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The Sabbath
The beneficent Creator, after the six days of
Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people
as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God's unchangeable law
requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest,
worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the
Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with God and
one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of our
sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our eternal
future in God's kingdom. The Sabbath is God's perpetual sign of His eternal
covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this holy time from
evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God's creative and
redemptive acts. |
