The Feasts of the LORD

Text: Leviticus 23
18 May 2015

THE FEASTS OF THE LORD

1. They are called “Feasts of the LORD”

2. A holy convocation

3. Instructions:

a) To be kept
b) To be understood
c) To be perpetuated

4. Goals

a) Worship of the Lord
b) Relating to the Lord
c) Cultivation of spirit of the nation
d) Individual significance

THE SABBATH

1. Principle of Rest

2. Cessation from normal work

3. Included:-

a) Worship
b) Good works (as exemplified and taught by the Lord Jesus)

THE SABBATH

1. Historically

a) Not well kept
b) Not well understood

2. Breaking of the Sabbath

a) Abuse   (Nehemiah 13:15-22)
b) Misuse (Pharisees in the days of the Lord Jesus)