Know assuredly that \u201cThe 7th Day Is the Sabbath of the Lord Thy God\u201d \u2013Ex. 20:10. In the New Testament, Christ claims the ownership of the Sabbath: He says, \u201cThe Son of man is Lord also of the Sabbath. \u201c \u2013 Mk.2:28. If He still claims the ownership of the Sabbath, just as in the Old Testament, the 7 th day Sabbath is therefore \u201cthe Lord\u2019s day\u201d \u2013Rev. 1:10.<\/p>\n
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Because of this, He did not speak of \u201canother day\u201d (Sunday) in the whole of His earthly life \u2013 Hebr.4:8. Search the scriptures and see if the Lord ever spoke of the 1 st day of the week (Sunday) as a day of divine worship.<\/p>\n
What we know is that He taught the people in defence of the observance of the Sabbath. According to Christ, God\u2019s commandments, including the Sabbath, are in force as long as the heaven and earth remain. :\u201dTill heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled\u201d \u2013Math.5:18. Beloved, do you think that Jesus came to destroy the law containing the Sabbath by His sacrificial death? Let\u2019s hear the answer to this question from the Lord\u2019s mouth: \u201cThink not that law come to DESTROY the law, or the prophets: lam NOT come to DESTROY, but to fulfil \u201c(or to obey, to fill up, etc; see Isa. 42:21) \u2013 Matt.5:17. Because of His perfect obedience to the whole law, He lived a clean, holy life. He asked, \u201cWhich of you convinceth Me of sin?\u201d \u2013 John 8:46.<\/p>\n
Beloved, if you are really Christ\u2019s, please rest on His day every week. Hebrews 4:4 says: God did rest the 7 th day from all His work. He commands therefore that, \u201cin this place again\u201d, that is,in this New Testament time, we must rest on the 7 th day from all our works as He did from His at creation (verse 5). If we shall enter into His eternal rest, we must rest on the 7 th day. \u201cFor he that is entered into His rest, also has ceased from all works, as God did from His \u201c \u2013 His. 4:10.<\/p>\n
Since it\u2019s the Lord\u2019s day, it is a day to serve the Lord alone. It is a day of worship: \u201cSix days shall work be done: but the 7 th day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: It is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.\u201d<\/p>\n
Attend services on this holy day to cast your burdens on the Lord, that He may give you His promised rest (Matt. 11:28). God has promised you a blessing, if you keep the Sabbath in truth:<\/p>\n
\u201cThen shall thou, delight thyself in the Lord: and l will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken this \u201c \u2013 Isai.58:13-14.<\/p>\n
The 6th day, Friday, is the preparation day. This day should be solely used for preparation for the next holy day of the Lord. Food and other essential things must be prepared for both the 6 th and 7 th day (Friday & Saturday), so that there will be no work done on the 7 th day. See Ex.16:23,25. He that keeps the 7 th day Sabbath holy receives a double blessing from the Lord! God will give you on the 6 th day THE BREAD OF TWO \u2013 Ex.16:29. Please enter into the Lord\u2019s blessed Sabbath this week that you may be permitted to enter into His eternal rest in heaven. God bless you..<\/p>\n
Christ commanded His wearied, hungry disciples to pluck the ears of corn on the Sabbath to eat. The Pharisees who saw this interpreted it as an unlawful act. In order to prove them wrong, the Lord referred them to the day when David and his men were every hungry and ate the showbread, which was not lawful for them to do so (except for the priests), to save his life and the lives of his men. With this illustration, Christ made it clear that He and his disciples had not broken the law of God on the Sabbath day. They were earnestly hungry; they had to eat to sustain their lives. The 4 th Commandment on the Sabbath day does not say that we can leave somebody to die or suffer because of the Holy Sabbath : A man\u2019s life is always precious and so some good work can be done to save life on the Sabbath day. This is why Christ said, \u201cThe Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath;\u201d and also that \u201cIt\u2019s well to do good on the Sabbath day. – Mark. 2:27 & Matt. 12:12.<\/p>\n
Has Sabbath-Keeping passed? \u201cThe Sabbath was made for man\u201d (or mankind) – Mk. 2: 27. Are you a man? If yes, then keep the 7 th Day Sabbath ; for man was created to rest on the 7 th day.<\/p>\n
Again, He says, it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail\u201d. \u2013 Luke 16:17. \u201cTHERE REMAINETH therefore (the keeping of a Sabbath) to the people of God.\u201d Heb. 4:9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"