Gen 2:1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 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:
Exo 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.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Mat_12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Mat_12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Jesus confirmed the keeping of the Sabbath- saying it is LAWFUL to do well on the sabbath days.
Mat_24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day
Speaking of the future- Jesus confirmed the sabbath would be KEPT in the future.
The day not only blessed but sanctified by God during the week of Creation.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Special to God, made special for us.
Mar_2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath
Made for us!
Blessed for us!
Sanctified for us!
Kept by GOD!
Kept by JESUS!
Kept by those who are God's!
Kept by those who are Jesus'!
Rest.
Commanded to Rest.
Commanded not to Work.
And yet… people find it too hard not to work, so they work, they break the fourth commandment of God's ten moral commandments.
Commanded not to cause any other to work.
And yet people find it too hard not to cause others to work, serving them by their working.
Commanded not to buy and sell, causing others and themselves to work.
And yet people find it too hard not to buy and sell, causing other and themselves to work.
Neh 10:31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath
Commanded not to be selfish.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isa 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
And yet people cannot keep from being selfish for a single day.
Our Savior wants us to live selflessly, putting God and others before ourselves and yet we can scarcely comprehend that idea for a single day, let alone a life time.
Delight in the Lord.
Call the Sabbath a delight.
Call the Sabbath a luxury, a pleasure, a delight.
To be happy about the Lord.
Psa 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1Pe 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory
Delighting in the Lord, can we even do that for a full day? If we cannot delight in the Lord for a day, rather than ourselves, how are we to ever expect to delight in the Lord endlessly, eternally?
Truth.
All by HIS grace.
All by HIS mercy.
All by HIS love.
All by HIS righteousness.
All by HIM.
Thank you Lord for this blessed, sanctified, sabbath! In You alone can we keep it as You command.
Praise GOD!
All Glory and Honor to our GOD
Always!
Gen 2:2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Gen 2:3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Exo 20:8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
Exo 20:9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
Exo 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:
Exo 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.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Mat_12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Mat_12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
Jesus confirmed the keeping of the Sabbath- saying it is LAWFUL to do well on the sabbath days.
Mat_24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day
Speaking of the future- Jesus confirmed the sabbath would be KEPT in the future.
The day not only blessed but sanctified by God during the week of Creation.
Blessed.
Sanctified.
Special to God, made special for us.
Mar_2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath
Made for us!
Blessed for us!
Sanctified for us!
Kept by GOD!
Kept by JESUS!
Kept by those who are God's!
Kept by those who are Jesus'!
Rest.
Commanded to Rest.
Commanded not to Work.
And yet… people find it too hard not to work, so they work, they break the fourth commandment of God's ten moral commandments.
Commanded not to cause any other to work.
And yet people find it too hard not to cause others to work, serving them by their working.
Commanded not to buy and sell, causing others and themselves to work.
And yet people find it too hard not to buy and sell, causing other and themselves to work.
Neh 10:31 And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath
Commanded not to be selfish.
Isa 58:13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
Isa 58:14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.
And yet people cannot keep from being selfish for a single day.
Our Savior wants us to live selflessly, putting God and others before ourselves and yet we can scarcely comprehend that idea for a single day, let alone a life time.
Delight in the Lord.
Call the Sabbath a delight.
Call the Sabbath a luxury, a pleasure, a delight.
To be happy about the Lord.
Psa 37:4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
1Pe 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory
Delighting in the Lord, can we even do that for a full day? If we cannot delight in the Lord for a day, rather than ourselves, how are we to ever expect to delight in the Lord endlessly, eternally?
Truth.
All by HIS grace.
All by HIS mercy.
All by HIS love.
All by HIS righteousness.
All by HIM.
Thank you Lord for this blessed, sanctified, sabbath! In You alone can we keep it as You command.
Praise GOD!
All Glory and Honor to our GOD
Always!
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