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Read Exodus 31:13. What do you understand this to mean? How is it relevant to us today? What does it mean to have God sanctify us? How can we experience this process in our own lives?
Exoduc 31:13 King James Version (KJV) "13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."
Creation, Redemption, sanctification - they all are related. Creation, of course, is the foundation of everything (for without it there would be no one to redeem and sanctify). Yet, in our fallen condition, Creation is no longer enough; we needed Redemption, the promise of forgiveness for our sins. Otherwise, we would face eternal destruction, and our creation would be forever over.
Of course, inseparably linked to Redemption is sanctification, the process by which we grow in holiness and in grace in our lives. The word translated as 'sanctify' in Exodus 31:13 comes from the same root word used in Exodus 20:8, when the Lord tells the people to keep the Sabbath 'holly' The same root appears in Exodus 20:11, which says that God 'hallowed' or 'made holy' the Sabbath day (see also Genesis 2:3, where God 'sanctified' the seventh day). In all these cases the root means 'to be holy', 'to set aside as holy,' to be 'dedicated as holy.'
Exodus 31:13 King James Version (KJV) "13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."
Exodus 20:8 King James Version (KJV) "8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Exodus 20:11 King James Version (KJV) "11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Genesis 2:3 King James Version (KJV) "3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
God called Israel and set them apart as His holy people, to be a light to the world. Christ called His disciples to a mission of carrying the gospel to the world. Central to that task is the holiness and character of the ones spreading the message. The gospel is not just about no longer being condemned for our sins. As we saw yesterday, it is about being free from the bondage of our sins. It is about being new people in Christ and having our lives be living witnesses to what God can do for us here and now.
Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What is Paul saying here, and how can we relate this text to the themes of Creation and Redemption and the Sabbath? How can our Sabbath worship help us focus on these themes?
2 Corinthians 5:17 King James Version (KJV) "17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
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Read Exodus 31:13. What do you understand this to mean? How is it relevant to us today? What does it mean to have God sanctify us? How can we experience this process in our own lives?
Exoduc 31:13 King James Version (KJV) "13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."
Creation, Redemption, sanctification - they all are related. Creation, of course, is the foundation of everything (for without it there would be no one to redeem and sanctify). Yet, in our fallen condition, Creation is no longer enough; we needed Redemption, the promise of forgiveness for our sins. Otherwise, we would face eternal destruction, and our creation would be forever over.
Of course, inseparably linked to Redemption is sanctification, the process by which we grow in holiness and in grace in our lives. The word translated as 'sanctify' in Exodus 31:13 comes from the same root word used in Exodus 20:8, when the Lord tells the people to keep the Sabbath 'holly' The same root appears in Exodus 20:11, which says that God 'hallowed' or 'made holy' the Sabbath day (see also Genesis 2:3, where God 'sanctified' the seventh day). In all these cases the root means 'to be holy', 'to set aside as holy,' to be 'dedicated as holy.'
Exodus 31:13 King James Version (KJV) "13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you."
Exodus 20:8 King James Version (KJV) "8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy."
Exodus 20:11 King James Version (KJV) "11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it."
Genesis 2:3 King James Version (KJV) "3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made."
God called Israel and set them apart as His holy people, to be a light to the world. Christ called His disciples to a mission of carrying the gospel to the world. Central to that task is the holiness and character of the ones spreading the message. The gospel is not just about no longer being condemned for our sins. As we saw yesterday, it is about being free from the bondage of our sins. It is about being new people in Christ and having our lives be living witnesses to what God can do for us here and now.
Read 2 Corinthians 5:17. What is Paul saying here, and how can we relate this text to the themes of Creation and Redemption and the Sabbath? How can our Sabbath worship help us focus on these themes?
2 Corinthians 5:17 King James Version (KJV) "17Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
With Permission Of: http://www.ssnet.org/qrtrly/eng/11c/less03.html