I. The Sabbath Rest

A. Worship is . . .

1. Obedience

The unleavened bread was a reminder of

a. Their Uniqueness

2 Corinthians 5:17

17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

b. Moral Purity

1 Corinthians 5:6-8

6 Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

c. Their to Obey Quickly

Illustrate Lot

Genesis 19:16

16 And while he lingered, the men took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.

2. Obtained After the Lamb

B. Rest is . . .

1. Rest from Self Effort

Illustrate Israel Heb 3:16 – 4: 1-11

Hebrews 4:9-10

9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.

2. Peace with God

John 14:27

27 “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

II. The Sacrifice of the First Fruits

A. What did God ask Israel to Sacrifice? The first thing you going to say is going to be the lambs, the sacrifices on the altars. Let me share with you some you may not have caught.

1. The Sacrifice of Comfort and Convenience

2. The Sacrifice of Time

3. The Sacrifice of their Best

4. The Sacrifice of their Self

B. The Best Was Yet to Come

This offering was require before any of the gains could be used. It signaled that good things were coming.

C. What is the First Fruit of our Salvation?

1 Corinthians 15:20-23

20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.

Conclusion:

They Ended with Worship – The Seven Day was a day where the assembled again to worship.

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