Sabbath isn't a reward for a productive week. It's a declaration that you're already free.

In week three of Get(ing) Out of Work, we turn to Deuteronomy 5 — where Moses restates the Sabbath command and adds something Exodus doesn't: a reason. Not creation, but liberation. God commands rest because he already got you out. To Sabbath is to remember who freed you, and to refuse — again — the identity of a slave. Sabbathing, it turns out, is a defiant act of freedom.

Questions for Reflection:

• What does your relationship with rest reveal about what you believe God requires of you?
• In what ways does the culture around you function like Egypt — demanding your productivity, time, and identity? How does Sabbath resist that?

Scripture References: Genesis 2:2–3; Exodus 20:8–11; Deuteronomy 5:12–15; Mark 2:27

Voices/Quotes: Eugene Peterson, Tell It Slant

Sermon Notes & Liturgy

We take a month or so every year to consider, together, the rhythm of creation according to God's design: Sabbath & Work This sermonette was a recorded during one of our regular Sabbath meals, where we gather together, around a table, to rest in Jesus,

Christ City Church gathers every Sunday at 10:10 AM at 642 Brookhurst Dr., Dallas, TX 75218; in the chapel at LHB.
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