It's been a lovely Sabbath again today. After our hymn sing, and the next chapter of BEYOND THE END TIMES, we again got into a discussion on the matter of the 4th commandment. I can recite it, as the children and I learned it for school over a decade ago. It's found in Exodus 20:8--11 and reads like this.
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work but the SEVENTH day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt not do any work--thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor the cattle nor thy stranger that is within thy gates. For in 6 days the Lord made Heaven and Earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the SEVENTH day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it.
How I long for all of those I love to open their hearts to TRULY hear the words of this Scripture passage. Fourteen years ago, Robert and I felt the Lord leading us to interpret these words literally. We went against all that we had been taught and followed the Lord in obedience to these words. OH THE PEACE THAT IT HAS BROUGHT US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time and time again, the Lord has honored our obedience to this and I wouldn't give up observing the Lord's Sabbath day of rest to save my life. After all, it is one of the 10 Commandments!!!
Please ponder this passage seriously, for the seventh day is the day that the Lord has blessed and made holy. It is the day that HE rested from His labors at creation. How can we resist following His example on the 4th commandment when we wouldn't dream of throwing out any of the others? May the Lord bless you with the truth here so that you may join the growing ranks of believers who are starting to "Keep the Sabbath."
2 comments:
There is a great blessing in keeping the Sabbath, isn't there? I am so happy to know you and we may have not met had we both not been Sabbath keepers. May God continue to bless you with healing. Love, Kimberly
Dear Kimberly,
You are SOOOO right! We have had many blessings on the Sabbath day that we never experienced in our Sunday keeping years. How I wish that every family would just give the Sabbath a try. I have to wonder if even one week of it's peace wouldn't convince them that it is a hallowed day. I praise God that He showed us this AND that HE had you and I meet. ;)
Have a great week in the Lord!
Dawn
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