2. Who
was it made for?
“The
Sabbath was made for MAN,
and not man for the Sabbath.”
(Mark 2:27)
3. How
did God make it special?
“God
blessed
the seventh day, and sanctified
it.” (Gen. 2:3). “The LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all
that in them is, and rested
the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day, and
hallowed
it.” (Ex. 20:11)
4. Can
the blessing of the Sabbath be transferred to another day?
“For
thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever.”
(1 Chron. 17:27)
5. What
is the Sabbath a sign of?
“Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it
is a sign between me and you
throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am
the LORD that doth sanctify you.”
(Ex. 31:13)
NOTE: Besides
circumcision which was given to the Jewish nation, the Sabbath is the
only think that is stated as a sign between God and His people.
NOTE: The Sabbath stands for all of
the law because it authenticates the law. It is the seal of God’s
authority.
6
.
What was Jesus’ Sabbath
custom?
“And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his
custom was, he went into the synagogue on the
Sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” (Luke 4:16)
7. What
did the Jewish Christians do on the Sabbath after Jesus' death on the
cross?
“And the women also, which came with him
from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his
body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments;
and kept the Sabbath day according to the
commandment.” (Luke 23:55, 56)
8. Which
day did Paul keep, after the cross?
“And he reasoned in the synagogue every
Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greek.” (Acts 18:4)
9. Which
day did New Testament Gentile Christians keep after the cross?
“And when the Jews were gone out of the
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to
them the next Sabbath. And the next Sabbath
day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of
God.” (Acts 13:42, 44)
10. Which
day was the Sabbath found in the New Testament?
"And that day was the preparation, and the
Sabbath drew on" (Luke 23:54). “And when the Sabbath was past, Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought
sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in
the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the
sepulchre at the rising of the sun.” (Mark 16:1, 2).
NOTE 1: The
Sabbath of the New Testament is found between Friday, the preparation
day and Sunday, the first day of the week.
NOTE 2:
Some
ministers attempt to say that when the text says, “When the Sabbath
was past,” that it meant that the seventh day Sabbath had ended and a
new Sabbath was instituted. The only problem, however, is that Paul;
some thirty years later not only kept the seventh day Sabbath, but
also taught the Gentiles to observe it.
11.
How
do the wicked treat the Sabbath?
“Mock at her Sabbaths.” Lam. 1:7
“Profane the Sabbath day.” Neh.
13:17
“Hid their eyes from my Sabbaths.”
Eze. 22:26
12. Does
the Sabbath ever end?
“For as the new heavens and
the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. And it shall
come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and
from one Sabbath to another, shall
all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.” (Isa. 65:22, 23).
NOTE:
Like God, the Sabbath is eternal. We will keep it in heaven and the
earth made new.
13. Do
you want to be among God’s people who believe Him and have His Sabbath
sign?
Answer _____________
