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Slide1
The Sabbath
Slide2Genesis is not a story about creation it is a story about the creator
Slide3What does God mean by
rest?
Why does it
matter?
What can I do
about
it?
Slide4What does God mean by the rest?
Slide5Shabath
Slide6“God did not command men simply to keep holiday every seventh day, as if he delighted in their indolence; but rather that they, being released from all other business, might the more readily apply their minds to the Creator of the world”
John Calvin
Slide7Slide8Why does it even matter?
Slide9Barak
Slide10“the Sabbaths are our great cathedrals”
Rabbi Abraham
Joshua
Heschel
Slide11How do I get this in my life?
Slide12In our own contemporary context of the rat race of anxiety, the celebration of Sabbath is an act of both resistance and alternative. It is resistance because it is a visible insistence that our lives are not defined by the production and consumption of commodity goods.
Walter
Bruggemann
Slide13Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30
For my yoke is easy and my burden is light
Matthew 11 v 28-30
Slide14Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you’ll recover your life. I’ll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won’t lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you’ll learn to live freely and lightly.
Matthew 11 v 28-30
Slide15Be with Jesus
Become like Jesus
Do what Jesus did