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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” B. ITS SHIFT TO SUNDAY [44:43]. There is no explicit statement declaring this, but the patterns of the apostolic church yield more than enough to make it apparent. OBSERVATIONS: 1. 1 Cor 15:13-14: if there is no resurrection, our faith in the resurrected Christ is in vain. How glorious then is the first day? 2. Jesus appears to the disciples on the first day (Jn 20:19, then the next time in Jn 20:26). 3. Pentecost fell on the first day (Acts 2:1). 4. The disciples met on the first day (Acts 20:5, 7). They were already in the habit of meeting on the first day (cf. Heb 10:24-25). 5. 1 Cor 16:1-3: another example of the infant church meeting on the first day. 6. Rev 1:10: “Lord’s Day” only mentioned elsewhere in the context of the Lord’s Supper. APPLICATIONS [52:46] 1. The Sabbath is simple and beautiful (Lk 11:46). Jesus didn’t want His people burdened. 2. The Sabbath indicates the states of our hearts. Where are they on the Sabbath? The Sabbath is a delight. 3. The Sabbath is a picture of our future rest: the eternal Sabbath.
Ian Migala (4/24/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” II. ITS NEW TESTAMENT ORDINANCE AND CHANGE TO THE FIRST DAY [37:15]. A. ITS ORDINANCE. Mk 2:23-28 is also paralleled in Mt and Lk. OBSERVATIONS: 1. The Lord doesn’t mention a termination of the Sabbath. 2. Mt 12:6-8: Jesus exonerates the disciples from the Pharisees’ charges of Sabbath-breaking. 3. Jesus corrects the Pharisees: the Sabbath was created for man. 4. The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath day and thus can change it. 5. Jesus exonerates the disciples in Scripture with works of necessity. 6. Works of mercy are allowed on the Sabbath. 7. Principles are given by instruction and example, not didactic teaching, as was the changing of the day of the Sabbath. Not everything can be declared by fiat, as the Pharisees had done. Sometimes, things need to be worked out for the sake of sensibleness.
Ian Migala (4/24/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” OBJECTION 1 [19:45]: It wasn’t a pattern we were expected to follow since it wasn’t mentioned again until by Moses at Mount Sinai. ANSWER 1: That period covered 2,500 years, compacted mostly into the book of Genesis. With all that Genesis had to communicate, it is not problematic that it didn’t speak much about the Sabbath. ANSWER 2: Gen 29:26-28: the notion of a seven-day week was well-established. Where else could it have come from? ANSWER 3: The Sabbath was in fact mentioned before the Decalogue (Ex 16:4-5, 18-30). OBSERVATIONS [26:36]: 1. This account was over two weeks before the Decalogue (“REMEMBER the Sabbath day…”). 2. It didn’t take the Israelites by surprise. 3. The Lord will provide for the seventh day on the sixth day. 4. People often forget the Lord and trust themselves (Ps 37:3, Is 58:13-14). OBJECTION 2 [29:52]: The Sabbath commandment was only meant for Israel. ANSWER: It was given to all of mankind. Deut 5:12-15: did God bring them out of Egypt and THEN give them the Sabbath? Ex 31:12-13, 16-17: the Sabbath is a unique sign between God and Israel that referred them back to the Creation (Ps 147:19-20, Rom 3:1-2, Is 56).
Ian Migala (4/24/2016)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” Blue laws have faded over the last two generations. Liberal groups went to North Dakota to repeal their strict laws. We see it debated in various states, including here in Minnesota, year after year. Is this nostalgia, or is there a New Testament principle for the Christian Sabbath? I. ITS INSTITUTION [starting at 7:20 of the audio]. Gen 1:31-2:3 yields some observations: 1. WHY DID GOD REST? He neither slumbers, sleeps, nor get weary. 2. WHY SIX DAYS OF CREATION AND A SEVEN-DAY WEEK? He is all-powerful and could create everything in an instant. There is nothing in nature that alludes to such a pattern. When nations have tried different patterns, they failed miserably (Cf. Mk 2:27). 3. THE SABBATH WAS THE FIRST THING TO BE SANCTIFIED. For us to neglect it is to tread on holy ground (Mk 10:9). Further, why did He sanctify the Sabbath before the Fall? Sin had not yet entered the world, yet God was already drawing lines between the sacred and the common. 4. IF ALL OTHER CREATION ORDINANCES ARE STILL IN FORCE, WHY ARE WE SO EAGER TO JETTISON THE SABBATH? Jer 33:19-21: God places Israel’s willingness to break their covenant with David on their willingness to break the Sabbath, which was established with Adam, the federal head of the human race even before God’s curse upon the ground.
