Seventh Day Sabbath

Good evening,

The Word of God is the standard by which we have to measure and test everything. Isaiah 8:20 reads"To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." Matthew 4:4 reads " But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

Therefore, in the light of the above two verses, we arrive at "Thus saith the Lord" Romans 14:5 and Colossians 2:16 have these phrases "One man esteemeth" and "let no man judge" respectively. When God the Creator, blessed and sanctified the seventh day and therefore man was commanded to keep it holy, no room is left for man to decide and esteem another day other than the seventh day Sabbath. What day does God and not man esteem? The seventh day Sabbath. If we love God we will esteem His day.

Similarly, Colossians 2:16 says "let no man judge". Judge means determine. It then follows that man should not determine on holydays, new moon or of Sabbath days. God judges or determines! God

Note that all that Adam needed was created in the six days before his creation. The Sabbath comes after man's creation. It is important to point out here that for the Sabbath command to be properly fulfilled, there must be six days of work. Man had not worked but God had worked. Genesis 2:3 says " 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." As God was resting on the Sabbath through the hours of the day, He sanctified and blessed it and thus gave man an example to follow. In other words after God had rested to the last second of that day, that is when He pronounced it blessed and sanctified. This is indicated by this tense "because that in it he had