::READ EXODUS 20:8-11::
· What is the fourth commandment?· What does that mean?
· Why do we need to keep the Sabbath? (take a day out of our busy schedule)
· Who was the first to have a day of rest? (God)
· Do you think He needed a day of rest? (NO…he is God! He was giving us an example)
· Who does this commandment apply to?
· What happens if you break the Sabbath?
· People made up LOTS of rules so they won’t break the Sabbath.
::TAKE THE SABBATH QUIZ::
What to do…Read a few of the Sabbath laws; mark True or False, if you think if they were really put into practice, or if they were made up.
1. _________There was no planting or activities that promoted planting (i.e. watering, or fertilizing)
2. _________You may not remove all or part of a plant from its source of growth.
3. _________You may not pick apples and put them in a basket, however if a basket full of apples falls in the house, you may pick those up.
4. _________Apple juice or orange juice making will be against the law.
5. _________If one has a handful of peanuts, in their paper-thin brown skins, and one blows on the mixture of peanuts and skins dispersing the unwanted skins from the peanuts it would be breaking the Sabbath.
6. _________Filter water to make drinking water is not allowed.
7. _________To avoid breaking the law people would cut fruit into slightly larger pieces, because cutting them very small would be against the law.
8. _________Baking, cooking, frying, or any method of applying heat to food to prepare for eating is against the Sabbath law.
9. _________Detangling fibers is prohibited.
10. _________Passing any yarn through warp for the purpose of weaving is not allowed.
11. _________Tearing an object in two is not allowed.
12. _________Trapping a fly in a cup is prohibited.
13. _________You may not end the life of an animal.
14. _________Removing the hide from the body of a dead animal is prohibited.
15. _________Cutting any object to a specific size is against the law.
16. _________You may not write on the Sabbath.
17. _________Erasing in order to write two or more letters was not allowed.
18. _________While extinguishing a fire is forbidden even when great property damage will result, in the event of any life-threatening fire one is required to extinguish the flames.
20. _________You may not use a stapler.
21. _________You may not carry a load out of your house.
22. _________In the event that a human life is in danger, you are not only allowed, but required, to violate any Shabbat law that stands in the way of saving that person.
· All answers are TRUE.
· How did these rules get in the way with taking a Sabbath break?
· Do you think these rules helped keep the Sabbath holy?
· What should you do on the Sabbath? (DOES IT DRAW YOU CLOSER TO GOD?)
o Go to church, Sabbath/Sunday School, etc.
· Is the Sabbath an excuse to sleep in and not do chores, or homework?
::SATURDAY VS SUNDAY::
· Does it matter what day of the week we go to church?
· Sabbath is the day in bible…the one Jesus went to church on
· Sunday is the day Jesus rose from the dead
· No it doesn’t matter what day you go to church, as long as you keep one day set aside for God.
::CHALLENGE::
Set one day aside for a Sabbath break….
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