SERMON QUOTES: Have you ever noticed that they're called "The 10 Commandments not the 9 commandments"?
"And have you noticed that they're called the 10 Commandments, not the 10 Suggestions?"
"In the Reformed tradition we recognize four areas that are lawful on the Christian Sabbath: rest, worship, necessity & mercy. In this passage Jesus addresses the areas of necessity and mercy - 2 areas the Pharisees had neglected while caught up in their legalistic rules."
"Some people are looking for a Sabbath checklist (on what to do or not to do) but the New Testament provides no such checklist."
Jesus: "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath."
SERMON OUTLINE: What is Lawful on the Day of Rest: I. It is lawful to meet human need (1-5) II. It is lawful to show mercy,(6-11)
LESSON: It is always lawful to meet human need and to show mercy -- especially on the Sabbath.
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“ Comment About the Sabbath (to LM77) ” I realize this is an old posting; however, I did want to respectfully reply.
I believe when we examine the Scriptures closely we can find that God Himself changed the sabbath day from the 7th to the 1st day of the week. In Matt 28:1 the same Greek word (sabbaton) is used twice...its first occurrence represents the literal ending of sabbath day with sunrise on Sunday morning -- but I believe Scripture also supports the underlying spiritual truth that, with the resurrection of Christ, this also represents the end of the OT 7th day sabbaths. The next occurence in v1 has been mistranslated as "day of the week" when it is the identical Greek word used earlier in the verse. One can argue that a more proper translation for this portion of v1 would be "as it began to dawn toward the first of the sabbath" -- representing the beginning of the NT Sunday sabbath.
Just my thoughts on this sabbath morning in January 2006. Jeff
LM77 (7/17/2005)
from Australia
“ Great Sermon! Up to a Point! ” The general sentiments of the 4 points are fine.
Yet, I cannot understand, how you can claim that Jesus CHANGED the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday,(no text given!) and claim that 1st-day or Sunday to be the Lord's Day, when God's Word clearly says that Jesus made the 7th-day Sabbath at Creation,Blessed it! Hallowed it! (set it apart for Holy use) and by His own example: RESTED on it & declared it perfect & Holy! In the NT it is clear, that Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath! Matt.12:8. So, why would a perfect God, who CHANGES NOT! change a Perfect & Holy Law of Liberty?
And another trickery on your part, when you say, "one in seven" , is an utter LIE! The commandment does not say "one in seven" but "the seventh-day is"! Ex.20:10. Just ask any decent dictionary, & see which day is the seventh-day, and it will say: Saturday! Since when is the 1st-day become 7th-day?
Could you provide the text, where Jesus CHANGED the Sabbath from 7th to 1st-day of the week, in honour of His resurrection?! I thought Baptism by immersion was in honour of His resurrection: Death, Burial and Resurrection. Sunday is Pagan, and is the child of the Papacy! Jesus & all Apostles kept Saturday-not Sunday! Are you a true Protestant, or a Catholic? Please make up your mind! Regards, LM77
Dr. Daniel C. Broadwater: Former owner of Boone’s Billiards; was converted to Christianity. Attended Westminster Seminary (M.A., M.Div.). Later graduated from Gordon-Conwell Seminary (D.Min.). Dan is Pastor Emeritus of Grace Ref. Presby. Church, which he organized in 1979, and...
