3rd Commandment Quiz

The old Jewish Sabbath was...

• Sunday 12 am to Saturday 12 am

• Monday Sunrise to Tuesday Sunrise

• Friday sundown to Saturday Sundown

• Friday to Sunday

Answer explanation

Jewish time keeping was different than Americans. Sundown to Sundown

The chapter that shows we don't need to follow all the old laws and traditions

• 2 Corinthians 1

• Colossians 2

• 2 Maccabees 12

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chapter 3

Answer explanation

Colossians 2:16-17 ".... These are a shdow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ."

How much work could you do on the Old Sabbath?

• Under 2 hours

• Just work during the morning

• Whatever the local rabbi taught

• Absolutely no work!

Answer explanation

God was extremely clear NO WORK!

Example: Numbers 15:32-36

________ comes from hearing the message (Rom. 10)

The application of this commandment today means...

• We can't work a job on Sunday

• God likes when we take naps/rest

• We should regularly set time aside for worship

• We don't need to do anything our parents tell us to on Sunday because God said we shouldn't work

Answer explanation

God showed that he values our bodies and minds by giving us a day of rest. As NT Christians we don't have strict rules about this.

"Let us go to the house of the Lord!" Who said this?

Answer explanation

Psalm 122:1

The third commandment teaches

• Our attitude towards worship

• How we receive and listen to God's Word

• Mandatory and strict rules on we must rest on Sunday

• We don't need to worship at all.

"They (God's Word) are not just idle words for you they are your ________" Deut 32

• salvation

• life

• light

• jam

Answer explanation

Deut 32:47

Gifts God is protecting with this Commandment

• Possessions

• His Word

• Marriage

• Worship

In the explanation to this commandment, Luther says we should regard God's Word as _________ and gladly hear and learn it

Answer explanation

"But regard it as holy and gladly hear and learn it."