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I am someone who believes that scripture tells me to keep the Sabbath and that there is no scripture that is given to us that should be read as instructions not to keep it.
After much study of scripture, I believe that to follow what God asks about "keep the Sabbath" we use the day to live out complete faith in Him. God says to take care of our responsibilities (work) for six days. When God says to rest in Him those days, it is misinterpreting God to say that it means we aren't to be productive. For the Sabbath, it is an attitude of trusting so completely in God we don't work for ourselves.
As far as what this has to do with salvation, I think we have to first accept that salvation is only in God's hands. It is a personal covenant between a person and God. God gives it freely, our part in this covenant is to repent. That means we are to be honest with ourselves and God, listen to what God wants of us, and do our best to walk in the path God lays out and repent when we find we haven't. It requires faith in all God is and says. With this in mind, God lays out a path for us of honoring the Sabbath as one part of this.
There are many other things about walking with God to understand, and many people have brought them up as a reason not to listen to God about the Sabbath. I don't think there is one other thing we are to understand about God that, even though we follow what God says, results in refusing to listen to God's instruction to "keep the Sabbath".
After much study of scripture, I believe that to follow what God asks about "keep the Sabbath" we use the day to live out complete faith in Him. God says to take care of our responsibilities (work) for six days. When God says to rest in Him those days, it is misinterpreting God to say that it means we aren't to be productive. For the Sabbath, it is an attitude of trusting so completely in God we don't work for ourselves.
As far as what this has to do with salvation, I think we have to first accept that salvation is only in God's hands. It is a personal covenant between a person and God. God gives it freely, our part in this covenant is to repent. That means we are to be honest with ourselves and God, listen to what God wants of us, and do our best to walk in the path God lays out and repent when we find we haven't. It requires faith in all God is and says. With this in mind, God lays out a path for us of honoring the Sabbath as one part of this.
There are many other things about walking with God to understand, and many people have brought them up as a reason not to listen to God about the Sabbath. I don't think there is one other thing we are to understand about God that, even though we follow what God says, results in refusing to listen to God's instruction to "keep the Sabbath".