Sunday, March 20, 2011

20 - God's Commandment Remain Unchanged

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work; But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord Thy God: In it thy shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made haven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hollowed it." The Fourth Commandment, Exodus 20:8-11


1. Can any alerations be made in what God does?

Ecclesiastes 3:14 ____________________________________


2. Are His past requirements still required now?

Ecclesiastes 3:15 ___________________________________


3. When Go blesses something, how long will it be blessed?

1 Chronicle 17:27 ___________________________________


4. He hath blessed: and I canot do what?

Numbers 23:20 ___________________________________


5. Why did the Lord bless the seventh day?

Exodus 20:11 ____________________________________


6. By whom did God make the worlds?

Hebrews 1:2 ____________________________________


7.How involved was Jesus in the whole creation process?

Colossians 1:16 ____________________________________


John 1:3 _________________________________________


8. What then is Jesus' relation to the Sabbath?

Mtthew 12:8 ________________________________________


9. What do we know about our Lord?

Hebrews 13:8 ______________________________________


10. Looking nearly forty years beyond the crucifixion, what day was Jesus concerned about?

Matthew 24:20 ____________________________________


The seventh-day Sabbath is mentioned 59 times in the New Testament. And in no instance does the

Bible say that God ever removed its sacredness. By contrast the first day of the week is mentioned only

8 times in the New Testament, and not a single case does the Bible attach any sacredness to it.


11. According to Paul, what is the basis of the Sabbath rest?

Hebrews 4:4 ______________________________________


12. Paul confessed that he believed all things written where?

Acts 24:14 __________________________________________


13. On what day did he go to the house of worship?

Acts 13:14 __________________________________________


14. Gentiles wanted him to preach to them when?

Acts 13:42 _________________________________________


15. Who came the next Sabbath to hear God's word?

Acts 13:44 __________________________________________


16. On what day was prayer wont to be made?

Acts 16:13 ___________________________________________


17. How does the Bible tell us that gathering for public worship on the Sabbath was
Paul's regular practice?
Acts 17:2 __________________________________
18. How often did Paul present the Scriptures to both Jews and Greeks?
Acts 18:4 ___________________________________
19. How thoroughly did Paul instruct his converts?
Acts 20:27 ________________________________
20. Of whom would men arise, speaking perverse things?
Acts 20:30 ___________________________________
21. To what class of people was he speaking?
Acts 20:17 ___________________________________
22. When would this take place?
Acts 20:29 ___________________________________

Peter also predicted the rise of false teachers in the church who would
bring in "damnable heresies" (2 Peter 2:1).
23. In vision, Daniel was shown a power that would arise which would think to change what?
Daniel 7:25 ___________________________________
24. Paul told the early believers not to expect the end of the world
except there come what first?
2 Thessalonians 2:3 _____________________________
25. What two names did he call the one who would lead out in this falling
away? 2 Thessalonians 2:3. ____________________________
Carefully study 2 Thessalonians 2:1-12. This man of sin who would cause the church to fall away
would actually put himself in the place of God (verse 4). The mystery of iniquity was already
at work in Paul's day, but was not allowed to fully develop as long as a certain other
power was in existence (verse 7). Notice that this falling away would involve serious deceptions
(verse 9 - 12). The prophetic development of this apostasy is the subject of the next two lessons.
26. God wants all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of what?
1 Timothy 2:4 _______________________________________
27. For what weak reason do some reject God's commandments?
Mark 7:9 _____________________________________
"Man shall no live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
Matthew 4:4
28. The times of our ignorance God winked at; but now He commands men everywhere to do what?
Acts 17:30 ________________________________________
29. How should I respond when I learn the truth?
Psalm 119:60 ________________________________________
For further study: Booklet F
In the Light of God's Word...
  • I understand that it was Jesus who created the world and set apart the 7th day as the Sabbath.
  • I understand that neither Jesus nor His apostles ever abolished the Sabbath or sanctified another day in its place.
  • I choose to follow the example of Jesus and keep the Sabbath holy.

Next Lesson: Winds, Waves, and Beasts from the sea.














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