Lesson 3: Remember the Sabbath
Home Group 10 Commandments Study

1. What do you need right now? Where does that come from?
Take some time to consider those questions in your group.
[Read Exodus 20:8-11]
2. What are the main parts of this command? What was God’s intent in giving it?
3. What past experiences have you had that were positive or negative regarding this command? Were those experiences strict and legalistic or lax and careless?
4. What is your natural response when you are given a command? Have you responded like that to this command?
5. The invitation to rest is intended to revive us, but instead it seems that we are prone to work-a-holism or laziness. Is this an accurate description?
6. Worship is also a time to be refreshed and refocused. In what ways has worship been a part of daily life? What makes it holy?
7. What does 20.12" class="scriptRef">Ezekiel 20:12, 20 describe as a purpose for the Sabbath?
8. Jesus responds to questions about the Sabbath in Mark 2:26-27, Matthew 12:8, and Luke 6:9. How does Jesus’ responses inform our understanding of the Sabbath?
9. How does Hebrews 4:8-12 describe our need for God’s rest.
10. What revives or refreshes you in your relationship with Jesus? What has he done to provide rest or a reason to worship for you?