Comments on: How to Keep the Sabbath http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html Christ-Centered Teaching for Christ-Centered Living Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:29:47 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chris http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-952 Chris Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:44:38 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-952 Until 5 years ago, I believe what I believed, in large part because… well that’s just I had been taught. Until this past year I considered observing the Sabbath as being accomplished by going to church on Sundays. This of course is ridiculous. For if indeed there remained a command to keep the Sabbath day holy it would indeed be the seventh day. Before I proceed, I will say that the LORD is forming within me, a heart of passion for our great Himself and a compassion for His beloved people… you; my brothers and sisters. Keeping the Sabbath as a means of obtaining our salvation is as futile as honoring our mothers and fathers as a means of obtaining our salvation or not stealing or not coveting etc. Keeping the commandments of God is not going to save us. This, of course, has nothing to do with the commandments of God being bad, for indeed they are good. (Romans 7:12 ESV So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.) The Sabbath was never to be a burden. It was a gift. (Mark 2:27 ESV And he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.) We, as Christians should not be viewing the Sabbath as a burden to be released from, but a gift to be unwrapped and enjoyed. Consider which of the commandments are burdensome… (John 14:15 ESV John 14:21 ESV John 15:9-12 ESV 1 John 5:2-3 ESV "If you love me, you will keep My commandments… Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. (10) If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. (11) These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (12) "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you… By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments. (3) For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.) There is much to say, but I trust that those here, on Chips site, are Godly men and women with as much to offer me, as I have to offer them. And what do we have to offer but Jesus Christ? Nothing. Please keep in mind that all the Law and Prophets are summed up in… Love the LORD your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. Does keeping the Sabbath as a special day seek the love of God and or neighbor? It should. Until 5 years ago, I believe what I believed, in large part because… well that’s just I had been taught. Until this past year I considered observing the Sabbath as being accomplished by going to church on Sundays. This of course is ridiculous. For if indeed there remained a command to keep the Sabbath day holy it would indeed be the seventh day.

Before I proceed, I will say that the LORD is forming within me, a heart of passion for our great Himself and a compassion for His beloved people… you; my brothers and sisters. Keeping the Sabbath as a means of obtaining our salvation is as futile as honoring our mothers and fathers as a means of obtaining our salvation or not stealing or not coveting etc. Keeping the commandments of God is not going to save us. This, of course, has nothing to do with the commandments of God being bad, for indeed they are good. (Romans 7:12 ESV So the law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good.)

The Sabbath was never to be a burden. It was a gift. (Mark 2:27 ESV And he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.) We, as Christians should not be viewing the Sabbath as a burden to be released from, but a gift to be unwrapped and enjoyed.

Consider which of the commandments are burdensome… (John 14:15 ESV John 14:21 ESV John 15:9-12 ESV 1 John 5:2-3 ESV “If you love me, you will keep My commandments… Whoever has My commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him… As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Abide in My love. (10) If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. (11) These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. (12) “This is My commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you… By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey His commandments. (3) For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.)

There is much to say, but I trust that those here, on Chips site, are Godly men and women with as much to offer me, as I have to offer them. And what do we have to offer but Jesus Christ? Nothing. Please keep in mind that all the Law and Prophets are summed up in… Love the LORD your God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength and love your neighbor as yourself. Does keeping the Sabbath as a special day seek the love of God and or neighbor? It should.

]]> By: Chris http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-951 Chris Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:51:48 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-951 Could someone explain to me how even an earthly keeping of a literal Sabbath day of rest to the Lord is a burden or a bad thing? Could someone explain to me how even an earthly keeping of a literal Sabbath day of rest to the Lord is a burden or a bad thing?

]]> By: Phil http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-584 Phil Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:50:35 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-584 I wish my friend would read and understand this article, but he's shut me out because I don't agree with his insistence that we should all be Sabbatarians. I didn't realize the Hebraic/Jewish Roots Movement had become such a big deal for Christians until I did some web searches. Anyway, he's one of those unreasonable intellectuals who once they get something in their mind, all proof to the contrary is either marginalized or dismissed outright. I'm afraid he's going to have to come to the end of himself before he realizes the folly of going back to slavery in Egypt. I wish my friend would read and understand this article, but he’s shut me out because I don’t agree with his insistence that we should all be Sabbatarians. I didn’t realize the Hebraic/Jewish Roots Movement had become such a big deal for Christians until I did some web searches. Anyway, he’s one of those unreasonable intellectuals who once they get something in their mind, all proof to the contrary is either marginalized or dismissed outright. I’m afraid he’s going to have to come to the end of himself before he realizes the folly of going back to slavery in Egypt.

]]> By: Sharon http://theschoolofchrist.org/articles/how-to-keep-the-sabbath.html/comment-page-1#comment-122 Sharon Fri, 25 Sep 2009 13:15:12 +0000 http://www.theschoolofchrist.org/socwp/wordpress/?p=323#comment-122 Hello, I want to thank you for your explanation about the Sabbath. I am coming out of organized religion and though I didn't realize it while in it, I can see how ingrained religiosity became in my life(30 + years of knowledge and little heart change). This article was a big help. I have been thinking (Satan's arena)that I should be doing more and feeling sort of guilty that I don't attend church or take my 7 year old child anymore either. God has me in a season of rest (about 16 months now) and I will abide and enjoy this part of the process! Thanks again for sharing God's truth from your heart. Hello,
I want to thank you for your explanation about the Sabbath. I am coming out of organized religion and though I didn’t realize it while in it, I can see how ingrained religiosity became in my life(30 + years of knowledge and little heart change). This article was a big help. I have been thinking (Satan’s arena)that I should be doing more and feeling sort of guilty that I don’t attend church or take my 7 year old child anymore either. God has me in a season of rest (about 16 months now) and I will abide and enjoy this part of the process! Thanks again for sharing God’s truth from your heart.

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