The Chapel | Green
November 28, 2021 As we are drawn into the frenzy of the holiday season with Thanksgiving and Christmas, it can be so easy to become concerned with buying, prepping, and hustling. We focus on so many things that we miss opportunities to love and care for those in our life. Let's slow down and re-discover rest. This Sunday, we want to look at how practicing Sabbath can be an active rejection of our own pride, and an acknowledging that God is the one who sustains our lives.
Today's passage is Genesis 2:1-3; 15; Matthew 11:28-12:14; Luke 10:38-42
What is Sabbath?
Two types of rest - Shabbat and Nuakh (Cease and Dwell)
Genesis 2:2-3 ESV
Genesis 2:15 ESV
What is Sabbath?
Sabbath commanded to Israel
Deuteronomy 5:12-14 ESV
What is Sabbath?
Called to rest in the wilderness - Manna
Exodus 16:21-30 ESV
Exodus 23:10-12 ESV
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Matthew 12:1-14 ESV
Jesus and the Sabbath
The Sabbath points to Jesus
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV
Matthew 12:8 ESV
Jesus and the Sabbath
Pharisees don't see it
Matthew 12:2-8 ESV
Matthew 12:9-14 ESV
Jesus and the Sabbath
Rest from worry
Matthew 6:25-27 ESV
Matthew 6:33-34 ESV
Jesus and the Sabbath
Jesus with Mary and Martha
Luke 10:38-42 ESV
What keeps us from rest
Pride: "I'm too important"
What keeps us from rest?
Expectations: "this is just the way it is"
What keeps us from rest?
Comparison: "they don't stop, so neither can I"
If we find our identity in Christ, then his Spirit is IN US! So, we cease and dwell.
Revelation 21:2-5 ESV
Matthew 11:28-30 ESV