"Fulfilled - Sabbath Laws Matt 12:1-21 " Nov 11,2018

Scripture teaches us that one day a week should be for rest and worship (Exodus 20:8-11). Every generation has had different ideas about what it looks like to rest on the Sabbath, especially first century scribes and pharisees. The Bible itself speaks very little as to what “keeping the Sabbath” is, and isn’t. In fact, the whole Torah (first five books of the Bible) only condemns one activity on the Sabbath, which is gathering sticks and kindling a fire (Exodus 35:1-3; Numbers 15:32-36). Throughout the rest of the Old Testament very little is added to the list of what “work” is. We are instructed that we shouldn’t carry burdens (Jeremiah 17:21-27), buy or sell (Nehemiah 10:31; 13:15-17; Amos 8:4-5), or use the Sabbath for our own pleasure, but to delight in God (Isaiah 58:13). That's it.That's all the instruction God gives us for keeping the Sabbath holy.