In Exodus 20:8, we read -- "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy." The scripture says God "made" for six days, and rested and ended His work on the seventh day. "Wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it." And the Lord Jesus clearly told us in Mark 2:27 that He made the sabbath for man -- "The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath."
It is very interesting to note, when we analyze the commands of God, they are all for our benefit and well-being. In the beginning, Jesus showed us by example the importance of the Sabbath Day. God's Word tells us that after the Lord had worked diligently for six days to create our magnificent world, He rested on the seventh day and blessed it and sanctified it! It is a special day and a holy day!
Our Lord knew that both physically and spiritually we would need one day out of seven to rest -- to worship -- to be refreshed in body, mind and soul.
I think the great heart of God must be very sad today when He sees so much desecration of His Holy Day. And I'm afraid He weeps when He sees those who profess His name treating His holy day lightly and carelessly! In these very troubled times in our nation, and all over the world, faithful attendance in the house of God every time the doors are open should be a top priority for us!
In the 10th chapter of Hebrews, we read --
"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering: (for He is faithful that promised);
And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching."
Remember ---
God made the Sabbath for us --- let's keep it holy for Him!
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