No Greater Work

Hebrews 4:1, 9-13 – 4 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. ⁹There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;¹⁰for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works,  just as God did from his. ¹¹Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

Exodus 20:8-11 – Remember the Sabbath  day by keeping it holy.  9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work,  10 but the seventh day is a sabbath  to the  Lord  your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.  11 For in six days the  Lord  made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested  on the seventh day.  Therefore the  Lord  blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 

We can correctly remember the sabbath by… 

Observation #1 – Being in of . 

Exodus 20:9 – Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 

Genesis 2:15 – The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

We can correctly remember the sabbath by… 

Observation #2 – Being   others.

Exodus 20:10 – On it you shall not do any work neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns.  

We can correctly remember the sabbath by… 

Point #1 – Being a . 

Exodus 20:11 – For in six days the  Lord  made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested  

on the seventh day. 

Exodus 20:10 – But the seventh day is a sabbath  to the Lord  your God. On it you shall not do ANY work.

Mark 2:23-27 – ²³One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. ²⁴The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” ²⁵He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? ²⁶In 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.” ²⁷Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.”

Exodus 20:11 – Therefore the  Lord  blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Hebrews 4:1 - 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.   

We can correctly remember the sabbath by… 

Point #2 – Being in our rest. 

Exodus 20:10 – But the seventh day is a sabbath  to the  Lord  your God.  

1 Kings 19:11-12 – ¹¹The  Lord  said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the  Lord, for the Lord  is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind  tore the mountains apart and shattered  the rocks before the  Lord, but the  Lord  was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the  Lord  was not in the earthquake. ¹²After the earthquake came a fire,  but the  Lord  was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 

Romans 15:13 – May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace  as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.