Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath Day. (Colossians 2:16)Some Christians take others to task for worshiping on the wrong day. Yet Sabbath is designed to refresh, not burden us.
Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy. . . . For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day (Exodus 20:8,11). Did our omnipotent God set aside the Sabbath because he was tired? No! He sets it aside because he knows we get tired. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (Mark 2:27). What a beautiful gift from God to his children.
Remembering to take Sabbath is important for many reasons, but taking one and only one specific day off every week misses the point. The Sabbath was an Old Testament symbol of the saving work of Jesus Christ. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ (Colossians 2:17). Hebrews explains: There remains a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works (4:9,10). Our real Sabbath rest is found in the fact that we don't have to work for our salvation. Christ did all the work; we rest in his grace.
How do you keep the Sabbath holy?
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