{"id":7149,"date":"2024-12-27T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T17:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2024-12-27T12:17:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T18:17:12","slug":"god-made-it-holy-we-keep-it-holy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.awordforthought.com\/?p=7149","title":{"rendered":"GOD MADE IT HOLY – – – WE KEEP IT HOLY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day.
And so the Lord blessed the sabbath, and made it holy<\/span>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy<\/span>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

None of the ten commandments, given in the Old Testament, were ever minimized in the New Testament.
The church worshiped on Sunday (instead of Saturday) because Jesus rose from the grave on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God made<\/span> the sabbath holy by resting on the day after He finished creation.
We keep<\/span> the sabbath holy by resting on the day after we do our work.
Jesus verified this by saying, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.”
This one commandment is specifically to benefit us, and in doing so, please Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A little addendum by God when He gave the commandment (not the addendums-s-s-s piled on by zealous religious leaders):
“Work six days and do everything you need to do. But the seventh day is a Sabbath to GOD, your God. Don’t do any work—not you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your servant, nor your maid, nor your animals [interesting], not even the foreign guest visiting in your town.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We glorify God when we obey—and REST—His command, His instruction to take care of His creation, us, our body<\/span> and mind<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Do you not know that your body<\/span> is the temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom you have from God, and you are not your own? \u00a0<\/sup>For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body<\/span> <\/sup>and in your spirit<\/span> (mind)<\/span>, which are God\u2019s.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies<\/span> a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. \u00a0<\/sup>And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind<\/span>, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We “sacrifice our bodies” and “renew our mind” by spending time with God every day–AND by resting our body and mind one day every seven days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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