Sunday Churches MISSING KEY POINT Regarding the Sabbath (1)
Posted : 23 Aug, 2022 12:03 PM
SUNDAY CHURCHES ARE MISSING THIS KEY POINT OF FAITH REGARDING THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH - THE SIGN OF FAITH IN GOD'S COMPLETE AND PERFECT SANCTIFICATION
I had have so many discussions concerning the 7th day Sabbath with Sunday keeping (or no day keeping) Christians, and it always ends up in a discussion about the law, with them stating ... "we are no longer under the law, you are be trying to be saved by works", and they completely miss the key point of FAITH regarding the seventh day Sabbath. So what is this key point miss? Let's take a look:
Genesis 2:1-3
Just stop and think about this for a moment. The only place we get the 7 day weekly cycle from is the creation account in the Bible. So your Creator; your GOD, set up the 7th day weekly cycle and did something with the seventh day. He "blessed and sanctified it". He made the 7th day a HOLY day. So your GOD is telling you ... "I have made the 7th day of the week HOLY." Now if God told you that face to face, what would you think? Would you say, "nah, that doesn't matter!"? Or would you say, "Okay Lord, you have made it holy so I will tread it as holy."? Well, your Creator and God HAS told you just that through His Word.
Just take that for a moment. Your Creator and your God had told you that He has made only specific day of the week HOLY TIME. And who is your creator? Is it not Jesus Christ, the Son of God? Is He not the one who set aside the 7th day to be holy time? Remember what Jesus said?
Mark 2:27-28
This verse is very interesting and yet so many Christians miss the beauty and truth of these words of Christ. From strange reason, Christians use this verse against Sabbath keeping, just because Jesus said that man wasn't made for the Sabbath. Yes, that's right! Man was NOT made for the Sabbath - the Sabbath was MADE FOR MAN. So just take that in for a moment. The Lord made the Sabbath FOR YOU. He made a specific day - the 7th day - as a holy day in which you can receive a blessing. So are you now going to turn around and say ... "thanks Lord, but I don't need or want your gift". If so, you are going to miss out on a great blessing - one that may even cost you life itself!
Please understand this. What attribute does God have? He is Holy right? (Isaiah 6:3). And what makes anything else holy? It is the PRESENCE of our HOLY GOD. (Exodus 3:5). It was only the presence of God that made the ground where Moses stood holy. So what do you think makes the 7th day Sabbath holy? It is the very sanctifying presence of God! Yes, God sends His Spirit and angels to help and guide us other day too. BUT NO OTHER DAY HAS THE SPECIAL SANCTIFYING PRESENCE OF GOD LIKE THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK. Which is why Jesus said that He is also "LORD of the Sabbath". The other six days were merely the days that the Lord created all things on - work days. But the 7th day is a day all by itself, in that it was SET APART for holy use and fellowship with the Lord. Again, which is why Jesus never said He was Lord of any other day, but the Sabbath!
So, God sanctifies the 7th day of the week with His presence. What else does God want to sanctify? YOU and I. But how can God sanctify us fully when we refuse to meet with Him on the specific day He made holy for that sanctification work to be complete.
