The Lord’s Sabbath Day
” ‘Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work on it; it is the Sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.’ “
Leviticus 23:3
God did not say two days of rest, but one day. One day of rest, and it was not just to rest your body, it was a day to give to the Lord. Every seventh day of the week, which was called the Sabbath Day, was to be set apart for God. The seventh day was a holy day, not a play day.
The Sabbath Day is important for two reasons. First, think of how many people you know who have worked seven days a week without getting any rest, end up getting very ill. Mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually it can affect you. Think about it.
Second, what do people do on their days off? They play hard. Then, when Sunday comes, they are too tired or too sore to go to church. What happens? They abuse the Lord’s Sabbath Day with selfishness.
Remember what happened to the children of Israel when they did not observe the seventh year rest? For every seventh year they worked, they had to pay it back to God. That is why they went to Babylon for 70 years.
We should never abuse the Lord’s Sabbath Day. He has given us clear instructions in His Word, and we need to obey.
A weekly Sabbath walls in our wild nature.
-Christopher Nesse-
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