Chain Reference Your Bible To Prove The Sabbath!

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Chain Reference Your Bible To Prove The SABBATH!

By Phill Dunagan

1. Gen. 2:2	God rests on the seventh day and sanctifies the Sabbath
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2. Ex. 16:4-5	The Sabbath a TEST COMMANDMENT to prove whether one will walk in God's Law or not.
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3. Ex. 16:23	God reveals to Israel the CORRECT DAY to keep the Sabbath after they have been in Egypt for 400 years.
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4. Ex. 20:8 - 11	Sabbath a part of the Decalogue, the TEN COMMANDMENTS engraved in tablets of stone by the very finger of God. Shows the Sabbath is a memorial of God's creation.
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5. Ex. 31:13-17	Sabbath is a SIGN of God's people. We of the faith are spiritual Israelites; children of Abraham (Gal. 3:7)
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6. Deut. 5:12-15	Sabbath again included as part of the Ten Commandments. Emphasizes that the Sabbath is a day of LIBERTY.
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7. Ezek. 20:12	Sabbath a SIGN of SANCTIFICATION
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8. Ezek. 20:20-23	The breaking of the Sabbath a primary reason Israel went into CAPTIVITY and was scattered.
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9. Mark 1:21	Jesus Christ teaches on the Sabbath.
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10. Luke 4:16	Jesus Christ faithfully attends the synagogue on the Sabbath as His custom or habit was. We are to walk in His steps (I Peter 1:21)
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11. Mark 2:27-28	Sabbath was made for MAN, not just for the Jew. Jesus Christ is LORD of the Sabbath.
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12. Matt. 24:20	Show Sabbath was still to be observed in later times.
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13. Luke 23:56	Holy Spirit inspires N.T. writer Luke to affirm that the Sabbath was still a COMMANDMENT. Luke was written around 60 AD. Almost 30 years after Christ's death.
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14. Heb. 4:9	There remains a SABBATISMOS (Greek-"A keeping of the Sabbath") to the people of God. The Sabbath is a picture of the rest we have in Christ and finally in His Kingdom.
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15. Acts 13:14-15	Paul teaches in Antioch in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
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16. Acts 13:42-44	Paul teaches to BOTH Jews and Gentile on the Sabbath.
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17. Acts 16:12-13	Paul teaches in a strictly GENTILE area in Philipi on the Sabbath.
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18. Acts 17:1-4	Paul teaches on three consecutive Sabbath to Jews and Greeks.
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19. Acts 18:1-4	Paul works six days as a tent maker and teaches in the synagogue every Sabbath.
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20. Isa. 56:2-7	A MILLENNIAL reference to God's Sabbath
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21. Isa. 58:13-14	We are to turn away from doing our own pleasure on the Sabbath and call the Sabbath a DELIGHT.
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22. Isa. 66:23-24	Sabbath to be kept after the time of the NEW HEAVENS and the NEW EARTH.

For information about HOW to "Chain Reference" you Bible, go to this link: HOW TO CHAIN REFERENCE YOUR BIBLE

Our good friends with the Church of God, International provide this insightful article for further study: DID THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH OBSERVE THE SABBATH AND HOLY DAYS?

Bible Study Tip

One of the most valuable tools you can obtain for effective Bible Study is a good wide margin Bible, in readable print. The extra space you will have for making notes will be invaluable. Over the years you will create an invaluable resource for your Bible study and reference. It will definitely be an aid to chain referencing your Bible, as well as making notes from sermons and personal study.

As a minister, the wide margin Bible I make notes in is the the most serviceable resource I utilize. A good, useable Bible, that is suited for your needs, is one of the best investments you can make. I personally use a wide margin Oxford in the King James Version as my main Bible.

I would discourage you from making your main Bible some of the modern '"study Bibles". They are O.K. for some reference material , but much of them are biased and some of the notes very misleading. You will find your personal notes put into your Bible much more meaningful and helpful. A well marked Bible is a gold mine.