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THE SABBATH DAY
Regarding the seventh day of the week being the Sabbath
day, let me ask you a question, which day does a Seventh Day Adventist Pastor
take as his Sabbath day? It certainly cannot be on Saturday for this is a work
day, in which he preaches and counsels people. The dilemma with the SDA’s is
that their own pastor works on the very day they declare to be the only true
Sabbath day and therefore their pastor is guilty of transgressing the fourth
commandment. There is no way he can keep this commandment, unless he were to step
down. The SDA’s fall on their own sword when their pastor
is not able to observe Saturday as the one true Sabbath day. The Sabbath day is
supposed to be a day of rest from the other work days. It is important to note
that God did not specify Saturday or any other day of the week. Please look at
the following quote from Exodus 20:8-11:
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days
shalt thou labour, 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 thy cattle, nor thy
stranger that is within thy gates: 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.
God said for us observe the Sabbath, in that it was
created for man but man was not created for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). God knew
that we would all get burnt out and require some time to rest. It is important
to not read into the Bible and make it say something that was not intended. When
it mentions the Sabbath, we don’t truly know on what day creation was started.
The calendar we are using now is only one of about 20 that have existed since
Adam. There really is no way of accurately determining that God did indeed start
creation on Sunday and finished on Saturday as we know it. We simply just don’t know what day
creation was started, and even if we did, we still would have the freedom to
choose which day we would like to rest upon; because if God wanted us to observe
the Sabbath on a specific day such as Saturday, he would have said so and
provided a calendar for verification. What is important is that we do know God
has said that we are to work six days and rest on the seventh. The rest is up to
you and me.
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