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Exodus 4:8-11
"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
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."
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April 4
Remember the Sabbath
The Sabbath is a sticky
issue. We live in a 24/7 world today.
More so, an entire denomination holds to
celebrating the Christian Sabbath on Saturday,
the seventh day, instead of on Sunday when most
Christians do in celebration of Jesus'
resurrection.
Some teach that Jesus did
away with the Sabbath but this simply isn't
true. The Pharisees and Jewish leaders had
made the Sabbath into a bunch of rules and
regulations about what could and couldn't
happen. For instance a Jew could only walk
so many steps on the Sabbath. It was more
work making sure that a person did no work on
the Sabbath!
Jesus didn't eliminate the
Sabbath but pointed out that the spirit of the
law had to be considered. It is acceptable
to do good on the Sabbath as Jesus did when he
healed. There are emergencies that need to
be taken care of and can't wait for the next
day.
On the other hand, doing
good and handling emergencies is not the same as
working and poor planning. Some jobs are
necessary on Sundays. Hospital workers and
emergency services are important things to have.
Livestock needs to be fed and cows must be
milked. But other jobs simply aren't
required. While I wouldn't advise anyone
to quit their job over Sunday work, I do advise
to consider whether Sundays are expected when
searching for a job. I believe that God
will bless anyone who makes a decision not to
work on Sundays. |
