2022-Feb-13 3:00PM

Liturgy

Before Service Song: Ps. 8: 1, 2, 5
*Votum & Salutation
*Song of Response: Ps. 25: 1, 2
Profession of Faith: Nicene Creed
Before Service Song: Ps. 71: 12, 13
*Votum & Salutation
*Song of Response: Ps. 122: 1, 3
Profession of Faith: Nicene Creed
Amen Song: Ps. 40: 2, 4
Prayer
Reading of Scripture:
- Leviticus 25:1-28
- Luke 4:16-21
Song of Response: Ps. 50: 1, 7, 11
Reading: Lord’s Day 38
Ministry of the Word: Remember the Sabbath
1. Background to the Sabbath
2. Fulfillment of the Sabbath
3. Enjoying the Sabbath
*Song of Response: Hymn 71
Thanksgiving Prayer
Offertory: Rehoboth
*Song of Closing: Hymn 80
*Benediction

Sabbath was the day of rest, representing when God rested on the seventh day.
Today we rest on Sunday, the first day of the week, and the day on which Jesus had risen from the dead and the Holy Spirit came to the Apostles.
Egypt was a hell on Earth for the Israelites. After the Israelites were rescued from the Egyptians, God gave them the day of rest on the Sabbath.
Do we have freedom today? We are driven by the need for things. Possessions. Everyone is tired by working hard all the time.
A day of rest was very uncommon in biblical times, in an age of agriculture.
The Sabbath day was more than a day of rest, it was a sign of the covenant. It was a unique covenant blessing.
God gave the Israelites blessings so they did not have to work seven days a week. But he also gave them a jubilee year where they could take every seventh year off of work.

Jesus was the fulfillment of the Sabbath.
Jesus healed on the Sabbath so that those He healed could have true rest from their afflictions, and worship God.

The goal of the day of rest is to put aside work, and sports, and focus on God and your family.
The ministry of the gospel, and theological education are also to be prayed for and encouraged, to ensure continued ministry of the gospel.
Together we sing, and pray, give praise to God, and hear the preaching of the word.
Sunday should be a day of joy.