20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.
We live in a culture that celebrates “individualism.” The “self-made person,” the hero who “finds his voice,” the man or woman who bucks the system through their own sheer effort of will. Today, Pastor John shows that this isn’t God’s intention for His human race. God designed us to define ourselves in relationship to Him. That’s why He gave the Sabbath commandment to the nation of Israel. And that’s why He’s created the church as a place of belonging for you.
Now, let’s join Pastor John in the book of Exodus chapter 20 as he continues his message, Take Time For God.