Genesis 2:2-3:
“And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”
Exodus 20:8-11:
“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”
Isaiah 58:13
“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath [watch your step], from doing your own pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words, then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, and fed you with the heritage of Jacob your Father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
Whether you call the Sabbath Saturday or Sunday, it matters not according to the Bible. What matters is that the things you do honor and glorify God. It’s that simple.
Ways to honor God:
- Attending church or meditating on God and His word
- Fellowship with other believers
- Charity
- Breaking bread with family and friends
- Praising Him through singing and talking
Ways to dishonor God:
- Fraternizing places that employ people on the Sabbath
- Home remodeling
- Watching television
- Glorifying oneself and one’s body
- Practicing profanity or sexual immorality
Shalom
~Mary
~Song of Mary~ 