Discussion Guide | Rest | PART 2 | Sabbath Is Freedom| Deut 5:12-15
Gathering Question:
If sabbath-keeping is part of your life, what is your favorite thing about the Sabbath? If sabbath-keeping is something you’d like to start doing, what is one way you think the Sabbath would help you?
Gathering Prayer.
Father, by Your Spirit, would you guide us into all truth. Help us to hear and be attentive to Your voice as we work through this study. In the name of Jesus, Your Son, we pray, Amen.
Opening Questions
- What stood out to you in the sermon?
- What insights did you gain?
- What questions did it raise?
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
- Why do you think modern American Christians don’t tend to focus much on this commandment?
- What is most challenging to you about this commandment?
Why keep the Sabbath? “…you used to be slaves…” (Deut 5:15)
- How do you think the Israelites would have first received the Sabbath after being set free from slavery?
Romans 6:11-17
- What are some ways you see people trapped in “slavery” to the world today?
- Why do you think Christians struggle to live into the freedom Jesus has already accomplished for them?
Sabbath is Freedom
- How do you see our resistance to Sabbath as keeping us enslaved to the pattern of the world?
- What are some of the practical ways keeping the Sabbath keeps us on the path of new life found in Jesus?
Closing Prayer: