DAY OF REST
When Jesus tells us He did not speak on His own but that God told Him
what to “SAY” [Jn 12:49], we learn that what Jesus teaches can give us
greater understanding about what God teaches. One time some people
were trying to trap Jesus concerning manmade rules about work on the day
of rest, also called by the Jewish word, Sabbath. Jesus pointed out that their
rules allowed them to help an animal on the day of rest and then compared
“HOW MUCH MORE VALUABLE IS A PERSON THAN A SHEEP!
YES, IT IS RIGHT TO DO GOOD ON THE SABBATH” [Mt 12:12
TL]. God declared that “THE SEVENTH DAY IS A DAY OF REST
DEDICATED TO ME” [Ex 20:10 GN]. Jesus sets us free from manmade
rules about the day of rest by informing us “IT IS RIGHT TO DO GOOD
ON THE SABBATH” and that “THE SABBATH WAS MADE TO
BENEFIT MAN, AND NOT MAN TO BENEFIT THE SABBATH”
[Mk 2:27 TL]. Although some of the first followers of Jesus may have
followed the Jewish custom and met to worship “on the Sabbath day” [Lk
4:16 NI], others met on the day Jesus rose from the dead, the first day of
the week or Sunday, “On the first day of the week we came together to
break bread” [Ac 20:7 NI]. There is a man of God that was told by God
years ago to take Tuesday, as his day of rest. God wants us to have a day of
rest dedicated to Him for our benefit. Seek God’s guidance as to the day He
prefers for you to rest.
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