How do you honor the Sabbath?

[Gabbylittleangel]

I have followed several threads on the Sabbath. Things like if the Sabbath was on Saturday or Sunday. Is it a commandment to keep the Sabbath, or a sin not to.
I have asked this in another thread, and never got an answer. I am interested in your opinions, traditions and Scriptures to support your thoughts.


Exd 20:8 ¶ Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exd 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exd 20:10 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 thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Exd 20:11 For [in] six 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.


Exodus 20:10 says thou shalt not do any work.
What is it that you believe that you should do, or not do in order to honor the Sabbath?

 

[ZeroTX]

If you are doing something that you enjoy, then it is not work. E.G. if mowing the lawn is a chore that you detest, you probably should avoid doing that on a Sunday. If you enjoy it or really enjoy making your yard beautiful, then go for it.

Also, I think our God is not an unreasonable God. If someone needs to work for pay on Sunday to make a living and they have no other choice, but their heart wants to honor the Lord's Day, they are not commiting sin by doing it. Now, they should probably seek out a non-Sunday shift, if possible, though

As for what day the Sabbath falls on for us, it was changed to Sunday because in our tradition it is the day our Lord rose from the dead.

-Michael

 

[John the Baptist]

I have followed several threads on the Sabbath. Things like if the Sabbath was on Saturday or Sunday. Is it a commandment to keep the Sabbath, or a sin not to.
I have asked this in another thread, and never got an answer. I am interested in your opinions, traditions and Scriptures to support your thoughts.


Exd 20:8 ¶ Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exd 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exd 20:10 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 thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Exd 20:11 For [in] six 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.


Exodus 20:10 says thou shalt not do any work.
What is it that you believe that you should do, or not do in order to honor the Sabbath?

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John here: You say..

"I have followed several threads on the Sabbath. Things like if the Sabbath was on Saturday or Sunday. Is it a commandment to keep the Sabbath, or a sin not to.
I have asked this in another thread, and never got an answer. I am interested in your opinions, traditions and Scriptures to support your thoughts."

Just a thought comes to my mind here. You quote Christ's Word! And then ask what the forum's mixed/up crop believe? (Revelation 17:1-5) What do you expect to find from forums & 'tradition'?

Notice that even 'some' other 'folds' are having similar thoughts! Here is a four part warning that was in a thread that Victor posted up for me to read about who is a Baptist'. He had asked me, who or what was a Baptist, or something similar to that? Notice the words below of:
(if one wants to read the facts as this Baptist leader has written, maybe Vic will post the site here as well, huh?)

"The disappearance of the church"

Church Discipline

07/21/05 FIRST-PERSON: The disappearance of church discipline, Part 4
07/20/05 FIRST-PERSON: The disappearance of church discipline, Part 3
07/19/05 FIRST-PERSON: The disappearance of church discipline, Part 2
07/18/05 FIRST-PERSON: The disappearance of church discipline, Part 1

And about your question: The Word of God tells the Universe what day it is that They require 'all' to keep, if they Love Them, :fadein: and how these ones keep it. See Isaiah 58:12-14 where They even say that it is Their 'Holy Day'. Not the first day of the week.

 

[Georges]

I have followed several threads on the Sabbath. Things like if the Sabbath was on Saturday or Sunday. Is it a commandment to keep the Sabbath, or a sin not to.
I have asked this in another thread, and never got an answer. I am interested in your opinions, traditions and Scriptures to support your thoughts.


Exd 20:8 ¶ Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exd 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exd 20:10 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 thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates:
Exd 20:11 For [in] six 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.


Exodus 20:10 says thou shalt not do any work.
What is it that you believe that you should do, or not do in order to honor the Sabbath?

Here's the gig.....The Sabbath was created as a type to show how life would/should be in the future Millennial Sabbath...

God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th......

Using

Psa 90:4 For a thousand years in thy sight [are but] as yesterday when it is past, and [as] a watch in the night.

as a guideline, the Rabbis interpret the 7 day creation week as a time template of man's lease on the earth.....

In other words....In rabbinic interpretation as supported in thier writtings, 6 days would equal 6000 years...and 1 day would equal 1000 years....

6 days of work equal 6000 years of man's work on earth....
1 day of rest equals 1000 years of millennial rest (Messianic Kingdom).

When cathlo-protestants take their eyes off that template (ie change the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday)...they in effect take their eyes off the Messianic Millennium. Actually, cathloprotestants are Amillennial because they have taken their eyes off that template...One of the reasons is ignorance of Rabbinic interpretation...as occured in the past.

God specifically made the Sabbath observence commandment for that very reason....so the people will not forget the future Messianic Millennial Kingdom...

Makes you wonder what else do they have wrong...when you stray from Judaism, this very thing happens.

 

[Quath]

Also, I think our God is not an unreasonable God. If someone needs to work for pay on Sunday to make a living and they have no other choice, but their heart wants to honor the Lord's Day, they are not commiting sin by doing it. Now, they should probably seek out a non-Sunday shift, if possible, though

Heh. Tell that to the stick gatherer that God orderd to die by rocks being thrown at him.

 

[ttg]

I've worked in law enforcement for the last four years, and am currently in the process of finding another job, mostly because I hate working weekends.

Some organizations absolutely have be staffed seven days a week. God is not going to frown on a firefighter, nurse, soldier, or anybody who is in service to others.

Fortunately for Catholics, Mass is available every day of the week in most parishes. (Priests get one day off per week. If there is only one priest at a certain church, it will have one day per week that Mass is not celebrated.) I have a dispensation for attending weekdays since I work 12 hour shifts on weekends.

 

[SputnikBoy]

If you are doing something that you enjoy, then it is not work. E.G. if mowing the lawn is a chore that you detest, you probably should avoid doing that on a Sunday. If you enjoy it or really enjoy making your yard beautiful, then go for it.

Sunday is NOT the Sabbath.

Also, I think our God is not an unreasonable God. If someone needs to work for pay on Sunday to make a living and they have no other choice, but their heart wants to honor the Lord's Day, they are not commiting sin by doing it. Now, they should probably seek out a non-Sunday shift, if possible, though

Sunday is NOT the Sabbath.

As for what day the Sabbath falls on for us, it was changed to Sunday because in our tradition it is the day our Lord rose from the dead.

Sunday is NOT the Sabbath!

 

[Quath]

Some organizations absolutely have be staffed seven days a week. God is not going to frown on a firefighter, nurse, soldier, or anybody who is in service to others.

Why not? If God kills a man gathering wood on the Sabbath, why do you think he would give anyone else a break?

 

[Gabbylittleangel]

Just a thought comes to my mind here. You quote Christ's Word! And then ask what the forum's mixed/up crop believe? (Revelation 17:1-5) What do you expect to find from forums & 'tradition'?

What was I thinking!
What I expected to find is pretty much what I am getting. I got a handle on how the Lord wants me to honor the Sabbath. The verse in Romans about doing what I don't want, and not doing what I do what comes to mind if we were to discuss how successful I was at it.
Watching the other threads, and being in a goofy mood, I just felt like startin something. Enjoy!

 

[Vic C.]

Oh rats! Sputnik beat me to it. 8-)

Though, I don't equate Sabbath with corporate worship. I come feom work on Friday and stay there for the better part of Saturday. (I'm single). I eat, rest, study my Bible, maybe a post or two, rest some more, did I say eat? lol

Wow, that is pretty much what I do at work too. :wink: I'm a one man IT guy, with a almost efortless network I maintain. It's the loose nuts behind the keyboards that do the most damage. : j/k I love my coworkers. I just can't figure out how they manage to do some of the things they do. :o

But I digress. :

 

[ttg]

Some organizations absolutely have be staffed seven days a week. God is not going to frown on a firefighter, nurse, soldier, or anybody who is in service to others.

Why not? If God kills a man gathering wood on the Sabbath, why do you think he would give anyone else a break?

Try the New Testament some time. There's some good stuff there.

Jesus might compare you those he called "hypocrites" (Luke 13:10-17) for chastising him after He helped someone in need on the Sabbath.

 

[SputnikBoy]

Some organizations absolutely have be staffed seven days a week. God is not going to frown on a firefighter, nurse, soldier, or anybody who is in service to others.

I agree.