"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work...For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it" (Exodus 20:8–11).
The sabbath day is a time for rest and to give contuing thanks to the Lord our God for all his blessings that he has given us. Their should be no confusion on what day of the week that the sabbath occurs as the sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. This should be a time where you allow your body and spirit to regenerate and also improve your relationship with God. Ways to spend sabbath that are favorable to God are prayer, meditation, reading the scripture, and bible study with friends and family. Start planning your sabbath day. Make up your meals the day before so that you won't have to do much work on that day, allowing more time to praise and give thanks to your Lord.
Our salvation is not based off keeping the sabbath, but if we are to live a christian (Christ like) life, then we should follow what our savior did. Jesus did keep the Sabbath. He had to keep the whole Law to be the perfect sacrifice. Can you follow Jesus's example and keep the sabbath? May God be with you!
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