Chariots of Fire Exodus 20:8-10
One Day a Week That's Actually Holy
Eric Liddell
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Chariots of Fire One Day a Week That's Actually Holy 1981
“God made me fast. And when I run, I feel His pleasure.”
Eric Liddell
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How This Connects to Your Life

Eric Liddell refuses to run in his best event at the Olympics because the heat is on Sunday. He does not negotiate this. His convictions are not for sale.

The Sabbath is the only commandment that opens with remember because God knew it would be the first one men forget.

The inability to rest is always at some level a faith issue. The Sabbath is God's weekly invitation to demonstrate what you actually believe about who is in control.

Exodus 20:8-10
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“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God.”
The cross provides what the Sabbath points toward: a finished work that gives the man who receives it the right to stop, to rest.
Three Questions.
No wrong answers. Just honest ones.
1
Do you actually take a Sabbath? If not, what do you tell yourself about why?
2
What are you afraid will fall apart if you stop for one day?
3
What would it look like to rest in a way that actually restores you rather than just numbing you?
The History Behind the Film

Chariots of Fire is the film at the center of this study. The scene is chosen because it captures something true about the specific challenge this study addresses. The filmmakers may not have intended a theological reading, but the truth they captured is there regardless of intention.

The History Behind the Scripture

Exodus 20:8-10 sits inside a larger argument Paul or one of the other biblical authors is making about how the renewed life looks in practice. The verse is not a standalone principle. It is part of a sustained argument about what it looks like when a man actually believes what he says he believes on Sunday morning.

How It All Connects

The connection between this film and this Scripture is the same one that runs through every study in this series: what a man sees in the mirror when he watches that clip is exactly the gap this Scripture addresses. The film names the problem. The Scripture names the source and the solution.

This Week
1
Choose your Sabbath day this week. Commit to it in advance. Put it on the calendar as an immovable appointment.
2
On your Sabbath: no work email, no work projects. Worship, rest, family, creation.
3
Tell one man in your group what day you are taking and ask him to hold you to it next meeting.
4
After your Sabbath, write down what was different in your anxiety, your presence with your family, your posture toward God.
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