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"What must I forsake?" a young man asked.
"Colored clothes for one thing.
Get rid of everything in your wardrobe that is not white.
Stop sleeping on a soft pillow.
Sell your musical instruments and don't eat any more white bread.
You cannot, if you are sincere about obeying Christ, take warm baths or shave your beard.
To shave is to lie against him who created us, to attempt to improve on his work."
The most celebrated Christian schools of the second century!
At Bethesda
Jesus chose
Sabbath for healing
There for 1 week.
Could have done it
different day.
Not just healing
teaching.
He had come to free the Sabbath from those burdensome requirements that had made it a curse instead of a blessing.
- DA p. 206
Arraigned before Sanhedrin
accused of Sabbath breaking
I’m the son of God
My Father works on Sabbath
So I work on Sabbath
Imagine
God stopped?
Rip the fabric
of universe.
No
orbit
spin
sun
breath
All
blackness
death
Desire of Ages (Chapter 21—Bethesda and the Sanhedrin)
The demands upon God are even greater upon the Sabbath than upon other days.
His people then leave their usual employment, and spend the time in meditation and worship.
They ask more favors of Him on the Sabbath than upon other days.
- DA p. 207
Sabbath is
not a time
to veg out!
Don’t think,
we kept Sabbath
go to church
nap all afternoon
have fun with friends
Sabbath is
Time to serve.
“Harvesting on Sabbath”
Gleaning
Youth Pastor:
Being a rather forward-looking and creative young man, he decided he would show the youth group a missionary film.
We're talking simple, safe, black-and-white religious- oriented movie.
That film projector hadn't been off an hour before a group of the leaders in the church called him in and asked him about what he had done.
They asked, "Did you show the young people a film?"
In all honesty he responded, "Well, yeah, I did."
"We don't like that," they replied.
Without trying to be argumentative, the youth worker reasoned, "Well, I remember that at the last missionary conference, our church showed slides--"
One of the church officers put his hand up signaling him to cease talking.
Then, in these words, he emphatically explained the conflict: "If it's still, fine.
If it moves, sin!"
You can show slides, but when they start movin', you're gettin' into sin.
David Ate Holy Bread
Holy Bread
Holy Day
David did it
Why?
Because he was hungry
You are allowed to satisfy hunger.
The story was told some years ago of a pastor who found the roads blocked one Sunday morning and was forced to skate on the river to get to church, which he did.
When he arrived the elders of the church were horrified that their preacher had skated on the Lord's day.
After the service they held a meeting where the pastor explained that it was either skate to church or not go at all.
Finally one elder asked, "Did you enjoy it?"
When the preacher answered, "No," the board decided it was all right!
Priests Work on Sabbath
Priest work on Sabbath
Why?
Service of God
Disciples are in
Service of God.
So it is ok!
Desire of Ages (Chapter 29—The Sabbath)
Christ would teach His disciples and His enemies that the service of God is first of all.
The object of God’s work in this world is the redemption of man; therefore that which is necessary to be done on the Sabbath in the accomplishment of this work is in accord with the Sabbath law.
- DA p. 285
Mercy and Not Sacrifice
Heartless traditions
rites
ceremonies
Cared not for
humans
salvation
Sacrifices = Ceremony
useless without
MERCY!
Sabbath Made for Man
Withered Hand
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