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The Sabbath Day – A Picture of Resting From Law-Based Righteousness

Religion has a way of totally missing the gospel, and, as we will see today, it even misses the point of what the Sabbath is and what it symbolizes. Bionically speaking, if you so much as send an email, wash dishes, or mow the lawn, you are not keeping the Sabbath. Relax. There’s good news, and you’re about to discover the real meaning of the Sabbath and that you’ve been keeping more than you know!

The Religious Deception: There’s much debate in religion about the Sabbath, which is the 4^th commandment of the Mosaic law, we’re telling Christians they are required to keep the Sabbath law, and we argue does it start on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday? Legalists will tell us you can’t work on Sunday and that it’s a day carved out just for church and worship.

The Truth From a Grace Perspective: In this video, you will discover that the Sabbath is actually 7 days a week, but it’s not about avoiding your job, mowing the lawn, or a required visit to a church building. Today we see that the Sabbath was actually a picture of getting free from the law and resting in Christ, every day. Hebrews 4:4 tells us “For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all his works” but check out how God wraps it all up in a bow with Hebrews 4 verses 6-10 saying “Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,  God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: “Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts. ”For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.  There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;  for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his.

The Sabbath Day
Not about avoiding work. Not about church. It’s resting from law-based righteousness. 

My Thoughts on the Sabbath

Let’s talk Sabbath!

We first hear about the Sabbath way back in Genesis 2. After creating the world in six days, God rested on the seventh.

Later, during Israel’s exodus from Egypt, the Jewish people were commanded to observe the Sabbath. It eventually became one of the Ten Commandments — part of the Law . And breaking the Law wasn’t just a slap on the wrist — the wages of sin is death.

Don’t commit adultery

Don’t murder

And maybe you’re thinking, “Hey, I’m good — I haven’t broken those!” But… are you keeping all 10 commandments? Or did it suddenly become the 9 Commandments?

Jesus unpacked this deeper. He said if you look at someone with lust, you’ve already committed adultery in your heart . If you’re angry with someone, you’re guilty of murder . I don’t know about you, but consider me guilty as charged.

The truth? The Law is perfect and holy — so perfect, not a single human can keep it flawlessly.

That’s a heavy load.

So what’s the solution?

You don’t want to be under the Law. You want to be free from it.

Now, some people hear that and immediately jump to: “Oh, so you’re saying we can sin all we want?” No, no, no.

Human laws don’t stop crime — they just announce the punishment . Likewise the Mosaic Law didn’t stop people from lying, cheating, or committing adultery. It just made the penalty clear.

Translation: We’re all guilty. No one can honestly say, “I’ve got this.”

“Christ is the END of the Law for all who believe.”

“Ministry of death and condemnation.” . So that’s what God calls it, why would anyone want any part of it?

Circling back to the Sabbath

Today, we see great companies like Chick-fil-A closing on Sundays — and that’s totally fine! But let’s not confuse that with keeping the Sabbath.

If you cook dinner, do laundry, mow the lawn, or clean the house — technically, you’ve broken the Sabbath under Old Testament Law. And remember, if you did that, you are guilty of breaking all of the law. That would make you a liar, an adulterer, a murderer, etc. The law is an all or nothing proposition. There is no 99%. You either pass or fail. Life or death. And for this reason, you need a better covenant that is founded on better promises. You will not win the Law game.

But here’s the deeper meaning…

Remember how God worked for six days and then rested? The Sabbath was a picture — a foreshadowing — of you and me resting from the works of the Law and relaxing in the grace of Jesus Christ.

It’s not about what you do for God — it’s about what He did for you.

Instead of trying to earn God’s approval by your performance, you get to rest in His total forgiveness, kindness, and grace through Jesus. . And no, I am not saying we should just go out and sin. That’s crazy talk. I’m saying you should soak in the grace that Jesus has lavished you with. You don’t have to work for it.

How awesome is that?!

Hebrews 4:4 – “For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: ‘And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.’”

Hebrews 4:9-10 – “There remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. For the one who has entered His rest has also rested from his works, as God did from His.”

“Let’s make every effort to enter that rest…” . Some are out there saying let’s make every effort to perform better. And while performing well is a smart idea for believers, it’s more important that unbelievers make every possible effort to enter this rest through Faith, apart from the law.

Don’t get tripped up by the words like “disobedience”in Hebrews. The entire context of Hebrews 1–10 doesn’t mention even ONE type of outward sin. It ONLY talks about inward sin — namely: unbelief.

But when the Messiah (Jesus) came, they didn’t believe He was the Son of God.

The writer of Hebrews is pleading with them: Rest. Stop striving. Believe.

Step off the performance treadmill and trust that:

“Whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.” — John 3:16

And remember — it’s a gift, not something you earned (Ephesians 2:8-9) . It’s 100% free. All we have to do is believe and receive it.

Let’s stop boasting about how well we follow the rules. Let’s boast in Jesus and His finished work. . And there you have it. My thoughts on the Sabbath.

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