Sat Apr 26

Listen up, little ones

Especially for the littles in your household.

Listen for the word sabbath.

Reading

Exodus 20:8–11, Deuteronomy 5:12–15 Remember/Observe

Optional Reading

2 Chron 36:22-23

Keys for kids

Also for the littles. Young households might choose, after Keys for Kids, to go directly to praise and prayer.

Questions

(some read these before notes, then ask them after)
  1. Do you look forward to the Lord’s Day each week? Why/Why not?
  2. How can we remember the Sabbath?
  3. How can we observe the Sabbath?

Notes

Friday’s here. Jump and cheer. Shabbat is coming. … Hurray! Shabbat is here! So begins the children’s book, Shabbat is Coming! Do we have that attitude about Sunday, the Lord’s Day? It’s Thursday, Sunday’s coming! It’s Friday, Sunday’s coming soon! It’s Saturday, Sunday is tomorrow! Hurray, it’s the Lord’s Day! Sunday is here!

The Exodus account of the fourth commandment uses the Hebrew word zākar that is translated remember most of the time. The Deuteronomy account uses the Hebrew word šāmar that is usually translated keep, guard, or observe. According to the TWOT, the basic idea of the root is to exercise great care over.

There does seem to be, in the words our LORD used, a slight difference in emphasis that some others have noted. Remember, of course has a backward look. And the Deuteronomy account also includes remembering, You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt (Deut. 5:15). Observe, however, tends to point forward. I think it’s reasonable to conclude that the observing in Deuteronomy is complementary to the remembering in Exodus. One is to look back, remembering the Sabbath past, even as one prepares to observe the Sabbath to come.

Swedish Method questions

See the Sunday reading for meaning of the symbols.

Praise

Psalm 122a, 10a

Prayer

  1. Pray that you will look forward to the Lord’s Day each week.
  2. Pray for the reading and preaching of God’s word tomorrow.
  3. Pray for a member of our church, for your family, and for a non-Christian friend/family member.
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