Key Thought: The Sabbath is a covenant sign that points back to Creation, the covenant of grace, and to the final recreation when God makes all things new.
May 29, 2021

1. Have a volunteer read Exodus 16:23-28..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What does this tell us about whether the Sabbath was a day of fasting or not?
3. Personal Application: If God doesn’t need rest, why would God Himself rest on the seventh-day? What purpose might this resting serve? Why or why not? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “Why was God so particular about people gathering firewood on the Sabbath? What kind of activities like gathering firewood might we be guilty of breaking the Sabbath today?.” How would you respond to your friend?

2. Have a volunteer read Exodus 31:16,17.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. Why did the Lord use the Sabbath as a covenant sign?
3. Personal Application: What is it about the Sabbath that makes it appropriate as a symbol of the saving relationship with God? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “How is resting on the Sabbath a sign that it is special? What do people do differently on the Sabbath that makes it a sign?” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Exodus 31:13-17..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What does it mean to “know” the Lord?
3. Personal Application: How does keeping the Sabbath help us to “know” the Lord? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “What is the Sabbath a sign of? Isn’t it a sign of works for salvation? Isn’t it the Jewish Sabbath given to them to remember the Exodus out of Egypt? What does that mean for us today?“ How would you respond to your relative?

4. Have a volunteer read Exodus 20:8.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. How are we to keep the Sabbath holy?
3. Personal Application: Has keeping the Sabbath helped strengthen your walk with the Lord? If nbot, what changes could you make?” Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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