Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Exodus 20:8 – Want to hear something crazy? As believers in Christ, under the new covenant, we are not commanded to keep the sabbath. I know, that so counters what we’ve always been told, so let’s break this down. The commands we see in our chapter were given to the Israelites for them to follow under their Jewish faith. Jesus though fulfilled the requirements of the law and instituted a new covenant with the Lord at the cross. We now are no longer under the law (Romans 6:14), not obligated to follow the Jewish law. In Acts 15, when the Jerusalem council listed out the things that the gentile believers should follow to promote unity between them and the Jewish believers, keeping the Sabbath wasn’t one of them. In Colossians 2:16-17 we see that there should not be judgement over one another in partaking in even the Sabbath. So what then should we do with all this as believers? Should we never rest? No, God calls us to rest, we should rest each day in the freedoms we have been blessed with in the Lord to not have to work for our salvation. Does it matter what day we rest? No. Should we judge others on when and how they rest? No, that’s between them and the Lord. Does this mean it doesn’t matter if we go to church? Of course we should go to church, but see even from the command in Exodus 20 that the Sabbath day wasn’t talking about cooperate worship. It was about simply taking a day of rest from work. As Christians we are to find our rest in the Lord each day, enjoying the fellowship we have with Him. We are called to live fully for the mission of the Gospel, and find rest by the still waters He brings us near. Yet let us not judge one another on their ways of rest with the Lord, but let’s do what we can for our brothers and sisters in Christ to help them be refreshed in the Lord how we can. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3164
Question To Ponder: How do you rest in the Lord?
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