I was almost caught up in the Seventh-day Adventist movement as a teen; however, I was able to study the Scriptures and disprove their legalism. Ever since I have been grace-oriented when it comes to observing the Sabbath. Warren W. Wiersbe mentions that nowhere in the New Testament are believers told to observe the Sabbath--it is the only one of the Ten Commandments not repeated in the New Testament. To me, every day is holy unto the Lord and I don't see a need to just have one day set aside. There is a reason that they called the Christian Sabbath the Lord's Day. (John said, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day.")
The Bible says that to some every day is alike--and to others, they feel compelled to set aside one day a week (cf. Rom. 14:5-6). Actually, the Sabbath was given to Israel as a sign of His covenant forever (cf. Ex. 31:13; Ezek. 20:12,20; Neh. 9:14). Once you realize that you are not under the law, but under grace, you will be free to dedicate every day to the Lord. The principle of rest is still in effect, but there is no sin in working on Sunday, for example. It was because of unbelief and disobedience that the people of Israel failed to enter into His rest. "He leads me beside the still waters/ He restores my soul." (So if you don't get your needed rest, God may give it to you anyway.) "Man was not made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man" (cf. Mark 2:27).
Clearly, there is no "hard-and-fast rule for the Sabbath, if you do decide to practice it as a principle of the Word. "My presence will go with you and I will give you REST." The Christian is fulfilling the spirit of the Sabbath by worshiping one day a week and not forsaking the assembling together of the brethren, as is the manner of some (cf. Heb. 10:25). The Christian enters into a permanent Sabbath that the Jews were unable to attain, because of disobedience. Soli Deo Gloria!
The Bible says that to some every day is alike--and to others, they feel compelled to set aside one day a week (cf. Rom. 14:5-6). Actually, the Sabbath was given to Israel as a sign of His covenant forever (cf. Ex. 31:13; Ezek. 20:12,20; Neh. 9:14). Once you realize that you are not under the law, but under grace, you will be free to dedicate every day to the Lord. The principle of rest is still in effect, but there is no sin in working on Sunday, for example. It was because of unbelief and disobedience that the people of Israel failed to enter into His rest. "He leads me beside the still waters/ He restores my soul." (So if you don't get your needed rest, God may give it to you anyway.) "Man was not made for the Sabbath, but the Sabbath for man" (cf. Mark 2:27).
Clearly, there is no "hard-and-fast rule for the Sabbath, if you do decide to practice it as a principle of the Word. "My presence will go with you and I will give you REST." The Christian is fulfilling the spirit of the Sabbath by worshiping one day a week and not forsaking the assembling together of the brethren, as is the manner of some (cf. Heb. 10:25). The Christian enters into a permanent Sabbath that the Jews were unable to attain, because of disobedience. Soli Deo Gloria!
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