ìLet no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. For ye
were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk
as children of light: (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness
and righteousness and truth;) Proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them.î
Ephesians 5:6-11 (emphasis mine)
The True Sabbath
According to the Word of God, the LORD rested on the 7th day.
ìThus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of
them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had
made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which
he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it:
because that in it he had rested from all his work which God
created and made.î Genesis 2:1-3
There are some sects such as the Seventh Day Adventists and of course those
that practice Judaism, that advocate that the only day to worship acceptable to
God is Saturday. This is a completely legalistic perception of the Sabbath, and it is
not this authorís intention to promote this view.
When the LORD rested on the 7th Day, the writer of the Book of Hebrews states:
ìAnd God did rest the seventh day from all his works.î
Hebrews 4:4b
The Christian that has entered into the true Sabbath has also ceased from his or
her own works and they are following the leadership of the Holy Spirit.
ìFor as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of
God.î Romans 8:14
Jesus declared to His disciples: