Whatever Happened to the Sabbath?

Jesus said, "If you love me, keep my commandments ......

Whatever Happened to the Sabbath?

Search the Scriptures! Can you find one passage that says...

1. The Ten Commandments are abolished?

2. The Fourth Commandment is abolished?

3. The Sabbath was changed from the seventh to the first day of the week?

4. That either Jesus or the apostles kept the first day as the Sabbath?

5. That either Jesus or the apostles taught new believers to keep the first day of the week as the Sabbath of God?

6. That it was customary for the early church to observe the first day of the week?

7. That we are to keep the first day in honor of the resurrection of our Savior?

8. That the first day of the week was sanctified and hallowed as a day of rest?

9. That the first day of the week is called a holy day or given any sacred title?

Can you find one verse...

10. Where the first day of the week is called the Lord's Day?

11. Where we are told not to work on the first day of the week?

12. Where any punishment is threatened for working on the first day?

13. Where any blessings are promised for observing the first day?

14. That says the Father or the Son rested on the first day of the week?

15. That says the seventh day is not now God's Sabbath day?

16. That calls the seventh day the "Jewish Sabbath" or that calls the first day the "Christian Sabbath"?

17. That authorizes anyone to set aside God's Sabbath and observe any other day?

On the other hand, the Bible clearly proclaims that...

1. The seventh day, made holy by God at Creation, is the Sabbath for all mankind (Gen. 2:2-3-, Ex. 20:1 1; Mark 2:27).

2. Observance of the Sabbath was commanded in the Ten Commandments by the voice of God Himself (Ex. 20:8-10: Deut. 5:12-15).

3. Jesus affirmed that the Sabbath was made for mankind and that He was Lord of it (Mark 2:27-28).

4. The apostles consistently observed the seventh-day Sabbath and upheld the Ten Commandments as expressing the will of God for His children (Acts 13:14-15, 44; 16:13; 17:2; 18:4, 11; Rom. 2:13, 21-22; 7:7-12, 22; James 2:8-12).

5. Throughout the centuries, dedicated followers of Jesus, redeemed by His precious blood, have shown their love for Him by observing the day made holy by God at Creation.

How about you?

Do you know Jesus as your Savior and Lord? He said, "If you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15). Will you show your love for Him by observing the day He made holy'?

For further information...

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The Bible Sabbath Association offers a wide variety of publications about the Sabbath-, a partial list is given below. We invite you to write for a complete list with current prices. Sample copies of various tracts are available free if you send a self-addressed #10 envelope with postage for two ounces.

Books

God's Sabbath for Mankind by Richard A. Wiedenheft (42 pp.) History of Sabbath & Sunday by John Kiesz (64 pp.)

The Sabbath in the New Testament by Samuele Bacchiocchi (275 pp.)

Booklets & Tracts

Why the Seventh-day Sabbath?(l 2 pp.)

Roman Catholic and Protestant Confessions About Sunday (1 2 pp.)

The Bible Sabbath.- Seventh day or First Day? (6 pp.)

The Sabbath Sentinel - a monthly magazine with information by, for, and about the seventh-day Christian community. A free sample copy is available on request.

Directory of Sabbath-observing Groups - 231 pages of information about more than 180 different seventh-day groups.

The Bible Sabbath Association

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