Enter That Rest
Exodus 31:12-18 - New International Version (NIV)
12 Then the Lord said to
Moses, 13 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my
Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come,
so you may know that I am the Lord,
who makes you holy.
14 “‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who
desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be
cut off from their people. 15 For six days work is to be done,
but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the
Sabbath day is to be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to
observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting
covenant. 17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites
forever, for in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was
refreshed.’”
18 When the Lord
finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the
covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Who was
talking to Moses (verse 12)?
What was
observing the Lord’s Sabbaths to be (verse 13)?
In your
opinion, how will the Sabbaths help the Israelites “know that I am the Lord,
who makes you holy” (verse 13)?
What is to
happen to the person who works on the Sabbath (verse 14)?
When is work
to be done (verse 15)?
How long are
the Israelites to observe the Sabbath (verse 16)?
What is the
Sabbath to be between the Lord and the Israelites (verse 17)?
How were the “tablets
of stone” inscribed (verse 18)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his
disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. 24 The
Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the
Sabbath?”
25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his
companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar
the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread,
which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his
companions.”
27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for
the Sabbath. 28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath.”
Where was
Jesus going on the Sabbath (verse 23)?
What did His
disciples began to do (verse 23)?
In your
opinion, why did the Pharisees ask “look, why are they doing what is
unlawful on the Sabbath” (verse 24)?
Who was Jesus
example in His answer (verse 25)?
What did David
do (verse 26)?
In your
opinion, what does Jesus mean by “the Sabbath was made for man, not man for
the Sabbath” (verse 27)?
What is the
Son of Man Lord of (verse 28)?
In your opinion, how does Jesus saying that “the
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” in Mark 2:23-28 help us
understand why the Lord was instructing Moses in the observation of the Sabbath
in Exodus 31:12-18?
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to
Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus,
who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had
ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and
because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Every
Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself
exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 But
when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest
and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From
now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
7 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of
Titius Justus, a worshiper of God. 8 Crispus, the synagogue
leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the
Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized.
Where did Paul go (verse
1)?
Why was Aquila in
Corinth (verse 2)?
What did Paul, Aquila and Priscilla have in common (verse
3)?
What did Paul do on the Sabbath (verse 4)?
To whom did Paul testify in his preaching that “Jesus was
the Messiah” (verse 5)?
How did Paul react when the Jews opposed him and became
abusive (verse 6)?
Who was Titius Justus (verse 7)?
What did Crispus, the synagogue leader and his household
believe (verse 8)?
What happened to the Corinthians “who heard Paul” and
believed (verse 8)?
In your opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your opinion, what do the conflicts in Acts 18:1-8 between
Paul and the Jews in the synagogue reveal about their different views of the
Sabbath and the Lord who gave them the Sabbath commandment in Exodus 31:12-18?
In your
opinion, what does the Jews rejection of Paul in the synagogue in Acts 18:1-8
reveal about their acceptance of Jesus who proclaimed in Mark 2:23-28 that He
was “Lord even of the Sabbath”?
Hebrews
4:1-13 –
New International Version (NIV)
1 Therefore,
since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that
none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 2 For we also
have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they
heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those
who obeyed. 3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as
God has said,
“So I declared on oath in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
‘They shall never enter my rest.’”
And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the
world. 4 For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in
these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works.” 5 And
again in the passage above he says, “They shall never enter my rest.”
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and
since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in
because of their disobedience, 7 God again set a certain day,
calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David,
as in the passage already quoted:
“Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts.”
do not harden your hearts.”
8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later
about another day. 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for
the people of God; 10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also
rests from their works, just as God did from his. 11 Let us,
therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by
following their example of disobedience.
12 For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any
double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and
marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. 13 Nothing
in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid
bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
What still
stands (verse 1)?
Why was “the
message they heard” of no value to them (verse 2)?
Who enters “that
rest” (verse 3)?
What did God
speak about the seventh day (verse 4)?
In your
opinion, who will “never enter my rest” (verse 5)?
Why did “those
who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them” not enter the rest (verse
6)?
In your
opinion, what does it mean to “harden your hearts” (verse 7)?
What remains
for “the people of God” (verse 9)?
How are people
who enter God’s rest similar to God (verse 10)?
Why should we
try to enter that rest (verse 11)?
What is “alive and
active” (verse
12)?
What is “laid
bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account” (verse 13)?
In your
opinion, what is the basic message of this passage?
In your
opinion, how is the Sabbath that the Israelite people are commanded to observe
in Exodus 31:12-18 different from the Sabbath-rest that Paul is urging us to
enter in Hebrews 4:1-13?
In your
opinion, what does Hebrews 4:1-13 teach us about the difference between the abusive
Jews who opposed Paul and Crispus, the synagogue leader and his family, who
believed in the Lord in Acts 18:1-8?
In your
opinion, what do these passages from Exodus, Mark, Acts and Hebrews teach us
about what it means to observe the Sabbath today?
In your
opinion, how do we “make every effort to enter that rest”?
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