Lay it to Heart

What is the Sabbath Today?

If Jesus rose from the grave on Saturday then we should still honor Saturday as the sabbath. What about the Lord's day? The Lord's day is the result of persecution but not something that changes our work week. The Resurrection of Jesus was on Saturday. So what's different? People are not willing to leave their comfort zone of tradition. God said in Exodus 20:8, "Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy:". People forget the word "remember". Jesus said in Matthew 5:17-18, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled." Heaven and earth have not passed away. How does this apply to us? For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Jesus is the end of the law of FOR righteousness. He is not the end of the law OF righteousness. That means we are not saved by the law. The commandments, however, are not done away. They are fulfilled. Jesus fulfilled all of the sacrifices. Hebrews 10:12 says of Jesus, "But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;". The sabbath was not a sacrifice or offering. It is a commandment and model for living. God created the heavens and earth in six days and rested the seventh. God did not recreate the heavens and earth when Jesus died on the cross for our sins, neither did he change our model for work and worship. If Jesus wanted to change our day of worship, why didn't he say anything about it before he died? He taught and preached a lot before he gave his life for our sins. Why didn't he tell everybody he was going to change it? We are to work Sunday through Friday and worship on Saturday. We should not have yard sales or youth car washes on Saturday to raise funds for the church. We should not be cleaning the church on Saturday but instead worshipping on Saturday. Now scholars come along and say, "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: (Colossians 2:16) What's interesting is the people who say this the most are the first to judge someone for worshipping on the sabbath and not worshipping on Sunday. When Jesus comes back he will set things in order and what will he do? Isaiah 66:23 says, "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."