Keep The Sabbath Day
Biblical Violations Series:
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
(12) "Keep the Sabbath day to sancify it as the Lord Your God commanded you.
(13) You have six days to do all your work:
(14) But the seventh day is the Sabath of the Lord your God: in it you shall do no
work, You, nor your son , nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your
maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your livestock, nor your
stranger that is within on your property: that they may rest as well as you.
(15) And remember that when ou were servants in the land of Egypt, and and the Lord
brought your out from there with a mighty hand and by a streatched out
arm: therefore the LOrd your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
1. In the beginning God created the hevens and the earth...on the seventh day He
rested.
I have often wondered; why was it that God rested on the seventh day? Was He tired? If He was then we has better beware of wearing Him out with all our many petitions. Relax! I was just kidding! God was not then nor has He ever been wary of doing all that He does. All the people of the earth could be empowered of God and He would not lack a bit of His extreme might and power. So why did He rest on the seventh day?
God knew that we would need a rest at the end of a hard work week and He wanted us to have a special time to pause and reflect on what had been accomplished by His presence in our lives. God didn't rest on the seventh day because He needed it, He did it because we need it. We need time to plan our future and to communicate with Him about our dreams and aspirations.
2. You can have six days to do work.
Some of you can recall when there was litterally nothing open on a Sunday. However, as businesses and social mobility grew, more and more facilities were staying open seven days a week and many have gone to a 24/7 policy. This has been strenuous on minds and bodies as well as machinery; there has been a servere price to pay on the family front as well. We definitely do "Reap what we sow."
We have paid the price of our seven day work week with high blood presure, heart trouble, and an asortment of repedetive motion injuries. There has been a plague of broken relationships in the home and a tremendous rise in divorce and promiscuity among both adults and children.
In all this it seems that even if we do have a day off from work, we fail to find time for our relationship with God.
3. But I have to work on Sunday!
Yes! There are some services that need to be open around the clock on a 24/7 basis and there might even be a need for some of the gas stations and pharmacys to be open. While we're at it I suppose that abourt any business might be capable of finding justification for being open seven days a week. The resposibility for worship and rest then lies on the Christian's who are working and on those who are capable of providing meaningful worship settings for those who need to worship on another day or time.
What time or day do you have? Can I, or another pastor, or perhaps even you organize a worship setting so that you can communicate with God and other believers on your day or time off from work?
Think about it!
Deuteronomy 5:12-15
(12) "Keep the Sabbath day to sancify it as the Lord Your God commanded you.
(13) You have six days to do all your work:
(14) But the seventh day is the Sabath of the Lord your God: in it you shall do no
work, You, nor your son , nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your
maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your livestock, nor your
stranger that is within on your property: that they may rest as well as you.
(15) And remember that when ou were servants in the land of Egypt, and and the Lord
brought your out from there with a mighty hand and by a streatched out
arm: therefore the LOrd your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
1. In the beginning God created the hevens and the earth...on the seventh day He
rested.
I have often wondered; why was it that God rested on the seventh day? Was He tired? If He was then we has better beware of wearing Him out with all our many petitions. Relax! I was just kidding! God was not then nor has He ever been wary of doing all that He does. All the people of the earth could be empowered of God and He would not lack a bit of His extreme might and power. So why did He rest on the seventh day?
God knew that we would need a rest at the end of a hard work week and He wanted us to have a special time to pause and reflect on what had been accomplished by His presence in our lives. God didn't rest on the seventh day because He needed it, He did it because we need it. We need time to plan our future and to communicate with Him about our dreams and aspirations.
2. You can have six days to do work.
Some of you can recall when there was litterally nothing open on a Sunday. However, as businesses and social mobility grew, more and more facilities were staying open seven days a week and many have gone to a 24/7 policy. This has been strenuous on minds and bodies as well as machinery; there has been a servere price to pay on the family front as well. We definitely do "Reap what we sow."
We have paid the price of our seven day work week with high blood presure, heart trouble, and an asortment of repedetive motion injuries. There has been a plague of broken relationships in the home and a tremendous rise in divorce and promiscuity among both adults and children.
In all this it seems that even if we do have a day off from work, we fail to find time for our relationship with God.
3. But I have to work on Sunday!
Yes! There are some services that need to be open around the clock on a 24/7 basis and there might even be a need for some of the gas stations and pharmacys to be open. While we're at it I suppose that abourt any business might be capable of finding justification for being open seven days a week. The resposibility for worship and rest then lies on the Christian's who are working and on those who are capable of providing meaningful worship settings for those who need to worship on another day or time.
What time or day do you have? Can I, or another pastor, or perhaps even you organize a worship setting so that you can communicate with God and other believers on your day or time off from work?
Think about it!
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