Sermon Tone Analysis

@PAGE NUMBER = SF427

@TITLE = THE RULES HAVE NOT CHANGED<R>Rule #4: Keep My Day Special

@LEVEL ONE = Exodus 20:8‑11

@LEVEL ONE = INTRODUCTION

@LEVEL TWO = Series Background

@LEVEL THREE = The purpose of the law

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal man's sinfulness

@LEVEL FOUR = To expose the awfulness of sin

@LEVEL FOUR = To reveal the holiness of God

@LEVEL FOUR = To restrain the sinner and bring him to Christ

@LEVEL FOUR = To regulate society

@LEVEL THREE = Overview

@LEVEL FOUR = 1‑4 are God‑ward

@LEVEL FOUR = 5‑10 are man‑ward

@LEVEL TWO = Sermon Background

@LEVEL THREE = #1 ‑ God says we are to worship Him only

@LEVEL THREE = #2 ‑ We are to worship Him correctly

@LEVEL THREE = #3 ‑ We are to worship Him sincerely

@LEVEL THREE = #4 ‑ We are to worship Him regularly

@LEVEL THREE = This is the Longest Commandment

@LEVEL THREE = The most misunderstood Commandment

@LEVEL THREE = Answer Three Questions

@LEVEL FOUR = What is the Sabbath?

@LEVEL FOUR = Which day is the Sabbath?

@LEVEL FOUR = What should we do on the Sabbath?

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 2

@LEVEL ONE = 1A.WHAT THE SABBATH IS

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.

Not A Burden, But A Blessing

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Two Extremes

@LEVEL FOUR = Day of burden and misery, Day like any other day.

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

One Meaning

@LEVEL FOUR = Sabbath = from sabbath ‑ rest

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.

Not One Day, But Many

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Initial Sabbath

@SCRIPTURE = Genesis 2:1‑3

@LEVEL FOUR = God blessed it

@LEVEL FOUR = God sanctified it

@LEVEL FOUR = Day of commemoration and celebration

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

Temporal Sabbath

@LEVEL FOUR = Day given by God to Israel to commemorate creation

@SCRIPTURE = Exodus 16:22‑23  "On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much‑‑two omers for each person‑‑and the leaders of the community came and reported this to Moses./ 23 /He said to them, "This is what the LORD commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD.

So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil.

Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.'""

@LEVEL FOUR = Sign between God and Israel

@SCRIPTURE = Exodus 31:17  "It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he abstained from work and rested.'""

@LEVEL FOUR = Never mentioned in the New Testament ‑ belongs to Israel

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 3

@LEVEL THREE = 3C.

Special sabbaths

@LEVEL FOUR = To celebrate God's special activity in their lives.

@LEVEL FOUR = Feast of Tabernacles ‑ the 15 of the month

@LEVEL FOUR = Feast of Trumpets ‑ 1st day of the 7th month

@LEVEL FOUR = Every Saturday is a Sabbath, but not every Sabbath is a Saturday.

@LEVEL THREE = 4C.

Agricultural Sabbath

@SCRIPTURE = (Leviticus 25:1‑8)

@LEVEL FOUR = They were to let the ground rest every seventh year

@LEVEL THREE = 5C.

Spiritual Sabbath

@LEVEL FOUR = Found in Hebrews 3&4

@LEVEL THREE = 6C.

Millennial Sabbath

@SCRIPTURE = Isaiah 66:22‑23  ""As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me," declares the LORD, "so will your name and descendants endure./

23 /From one New Moon to another and from one Sabbath to another, all mankind will come and bow down before me," says the LORD."

@LEVEL THREE = 7C.

Eternal Sabbath

@SCRIPTURE = Hebrews 4:9  "There remains, then, a Sabbath‑rest for the people of God;"

@SCRIPTURE = Revelation 14:13  ..." Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on."

"Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor...""

@PAGE NUMBER = Page 4

@LEVEL ONE = 2A.

WHICH DAY IS THE SABBATH?

@LEVEL TWO = Why Sunday and not Saturday?

@LEVEL TWO = 1B.

Because Of The Significance Of The Lord's Day

@SCRIPTURE = Romans 14:5‑6

@LEVEL THREE = The point is not the day but the significance of the day.

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Jesus resurrected (Mark 16:2,9)

@LEVEL THREE = 2C.

The Great Commission given (Matthew 28:19‑20)

@LEVEL THREE = 3C.

The Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1)

@LEVEL THREE = 4C.

Paul preached (Acts 20:7)

@LEVEL THREE = 5C.

Weekly collections received (1 Corinthians 16:2)

@LEVEL THREE = 6C.

John received from the Lord His revelation (Revelation 1:10)

@LEVEL TWO = 2B.

Because Of The Symbolism Of The Lord's Day

@SCRIPTURE = Colossians 2:14‑17

@LEVEL THREE = 1C.

Fulfillment of God's plan