Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
The Fourth Commandment
Pop quiz!
1) What is the fourth commandment?
2) What are the other 9 commandments?
Not sure? How many of us claim to live by the scriptures and according to the 10 Commandments? I don't think we can claim to live by the 10 Commandments when we don't even know what they are!
Well, here they are. They can be found in the book of Exodus chapter 20 or Deuteronomy chapter 5.
1) ``I am יהוה your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt), out of the house of bondage. You have no other mighty ones against my face.``
2) ``You do not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. You do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim, am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.``
3) ``You do not bring the name of יהוהyour Elohim to naught, for יהוהdoes not leave him unpunished who brings His name to naught.``
4) ``Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, as יהוה your Elohim commanded you. Six days you labour and shall do all your work, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim. You do not so any work - you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do. And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strang hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
5) ``Respect your father and mother as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged and so that it is well with you on the soil that יהוה your Elohim is giving you.
6) ``You do not murder.``
7) ``You do not commit adultery.``
8) ``You do not steal.``
9) ``You do not bear false witness against your neighbor.``
10) ``You do not covet your neighbor`s wife, nor do you desire your neighbor`s nhouse, his field, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.``
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of spending the weekend with a dear friend of mine and we dove into the scriptures to study exactly what it means to `keep the Sabbath``. It was awesome!
Based on our scripture study, these are the things we learned about keeping the Sabbath
Genesis 2:1-3
-The Sabbath is Holy (set apart)
-The Sabbath is blessed
Exodus 16:22-30
-The Sabbath is a day of solemn rest
-The Sabbath is done FOR יהוה .
-You will recieve no benefit from your work done on the Sabbath
On that note, a quick little story. Good friends of mine own their own business, and up until a few years ago, they were open for business on the Sabbath. They told me that they struggled with the idea of shutting down on the Sabbath, (which on the calendar is saturday, NOT sunday!!!). But when they finally made the decision, and shut down for the Sabbath, their business DOUBLED! So truly, we will necieve no reward for any work we do on the Sabbath!
-We are to stay in our own place on the Sabbath
Exodus 31:12-16
-Do no work on the Sabbath in order to keep the Sabbath holy
-The Sabbath is given as a sign between us and יהוה that we will know he is יהוה who sanctified us.
-Those who profane it will be put to death (those who treat it as ordinary will be put to death)
-Whoever does work on it will be cut off
-it is a covenant FOREVER (emphasis mine)
Exodus 35:3
-you shall kindle no fire in dwelling places on the Sabbath
Leviticus 16:31
-Afflict (deny) yourself on the Sabbath
Leviticus 23:3
-The Sabbath is a holy convocation (rehearsal)
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
-Keep the Sabbath as a remembrance that יהוה brought us out from bondage
Numbers 10:31
-Don`t buy or sell on the Sabbath
I have come to LOVE the Sabbath. When I first began keeping the Sabbath, it was out of obedience, a desire to begin keeping the commandments. But I have really begun to appreciate it as a day of rest and scripture study. Just this morning my husband pulled out the reading for today off of the Torah calendar, and my heart was filled with love for him. I feel so blessed to have my husband and my children. Life is good!!
On the sixth day (friday) I generally try to get all my housework done, and to get challa (sabbath bread) made. We have a Shofar to blow to usher in the Sabbath in our home at the end of the sixth day at sundown, (though we rarely remember to blow it, something I hope changes really soon). I love the sound when the shofar is blown! As soon as the Sabbath begins we all just power down, stay home and relax, we do not travel anywhere, we do not cook or clean. What`s not to love. Seriously, I have no idea why anyone wouldn`t want to do this.
1) What is the fourth commandment?
2) What are the other 9 commandments?
Not sure? How many of us claim to live by the scriptures and according to the 10 Commandments? I don't think we can claim to live by the 10 Commandments when we don't even know what they are!
Well, here they are. They can be found in the book of Exodus chapter 20 or Deuteronomy chapter 5.
1) ``I am יהוה your Elohim who brought you out of the land of Mitsrayim (Egypt), out of the house of bondage. You have no other mighty ones against my face.``
2) ``You do not make for yourself a carved image, any likeness of which is in the heavens above, or which is in the earth beneath, or which is in the waters under the earth. You do not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, יהוה your Elohim, am a jealous Ěl, visiting the crookedness of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing kindness to thousands, to those who love Me and guard My commands.``
3) ``You do not bring the name of יהוהyour Elohim to naught, for יהוהdoes not leave him unpunished who brings His name to naught.``
4) ``Guard the Sabbath day, to set it apart, as יהוה your Elohim commanded you. Six days you labour and shall do all your work, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of יהוה your Elohim. You do not so any work - you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your ox, nor your donkey, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates, so that your male servant and your female servant rest as you do. And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Mitsrayim and that יהוה your Elohim brought you out from there by a strang hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, יהוה your Elohim commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
5) ``Respect your father and mother as יהוה your Elohim has commanded you, so that your days are prolonged and so that it is well with you on the soil that יהוה your Elohim is giving you.
6) ``You do not murder.``
7) ``You do not commit adultery.``
8) ``You do not steal.``
9) ``You do not bear false witness against your neighbor.``
10) ``You do not covet your neighbor`s wife, nor do you desire your neighbor`s nhouse, his field, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, his ox, nor his donkey, or whatever belongs to your neighbor.``
A few weeks ago, I had the honor of spending the weekend with a dear friend of mine and we dove into the scriptures to study exactly what it means to `keep the Sabbath``. It was awesome!
Based on our scripture study, these are the things we learned about keeping the Sabbath
Genesis 2:1-3
-The Sabbath is Holy (set apart)
-The Sabbath is blessed
Exodus 16:22-30
-The Sabbath is a day of solemn rest
-The Sabbath is done FOR יהוה .
-You will recieve no benefit from your work done on the Sabbath
On that note, a quick little story. Good friends of mine own their own business, and up until a few years ago, they were open for business on the Sabbath. They told me that they struggled with the idea of shutting down on the Sabbath, (which on the calendar is saturday, NOT sunday!!!). But when they finally made the decision, and shut down for the Sabbath, their business DOUBLED! So truly, we will necieve no reward for any work we do on the Sabbath!
-We are to stay in our own place on the Sabbath
Exodus 31:12-16
-Do no work on the Sabbath in order to keep the Sabbath holy
-The Sabbath is given as a sign between us and יהוה that we will know he is יהוה who sanctified us.
-Those who profane it will be put to death (those who treat it as ordinary will be put to death)
-Whoever does work on it will be cut off
-it is a covenant FOREVER (emphasis mine)
Exodus 35:3
-you shall kindle no fire in dwelling places on the Sabbath
Leviticus 16:31
-Afflict (deny) yourself on the Sabbath
Leviticus 23:3
-The Sabbath is a holy convocation (rehearsal)
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
-Keep the Sabbath as a remembrance that יהוה brought us out from bondage
Numbers 10:31
-Don`t buy or sell on the Sabbath
I have come to LOVE the Sabbath. When I first began keeping the Sabbath, it was out of obedience, a desire to begin keeping the commandments. But I have really begun to appreciate it as a day of rest and scripture study. Just this morning my husband pulled out the reading for today off of the Torah calendar, and my heart was filled with love for him. I feel so blessed to have my husband and my children. Life is good!!
On the sixth day (friday) I generally try to get all my housework done, and to get challa (sabbath bread) made. We have a Shofar to blow to usher in the Sabbath in our home at the end of the sixth day at sundown, (though we rarely remember to blow it, something I hope changes really soon). I love the sound when the shofar is blown! As soon as the Sabbath begins we all just power down, stay home and relax, we do not travel anywhere, we do not cook or clean. What`s not to love. Seriously, I have no idea why anyone wouldn`t want to do this.
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