Which would you rather have in established in your memory, a monument or a holiday?
The Sabbath in Genesis
1. What other explanation could a person give for the presence of the seven-day week, other than the institution of a Sabbath rest?
2. When God blessed animals and humans he empowered/commanded them to increase: What could He have intended by blessing the Sabbath beyond hallowing it?
3. The Sabbath starts and ends a 48 hour journey around the world at the dateline: Should the days actually start and end in the Ancient Near East?
The Sabbath in Exodus
1. Why do you think the fourth commandment does not begin with “Thou shalt not break the Sabbath day?”
2. Why do you think the fourth commandment has the most clarification of the ten?
3. Why is not breaking the fourth commandment to follow a four or five day week when the commandment says to work six days?
4. Why does the fourth commandment prohibit one’s servants and children from working on the Sabbath, but not one’s spouse?
The Sabbath in Deuteronomy
1. Is it wrong to give a tailor or other worker something to do on Friday and ask for it to be completed by Sunday when he is working on his/her own premises and not yours?
2. God often reminds the Israelites of their bondage in Egypt and uses that as reason for their obligations to Him: Is that like blackmail?
Jesus and the Sabbath
1. Does Jesus ever give any advice on how to keep the Sabbath?
2. Is Jesus to be our example for Sabbath keeping?
3. For what categories of employees in hospitals is it okay to work on Sabbath?
4. Why do we have to explain more and more when we start clarifying a principle?
5. How does worship enhance the restoration, recharging, and renewing of one’s self?
