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Complexity Bias
Complexity Bias
Complexity bias is the belief that complex solutions are better than simple ones.
Putting jelly in a perfectly good donut- don’t fix it if it ain’t broke.
Chocolate cake with white icing (COME ON)
Putting jelly in a perfectly good donut
Over thinking the merge lane on the interstate- I go, then you go…not complicated...
Complex diet and exercise plans, eat more fruits and veggies- do things that burn calories- and you will be better.
We think “it just can’t be THAT SIMPLE!”
That is how we view the 4th Commandment
We over complicate the simplicity of Sabbath.
We come of with rules to govern the Sabbath
George Washington was detained in Connecticut for traveling to NY for a church service.
Connecticut is known for their historic “blue laws”
So the perpetuating of the idea that the commands are God’s way of restricting us and stomping out our joy continues.
Paul speaks against this idea in
Whether we live or die we do to the Lord.
But the 4th Commandment was NEVER meant to restrict us, but is an avenue to FREEDOM.
Jesus lives this truth to the point that He enraged the Pharisees (letting disciples eat, healing… on Sabbath day)
4th Commandment
Reveals God to us
1. Reveals that God is a GOD OF ORDER.
The Creation narrative gives us a picture of God’s orderliness.
God accomplishes His work in 6 days and rests on the 7th.
Creation speaks of His order.
How our bodies work- digestion
The water cycle
The 4th Commandment speaks to God’s creation order.
God didn’t need to rest because He was tired, He rested as an example of order.
He rested to established a pattern, to establish a flow.
He rested to established a pattern, to establish a flow.
There would be times for labor and times for rest.
Six days you could earn a living and carry out your day-to-day responsibilities, and on the seventh you were to rest.
There would be times for labor and times for rest.
Six days you could earn a living and carry out your day-to-day responsibilities, and on the seventh you were to rest.
He rested so that when He told us to rest He could point to His own example
He rested because He has a purpose in our rest.
2. Reveals that God is IN CONTROL.
The opposite of control is Chaos.
speaks of chaos- darkness, nothingness...
and God speaks into chaos and creates all that exists.
The 4th commandment reveals God’s control.
He can take a “day off” and things don’t collapse (God doesn’t take a day off from holding things together).
Which means we can trust Him and rest in Him.
It reveals that we are not in control, which means we must trust Him
The sabbath has always had trusting in God as the center.
Trust that God will give you enough Manna on day 6 to make it through day 7.
Trust that God will sustain you in 6 days of work for you to rest on day 7.
3. Reveals that God is PERFECT.
He is not lacking in anything.
His purposes are perfect.
Rest and Worship are inseparable terms.
We rest in order to Worship our perfect God.
We rest as a mode of Worshipping our perfect God.
Confronts our Sinfulness
1. Confronts our SELF-JUSTIFICATION.
We work really hard to find ways to justify ourselves:
Whether we work and fight
Or come up with programs or schemes
Or we just defend and deflect our sinfulness so we can seem better off than we actually are.
We work hard to find justification that we all long for.
Everyone knows this verse for the most part.
We are all sinners and fall short of God’s standard.
The verse that often follows is - proclaiming our punishment.
But the actual verse that follows says
The 4th commandment confront our schemes to find justification outside of the work of Christ.
It confronts our working, our scheming, and our defending.
2. Confronts our NEARSIGHTEDNESS.
To be nearsighted means you can’t see very well far away.
Spiritually speaking, it is when we focus on the immediate without considering the long term, or even eternal.
In regards to sabbath, we let the concerns and circumstance all around us overwhelm us, ruling our time and demanding our attention.
Work has to be done… yards mowed, house clean, chores done...
Kids have activities
Things will always stack up...
Also we give ourselves to lesser pursuits rather than investing in lasting pursuits.
Work is important, but your kids are only young once
Hobbies are great, but investing in your spiritual growth reaps eternal rewards.
The 4th commandment confronts our propensity to be overwhelmed by the perceived urgency of whats in front of us.
3. Confronts our DISTRUST.
The 4th commandment confronts our unease with being out of control.
We like to control the situations and circumstances in our lives.
But when we are told to “calm down” don’t worry, that is when we worry the most, right?
Sabbath means to STOP, to cease working and rest.
No more “But what if...”
No more “But i need too..”
The root of our worry is we don’t really trust God.
Instructs our Following
1.Instructs us to STOP, REST, and WORSHIP.
Heb 10:
That verse is often used to tell us we need to come to church, and it is right, but there is more to it.
hebrews 10 19-25
We gather to remind each other, exhort each other, and encourage each other to follow Jesus.
We gather to hear from Jesus, experience His body, and to hold fast to the hope He brings.
We need each other, and the 4th commandment instructs us to set aside time to gather.
Church attendance doesn’t save you, but it is perhaps how God might get your attentions
9 kids came forward this week because their parents brought them.
Do your kids see being a part of a church as an essential part of life or something to fit in when the weather is good, but not too good, or there isn’t a ballgame or a particular thing to be hunted.
2. Instructs us to ACKNOWLEDGE our INADEQUACY.
“God’s rest symbolizes his control over the cosmos, which his people recognize whenever they yield to him the day they could have used to provide for themselves.”
Theologian John H. Walton
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