the Sabbath
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While there are at the site below commentators like those anti-Sabbath posters we encounter here I think this is worth sharing under the terms of Fair Use.
Let's see if it helps.
"People often consider Sabbath-keeping a burden—or worse, as legalistic. But the Bible points to the Sabbath as a day of blessing. Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). Sabbath was designed to be a special gift to humanity, but amid the controversy between good and evil, it has been maligned.
While the Bible is full of promises, let’s look at a few that are especially focused on the Sabbath.
Source: https://www.sabbathtruth.com/free-r...log/post/id/19942/t/7-promises-of-the-sabbath
Let's see if it helps.
"People often consider Sabbath-keeping a burden—or worse, as legalistic. But the Bible points to the Sabbath as a day of blessing. Jesus said, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27). Sabbath was designed to be a special gift to humanity, but amid the controversy between good and evil, it has been maligned.
While the Bible is full of promises, let’s look at a few that are especially focused on the Sabbath.
- A gift of time — In the beginning, God gave humans the gift of sacred time to spend in fellowship with their Creator (Genesis 2:1–3).
- Freedom from work — Since sin brought exhausting toil, the Sabbath is a weekly rest from work for everyone, including animals (Exodus 20:8–11).
- A blessing of joy — Those who keep the Sabbath are promised joy and fulfillment in life (Isaiah 58:13, 14).
- A special blessing for our children — As we show our dedication to God by keeping His Sabbath holy, He promises to gather our children to Him and bless them (Isaiah 56:2–9).
- Security — God has given to us the Sabbath as a sign of our saving relationship with Him, giving us security in the midst of a world of falsehood and deception.(Ezekiel 20:20).
- Renewal in Christ — Jesus came as God in the flesh to show us how to live and how much God wants to save us from sin so that we can live eternally with Him. He claimed the Sabbath as His holy day and then showed us how to keep it. (See Mark chapter 2.)
- Hope of eternity — God’s promise of a new world, free from sin, is concurrent with an unbroken cycle of Sabbath worship (Isaiah 66:22, 23).
Source: https://www.sabbathtruth.com/free-r...log/post/id/19942/t/7-promises-of-the-sabbath
Any time we can rest with Jesus is a blessing.
We can rest in Jesus 24/7, but God commanded us to stop our labour on the sabbath. The command is a great blessing because if I had my way I would labour every day.
The rest is a blessing for many reasons...
Time to look at creation and the creator, time to look at salvation, time with family and church. Etc....
Glory to God.
The thing that seperates the 7th day from the rest of the week is that we are obeying God. If we keep Sunday holy we are not obeying God.
We can rest in Jesus 24/7, but God commanded us to stop our labour on the sabbath. The command is a great blessing because if I had my way I would labour every day.
The rest is a blessing for many reasons...
Time to look at creation and the creator, time to look at salvation, time with family and church. Etc....
Glory to God.
The thing that seperates the 7th day from the rest of the week is that we are obeying God. If we keep Sunday holy we are not obeying God.
I have had quite a few pages open to pixabay for some time now (weeks) and need to start closing them because my browser is acting up. One person who is offering stuff free for use by others in their personal projects, without giving attribution, has 147 pages of images (there might be some music files in there as well, but I am not going to check all the pages to find out). 147 pages with possibly 60 and probably at least 50 images per page... I'll round that off to being 8,000 images one person is offering. If I was really enamored with her style (I'm assuming "she" since the member's name is 1tamara2) I would save the page url, but 5 pages in, eh, I don't think that's necessary. A general search discloses that the pixabay total number of assets is over 5.1 million as of November, 2024. Yeah, that's a lot, but I figure in my time as a printer in a photo lab I have looked at tens of millions of pictures over the last almost fifty years. Wiki search also discloses that Pixabay.com is a free stock photography and royalty-free stock media website. It is used for sharing photos, illustrations, vector graphics, film footage, stock music and sound effects, exclusively under the custom Pixabay Content License, which generally allows the free use of the material with some restrictions. The site's images are allowed to be used for free without attribution, and allowed to be modified and adapted into new works. Pixabay does not allow users to sell or distribute the content as is, use it commercially if it contains recognizable trademarks, or use photos in immoral, illegal, misleading, or deceptive ways. So I put emphasis on and enlarged what is pertinent, because I modify and adapt much of what I collect as I am designing the panels. You can also search out the words wellington, financial, in my post stream, to see I have mentioned artists work I have used before, and mentioned many times that I do not sell any of the work I do and the reasons why, quite unlike your take on it.
Anti-Sabbath persons don't realize we can keep our minds in service to God one day of the week by delivering dry goods to the local food bank, bringing old clean clothes to Goodwill, putting our book discards in the community book share box in our neighborhood,. I drop off Christian titles.
Checking in on our elderly or handicapped neighbors to see if they're OK,need help, would like us to mow their lawn for free. Visit local pet shelters and keep kitties and doggies company for awhile as they await a loving family.
Make candles and anoint them with oils listed in Scripture and then use those or pass them along to sisters and brothers at church ,our weekly ,sometimes Sabbath day, prayer and or Bible study circles.
Bottom line is, board trolls excluded of course, we will never reach those who are openly in opposition to God's gift of Sabbath day.
I've been online and in Christian communities for awhile now. And often it is the same name(s) who post the same Sabbath opposition arguments. They never can post a scripture that proves God retracted the gift he created for MAN,not Jews in the Mosaic era only. For mankind!
Because no such scripture exists. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. He is God,our Lord,who created and gifted us,humans,'man' the Sabbath.
The people of The Way in the New Testament were converted Jews. I.E those who today would be known as Messianic Jews. And they kept the Sabbath.
We today keep the Sabbath holy in service to God's call on our lives in his name. Examples are those acts I previously listed.
"Acts" of the Apostles are not solely chapters in The Book.
May God continue to keep you in his blessings and light.
Checking in on our elderly or handicapped neighbors to see if they're OK,need help, would like us to mow their lawn for free. Visit local pet shelters and keep kitties and doggies company for awhile as they await a loving family.
Make candles and anoint them with oils listed in Scripture and then use those or pass them along to sisters and brothers at church ,our weekly ,sometimes Sabbath day, prayer and or Bible study circles.
Bottom line is, board trolls excluded of course, we will never reach those who are openly in opposition to God's gift of Sabbath day.
I've been online and in Christian communities for awhile now. And often it is the same name(s) who post the same Sabbath opposition arguments. They never can post a scripture that proves God retracted the gift he created for MAN,not Jews in the Mosaic era only. For mankind!
Because no such scripture exists. Jesus is Lord of the Sabbath. He is God,our Lord,who created and gifted us,humans,'man' the Sabbath.
The people of The Way in the New Testament were converted Jews. I.E those who today would be known as Messianic Jews. And they kept the Sabbath.
We today keep the Sabbath holy in service to God's call on our lives in his name. Examples are those acts I previously listed.
"Acts" of the Apostles are not solely chapters in The Book.
May God continue to keep you in his blessings and light.
The letter of the law was written on tablets of stone.
Do you understand what the letter of the law means?
The sabbath was given specifically to the nation of Israel.
How can you quote Exodus 20, the letter of the law.
When you know we are not under the letter of the law?
Is the solution to ...
1. Get ride of the law.
2. Or pay the penalty of the law.
Jesus paid the penalty for transgressing the law. He didn't remove the law.
If He just removed the law then His death was not needed.
We are not free to break the law. We are free from the penalty of the law.
Love is the motivation that prevents us from continuing to sin.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
1. Get ride of the law.
2. Or pay the penalty of the law.
Jesus paid the penalty for transgressing the law. He didn't remove the law.
If He just removed the law then His death was not needed.
We are not free to break the law. We are free from the penalty of the law.
Love is the motivation that prevents us from continuing to sin.
Rom 13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
So far, every person I've spoken with on this subject who disagrees with me has been very disingenuous. Like you, they make untrue statements. I'm not anti-Sabbath. I'm full- blown Sabbath. But I don't imagine that following a rigid outer practice void of inward spiritual reality will bring the blessing you suspect. Nor does such an estate foster true blessing.
The blessing of the Sabbath is the Lord Jesus Christ. It is He who provides the rest. That rest is the cessation of striving to maintain a right relationship with God. Read afresh Matthew 11:28-30 and hear what God intended in giving a Sabbath rest. No more striving to be worthy of God's favor. Simply resting in Christ. This is what the Sabbath blessing is.
The blessing of the Sabbath is the Lord Jesus Christ. It is He who provides the rest. That rest is the cessation of striving to maintain a right relationship with God. Read afresh Matthew 11:28-30 and hear what God intended in giving a Sabbath rest. No more striving to be worthy of God's favor. Simply resting in Christ. This is what the Sabbath blessing is.