The Sabbath day has always been an issue of controversy with most Christian denomination. It is not the observance of the Sabbath that is an issue but the day of observance.
According to scripture “six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work. —-. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” Exodus 20: 8-11.
As can be seen the day is a gift to us from God in honor of His work of creation. The Sabbath is therefore a day that remind us of our dependence on God and is day that is meant to be spent in worship of God and on reflection. A time for refreshment and renewal because as human beings we need to be reminded to stop and rest.
The observance of the day should however not enslave us to rules and regulations as some do. For as Christ said, “ the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” Mark 2:27. In other word God created the Sabbath for our benefit and not for His. We are the beneficiary of the Sabbath because if we take time to rest and to focus on God we are restored both physically and spiritually.
In the Christian denomination Sunday is considered the day of rest by many but certain denominations like The Seventh Day Adventist church (SDA) take the rest on Saturday.
In the Western world it is hard to tell the difference between the Sabbath day and other working days because people work Monday to Sunday. It seems that there is no particular day for rest even amongst those who claim to be Christians.
Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-complexity-of-the-sabbath-day/#ixzz1KgZwM8rR
According to scripture “six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work. —-. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it” Exodus 20: 8-11.
As can be seen the day is a gift to us from God in honor of His work of creation. The Sabbath is therefore a day that remind us of our dependence on God and is day that is meant to be spent in worship of God and on reflection. A time for refreshment and renewal because as human beings we need to be reminded to stop and rest.
The observance of the day should however not enslave us to rules and regulations as some do. For as Christ said, “ the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath” Mark 2:27. In other word God created the Sabbath for our benefit and not for His. We are the beneficiary of the Sabbath because if we take time to rest and to focus on God we are restored both physically and spiritually.
In the Christian denomination Sunday is considered the day of rest by many but certain denominations like The Seventh Day Adventist church (SDA) take the rest on Saturday.
In the Western world it is hard to tell the difference between the Sabbath day and other working days because people work Monday to Sunday. It seems that there is no particular day for rest even amongst those who claim to be Christians.
Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-complexity-of-the-sabbath-day/#ixzz1KgZwM8rR
