1. Mark 2.18-3.6

2. Why don’t your disciples fast? Why don’t your disciples keep the Sabbath? “I am the bridegroom” “I am the Lord of the Sabbath”

3. the bridegroom (2.18-22) Jesus is… Jesus is… “Your maker is your husband” –Isaiah 54.5 “In that day, declared the Lord, you will call me ‘my husband’… and I will betroth you to me forever” –Hosea 2.16,19 “Your forefathers… broke my covenant, though I was a husband to them” –Jeremiah 31.32

4. the bridegroom (2.18-22) Jesus is… Jesus is… You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married… And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. —Isaiah 65.4-5 “Your fasts… shall become seasons of joy and gladness and cheerful feasts” –Zechariah 8.19

5. the bridegroom (2.18-22) the Lord of the Sabbath (2.23-3.6) Jesus is… Jesus is…

6. the bridegroom (2.18-22) the Lord of the Sabbath (2.23-3.6) Jesus is… Jesus is… “For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth… and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” –Exodus 20.11 “Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out from there. Therefore… keep the Sabbath day.” –Deuteronomy 5.15

7. the bridegroom (2.18-22) the Lord of the Sabbath (2.23-3.6) Jesus is… Jesus is…