4th Commandment

Exodus 20:8-11
"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God. on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."

I just completed a series of sermons on the Sabbath/Lord's Day and had a very interesting discussion with a man from Kentucky about the last sermon. He posed the question, "What do we expect to happen to us if we break the Sabbath? What should the church do to Sabbath breakers?" It was an interesting question. First, we really don't like the term Sabbath breaker, because it sounds like we have done something wrong. But wait, haven't we? The Sabbath day is part of the Moral Law, written on our hearts under the New Covenant. What would a church member expect to happen to them if they committed murder, adultery, or theft? How about if they were running around using the Lord's name in vain? Most of us would expect to be called out on our sin, or for those committing them to be approached concerning their open sin. So why don't we consider treating the Lord's Day in an unholy manner a problem for a Christian? Could it be because we do not expect Christians to be under the Lordship of Christ? To be Holy? Be a Christian, call the Law of God a delight. Be a Christian, obey God's commandments.