:35.099
 and setting apart

00:19:35.099 --> 00:19:35.859
 the day as holy.

00:19:37.259 --> 00:19:37.899
 The Sabbath

00:19:37.899 --> 00:19:38.719
 was so important

00:19:38.719 --> 00:19:39.500
 for the Israelites

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.899
 that here in Exodus 34

00:19:40.899 --> 00:19:41.679
 verse 21

00:19:41.679 --> 00:19:42.619
 they are specifically

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.859
 commanded not to work

00:19:43.859 --> 00:19:45.339
 even in the busiest

00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:46.319
 months of the

00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:47.539
 agricultural calendar.

00:19:48.359 --> 00:19:48.879
 It says

00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:50.419
 six days you shall work

00:19:50.419 --> 00:19:51.240
 but on the seventh day

00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.000
 you shall rest.

00:19:52.339 --> 00:19:53.639
 In plowing time

00:19:53.639 --> 00:19:55.559
 and in harvest time

00:19:55.559 --> 00:19:57.139
 you shall rest.

00:19:57.740 --> 00:19:58.559
 Those are the two

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.659
 busiest times

00:19:59.659 --> 00:20:00.519
 for a farmer.

00:20:01.019 --> 00:20:02.119
 They are time sensitive

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:03.119
 in a sense of urgency

00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:04.419
 you might miss

00:20:04.419 --> 00:20:05.579
 something

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:07.000
 and yet God

00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:07.559
 commands them

00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:08.819
 even during those times

00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:09.479
 to observe the

00:20:09.479 --> 00:20:10.339
 Sabbath and rest.

00:20:10.339 --> 00:20:13.480
 we live in an age

00:20:13.480 --> 00:20:14.959
 of endless pings

00:20:14.959 --> 00:20:16.099
 and notifications.

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 Our lives are

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:20.240
 run by our calendars

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.939
 and clocks

00:20:20.939 --> 00:20:22.439
 that seem always

00:20:22.439 --> 00:20:23.500
 to be ticking down

00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:24.359
 and threatening

00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.000
 to run out.

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 It pressures us

00:20:27.559 --> 00:20:28.379
 always to be

00:20:28.379 --> 00:20:29.480
 doing something

00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.559
 to squeeze

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.679
 every ounce

00:20:31.679 --> 00:20:32.279
 of utility

00:20:32.279 --> 00:20:33.399
 out of every second

00:20:33.399 --> 00:20:33.859
 we have.

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 An interesting dialogue

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:39.799
 in the movie

00:20:39.799 --> 00:20:40.579
 it's kind of old now

00:20:40.579 --> 00:20:41.379
 I guess Wonder Woman

00:20:41.379 --> 00:20:43.819
 where Diana

00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:46.039
 sees a handheld watch

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:47.559
 for the very first time

00:20:47.559 --> 00:20:49.379
 and asks Steve Trevor

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.479
 what it's for

00:20:50.479 --> 00:20:51.399
 and he replies

00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.959
 it tells time

00:20:52.959 --> 00:20:54.379
 what to eat

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 when to eat

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 sleep

00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:57.039
 wake up

00:20:57.039 --> 00:20:57.599
 work

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:59.899
 at which point

00:20:59.899 --> 00:21:00.459
 Diana just

00:21:00.459 --> 00:21:01.000
 chuckles

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.419
 and asks

00:21:02.419 --> 00:21:04.899
 you let this

00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.619
 little thing

00:21:05.619 --> 00:21:06.599
 tell you

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:07.279
 what to do?

00:21:09.879 --> 00:21:11.099
 It seems silly

00:21:11.099 --> 00:21:12.099
 when put that way

00:21:12.099 --> 00:21:13.019
 but that's

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.859
 really how we live

00:21:13.859 --> 00:21:14.339
 sometimes.

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 It's as if

00:21:17.379 --> 00:21:17.919
 the clock

00:21:17.919 --> 00:21:19.119
 is our foreman

00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:20.000
 in the slavery

00:21:20.000 --> 00:21:20.519
 of life.

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 But the

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.339
 Sabbath

00:21:26.339 --> 00:21:26.959
 is

00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:28.340
 a reset

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:29.940
 when we

00:21:29.940 --> 00:21:30.539
 cease

00:21:30.539 --> 00:21:31.600
 from our

00:21:31.600 --> 00:21:32.000
 quest

00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.480
 for

00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:33.220
 maximal

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.900
 efficiency

00:21:33.900 --> 00:21:34.259
 and

00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.799
 productivity

00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:35.579
 and

00:21:35.579 --> 00:21:36.200
 simply

00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:37.180
 rest.

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.100
 And this

00:21:41.100 --> 00:21:41.380
 Sabbath

00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:42.000
 rest is not

00:21:42.000 --> 00:21:42.720
 only for us

00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:43.120
 but also

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.640
 for others

00:21:43.640 --> 00:21:44.240
 under our

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.680
 charge

00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:45.360
 and in

00:21:45.360 --> 00:21:45.840
 our care

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 so it

00:21:46.220 --> 00:21:46.519
 says in

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 verse 10

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:48.000
 on it

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 you shall

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 not do

00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.240
 any work

00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.799
 you or

00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.420
 your son

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.819
 or your

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 daughter

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.539
 or your

00:21:51.539 --> 00:21:52.140
 male servant

00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:52.620
 or female

00:21:52.620 --> 00:21:52.920
 servant

00:21:52.920 --> 00:21:53.220
 or your

00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:53.720
 livestock

00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:54.519
 or the

00:21:54.519 --> 00:21:54.980
 sojourner

00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:55.279
 who is

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.759
 within your

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.160
 gates.

00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:57.340
 God doesn't

00:21:57.340 --> 00:21:57.660
 want us

00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.039
 to find

00:21:58.039 --> 00:21:58.579
 loopholes

00:21:58.579 --> 00:21:58.940
 and find

00:21:58.940 --> 00:21:59.440
 way around

00:21:59.440 --> 00:21:59.640
 the

00:21:59.640 --> 00:21:59.900
 Sabbath

00:21:59.900 --> 00:22:00.600
 well I'm

00:22:00.600 --> 00:22:00.980
 not doing

00:22:00.980 --> 00:22:01.360
 any work

00:22:01.360 --> 00:22:01.660
 but I've

00:22:01.660 --> 00:22:02.019
 got these

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.539
 ten people

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.920
 doing all

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:03.259
 my work

00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.680
 for me

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.079
 no that's

00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:04.340
 not what

00:22:04.340 --> 00:22:04.640
 he wants

00:22:04.640 --> 00:22:04.900
 either.

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.600
 Sabbath is

00:22:07.600 --> 00:22:08.140
 not only about

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.559
 getting rest

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.240
 for ourselves

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.840
 but also

00:22:09.840 --> 00:22:10.500
 giving rest

00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.180
 to others

00:22:11.180 --> 00:22:12.420
 has a social

00:22:12.420 --> 00:22:13.120
 humanitarian

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.759
 function.

00:22:14.640 --> 00:22:15.640
 It's necessary

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.259
 because if

00:22:16.259 --> 00:22:17.299
 you're working

00:22:17.299 --> 00:22:18.660
 people under

00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:19.240
 your charge

00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.079
 have no choice

00:22:20.079 --> 00:22:20.720
 but to work.

00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:20.759
 work.

00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.640
 So you have

00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:22.860
 to think

00:22:22.860 --> 00:22:23.220
 about giving

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:23.920
 rest to

00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:24.279
 others.

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:24.920
 We seize

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:25.400
 from work

00:22:25.400 --> 00:22:25.860
 altogether

00:22:25.860 --> 00:22:26.380
 as a way

00:22:26.380 --> 00:22:26.839
 of trusting

00:22:26.839 --> 00:22:27.660
 God to

00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:28.279
 provide for

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.600
 us.

00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:30.360
 Let me use

00:22:30.360 --> 00:22:30.759
 a famous

00:22:30.759 --> 00:22:31.460
 example that

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:31.960
 I think you

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.480
 are all

00:22:32.480 --> 00:22:33.360
 aware of.

00:22:34.440 --> 00:22:34.620
 I'm going

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.100
 to see if

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.460
 any of you

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:35.960
 can finish

00:22:35.960 --> 00:22:36.539
 this line

00:22:36.539 --> 00:22:37.100
 from a

00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.559
 song for

00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:37.759
 me.

00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:38.339
 Sungmin,

00:22:38.400 --> 00:22:38.600
 I might

00:22:38.600 --> 00:22:38.860
 need your

00:22:38.860 --> 00:22:39.079
 one.

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.059
 Closed

00:22:41.059 --> 00:22:41.819
 on Sunday.

00:22:44.319 --> 00:22:44.799
 Yes.

00:22:44.799 --> 00:22:48.940
 Chick-fil-A

00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:49.940
 was a

00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.240
 cultural

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:50.639
 phenomenon

00:22:50.639 --> 00:22:51.259
 long before

00:22:51.259 --> 00:22:52.059
 Kanye West

00:22:52.059 --> 00:22:52.940
 said anything

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.500
 about them.

00:22:54.419 --> 00:22:54.680
 And in

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:55.279
 his book

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.399
 Eat More

00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:56.799
 Chicken,

00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.960
 Inspire More

00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:58.779
 People by

00:22:58.779 --> 00:22:59.220
 Chick-fil-A

00:22:59.220 --> 00:22:59.839
 founder Truett

00:22:59.839 --> 00:23:00.419
 Cathy, he

00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:00.759
 writes,

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:02.539
 closing our

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.159
 business on

00:23:03.159 --> 00:23:03.680
 Sunday,

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.680
 the Lord's

00:23:04.680 --> 00:23:04.899
 Day,

00:23:05.419 --> 00:23:06.039
 is our way

00:23:06.039 --> 00:23:06.559
 of honoring

00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:07.119
 God and

00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:07.680
 showing our

00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:08.480
 loyalty to

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:08.700
 Him.

00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:10.599
 He wanted

00:23:10.599 --> 00:23:11.579
 all Chick-fil-A

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.440
 employees to

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:13.200
 have one

00:23:13.200 --> 00:23:13.919
 day to rest

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.639
 and worship

00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:15.300
 if they

00:23:15.300 --> 00:23:15.780
 chose.

00:23:18.280 --> 00:23:18.960
 Do you

00:23:18.960 --> 00:23:19.520
 think that's

00:23:19.520 --> 00:23:20.280
 an easy

00:23:20.280 --> 00:23:20.700
 decision?

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.700
 That's not

00:23:21.700 --> 00:23:22.180
 a costly

00:23:22.180 --> 00:23:22.640
 decision.

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.500
 According to

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:25.480
 24-7 Wall

00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:26.040
 Street, based

00:23:26.040 --> 00:23:26.860
 on standard

00:23:26.860 --> 00:23:28.360
 traffic pattern

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:29.020
 of fast food

00:23:29.020 --> 00:23:29.800
 chains making

00:23:29.800 --> 00:23:30.780
 15% of their

00:23:30.780 --> 00:23:31.280
 sales on

00:23:31.280 --> 00:23:31.800
 Sunday,

00:23:32.380 --> 00:23:32.900
 Chick-fil-A

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:33.860
 loses out on

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.940
 $1.2

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:36.140
 billion every

00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:36.759
 single year.

00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:40.759
 That's not

00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.080
 an easy

00:23:41.080 --> 00:23:41.460
 decision.

00:23:43.540 --> 00:23:44.100
 When

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.699
 Truett Cathy

00:23:44.699 --> 00:23:45.319
 opened the

00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:45.899
 first Chick-fil-A

00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.439
 restaurant in

00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.480
 1946, he

00:23:47.480 --> 00:23:47.980
 closed it on

00:23:47.980 --> 00:23:48.359
 the first

00:23:48.359 --> 00:23:49.000
 Sunday after

00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:49.500
 the opening.

00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.199
 That must

00:23:51.199 --> 00:23:51.579
 not have been

00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:51.879
 an easy

00:23:51.879 --> 00:23:52.539
 decision either.

00:23:52.699 --> 00:23:53.219
 Imagine, you

00:23:53.219 --> 00:23:53.779
 just opened

00:23:53.779 --> 00:23:54.159
 your first

00:23:54.159 --> 00:23:54.579
 restaurant.

00:23:55.719 --> 00:23:56.500
 Surely there

00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.740
 is much

00:23:57.740 --> 00:23:58.439
 work to do.

00:24:01.119 --> 00:24:01.699
 But he

00:24:01.699 --> 00:24:02.240
 closed it.

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:03.879
 And it's

00:24:03.879 --> 00:24:04.339
 because he

00:24:04.339 --> 00:24:04.859
 closed that

00:24:04.859 --> 00:24:05.399
 shop on that

00:24:05.399 --> 00:24:06.000
 first Sunday

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:08.059
 that he's

00:24:08.059 --> 00:24:08.659
 now able to

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.119
 close it

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.579
 still, and

00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:11.219
 even when

00:24:11.219 --> 00:24:11.639
 that means

00:24:11.639 --> 00:24:12.579
 $1.2

00:24:12.579 --> 00:24:13.319
 billion a

00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:13.579
 year.

00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:15.539
 There's

00:24:15.539 --> 00:24:15.919
 people who

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.379
 are faithful

00:24:16.379 --> 00:24:16.879
 with little

00:24:16.879 --> 00:24:17.219
 that are

00:24:17.219 --> 00:24:17.699
 faithful with

00:24:17.699 --> 00:24:18.019
 much.

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.859
 Of course,

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.739
 business experts

00:24:22.739 --> 00:24:23.459
 have now jumped

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.219
 on the bandwagon

00:24:24.219 --> 00:24:24.959
 after the fact

00:24:24.959 --> 00:24:25.459
 to talk about

00:24:25.459 --> 00:24:26.239
 what a brilliant

00:24:26.239 --> 00:24:27.299
 business decision

00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:27.899
 that was.

00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:29.099
 It improves

00:24:29.099 --> 00:24:30.079
 employee morale

00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:31.219
 and conveys a

00:24:31.219 --> 00:24:32.259
 family-friendly,

00:24:32.459 --> 00:24:33.259
 community-oriented

00:24:33.259 --> 00:24:34.500
 value, and it

00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.219
 creates a sense

00:24:35.219 --> 00:24:36.359
 of urgency so

00:24:36.359 --> 00:24:36.639
 that people

00:24:36.639 --> 00:24:37.659
 prioritize going

00:24:37.659 --> 00:24:38.219
 to it when

00:24:38.219 --> 00:24:38.579
 they know

00:24:38.579 --> 00:24:39.319
 it's open.

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.799
 But that's

00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.599
 not why

00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:42.299
 Truett Cathy

00:24:42.299 --> 00:24:42.879
 decided to

00:24:42.879 --> 00:24:43.279
 close on

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:43.899
 Saturdays.

00:24:44.459 --> 00:24:44.979
 He did not

00:24:44.979 --> 00:24:45.539
 do it to

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.279
 make Chick-fil-A

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:46.599
 a more

00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:47.439
 successful and

00:24:47.439 --> 00:24:47.799
 productive

00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:48.279
 company.

00:24:49.059 --> 00:24:49.740
 He did it

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.759
 to honor God

00:24:50.759 --> 00:24:51.339
 and express

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:52.299
 his trust in

00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:52.740
 God.

00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:56.599
 So should

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.699
 we, as

00:24:57.699 --> 00:24:58.219
 New Covenant

00:24:58.219 --> 00:24:59.379
 serve the

00:24:59.379 --> 00:24:59.659
 Sabbath?

00:25:01.699 --> 00:25:02.659
 The observance

00:25:02.659 --> 00:25:03.139
 of the Sabbath

00:25:03.139 --> 00:25:04.059
 on Saturdays

00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.599
 is no longer

00:25:04.599 --> 00:25:05.559
 a sign of

00:25:05.559 --> 00:25:06.299
 covenant for

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:06.899
 us because

00:25:06.899 --> 00:25:07.960
 God has

00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.599
 enacted a

00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.379
 new covenant

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:09.960
 in Christ.

00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.259
 Prophesied

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.579
 of in

00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.339
 Jeremiah 31,

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.180
 Ezekiel 36,

00:25:14.839 --> 00:25:15.299
 and Hebrews

00:25:15.299 --> 00:25:15.980
 8, 13

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.379
 makes it

00:25:16.379 --> 00:25:16.779
 abundantly

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.099
 clear.

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.379
 It says,

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.039
 by saying

00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.659
 a new

00:25:18.659 --> 00:25:19.039
 covenant,

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.200
 God has

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:20.759
 declared that

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:21.259
 the first

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:21.980
 is obsolete.

00:25:23.059 --> 00:25:23.859
 We are no

00:25:23.859 --> 00:25:24.879
 longer under

00:25:24.879 --> 00:25:25.720
 the law,

00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:26.960
 but led by

00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:27.460
 the Spirit

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.279
 because as

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.899
 Romans 10,

00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.559
 4 says,

00:25:29.659 --> 00:25:30.119
 Christ is

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:30.639
 the end

00:25:30.639 --> 00:25:31.200
 of the law

00:25:31.200 --> 00:25:31.919
 for righteousness

00:25:31.919 --> 00:25:33.220
 to everyone

00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.879
 who believes.

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.759
 Jesus has

00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:35.740
 fulfilled the

00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.200
 law so that

00:25:36.200 --> 00:25:36.580
 we as

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.400
 Christians are

00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.120
 no longer

00:25:38.120 --> 00:25:39.100
 under the

00:25:39.100 --> 00:25:39.840
 legal demands

00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.100
 of the

00:25:40.100 --> 00:25:40.640
 old covenant.

00:25:44.080 --> 00:25:45.200
 The law,

00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:45.840
 as Galatians

00:25:45.840 --> 00:25:46.080
 says,

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.880
 is a guardian,

00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.980
 our babysitter,

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.519
 only there in

00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:50.220
 the meantime

00:25:50.220 --> 00:25:51.019
 until Christ

00:25:51.019 --> 00:25:51.420
 came,

00:25:52.380 --> 00:25:52.940
 until we are

00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:54.019
 adopted fully

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:55.500
 by the

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.680
 Heavenly

00:25:55.680 --> 00:25:56.100
 Father.

00:25:56.099 --> 00:25:56.839
 God,

00:25:56.839 --> 00:26:01.099
 like a prism

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:02.500
 that receives

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.359
 white light

00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:04.219
 and then

00:26:04.219 --> 00:26:05.240
 disperses it

00:26:05.240 --> 00:26:05.980
 into a

00:26:05.980 --> 00:26:06.359
 colorful

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:07.079
 spectrum,

00:26:07.899 --> 00:26:09.079
 Jesus brings

00:26:09.079 --> 00:26:09.899
 the law

00:26:09.899 --> 00:26:10.419
 of God

00:26:10.419 --> 00:26:10.919
 into

00:26:10.919 --> 00:26:11.899
 himself,

00:26:13.199 --> 00:26:13.939
 fulfills it,

00:26:14.299 --> 00:26:15.359
 transforms it,

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:16.159
 and reveals

00:26:16.159 --> 00:26:16.719
 all of his

00:26:16.719 --> 00:26:17.259
 true colors.

00:26:19.419 --> 00:26:20.939
 Jesus fulfills

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.480
 the first

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:22.019
 commandment,

00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.879
 which we spoke

00:26:22.879 --> 00:26:23.219
 of a few

00:26:23.219 --> 00:26:23.559
 weeks ago,

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:24.000
 you shall have

00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:24.379
 no other

00:26:24.379 --> 00:26:25.259
 before me,

00:26:25.679 --> 00:26:26.299
 by revealing

00:26:26.299 --> 00:26:26.700
 that the

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.200
 one true

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:27.839
 God is in

00:26:27.839 --> 00:26:28.319
 fact the

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:29.200
 triune God

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.500
 and that

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:29.940
 Jesus is

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.639
 himself the

00:26:30.639 --> 00:26:31.179
 incarnate

00:26:31.179 --> 00:26:31.539
 Son,

00:26:32.039 --> 00:26:32.379
 the Word

00:26:32.379 --> 00:26:33.039
 made flesh.

00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:34.700
 Jesus fulfills

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.240
 the second

00:26:35.240 --> 00:26:35.720
 commandment,

00:26:35.759 --> 00:26:36.240
 you shall not

00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:36.559
 make for

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:36.980
 yourself an

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.779
 image in the

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.019
 form of

00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.519
 anything in

00:26:38.519 --> 00:26:39.019
 heaven above

00:26:39.019 --> 00:26:39.819
 or bow down

00:26:39.819 --> 00:26:40.119
 to them,

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:40.720
 serve them,

00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:41.659
 because Jesus

00:26:41.659 --> 00:26:42.399
 took on human

00:26:42.399 --> 00:26:43.319
 flesh as the

00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:44.339
 image of the

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:45.279
 invisible God,

00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:46.200
 so we might

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:46.960
 behold the

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.599
 glory of God

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.139
 in the face

00:26:48.139 --> 00:26:48.859
 of Christ and be

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.559
 transformed into

00:26:49.559 --> 00:26:50.159
 his image.

00:26:50.160 --> 00:26:51.920
 Jesus fulfills

00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.420
 the third

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.960
 commandment,

00:26:53.019 --> 00:26:53.560
 you shall not

00:26:53.560 --> 00:26:54.259
 take the name

00:26:54.259 --> 00:26:54.800
 of the Lord

00:26:54.800 --> 00:26:55.500
 your God in

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:55.820
 vain,

00:26:56.279 --> 00:26:57.360
 that it is

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.200
 his name,

00:26:58.300 --> 00:26:58.680
 the Lord

00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.560
 Jesus Christ,

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.380
 which we must

00:27:00.380 --> 00:27:01.380
 honor and

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:02.140
 call upon,

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.840
 for there is

00:27:02.840 --> 00:27:03.640
 no other name

00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:05.060
 under heaven

00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:05.779
 given to men

00:27:05.779 --> 00:27:06.480
 by which we

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:07.279
 must be saved.

00:27:08.040 --> 00:27:08.460
 And finally,

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:09.120
 that brings up

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:09.560
 the fourth

00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:09.860
 commandment,

00:27:09.920 --> 00:27:10.800
 Jesus fulfills

00:27:10.800 --> 00:27:11.440
 the fourth

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.019
 commandment as

00:27:12.019 --> 00:27:12.400
 well,

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.300
 to remember

00:27:13.300 --> 00:27:13.779
 the Sabbath

00:27:13.779 --> 00:27:14.259
 day,

00:27:14.800 --> 00:27:15.940
 by freeing us

00:27:15.940 --> 00:27:16.360
 from our

00:27:16.360 --> 00:27:17.279
 slavery to sin

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.640
 through his

00:27:17.640 --> 00:27:18.019
 death and

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.480
 resurrection,

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.279
 and by

00:27:19.279 --> 00:27:19.960
 ushering us

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.400
 into the

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.200
 eternal rest

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:21.680
 found in

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:21.900
 him.

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:23.779
 We see this

00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.140
 in Hebrews

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:24.600
 4,

00:27:24.680 --> 00:27:25.200
 9-11,

00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.579
 which we

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:25.920
 have for

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.360
 the assurance

00:27:26.360 --> 00:27:26.860
 of pardon,

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:27.980
 there remains

00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:28.700
 a Sabbath

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.500
 rest for

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.920
 the people

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:30.539
 of God

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:32.059
 that Jesus

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:32.860
 invites us

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.220
 to enter

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:33.539
 into.

00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.480
 And we

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.819
 have a

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:36.420
 foretaste

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.660
 of it

00:27:36.660 --> 00:27:36.799
 in the

00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.059
 here and

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:37.360
 now.

00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.319
 A weekly

00:27:39.319 --> 00:27:39.920
 physical

00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.319
 day of

00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.059
 rest was

00:27:41.059 --> 00:27:41.700
 intended to

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.220
 point to

00:27:42.220 --> 00:27:43.000
 the eternal

00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:44.180
 Sabbath rest

00:27:44.180 --> 00:27:44.759
 we have

00:27:44.759 --> 00:27:46.259
 in Christ.

00:27:48.460 --> 00:27:49.120
 That's why

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.860
 Colossians 2

00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:50.759
 16-17

00:27:50.759 --> 00:27:51.859
 says explicitly,

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.339
 For no one

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.019
 passed judgment

00:27:54.019 --> 00:27:54.500
 on you in

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:54.979
 questions of

00:27:54.979 --> 00:27:55.359
 food and

00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:55.659
 drink,

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.240
 or with

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.740
 regard to

00:27:56.740 --> 00:27:57.219
 a festival

00:27:57.219 --> 00:27:57.619
 or a

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.059
 new moon

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:58.459
 or a

00:27:58.459 --> 00:27:58.759
 Sabbath.

00:27:59.599 --> 00:28:00.019
 These are

00:28:00.019 --> 00:28:00.539
 a shadow

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:00.859
 of the

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:01.359
 things to

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.679
 come,

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.199
 but the

00:28:02.199 --> 00:28:02.619
 substance

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:03.659
 belongs to

00:28:03.659 --> 00:28:04.219
 Christ.

00:28:05.639 --> 00:28:06.619
 Jesus is

00:28:06.619 --> 00:28:06.979
 the real

00:28:06.979 --> 00:28:07.319
 thing.

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.139
 Jesus is

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.779
 the substance

00:28:09.779 --> 00:28:10.679
 that casts

00:28:10.679 --> 00:28:11.439
 a shadow

00:28:11.439 --> 00:28:11.899
 over the

00:28:11.899 --> 00:28:12.439
 old covenant,

00:28:13.119 --> 00:28:13.759
 and the

00:28:13.759 --> 00:28:14.439
 Sabbath was a

00:28:14.439 --> 00:28:15.099
 part of that

00:28:15.099 --> 00:28:15.579
 shadow.

00:28:15.579 --> 00:28:17.119
 and

00:28:17.119 --> 00:28:17.759
 approaching

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.599
 shadow

00:28:18.599 --> 00:28:20.859
 over the

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.240
 corner

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.460
 alerts us

00:28:22.460 --> 00:28:22.939
 that there

00:28:22.939 --> 00:28:23.339
 is a

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:23.619
 person

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:24.039
 walking

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.960
 behind it.

00:28:26.679 --> 00:28:27.460
 But when

00:28:27.460 --> 00:28:27.819
 you have

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.199
 met the

00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:28.559
 person,

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:28.980
 you don't

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.460
 continue to

00:28:29.460 --> 00:28:30.039
 preoccupy

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:30.500
 yourself with

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:30.919
 the shadow.

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.019
 Now you

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.899
 can engage

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.299
 face to

00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.659
 face.

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:37.399
 Jesus is

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:37.960
 the substance,

00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.399
 he's the

00:28:38.399 --> 00:28:39.000
 real thing,

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.639
 he's the

00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.439
 reality that

00:28:40.439 --> 00:28:41.460
 the Sabbath

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.079
 was pointing

00:28:42.079 --> 00:28:42.379
 to,

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.519
 that was

00:28:43.519 --> 00:28:44.299
 foreshadowing.

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.619
 And it

00:28:45.619 --> 00:28:46.000
 is for this

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.480
 reason that

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.180
 Christians are

00:28:47.180 --> 00:28:47.960
 not legally

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.899
 required to

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:49.319
 keep the

00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.579
 Sabbath.

00:28:51.639 --> 00:28:52.159
 Well,

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.419
 then you

00:28:52.419 --> 00:28:52.899
 might ask,

00:28:53.740 --> 00:28:54.220
 Sean,

00:28:54.299 --> 00:28:54.700
 why are you

00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.180
 even preaching

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:55.539
 on the

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:56.159
 Sabbath then?

00:28:56.720 --> 00:28:57.079
 What's the

00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:57.299
 point?

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.919
 Because the

00:28:59.919 --> 00:29:00.480
 fourth word

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:00.879
 about the

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.720
 Sabbath has

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.859
 an abiding

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:04.000
 significance and

00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:04.980
 relevant in

00:29:04.980 --> 00:29:05.779
 its Christ

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.960
 transformed form.

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.839
 Because the

00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.079
 fourth

00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.659
 commandment is

00:29:10.659 --> 00:29:11.440
 still part of

00:29:11.440 --> 00:29:12.039
 the God

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:12.579
 breathed

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.839
 that is

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.619
 profitable for

00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.039
 teaching,

00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.779
 for reproof,

00:29:15.819 --> 00:29:16.339
 and correction,

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.740
 and for

00:29:16.740 --> 00:29:17.299
 training in

00:29:17.299 --> 00:29:17.699
 righteousness,

00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:18.759
 so that the

00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:19.139
 man of God

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:19.399
 may be

00:29:19.399 --> 00:29:19.819
 complete,

00:29:19.939 --> 00:29:20.299
 equipped for

00:29:20.299 --> 00:29:20.639
 every good

00:29:20.639 --> 00:29:20.919
 work.

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:23.259
 I think

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.459
 there are

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:24.159
 two misguided

00:29:24.159 --> 00:29:26.139
 reactions that

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:26.519
 we need to

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.379
 avoid to the

00:29:27.379 --> 00:29:27.619
 Sabbath.

00:29:28.199 --> 00:29:28.639
 First

00:29:28.639 --> 00:29:29.819
 response is

00:29:29.819 --> 00:29:30.439
 legalism,

00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:31.639
 which is to

00:29:31.639 --> 00:29:32.799
 follow the

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.519
 Pharisees who

00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:34.139
 designated

00:29:34.139 --> 00:29:35.879
 39 different

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.500
 forms of

00:29:36.500 --> 00:29:37.139
 labor that

00:29:37.139 --> 00:29:37.759
 were prohibited

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.099
 on the

00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:38.359
 Sabbath.

00:29:39.959 --> 00:29:41.079
 In John 5,

00:29:41.159 --> 00:29:41.639
 they're up in

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.059
 arms because

00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:43.220
 Jesus healed a

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:43.880
 paralytic and

00:29:43.880 --> 00:29:44.339
 told him,

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:44.960
 hey, pick up

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:45.460
 your mat and

00:29:45.460 --> 00:29:46.640
 walk to show

00:29:46.640 --> 00:29:47.559
 a miracle has

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.100
 taken place.

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:48.400
 And they're

00:29:48.400 --> 00:29:49.019
 like, hey,

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:49.740
 no, that's not

00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:50.100
 legal.

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.339
 He shouldn't

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.860
 be picking up

00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.200
 his mat.

00:29:52.240 --> 00:29:52.539
 It's a

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.839
 Sabbath.

00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.640
 And Jesus

00:29:57.640 --> 00:29:58.120
 says in

00:29:58.120 --> 00:29:58.480
 Mark 2,

00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.200
 27, the

00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.860
 Sabbath was

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.600
 made for

00:30:00.600 --> 00:30:01.299
 man, not

00:30:01.299 --> 00:30:02.000
 man for

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.500
 the Sabbath.

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.059
 So if you

00:30:04.059 --> 00:30:04.920
 find yourself

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.180
 savishly observing

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.980
 the Sabbath and

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:08.160
 stressing out over

00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:09.000
 thinking about

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.779
 what exactly you

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.900
 can and cannot

00:30:10.900 --> 00:30:11.920
 do, then you're

00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:12.600
 getting this

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.259
 backwards.

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.120
 The Sabbath was

00:30:14.120 --> 00:30:15.300
 made for man,

00:30:15.420 --> 00:30:15.920
 not the other

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.480
 way around.

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:18.420
 It's supposed to

00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.360
 be a blessing and

00:30:19.360 --> 00:30:20.400
 a gift for you

00:30:20.400 --> 00:30:21.000
 to enjoy.

00:30:21.120 --> 00:30:21.440
 It's not

00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:22.519
 something you

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.779
 have to do,

00:30:23.860 --> 00:30:24.200
 it's something

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:24.759
 you get to

00:30:24.759 --> 00:30:24.960
 do.

00:30:26.980 --> 00:30:27.759
 The second

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.779
 incorrect response

00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:29.560
 is lawlessness,

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.539
 where we flout the

00:30:30.539 --> 00:30:31.259
 Sabbath principle

00:30:31.259 --> 00:30:32.400
 all together as if

00:30:32.400 --> 00:30:32.840
 it doesn't have

00:30:32.840 --> 00:30:33.580
 anything to teach

00:30:33.580 --> 00:30:34.980
 us, as if there

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.560
 are no helpful

00:30:35.560 --> 00:30:36.460
 applications of it

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:36.800
 whatsoever.

00:30:37.460 --> 00:30:38.380
 We treat it just

00:30:38.380 --> 00:30:39.180
 like another day

00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:39.460
 off.

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.920
 Whatever you want

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.920
 to do, prep

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.620
 day for Monday.

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.259
 But I don't

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:44.740
 think that's an

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:45.539
 appropriate response

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:45.800
 either.

00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.740
 There are practical

00:30:47.740 --> 00:30:48.560
 implications of the

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.240
 fourth word even

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.900
 for us today.

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.740
 For one, there is

00:30:51.740 --> 00:30:52.420
 evidence of an

00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.480
 ongoing weekly

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.300
 rhythm in the New

00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:55.039
 Testament church

00:30:55.039 --> 00:30:56.380
 around the Lord's

00:30:56.380 --> 00:30:57.820
 day, the Sunday.

00:31:01.060 --> 00:31:01.880
 The Sabbath was on

00:31:01.880 --> 00:31:02.880
 a Saturday, but this

00:31:02.880 --> 00:31:04.600
 is muted in the New

00:31:04.600 --> 00:31:05.440
 Testament times into

00:31:05.440 --> 00:31:06.320
 the Lord's day on

00:31:06.320 --> 00:31:07.340
 Sunday because that's

00:31:07.340 --> 00:31:07.960
 when God's people

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.779
 started to gather for

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.080
 worship.

00:31:09.079 --> 00:31:10.799
 And that's because

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.879
 every gospel account

00:31:11.879 --> 00:31:12.759
 tells us that Jesus

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.819
 was raised on the

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:14.980
 first day of the

00:31:14.980 --> 00:31:15.259
 week.

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.839
 He makes all things

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:17.279
 new.

00:31:18.199 --> 00:31:19.059
 For the last two

00:31:19.059 --> 00:31:19.919
 millennia, Christians

00:31:19.919 --> 00:31:21.319
 have dedicated

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.539
 Sundays to worship

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:23.359
 and to rest.

00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:24.879
 And we see examples

00:31:24.879 --> 00:31:25.639
 of this throughout the

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.199
 New Testament.

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:28.019
 In Acts 20, verse 7,

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.099
 1 Corinthians 16,

00:31:29.199 --> 00:31:30.480
 verse 2, they always

00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.359
 gather on the first

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.859
 day of the week for

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:34.059
 worship, on the Lord's

00:31:34.059 --> 00:31:35.099
 day as Revelation 1,

00:31:35.159 --> 00:31:35.839
 10 calls it.

00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:37.819
 And we're explicitly

00:31:37.819 --> 00:31:38.779
 commended in Hebrews

00:31:38.779 --> 00:31:40.779
 10, 25, not to

00:31:40.779 --> 00:31:41.819
 neglect the meeting

00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:42.299
 together.

00:31:45.359 --> 00:31:46.399
 I'm not saying that

00:31:46.399 --> 00:31:47.799
 the Sunday is the

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:49.159
 new Christian Sabbath

00:31:49.159 --> 00:31:49.959
 that we should observe

00:31:49.959 --> 00:31:50.679
 in the same way that

00:31:50.679 --> 00:31:51.579
 the Jews observed the

00:31:51.579 --> 00:31:51.859
 Sabbath.

00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:53.159
 That's not what I'm

00:31:53.159 --> 00:31:53.459
 saying.

00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.859
 But I am saying that

00:31:54.859 --> 00:31:55.980
 the Lord's day represents

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:57.240
 the fulfillment of the

00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:58.579
 Sabbath because it is a

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.619
 celebration of the

00:31:59.619 --> 00:32:00.519
 resurrection of our

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.139
 Lord Jesus and the

00:32:02.139 --> 00:32:03.319
 eternal rest that he has

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.119
 won for us.

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:06.939
 And there's a precedent

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:07.679
 in the New Testament

00:32:07.679 --> 00:32:08.459
 for observing that

00:32:08.459 --> 00:32:10.039
 weekly rhythm starting

00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:10.859
 with the Lord's day.

00:32:12.939 --> 00:32:14.219
 So do you treat Sunday

00:32:14.219 --> 00:32:14.979
 like the rest of the

00:32:14.979 --> 00:32:15.599
 world does?

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.559
 Or do you set it apart

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.579
 to honor God and

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.119
 worship him?

00:32:20.659 --> 00:32:21.919
 The worship of God

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.959
 and the fellowship with

00:32:22.959 --> 00:32:23.979
 the people of God on

00:32:23.979 --> 00:32:25.639
 Sunday is not something

00:32:25.639 --> 00:32:26.619
 we do when we don't

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.779
 have anything better or

00:32:27.779 --> 00:32:28.839
 more exciting to do.

00:32:29.719 --> 00:32:31.179
 It's something we put

00:32:31.179 --> 00:32:32.339
 before other things,

00:32:32.459 --> 00:32:33.579
 something we set apart

00:32:33.579 --> 00:32:34.159
 for God.

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.699
 18th century pastor

00:32:37.699 --> 00:32:39.299
 John Newton, famous

00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.119
 for writing the hymn

00:32:40.119 --> 00:32:41.399
 Amazing Grace, wrote a

00:32:41.399 --> 00:32:42.619
 lesser known hymn called

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.980
 Safely Through Another

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.339
 Week.

00:32:45.159 --> 00:32:46.319
 And he's a man after my

00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.019
 own heart because he

00:32:47.019 --> 00:32:48.259
 says what I often say,

00:32:49.139 --> 00:32:50.799
 day of all the week

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:53.839
 the best, emblem of

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.339
 eternal rest.

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.439
 That's what the Lord

00:32:57.439 --> 00:32:57.799
 sings.

00:32:57.799 --> 00:33:02.099
 It is indeed the best

00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:03.799
 day of the week.

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:07.139
 The worship of God

00:33:07.139 --> 00:33:09.099
 is a fellowship with

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.799
 the saints, is a

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.099
 foretaste of the

00:33:11.099 --> 00:33:12.599
 eternal rest and

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:14.519
 eternal feast that we

00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:15.579
 have at the wedding

00:33:15.579 --> 00:33:16.519
 supper of the Lamb.

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:19.159
 Why would we miss it?

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.639
 There's a quote that is

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.619
 often attributed to

00:33:23.619 --> 00:33:24.779
 Martin Luther but it's

00:33:24.779 --> 00:33:26.119
 probably not actually

00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:28.559
 him that said it but it

00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:29.460
 still expresses the true

00:33:29.460 --> 00:33:29.879
 sentiment.

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:30.599
 It says,

00:33:30.859 --> 00:33:31.899
 At home in my own

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:33.720
 house there is no

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:35.420
 warmth or vigor in me

00:33:35.420 --> 00:33:37.920
 but in the church when the

00:33:37.920 --> 00:33:39.019
 multitude is gathered

00:33:39.019 --> 00:33:41.200
 together a fire is

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:42.259
 kindled in my heart and

00:33:42.259 --> 00:33:43.440
 it breaks its way

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:43.859
 through.

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:50.119
 We do have some warmth

00:33:50.119 --> 00:33:51.000
 and vigor of course at

00:33:51.000 --> 00:33:52.859
 home too but certainly a

00:33:52.859 --> 00:33:54.479
 difference when we are

00:33:54.479 --> 00:33:55.619
 gathered as a body of

00:33:55.619 --> 00:33:55.919
 Christ.

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.299
 Why?

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:57.539
 Because in Ephesians

00:33:57.539 --> 00:33:59.500
 that tells us that we

00:33:59.500 --> 00:34:00.779
 are filled with the

00:34:00.779 --> 00:34:01.639
 spirit as we are

00:34:01.639 --> 00:34:02.619
 worshiping with the

00:34:02.619 --> 00:34:03.259
 gathered body of

00:34:03.259 --> 00:34:03.639
 Christ.

00:34:06.319 --> 00:34:07.879
 As we sing songs of

00:34:07.879 --> 00:34:09.319
 worship in one place

00:34:09.319 --> 00:34:10.759
 together the words that

00:34:10.759 --> 00:34:11.900
 might ring a hollow at

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.519
 other points.

00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:14.639
 we pierce our hearts

00:34:14.639 --> 00:34:15.820
 and swell up with

00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.139
 faith and hope and

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.539
 love.

00:34:19.380 --> 00:34:20.820
 As we confess our sins

00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:22.159
 together as the body

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.420
 of Christ the spirit of

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.900
 God convicts us and

00:34:24.900 --> 00:34:25.940
 hardened hearts are

00:34:25.940 --> 00:34:27.320
 melted into repentance.

00:34:29.360 --> 00:34:30.480
 As we greet and

00:34:30.480 --> 00:34:31.940
 embrace one another in

00:34:31.940 --> 00:34:33.739
 the name of Christ we

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.019
 who have felt isolated

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.980
 during the week in the

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:37.699
 world realize anew that

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.960
 we are not alone and we

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:40.619
 exclaim here are my

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.800
 kindred in this alien

00:34:41.800 --> 00:34:42.320
 land.

00:34:43.060 --> 00:34:44.240
 Here are my comrades

00:34:44.240 --> 00:34:45.460
 spiritual war.

00:34:47.120 --> 00:34:48.280
 As we listen to the

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.280
 reading and preaching of

00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:50.460
 God's word the lies of

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.539
 the enemy that seems so

00:34:51.539 --> 00:34:53.500
 loud and real during the

00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:56.100
 week fade as the truths

00:34:56.100 --> 00:34:57.920
 of God's word brace us

00:34:57.920 --> 00:34:58.820
 and uphold us.

00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:01.840
 If you partake in the

00:35:01.840 --> 00:35:03.380
 body and blood of Christ

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.120
 in the Lord's supper

00:35:04.120 --> 00:35:05.680
 remember with gratitude

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.820
 that Christ is our

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:08.280
 spiritual food and the

00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:09.320
 church is our spiritual

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:10.600
 family and we look forward

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:12.940
 to the feast that awaits

00:35:12.940 --> 00:35:13.380
 us.

00:35:14.819 --> 00:35:16.239
 When we are weary and

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:18.699
 stressed by work and by

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.839
 our continual battle with

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:21.019
 the world and the flesh

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.679
 and the devil we come

00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:23.960
 together to be refreshed

00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:25.639
 and get a foretaste of our

00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.519
 eternal rest in Jesus.

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:31.259
 So don't give in to the

00:35:31.259 --> 00:35:36.940
 temptation to sleep in or make

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.659
 other plans.

00:35:40.139 --> 00:35:41.599
 Set apart the Lord's day.

00:35:43.900 --> 00:35:45.179
 That's not the only practical

00:35:45.179 --> 00:35:46.559
 application of the Sabbath for

00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:46.800
 today.

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:48.860
 The principle has manifold

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:50.179
 applications when you look at the

00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.759
 rationale given in verse 11.

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:54.160
 For in six days the Lord made

00:35:54.160 --> 00:35:55.480
 heaven and earth the sea and all

00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:57.140
 that is in them and rested on

00:35:57.140 --> 00:35:58.080
 the seventh day.

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.800
 Therefore the Lord blessed the

00:35:59.800 --> 00:36:01.180
 Sabbath day and made it holy.

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:04.920
 As we know God himself needs no

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.340
 rest.

00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:08.360
 He is one who never faints nor is

00:36:08.360 --> 00:36:09.500
 weary according to Isaiah.

00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:12.360
 But God sets this pattern of work

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:13.920
 and rest for our benefit because

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:15.080
 we need to rest.

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:17.380
 Think of it this way.

00:36:17.940 --> 00:36:18.880
 When the president of the

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:20.539
 university takes a day off to

00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:20.920
 rest.

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:24.480
 Is it reasonable for the

00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:28.099
 teachers to insist, oh no I

00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.400
 can't take a day off.

00:36:30.200 --> 00:36:32.220
 I have too much work to do.

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:34.180
 Too many important tasks to

00:36:34.180 --> 00:36:34.539
 finish.

00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:37.019
 When the president of the

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:38.380
 university is taking a day off.

00:36:42.099 --> 00:36:43.880
 Likewise it doesn't matter if

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:46.840
 you're the CEO or the CFO or

00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:49.140
 the COO or the CIO.

00:36:49.660 --> 00:36:50.539
 I don't even know what all

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:50.980
 those are.

00:36:53.260 --> 00:36:55.579
 Your work is not more important

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:58.500
 than that of the creator of the

00:36:58.500 --> 00:36:59.000
 universe.

00:37:05.180 --> 00:37:07.300
 He sustains all things by the

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.660
 word of his.

00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:10.680
 What's on your resume?

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:14.720
 I mean I created the world.

00:37:14.719 --> 00:37:19.439
 And I rested on the seventh day.

00:37:20.879 --> 00:37:21.359
 Really?

00:37:21.500 --> 00:37:22.279
 You can't rest?

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.219
 Too much to do?

00:37:28.419 --> 00:37:30.299
 The world will not stop spinning

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:31.259
 when we stop working.

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.839
 We're indispensable to everyone

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:36.500
 until we tell them no I can't do

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:36.799
 that.

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:42.400
 Then they'll find someone else to

00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:44.680
 do the job or find that it can

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:45.460
 go undone.

00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:49.640
 Ceasing from work serves to

00:37:49.640 --> 00:37:51.240
 remind us of our relative

00:37:51.240 --> 00:37:53.780
 insignificance and of our absolute

00:37:53.780 --> 00:37:55.140
 dependence on God.

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:57.800
 It is a hedge against our

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:59.080
 over-heaning pride.

00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:02.519
 So take some time to reflect

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:04.519
 with what it looks like for you

00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.659
 to rest in God.

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.799
 What practical measures you can

00:38:08.799 --> 00:38:09.440
 take in your life.

00:38:09.779 --> 00:38:11.599
 Seize and rest whether that's a

00:38:11.599 --> 00:38:12.960
 literal day of rest or not.

00:38:14.219 --> 00:38:15.679
 Create some time and space

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:18.279
 knowledge your affinity to and

00:38:18.279 --> 00:38:20.159
 fling yourselves upon God's

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.139
 providence and provision.

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:25.039
 There's a parallel passage in

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.539
 Deuteronomy 5 that also

00:38:26.539 --> 00:38:28.559
 reiterates this Ten Commandments

00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:30.960
 and it gives this rationale for

00:38:30.960 --> 00:38:31.839
 the fourth commandment.

00:38:32.839 --> 00:38:33.159
 It says,

00:38:33.339 --> 00:38:35.219
 You shall remember that you are a

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:36.679
 slave in the land of Egypt.

00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.779
 And the Lord your God brought you

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:40.159
 out from there with a mighty hand

00:38:40.159 --> 00:38:41.259
 and an outstretched arm.

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:43.859
 Therefore, the Lord your God

00:38:43.859 --> 00:38:45.799
 commanded you to keep the Sabbath.

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:48.659
 So here's a second rationale given

00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:49.819
 in Scripture for the Sabbath.

00:38:49.820 --> 00:38:52.280
 You are no longer slaves in Egypt.

00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:56.960
 Earlier in Exodus 5,

00:38:57.059 --> 00:38:58.460
 when the Lord commanded Pharaoh

00:38:58.460 --> 00:38:59.740
 to let my people go and

00:38:59.740 --> 00:39:01.660
 make me hold a feast for me

00:39:01.660 --> 00:39:02.260
 in the wilderness,

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:04.519
 Pharaoh refused to let them go

00:39:04.519 --> 00:39:05.880
 and he said to Moses and Aaron,

00:39:06.140 --> 00:39:07.760
 Why do you take the people away

00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:08.840
 from their work?

00:39:10.280 --> 00:39:12.180
 Go get back to your burdens.

00:39:12.820 --> 00:39:13.940
 You hold the people of the land

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:16.539
 and you make them rest

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:17.620
 from their burdens.

00:39:19.820 --> 00:39:22.680
 The Hebrew word rest here is

00:39:22.680 --> 00:39:23.559
 Shabbat.

00:39:25.200 --> 00:39:26.660
 It means to seize.

00:39:27.240 --> 00:39:28.740
 And the word is most likely

00:39:28.740 --> 00:39:30.180
 related to the Hebrew noun

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:32.380
 Shabbat,

00:39:33.400 --> 00:39:34.940
 which is translated Sabbath.

00:39:36.360 --> 00:39:38.720
 The king of Egypt was a tyrant,

00:39:39.120 --> 00:39:40.059
 a slave driver,

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:41.380
 who demanded that these

00:39:41.380 --> 00:39:43.680
 make bricks without straw.

00:39:43.679 --> 00:39:45.819
 He refused to let Israel

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:47.319
 cease from their work

00:39:47.319 --> 00:39:48.339
 to rest.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.539
 But Yahweh,

00:39:51.139 --> 00:39:52.039
 our king,

00:39:52.419 --> 00:39:54.299
 the Lord is a gracious king

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:56.319
 who commands his servants

00:39:56.319 --> 00:39:57.879
 to cease from their work

00:39:57.879 --> 00:39:58.980
 and rest.

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:01.139
 You are no longer

00:40:01.699 --> 00:40:02.859
 a servant of Pharaoh.

00:40:03.359 --> 00:40:05.460
 You are a servant of the Lord God,

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:07.139
 the rest-giving God.

00:40:07.139 --> 00:40:07.699
 God,

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.779
 so why are you working

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.719
 like you are still

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.519
 under the bondage

00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:12.519
 of slavery in Egypt?

00:40:17.379 --> 00:40:18.619
 Who are you serving?

00:40:20.379 --> 00:40:22.059
 The Lord or someone else?

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.859
 Some of us can't rest

00:40:24.859 --> 00:40:26.179
 because we do too many things.

00:40:27.599 --> 00:40:29.059
 And we do too many things

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:30.279
 because we say yes

00:40:30.279 --> 00:40:31.219
 to too many people.

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 And we say yes

00:40:33.139 --> 00:40:34.039
 to too many people

00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:35.339
 because we seek their approval

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.660
 and desire to please them.

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 But Paul reminds us

00:40:40.500 --> 00:40:42.440
 in Galatians 1.10,

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 For am I now seeking

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:45.100
 the approval of man

00:40:45.100 --> 00:40:45.840
 or of God?

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:47.980
 Or am I trying to please man?

00:40:48.260 --> 00:40:49.180
 If I were still trying

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.800
 to please man,

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.500
 I would not be

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 a servant of Christ.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.380
 If you're trying

00:40:53.380 --> 00:40:55.019
 to please people,

00:40:55.320 --> 00:40:56.600
 you will be restless

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 because sinful people

00:40:58.140 --> 00:40:58.960
 like Pharaoh

00:40:58.960 --> 00:41:00.519
 are cruel masters.

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 But you are not

00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.280
 a servant of man.

00:41:04.280 --> 00:41:05.400
 You are a servant

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:07.360
 of King Jesus,

00:41:08.080 --> 00:41:09.040
 our gracious,

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.700
 rest-giving Lord.

00:41:12.000 --> 00:41:13.260
 So stop working

00:41:13.260 --> 00:41:14.580
 like you're still a slave

00:41:14.580 --> 00:41:15.740
 and you have no choice.

00:41:18.500 --> 00:41:19.480
 Most importantly,

00:41:19.640 --> 00:41:20.840
 as Romans 6 teaches us,

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:22.180
 we are all once slaves

00:41:22.180 --> 00:41:23.240
 to sin and condemned

00:41:23.240 --> 00:41:23.780
 to death.

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 But God sent

00:41:26.320 --> 00:41:27.519
 His only Son, Jesus,

00:41:27.720 --> 00:41:28.620
 to pay the penalty

00:41:28.620 --> 00:41:29.500
 of death on the cross

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.240
 in our state

00:41:30.240 --> 00:41:32.040
 so we might be freed

00:41:32.039 --> 00:41:33.019
 from our slavery

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:34.579
 and receive eternal life.

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.500
 And so now,

00:41:36.619 --> 00:41:37.320
 we have been set

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:38.659
 free from sin

00:41:38.659 --> 00:41:39.539
 and have become

00:41:39.539 --> 00:41:41.279
 slaves of God.

00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:42.460
 That's Romans 6.22.

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 This is the fulfillment

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 of what the Sabbath

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.279
 foreshadowed.

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 So as Christians,

00:41:50.599 --> 00:41:51.340
 we can rest

00:41:51.340 --> 00:41:52.940
 because we are no longer

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:53.940
 slaves to sin,

00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.579
 but slaves of our

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.199
 gracious,

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.159
 rest-giving God.

00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:59.319
 Jesus came to give us

00:41:59.319 --> 00:42:00.719
 eternal Sabbath rest.

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.879
 When Jesus offered up

00:42:03.879 --> 00:42:05.199
 His life on the cross

00:42:05.199 --> 00:42:06.399
 as an atoning sacrifice,

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.699
 what did He say

00:42:07.699 --> 00:42:08.799
 as He breathed His last?

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:12.079
 It is finished.

00:42:14.399 --> 00:42:16.059
 I wonder what He's echoing there.

00:42:17.899 --> 00:42:18.799
 Genesis 2,

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.239
 He says,

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:22.139
 God finished the work,

00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:25.259
 rested on the seventh day.

00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:30.059
 Because Christ finished

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:31.000
 His redemptive work

00:42:31.000 --> 00:42:31.940
 and because in Him

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.639
 we are now

00:42:32.639 --> 00:42:33.739
 new creation

00:42:33.739 --> 00:42:35.000
 and the old is gone.

00:42:36.159 --> 00:42:37.519
 As God's new creation,

00:42:37.699 --> 00:42:38.779
 we too can rest

00:42:38.779 --> 00:42:39.779
 in the finished work

00:42:39.779 --> 00:42:40.359
 of Christ.

00:42:41.619 --> 00:42:42.699
 This is the most

00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.699
 important application

00:42:43.699 --> 00:42:45.039
 of the fourth commandment

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:45.960
 for us as Christians.

00:42:46.399 --> 00:42:47.559
 Are you resting

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:49.399
 in the finished work

00:42:49.399 --> 00:42:50.199
 of Christ?

00:42:50.440 --> 00:42:51.639
 Or are you still

00:42:51.639 --> 00:42:53.139
 living like you need

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:54.679
 to atone for your own sins?

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:57.099
 Through penance,

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:59.519
 do you walk

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.119
 in your guilt

00:43:00.119 --> 00:43:01.259
 and punish yourself

00:43:01.259 --> 00:43:01.799
 for your sins

00:43:01.799 --> 00:43:03.299
 by withdrawing from God

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:04.559
 and isolating yourself

00:43:04.559 --> 00:43:05.619
 from the church community?

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:08.039
 Do you work hard

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:09.159
 not out of faith

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.960
 in the sufficiency

00:43:09.960 --> 00:43:10.719
 of Christ,

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:12.019
 but out of fear

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.199
 of your own inadequacy?

00:43:15.199 --> 00:43:16.259
 Are you working

00:43:16.259 --> 00:43:17.579
 to earn your standing

00:43:17.579 --> 00:43:18.259
 with God

00:43:18.259 --> 00:43:19.839
 or are you receiving it

00:43:19.839 --> 00:43:21.199
 as a free gift

00:43:21.199 --> 00:43:21.779
 in Christ?

00:43:21.780 --> 00:43:24.960
 Do you know

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.900
 what it's like

00:43:25.900 --> 00:43:27.300
 to rest in Christ

00:43:27.300 --> 00:43:28.040
 in His grace

00:43:28.040 --> 00:43:29.019
 so that fears

00:43:29.019 --> 00:43:30.240
 are stilled

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:31.740
 and strivings

00:43:31.740 --> 00:43:32.120
 cease?

00:43:32.119 --> 00:43:37.980
 if you don't

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:39.460
 hear this invitation

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.019
 this morning

00:43:40.019 --> 00:43:41.359
 from Jesus,

00:43:41.900 --> 00:43:43.739
 come to me

00:43:43.739 --> 00:43:46.299
 all who labor

00:43:46.299 --> 00:43:47.859
 and are heavy laden

00:43:47.859 --> 00:43:51.000
 and I will

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:52.400
 give you rest.

00:43:52.400 --> 00:43:56.300
 take my yoke

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:56.920
 upon you

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:58.539
 and learn

00:43:58.539 --> 00:43:59.220
 from me

00:43:59.220 --> 00:44:01.860
 for I am

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.559
 gentle

00:44:02.559 --> 00:44:04.639
 and lowly

00:44:04.639 --> 00:44:05.059
 in heart

00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.800
 and you

00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:07.660
 will find

00:44:07.660 --> 00:44:08.320
 rest

00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:10.000
 for your souls.

00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:12.739
 Heavenly Father,

00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.360
 we ask

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:19.219
 that you so

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:20.059
 move among us

00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.480
 this morning

00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:23.619
 that there will

00:44:23.619 --> 00:44:24.420
 not be a single

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.559
 person left here

00:44:25.559 --> 00:44:26.840
 who has not

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:28.239
 found rest

00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.500
 for his

00:44:29.500 --> 00:44:30.440
 or her soul

00:44:30.440 --> 00:44:31.079
 in Christ.

00:44:35.380 --> 00:44:36.199
 Teach us,

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:37.619
 guide us

00:44:37.619 --> 00:44:38.219
 by your Spirit,

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.440
 show us,

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:39.679
 Lord,

00:44:39.679 --> 00:44:40.319
 what it looks

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:41.379
 like for us

00:44:41.379 --> 00:44:41.919
 to work

00:44:41.919 --> 00:44:43.419
 and rest

00:44:43.419 --> 00:44:46.099
 as those

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.899
 who are

00:44:46.899 --> 00:44:47.779
 resting in Jesus.

00:44:54.419 --> 00:44:55.559
 It's in His

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:56.899
 precious name

00:44:56.899 --> 00:44:57.919
 we pray.

00:44:58.739 --> 00:44:59.339
 Amen.