In the beginning He rested on the seventh day. He blessed the seventh day. He sanctified the seventh day. The Fourth Commandment God made the seventh day holy and gave it to man. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter.
Who changed the Sabbath to Sunday? Which day is the Sabbath? What Bible verses mention worship on Sunday? So, the Lords day is as old as our world and God designated it to be special.
He did not make the first six days of the week holy. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. This verse states that the Lord only made one day of the week holy at the time of Creation. God rested on the seventh day from His work of creating our world, He blessed the seventh day and then declared it holy.
Two Biblical examples illustrate this point. First, the antediluvians forgot God and His laws governing the universe, which include His weekly day of rest; and second, the nation of Israel also forgot God and His holy day.
See Genesis , 2 Peter 3 and Ezekiel If history proves anything, it proves that it does not take long for succeeding generations to forget the Lord. In that short span of time, mankind became so wicked that God grieved that He had created man.
However, before God delivered Israel, He required the slaves to rest from their weekly labor on the seventh day of the week as a condition to obtain freedom. Naturally, every slave welcomed a day of rest. Every Hebrew also wanted to be delivered from Egyptian bondage. But, after Israel kept their first Sabbath, Pharaoh sensed he was losing control of the Hebrews. So, he required the slaves to produce the same quota of bricks in six days as they had produced in seven.
In addition, he required them to also gather straw for the bricks as well! This unreasonable demand pushed the Hebrews beyond their physical ability and stamina. See Exodus 5. Note: Scholars debate whether Moses and Aaron called for Gods seventh-day Sabbath to be observed, thereby causing a work stoppage. Even though the Bible does not specifically say that the slaves observed the seventh-day Sabbath, this question can be resolved in four texts:. To answer this question, we need to investigate this topic from two perspectives.
Then, we need to investigate the intent of the law and the principles that surround the fulfilling of the law. The fourth commandment is the only commandment that requires man to do nothing at the right time each week!
Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates.
For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Therefore, one day is just like any other — every day is the same. If the Sabbath commandment is so important, why is it not mentioned in the New Testament?
These statements are untrue. So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. Sin is the violation of law. If there is no law, there can be no sin. Romans If the Ten Commandments were nailed to the cross, then God has no law against adultery and judging by what goes on today, many people really believe the Ten Commandments were nailed to the cross.
So, if there is no law, who needs grace from the penalty of a law that does not exist? The fourth commandment is mentioned in numerous places within the New Testament, including Hebrews 4.
Note: Many Christians believe the duties and sacredness of the seventh-day Sabbath were transferred to the first day of the week when Christ was resurrected. The Bible does not explicitly place man under any obligation pertaining to Sunday observance.
Part II includes a presentation on the change from Sabbath to Sunday. Work is defined as something we do for gain, something we do for survival, or something that we have to do. Instead, the fourth commandment means we should not do the work that we do during the week on the Sabbath.
How can a dairy farmer observe this commandment without causing injury to the cattle? Yes, of course. So, how can these situations be reconciled? His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath. He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread — which was not lawful for them to do, but only for the priests.
I tell you that one greater than the temple is here. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath. In this text, Jesus makes four points. Second, motive appears to be an important issue.
Third, certain tasks may be performed on the Sabbath. Jesus used the work the temple priests did on the Sabbath which desecrated the day as an example. Note: The priests rotated assignments so that no priest was continuously desecrating the Sabbath — see Luke Last, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees because as Lord of Sabbath, He — not they — was in a position to interpret how man should observe the Sabbath.
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath. But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Many followed him, and he healed all their sick, warning them not to tell who he was.
From this text we glean two important points: First, Jesus did good for others on the Sabbath. How can the remembrance of the Resurrection influence our worship on the Sabbath?
The Lord asks us, first, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Second, He asks us to rest from daily work. This means we should perform no labor that would keep us from giving our full attention to spiritual matters.
Our prophets have told us that we should not shop, hunt, fish, attend sports events, or participate in similar activities on that day. President Spencer W. Kimball cautioned, however, that if we merely lounge about doing nothing on the Sabbath, we are not keeping the day holy.
The Sabbath calls for constructive thoughts and acts. Kimball [], What kinds of things may we do on the Sabbath? We should consider righteous things we can do on the Sabbath.
For example, we can keep the Sabbath day holy by attending Church meetings; reading the scriptures and the words of our Church leaders; visiting the sick, the aged, and our loved ones; listening to uplifting music and singing hymns; praying to our Heavenly Father with praise and thanksgiving; performing Church service; preparing family history records and personal histories; telling faith-promoting stories and bearing our testimony to family members and sharing spiritual experiences with them; writing letters to missionaries and loved ones; fasting with a purpose; and sharing time with children and others in the home.
In deciding what other activities we could properly engage in on the Sabbath, we could ask ourselves: Will it uplift and inspire me? Does it show respect for the Lord? Does it direct my thoughts to Him? There may be times when we are required to work on the Sabbath.
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