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 Let us pray.

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 Father, we thank you for gathering us here together this morning in the name of Jesus.

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 And we ask for the help of your Holy Spirit,

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 that the unfolding of your word would give light,

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 and that by walking in that light that you give us,

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 we would have true fellowship with you, our Father,

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 and with your Son, Jesus, and with one another.

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 These things we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,

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 for I am gentle and lowly in heart,

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 and you will find rest for your souls,

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 for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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 These are the words of Jesus.

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 Come to me, he said.

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 And who was it who receives this great invitation?

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 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden.

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 All.

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 None are excluded from this universal invitation,

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 this universal call from the lips of the Lord Jesus.

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 All are invited to come.

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 All who labor.

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 All who are heavy laden.

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 There are probably some here this morning who labor

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 and are heavy laden.

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 Some here this morning who would be glad to have rest

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 for their souls.

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 It could be that you've never responded to this invitation before.

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 You're living your life for number one.

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 But that's quickly growing old.

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 You're tired of running from one thing to another

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 in pursuit of pleasure and of beautiful things.

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 You're tired of the feeling of emptiness

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 and meaninglessness and aimlessness

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 that gnaws away at your heart,

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 especially when you're quiet and alone.

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 Or maybe at some point in the past,

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 you have turned to Christ.

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 You've accepted.

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 You've heard that invitation to come to me

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 and you've turned to him

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 and you've come to him.

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 And there was joy and delight

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 and refreshment for your souls.

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 But somehow,

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 in the months and years that have passed,

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 old sinful patterns and habits have crept back in.

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 They've stolen away your sense,

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 your awareness,

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 your experience of the peace

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 and the joy

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 and the rest in the Lord that you once knew.

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 Old ways of thinking

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 and acting and speaking

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 that quench and grieve

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 and resist the Holy Spirit

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 have taken root in your life again

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 and you feel cut off

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 from the power

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 and the presence of the Lord.

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 Perhaps that's you.

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 Perhaps you even despair of your salvation

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 or have come to believe

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 that now it's all up to you.

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 You began by grace

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 but now

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 you feel like you're dragging yourself

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 toward the kingdom of heaven

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 entirely under your own power

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 and you're not at all sure

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 that you're going to make it.

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 You're worn out from the roller coaster

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 of good days and bad days.

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 Or perhaps you've been living your life faithfully

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 as a disciple of the Lord Jesus

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 in this world

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 but you're being battered

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 and bruised

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 by the blows that inevitably will come.

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 You've been bereaved

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 of the ones you love

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 facing sickness

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 and trials

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 of various kinds

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 tempted

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 and tested

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 day after day

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 by temptation

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 after temptation

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 enduring perhaps

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 the scorn

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 of this world.

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 Come to me

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 all who labor

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 and are heavy laden

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 and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you

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 and learn from me

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 for I am gentle

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 and lowly in heart

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 and you will find rest

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 for your souls.

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 This is the invitation

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 given to all

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 and it's given to you.

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 And it is this same invitation

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 that is at the heart

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 of the fourth commandment

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 that we had read this morning.

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 Remember the Sabbath day

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 to keep it holy.

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 Six days you shall labor

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 and do all your work

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 but the seventh day

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 is the Sabbath.

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 of the Lord your God

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 in it you shall do

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 no work

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 you nor your son

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 nor your daughter

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 nor your male servant

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 nor your female servant

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 nor your cattle

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 nor your stranger

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 who is within your gates.

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 for the Old Testament

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 people of Israel

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 the central thrust

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 of this commandment

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 then was that

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 they were to set aside

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 one day in seven

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 the seventh day

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 as a day of rest.

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 A day that was set apart

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 to God

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 and made holy

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 and on that day

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 they were to do

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 no unnecessary work

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 not themselves

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 nor those under

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 their authority

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 nor even the animals

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 that were in their care

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 the beasts of burden

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 all were to have

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 a day of rest.

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 And God provided

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 two different reasons

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 why he gave his people

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 this rule.

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 In the two different versions

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 of the Ten Commandments

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 you see the two different reasons.

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 The first

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 which we didn't have read

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 is from Exodus chapter 20

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 and God points the people

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 back to the very act

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 of creation.

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 He says

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 in six days

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 the Lord made the heavens

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 and the earth

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 the sea

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 and all that is in them

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 and rested the seventh day.

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 Therefore the Lord

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 blessed the Sabbath day

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 and made it holy.

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 So in a sense

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 to keep the Sabbath

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 was for the creature

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 for human beings

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 you and me

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 who have been made

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 in the image of God

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 to imitate

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 the creator.

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 God established

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 a precedent

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 in his great work

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 of creation

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 by working for six days

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 and resting on the seventh.

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 And he sets an example

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 in that way

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 for his people to follow.

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 But in Deuteronomy

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 which Jason read

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 this morning

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 the reason was different

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 and surprising

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 and I wonder

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 if you noticed

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 what it was.

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 in Deuteronomy

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 the people

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 were reminded

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 of the great event

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 of God rescuing them

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 from slavery

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 in Egypt

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 of bringing them

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 out of bondage

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 to become

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 his own special people.

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 People to whom

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 he freely bound himself

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 by a covenant relationship.

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 I will be your God

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 and you will be my people.

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 I invite you

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 to turn it open

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 and take a look

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 at Deuteronomy

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 chapter 5.

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 In your pew Bibles

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 it's on page 161.

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 Page 161.

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 And we'll just look

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 at verse 15.

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 He's given the rules

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 of the Sabbath day

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 and then in verse 15

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 he says

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 God says

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 and remember

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 that you were a slave

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 in the land of Egypt

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 and that the Lord

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 your God

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 brought you out

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 from there

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 by a mighty hand

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 and by an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore the Lord

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 your God

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 commanded you

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 to keep the Sabbath day.

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 What's the connection?

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 you might ask.

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 How does it logically flow

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 that the fact

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 that he rescued

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 his people

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 from slavery

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 and made them

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 his people

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 would lead him

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 to give them

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 this law

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 that they are to rest

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 one day out of seven

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 on the seventh day.

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 How does that follow?

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 Well, in fact

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 there are some

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 other surprising things

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 that the Old Testament

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 says about the Sabbath.

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 In fact

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 there are

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 for example

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 there are several passages

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 that give

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 an importance

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 to keeping

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 the Sabbath

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 that seems

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 entirely out of proportion

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 with the nature

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 of the commandment.

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 It's sometimes

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 implied that the Sabbath

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 is in some way

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 above

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 or apart

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 from the rest

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 of the law.

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 For example

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 in Nehemiah

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 it's written

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 you made known

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 to our fathers

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 your holy Sabbath

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 and commanded them

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 precepts,

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 statutes,

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 and laws.

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 You made known

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 your Sabbath

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 and

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 all these other laws.

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 and you also

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 come across

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 certain passages

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 that give you

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 the impression

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 that if you

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 fail to keep

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 the Sabbath

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 regardless

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 of what else

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 might happen

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 in your life

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 you overturn

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 your entire

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 relationship

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 with God.

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 Listen to what

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 God says

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 through the prophet

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 Jeremiah

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 but if you

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 do not

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 listen to me

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 to keep

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 the Sabbath

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 day holy

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 such as

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 not carrying

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 a burden

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 when entering

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 the gates

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 of Jerusalem

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 on the Sabbath

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 day

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 then I will

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 kindle a fire

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 in its gates

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 and it shall

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 devour

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 the palaces

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 of Jerusalem

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 and it shall

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 not be quenched.

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 Does that

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 surprise you?

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 Does that

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 seem maybe

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 a bit

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 excessive

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 or over

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 the top

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 or even

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 arbitrary?

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 I mean we

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 might understand

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 that God

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 would say

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 something like

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 that for

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 example about

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 murder.

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 You can say

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 and do what

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 you will

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 but if you

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 murder an

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 innocent person

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 our relationship

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 is terminated

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 and you will

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 face my

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 judgment.

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 And we might

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 say well I

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 can understand

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 that but he

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 says this about

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 keeping the

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 Sabbath.

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 And far

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 be it

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 from me

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 and from

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 us to

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 imply that

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 God is

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 in any

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 way capricious

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 or arbitrary

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 or unjust

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 shall not

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 the judge

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 of all the

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 earth do

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 right?

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 Abraham

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 once asked

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 and he

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 shall

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 indeed.

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 He is

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 righteous

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 in all

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 his works

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 and he's

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 just in

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 all his

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 dealings

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 with people.

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 So how

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 then are we

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 to understand

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 this great

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 importance

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 that he

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 lays on

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 the Sabbath

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 in the

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 Old Testament?

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 Well we've

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 already seen

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 a pointer

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 toward the

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 answer in

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 that surprising

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 verse in

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 Deuteronomy

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 15 that

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 God makes

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 a connection

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 between observing

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 the Sabbath

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 and the fact

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 that he

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 rescued his

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 people.

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 But there

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 are other

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 passages that

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 will spell

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 it out for

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 us even

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 more plainly.

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 So I

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 invite you

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 to turn

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 with me

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 to a

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 second

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 verse

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 in

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 Exodus

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 chapter

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 31.

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 It's on

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 page 76

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 in your

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 pew Bible.

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 Exodus

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 chapter 31

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 in verse

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 13.

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 We'll just

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 read,

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 well I'll

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 begin at

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 verse 12.

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 And the

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 Lord spoke

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 to Moses

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 saying,

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 Speak also

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 to the

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 children of

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 Israel,

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 saying,

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 Surely my

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 Sabbaths you

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 shall keep,

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 for it is a

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 sign between

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 me and you

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 throughout your

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 generations that

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 you may know

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 that I am the

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 Lord who

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 sanctifies you.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Here we have

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 God explaining

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 to Moses

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 why the

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 Sabbath is so

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 critical in

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 his eyes.

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 He says,

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 It's a sign

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 between you

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 and me

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 throughout your

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 generations that

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 you may know

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 that I am

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 the Lord who

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 sanctifies you.

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 That is to say,

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 he is the one

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 who sets apart

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 his people for

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 himself,

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 who makes them

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 his own special

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 people,

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 devoted to

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 himself.

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 And this is

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 the primary

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 purpose of

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 the Sabbath

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 commandment.

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 It is to

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 represent to

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 God's people

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 the source

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 of true

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 spiritual

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 rest,

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 allowing God

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 and God

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 alone to

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 work in

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 us.

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 Just as it

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 was God

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 alone who

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 acted to

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 rescue his

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 people Israel

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 out of

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 Egypt and

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 they had

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 nothing to

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 contribute to

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 it.

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 He inflicted

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 the plagues,

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 he parted the

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 sea, he

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 brought his

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 people out

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 and they

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 simply entered

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 into what he

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 had done.

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 So it is by

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 God's grace

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 alone,

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 by his

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 powerful work

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 alone that he

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 sets us

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 apart to be

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 his people.

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 people.

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 And so the

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 Sabbath was

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 for the

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 people of

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 Israel like

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 a sacrament.

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 It was a

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 sign, just

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 like baptism

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 is a sign

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 of being

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 washed of

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 sins, of

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 dying to an

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 old way of

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 life, and

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 being born to

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 a new life,

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 a life to

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 God.

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 it's an

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 outward and

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 visible sign

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 that communicates

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 an inward and

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 spiritual reality.

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 Just like the

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 Lord's Supper,

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 which represents

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 to us Christ's

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 death on the

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 cross as a

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 sacrifice to

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 take away our

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 sins, that we

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 receive simply

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 by trusting in

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 him.

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 in the same

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 way, outwardly

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 observing the

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 Sabbath

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 represented an

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 inward reality,

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 namely that we

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 must

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 put all our

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 trust, put

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 away all our

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 own work, our

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 sinful practices,

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 our selfish

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 interests, the

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 cares and

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 concerns of

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 this life, even

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 our own efforts

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 to make

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 ourselves right

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 with God.

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 We put all

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 that aside so

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 that we can be

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 wholly at

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 rest and allow

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 God to work

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 within us, to

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 cease our

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 strivings and

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 to rest our

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 hearts in

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 him alone.

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 The

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 Sabbath is a

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 sign to God's

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 people that God

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 works in us to

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 make us his

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 own, and

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 that we must

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 rest in him.

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 And what's

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 more, the

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 Sabbath is a

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 foreshadowing.

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 It's a

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 foreshadowing.

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 It was a

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 ceremonial

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 observance of

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 a day, but

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 it pointed to

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 something beyond

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 itself that was

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 far greater.

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 It pointed to

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 someone who

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 was far

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 greater, the

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 Lord Jesus

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 himself.

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 Jesus is the

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 true fulfillment

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 of the

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 Sabbath.

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 All that the

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 Sabbath signified

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 is represented

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 in him, because

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 it's only when we

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 despair of all

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 our own ways of

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 making ourselves

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 right with God,

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 it's only when we

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 come to know that

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 on our own, we

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 are sinful

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 people, and

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 we're guilty

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 before a holy

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 God.

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 When we answer

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 Jesus' invitation

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 to come to

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 me, all who

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 labor and are

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 heavy laden, and

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 I will give you

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 rest, when we

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 cast ourselves on

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 the mercy of the

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 Savior alone,

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 that's when we

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 become God's

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 people.

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 That's when we

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 are sanctified,

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 when we are set

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 apart as his

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 people for

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 himself.

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 So when we

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 look to the

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 cross, and

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 when we hear

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 Jesus' words

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 from the cross,

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 it is finished.

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 We know that

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 all that was

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 necessary for

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 us to make

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 ourselves right

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 with him is

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 finished, and

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 we trust in his

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 finished work as

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 our only hope.

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 We contribute

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 nothing of our

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 own to making

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 ourselves right

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 with God, just

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 as Israel

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 contributed nothing

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 to making

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 themselves free

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 of bondage and

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 slavery.

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 It is God who

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 works in us.

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 It's God who

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 touches our

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 hearts and does

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 a work of

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 grace, a

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 miracle, who

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 gives us a new

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 heart and a

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 new beginning and

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 a new relationship

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 with him and

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 with one another.

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 I'll be your

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 God, and you

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 shall be my

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 people.

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 This is the

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 reality to

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 which the

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 Sabbath was a

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 pointer.

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 character.

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 This is the

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 substance of

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 which the

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 Sabbath was a

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 shadow.

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 And with that, I

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 ask you to turn

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 with me to one

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 final Bible

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 passage, this

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 time in the New

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 Testament.

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 It's in

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 Colossians,

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 chapter 2.

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 It's on page

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 1020 in your

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 pew Bible.

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 if you have

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 your own Bible,

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 Colossians 2,

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 16 and 17.

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 Therefore, let no

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 one judge you in

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 food or in

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 drink or

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 regarding a

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 festival or a

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 new moon or

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 Sabbaths, which

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 are but a

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 shadow of things

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 to come, but

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 the substance is

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 of Christ.

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 Now that

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 Christ has

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 come, the

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 ceremonial

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 Sabbath has

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 been done away

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 with.

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 What need is

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 there for

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 shadows when

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 the substance

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 is here?

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 Jesus is the

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 true fulfillment

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 of the

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 Sabbath, and

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 in his presence

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 all the shadows

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 are left far

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 behind.

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 So does this

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 mean that now

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 there are only

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 nine commandments

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 that as

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 Christians we

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 no longer

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 observe the

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 Sabbath?

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 No, on the

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 contrary, far

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 from it.

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 There are ten

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 commandments, and

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 we fulfill them

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 all, but in the

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 case of the

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 Sabbath law, now

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 that the true

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 meaning and

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 application of

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 the Sabbath, of

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 this commandment

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 that God gave

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 his people

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 Israel, has

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 been revealed

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 in Jesus.

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 We no longer

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 observe it in

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 the way that the

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 people of Israel

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 did under the

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 Old Testament.

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 For us, the

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 reality of the

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 Sabbath is not

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 confined to

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 one day in

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 seven, but it

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 is our everyday

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 lived experience.

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 It has become

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 our everyday

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 life.

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 Sabbath.

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 The Sabbath now

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 extends through

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 the whole course

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 of our life, and

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 it shall be

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 completely fulfilled

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 and perfected in

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 that day of the

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 Lord when Jesus

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 will return, and

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 we will fully and

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 finally enter into

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 and experience the

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 rest of our souls,

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 the rest from our

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 labors in him.

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 As it says in the

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 letter to the

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 Hebrews, there

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 remains a Sabbath

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 rest for the people

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 of God.

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 And so until

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 then, we do keep

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 the Sabbath.

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 We keep the

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 Sabbath by daily

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 reminding ourselves

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 of Christ's

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 finished work on

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 the cross.

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 We keep the

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 Sabbath by clinging

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 day by day to

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 Christ alone as

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 the basis for our

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 being God's

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 people.

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 people rescued

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 from slavery, not

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 to Egypt, but to

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 sin.

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 And we keep the

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 Sabbath by day by

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 day setting our

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 minds on the

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 goal, on the

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 ultimate fulfillment

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 of the Sabbath, and

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 the rest for our

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 souls that we will

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 enter into in its

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 final consummation.

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 These are the ways

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 that we as

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 followers of Christ

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 observe the

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 Sabbath law today.

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 And let me

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 suggest to you that

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 we need to be

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 careful how we

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 think about what

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 we do on Sunday,

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 the Lord's day,

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 the first day of

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 the week.

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 It's important that

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 we do not regard

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 the Lord's day as

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 identical to the

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:27.440
 Old Testament

00:22:27.440 --> 00:22:29.220
 Sabbath that has

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 merely been

00:22:29.639 --> 00:22:30.359
 transferred from

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 the seventh day to

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 the first day of

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 the week.

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 week.

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 This may be

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 different from what

00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:39.000
 you have heard or

00:22:39.000 --> 00:22:41.220
 read in some books

00:22:41.220 --> 00:22:42.259
 or sermons, I'll

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.900
 grant you.

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 But let me state

00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.600
 again, we must not

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.620
 regard the Lord's

00:22:48.620 --> 00:22:52.019
 day, Sunday, as

00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.360
 simply the Old

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:56.120
 Testament Sabbath that

00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:56.860
 has been transferred

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:57.960
 to the first day of

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 the week.

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 There is simply no

00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:02.420
 New Testament

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:04.300
 basis for this

00:23:04.300 --> 00:23:05.320
 type of thinking

00:23:05.320 --> 00:23:06.140
 about the Lord's

00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.440
 day.

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 There are

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.940
 plausible arguments

00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:10.380
 that you might

00:23:10.380 --> 00:23:11.100
 hear for doing

00:23:11.100 --> 00:23:11.900
 this, but there is

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.580
 not a single

00:23:12.580 --> 00:23:13.500
 verse of direct

00:23:13.500 --> 00:23:15.019
 biblical basis for

00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.539
 doing it.

00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:18.860
 Now, with your

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.600
 goodwill, I don't

00:23:19.600 --> 00:23:19.960
 know what you're

00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.640
 thinking right now,

00:23:21.000 --> 00:23:21.560
 but with your

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:23.279
 goodwill, let me

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.060
 make two points

00:23:24.060 --> 00:23:24.980
 about this before

00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.980
 we conclude, if

00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.560
 you'll hear me

00:23:26.560 --> 00:23:26.820
 out.

00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:28.700
 because firstly,

00:23:28.819 --> 00:23:29.179
 although the

00:23:29.179 --> 00:23:30.299
 central purpose of

00:23:30.299 --> 00:23:32.099
 the Sabbath, as

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:32.960
 we've seen, was to

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.139
 signify spiritual

00:23:35.159 --> 00:23:36.779
 rest to the people

00:23:36.779 --> 00:23:40.179
 of God, there are

00:23:40.179 --> 00:23:41.119
 two other significant

00:23:41.119 --> 00:23:42.659
 purposes as well, why

00:23:42.659 --> 00:23:44.679
 God instituted the

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:44.980
 Sabbath.

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 And one was that it

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.159
 was a day to

00:23:47.159 --> 00:23:49.279
 assemble, a day to

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.179
 gather together as

00:23:50.179 --> 00:23:50.939
 God's people, to

00:23:50.939 --> 00:23:51.819
 hear his word

00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:53.079
 written, to offer

00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:54.599
 sacrifices to him,

00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:56.079
 perhaps, to meet

00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:56.719
 with others of

00:23:56.719 --> 00:23:58.019
 God's people in a

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.759
 holy assembly.

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 And this dimension

00:24:00.819 --> 00:24:02.219
 of the Sabbath law

00:24:02.219 --> 00:24:03.059
 does not need to be

00:24:03.059 --> 00:24:03.939
 relegated as a

00:24:03.939 --> 00:24:05.459
 shadow to distant

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:07.679
 times past, but it

00:24:07.679 --> 00:24:08.639
 can be carried over

00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:10.179
 into the age of the

00:24:10.179 --> 00:24:11.859
 church with minimal

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.480
 change.

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 It remains necessary

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.139
 for the good order

00:24:16.139 --> 00:24:17.019
 of the church that we

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.159
 meet together, that

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.099
 we not forsake

00:24:19.099 --> 00:24:21.019
 gathering to meet

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.639
 together for the

00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:22.619
 hearing of the word,

00:24:22.779 --> 00:24:23.579
 for the breaking of

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.579
 bread, and for

00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:25.199
 the prayers.

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 And from the

00:24:27.139 --> 00:24:27.939
 earliest days of

00:24:27.939 --> 00:24:28.740
 the church, the

00:24:28.740 --> 00:24:29.779
 major day that has

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.599
 been set aside for

00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:31.139
 this has been

00:24:31.139 --> 00:24:32.619
 Sunday, the

00:24:32.619 --> 00:24:33.319
 Lord's Day.

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 I suggest that

00:24:36.099 --> 00:24:37.119
 that's probably to

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.699
 avoid the Sabbath

00:24:38.699 --> 00:24:40.759
 associations if

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.519
 they'd continue to

00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:41.980
 meet on the

00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:43.359
 seventh day, as

00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:43.879
 well as to

00:24:43.879 --> 00:24:44.500
 commemorate the

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.000
 day of the

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.720
 Lord's resurrection.

00:24:46.859 --> 00:24:47.379
 And so that's

00:24:47.379 --> 00:24:48.000
 the pattern in

00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.559
 this church.

00:24:49.439 --> 00:24:50.419
 And in virtually

00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.279
 all the churches

00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.839
 of the world, they

00:24:52.839 --> 00:24:53.659
 meet together on

00:24:53.659 --> 00:24:54.179
 Sunday.

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:56.199
 Now, if you

00:24:56.199 --> 00:24:57.960
 desire and

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.679
 you're able to

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.319
 set aside the

00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:01.339
 entire Lord's

00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:04.819
 Day for spiritual

00:25:04.819 --> 00:25:06.319
 purposes, to

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.740
 pray and to

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:09.319
 read and to

00:25:09.319 --> 00:25:10.319
 meditate on God's

00:25:10.319 --> 00:25:11.179
 word and to

00:25:11.179 --> 00:25:12.559
 enjoy fellowship

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:12.960
 with other

00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:14.699
 believers, you

00:25:14.699 --> 00:25:16.559
 are most free to

00:25:16.559 --> 00:25:17.159
 do so.

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 And I don't

00:25:18.179 --> 00:25:18.639
 doubt that it

00:25:18.639 --> 00:25:19.299
 would be much to

00:25:19.299 --> 00:25:19.759
 the health of

00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:20.980
 your souls if

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:25.140
 you did that, to

00:25:25.140 --> 00:25:25.819
 celebrate the

00:25:25.819 --> 00:25:26.660
 Lord's Day in

00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.180
 that way.

00:25:27.599 --> 00:25:29.400
 But, as the

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 Apostle Paul says

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 in Romans chapter

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 14, one person

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 esteems one day as

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 better than another,

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 while another

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 esteems all days

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 alike.

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 Each one should be

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 fully convinced in

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 his own mind.

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 The one who

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 observes the day

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 observes it in

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 honor of the

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 Lord.

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 And for the

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 rest of you who

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 do not follow such

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 a practice of the

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 Lord's Day, well,

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 I put it to you that

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 you should do

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 everything in your

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 power to avoid

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 having to work on

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 Sunday morning so

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 that you can gather

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 with your brothers

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 and sisters in

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 Christ as the

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 people of God.

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 But we lay on you

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 no greater burden

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 than this.

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 And no one

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 ought to think

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 that the first

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 day of the week

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 is inherently

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 in some way

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 mystical or

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 holy, or that

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 by doing some

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 sort of work or

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 other activity,

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 you or someone

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 else is committing

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 a sin against

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 God.

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 It's that sort

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 of distinction

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 of days that

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 obscures the

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 gospel of

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 Christ, the

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 glory of Christ

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 and the light of

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 the gospel that

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 we saw in the

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 fulfillment of the

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 Sabbath in him.

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 It was this kind

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 of thinking that

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 led Paul to tell

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 the Galatians that

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 he was afraid he

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 might have labored

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 over them in vain,

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 for they still

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 observed the

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 days.

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 Secondly, then,

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 in addition to a

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 day to gather,

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 the Sabbath was

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 also given as a

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 day of physical

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 rest.

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 Simply that.

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 And here also we

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 see God's special

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 care for the

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 powerless, for the

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 people who don't

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 have a voice, for

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 the weak in

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 society.

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 Because he's

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 explicit in the

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 Sabbath that it

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 applies no less to

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 the servants, no

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 less to the alien,

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 no less to the

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 refugee seeking

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 shelter than it

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 does to the

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 master.

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 Even the animals

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 are to be given a

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 day of rest.

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 So simply, it's not

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 good.

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 It's not good for

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 you to work seven

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 days out of seven,

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 week in and week

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 out.

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 There's probably

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 some among you who

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 have done that,

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 maybe for years, and

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 you know that it's

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 hard on you.

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 But it's even worse

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 for you to force

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 those who are under

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 your authority to

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 work without rest.

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 It's far better to

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 follow the creator's

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 pattern, to work

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 six and rest one.

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 And you must not

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 inhumanly oppress

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 those who are under

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 you.

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 And so to sum up,

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 the Sabbath law was

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 given to the people

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 of Israel as a

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 shadow, as a sign.

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 But the truth has

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 now been set before

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 us without shadows,

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 in the person of

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 Jesus Christ.

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 And so we are to

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 meditate throughout

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 life upon this

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 everlasting Sabbath

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 rest for our

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 souls, that the

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 Lord may work in

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 us through his

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 spirit.

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 Come to me, all

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 who labor and are

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 heavy laden, and I

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 will give you rest.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Thank you.