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Sabbath as Resistance

1. God commands Sabbath
2. Our bodies/minds need it
3. We learn to live by faith
4. It is for everyone

Scripture used: Mark 8:36-37 NIV, Deuteronomy 5:12-15 NIV, Matthew 5:17 NIV, Matthew 6:26 NIV

Quotes:

From Survival Guide for the Soul by Ken Shigematsu:

"According to Scripture, anything we turn for our primary source of meaning and validation apart from God is an idol... One of the most commonly worshiped idols today is work... Yet God has long had alternative, a means of setting us free from the god of work."

"[Sabbath is a day to] cease from what is necessary and embrace what gives life... to lay hold of whatever you've put off, and pushed away through lack of time, lack of room, lack of breath; it is a day to shuck the have-to's, and lay hold of the get-to's."

From Sabbath as Resistance by Brueggemann:

"The Sabbath rest of God is the acknowledgment that God and God's people in the world are not commodities to be dispatched for endless production... Rather they are subjects situated in an economy of neighborliness."