Tuesday, April 16, 2013

What about the Sabbath?



     Is there a greater purpose to the things we do, than in us doing them?  Millions of people go to church because they feel they have to and millions more feel guilty when they do not go, because they would rather do other things.  The purpose of fellowshipping with other believers while worshipping God is the purpose of going to church.  It a place we gather to be taught, encouraged and convicted by God’s Spirit, while we praise and worship our Creator and Savior.  The Sabbath is a day to slow down, change from the ordinary and realize our greatest gift, is our salvation and our greatest purpose, is to be thankful and honor the One that saves us.

     Any rules about the Sabbath, whether man-made or self- imposed … are just rules. There is no life in them,  just there was no life in the countless rules added by the Pharisees and rigidly adhered to during the time of Jesus.  Our purpose and our worship are from God and unto God. We honor Christ with our worship when we come together and every day in what we do by making Him Lord of our lives.

“Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.  So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28 NIV).

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