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Introduction Luke has shown us over the past few weeks that Jesus has authority... in his teaching over demons over sickness over nature and this week we will see that he has authority over the law. Jesus was not a law breaker but... as the law giver, he knows the spirit of the law and the correct interpretation…

God has providewd the sabbath as a source of delight. We must never allow other's expectations of us to rob that delight.

A Discussion about the Sabbath At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them. 2 But some Pharisees saw them do it and protested, “Look, your disciples are breaking the law by harvesting…

Introduction ‘These are the feasts of the Lord which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the Lord , a burnt offering and a grain offering, a sacrifice and drink offerings, everything on its day— besides the Sabbaths of the Lord , besides your gifts, besides…

Recap last week Last Weeks Challenge: Pray for one person in your group each to find rest. If you feel led to share what you want free from, share that with someone. What is God wanting you to rest from? Did God need to rest? It says in Isiah 40:28 that God does not become weary or tired. Hebrew Rest…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. It is always a privilege to be able to serve you and to share the Word of God with you. If you have your Bibles would you turn in them with me to Mark 1 , Mark 1 . You can also open the Bible up on a smartphone or it will be displayed up…

Jesus upsets the religious authorities by healing on the Sabbath again. Why does he seem to play fast and loose with Jewish religious rules? Because they have fundamentally misunderstood the basis for the Sabbath: a celebration of freedom rather than another burden. Jesus comes to bring freedom.

That Rest For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest,’ ” although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his…

Introduction: Due to my legendary patience, that I’m sure Ann would be glad to describe to you, I enjoy buffets. It can be a salad buffet, a pizza buffet, a Chinese buffet, an Italian buffet, a Mongolian BBQ, or one that I haven’t found for several years – a Mexican buffet. Based upon my observations…

Cultivating God's Spirit in your soul will sprout an outflow of God's Spirit wherever you go.

Discovering the Gift of Rest

Who is Jesus Christ?

Vance Havner said “ If we don’t come apart to rest, we will come apart.” This is one area of life that there is great agreement between “science” and faith. Humans need rest. The secularist scientist would say the happenstance of human life requires chemical regeneration that comes through periods of…

Of all of the Ten Commandments, the Fourth Commandment has created more debate and confusion among Christians. I struggled greatly this week in how I would preach this sermon. It has gone through several revisions and the sermon I am preaching this morning was written yesterday morning. As a result,…

Would you like to get well? 1 Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days. 2 Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches. 3 Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches. 5 One of the men lying there had been…

Unlimited Vacation! Happy Sabbath! How beautiful it is to have a day of rest! I didn’t understand that well as a kid. Sabbath was a day I wasn’t allowed to play baseball. Because I didn’t work six days. My Dad always said growing up, it isn’t the “on the seventh day you shall rest” part of the commandment…

Christ has give to his church a new day of rest to assemble in worship, it is Sunday, the Lord's Day.

Remember to Rest

The Lord's Day: Another Sabbath Sermon

Jesus was accused of violating the Sabbath, but Jesus understood better than anyone the heart of the Law of Sabbath.

Did Jesus abolish the Sabbath; we see the Sabbath reinstated in Isaiah 56, 58