5 Things Christians Should Know about the Sabbath

Discover powerful Biblical truths about the Sabbath day in this post. Here we examine a few tenets of God's Sabbath day that are often overlooked by Christians. This is not everything there is to know about God's day of rest, but basics that every believer should know and learn from.

Here's what all Christians should know about the Sabbath day:

1. Sabbath is the seventh day of the week. We first see this in Genesis 2:2, "On the seventh day God rested." Verse 3 goes on to say that then "God blessed the seventh day and set it apart."

2. Nowhere in the Bible does the Sabbath get changed to Sunday. Look through the Old and New Testaments, and you will see there is no part of Scripture that says the Sabbath was switched to Sundays or that the disciples or early church did or approved of this.

3. Keeping the Sabbath holy means not working on it, not causing someone else to work, and not doing ordinary household chores. Instructions for this are in the ten commandments, and we see Jesus and the disciples honoring Biblical Sabbath laws throughout the New Testament.

4. Scripture instructs all believers to keep the Sabbath, no matter their ancestry, family traditions, or when they were born. This is consistent throughout Scripture. We have New Testament passages telling us that we are all one in the Messiah, so why would he give different instructions? Additionally, verses like Ezekiel 46:3, Isaiah 56:6 expressly say that foreigners should take part in worshiping God on the Sabbath and honoring this day.

5. The Bible says that people who keep the Sabbath are happy! Isaiah 56:2 tells us this truth and most people who have started keeping the Sabbath day will attest to the joy and peace that intentionally setting apart God's holy day to rest and worship him brings!

More posts about the Sabbath:
Did Jesus Break the Sabbath?
Why I Still Keep the Sabbath After 15 Years
What To Do on the Sabbath