Ten Commandments (Pt 17)

Is the Sabbath for Jews, not Gentiles?; Isaiah 56

Topics covered:

- Is the Sabbath for Jews, not gentiles?

- Video clip - Allen Parr / The Beat - Are Christians still required to obey the Sabbath?

- Commentary on Allen Parr's video

- Grasping the sleeves of a Jewish man

- Grafting in the wild olive tree branches

- Do not let the son of the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord speak saying, "The Lord has utterly separated me from His people."

-- Isaiah 56 full chapter

- Keeping the Sabbath as an expression of keeping covenant

- The dangers of classifying, categorizing and compartmentalizing God's commandments.

- Sabbath observation references reiterated in the New Testament and beyond

Bible Verses Covered:

- Zechariah 8:23

- Numbers 15:39a

- Romans 11:17

- Ephesians 2:11-14

- Ephesians 2:19-20

- Isaiah 56:1

- Romans 3:21

- Isaiah 56:2-4

- Isaiah 56:5-8

- John 10:16

- Acts 17:12

- Acts 13:42

- Acts 15:21

- Matthew 24:20

- Isaiah 66:22-23

Other Sources Cited:

- Dr. Gary Smith: (New American Commentary) IS 40-66, VOL 15b

- Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica 2a, Question 99, Article 4