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Exodus 20:8-11
Excerpted from: Sabbathkeeping (Part 4)

In Exodus 20, the rendering of the commandment lays down the basic rule concerning the Sabbath's use. It says:

No other day is hallowed in the way that the Sabbath is. It is set aside as holy to God. It belongs to Him. It is time for Him. And so the basic rule that the commandment lays down is that God requires that each person set aside this day for the worship and service of Him. There is nothing here that even begins to indicate that this commandment is merely ceremonial in nature. I say that because that is one of the reasons that the Protestants say we don't have to keep it, that the Sabbath is just a ceremony. But there is nothing here to indicate that it is only a ceremony.

Just like the other commandments, its function has to do with relationships. One set of relationships—the business and work-a-day, world ones—are broken off (stopped). They end on Friday at sunset. And another set of relationships—the spiritual ones—are emphasized. In addition to that, the commandment, as it is rendered here in Exodus 20, looks back on creation. It identifies the reason that we are to keep it is because God, the Creator, set it apart at creation.

Exodus 20:8-11
Excerpted from: Keeping God's Standards

Quoting from the Forerunner Bible study (and I trust that you are all doing those because they are exceptionally fine and they are encouraging): "Because God rested after six days of labor, the Sabbath is also our day of rest and a memorial of Creation. He wants us to remember, not only what He did in the physical creation, but also that His spiritual creation continues in us now."

That is what this world is going to find out. For us, we have to keep the Sabbath holy. God blessed it. He sanctified it. He made it holy. He set it apart for us and for His use. And we are instructed to keep it holy. Of course, this means we are going to keep it holy from sunset Friday through sunset Sabbath—not doing our own thing, going to work at our employment; or to keep it holy by our dress, by our conversation, our activities. In every way we are to put forth effort to learn more about God each Sabbath.

Exodus 20:8
Excerpted from: The Fourth Commandment (Part 1)

That word holy is the same word that is used here in Genesis 2:3—where it says that God sanctified it [the seventh day Sabbath]. The only difference is that the tense that is used in each of them is different.

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The Fourth Commandment
The Institution of the Sabbath  (3)
The Sabbath Committed to the Hebrews
The Sabbath During the Day of Temptation  (2)
The Sabbath During the Ministry of the Apostles
The Sabbath in the Time of Christ

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Are Some Sins Worse Than Others?
Are You Living the Abundant Life?
Choosing the New Man (Part Two)
Do We Need the Old Testament?
How Does Faith Establish the Law? (Part Two)
It's Not Our Time
Searching for Israel (Part Twelve): The Sign  (2)
Sharpening Our Saws
Simplicity in Christ
The Fourth Commandment
The Fourth Commandment (Part One) (1997)
The Lunar Sabbath or the Seventh-Day Sabbath: Which?  (2)
Was Jesus Resurrected on Easter Sunday?

Bible Questions & Answers
Why Are There Different Forms of the Ten Commandme

Bible Studies
God's Sabbath
The Fourth Commandment
The Miracles of Jesus Christ: Healing a Cripple by a Pool (Part Two)
The Model Prayer (Part Three): Hallowed Be Your Name

Booklets
'After Three Days'
The Resurrection Was Not on Sunday

Essays
Always on Call
Big-Picture Thinking
Did Christ's Resurrection Change the Day of Worship? (Part One)
Make the Effort on the Sabbath Day
Manna and the Preparation Day (Part Two)
Pentecost and the Wave Offerings (Part Two)
Remember
Remember the Sabbath Day  (2)
Revelations at Mount Sinai
The Endurance of the Firstfruits (Part Three)
Using Our Spiritual Vocabulary
What Does It Say? (2003)

Sermons
God's Rest and the Millennium
Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen (Part Four)
The Sabbath: Creation
Psalms: Book Four (Part Two)
Profanity (Part Two)
One Nation Under God (Part 2)
Imagining the Garden of Eden (Part 7)
The Great Flood (Part 5)
Magic Doesn't Work (Part 1)
No Real Love Without God
The Doctrine of Israel (Part Two): The Old Covenant
The Beauty of God's Law
Strategies for Interfacing with Babylon without Becoming Assimilated (Part Four)
Holy Ground
How God Deals With Conscience (Part Four)

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