The Christian Sabbath, Part 1 by Rev. Brian Schwertley

 I just listened to this excellent sermon by Pastor Brian Schwertley and I highly recommend all to listen to it. May we all keep the Lord's Day holy and keep it focused on Christ.

To listen click link below:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=12405183347

(Here are some notes I took on this sermon; I paraphrased a bit.)
The Sabbath Day was a Creation ordinance. "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."~Genesis 2:3
The Sabbath is not a Ceremonial Law.  A Creation ordinance can not be over-turned and it can't be ceremonial. It is a time to focus on Christ in our homes.
The recreation is more significant and important  than the first creation, without that we would all be in Hell.
First creation would be a disaster, it would be a creation that all human race would be destined to Hell.
For here we have, Exodus, chapter 16, four chapters before the giving of the Law, so we have the Sabbath being discussed as an institution before the giving of the law at  Sinai; it's crystal clear!
The Sabbath is in the Ten Commandments; the Moral Law.
Did God  place a temporally, purely Jewish, ceremonial law in the midst of the summery of His moral precepts? No, that is absurd and ludicrous.
The Ten Commandments were spoken by God's own mouth and written on stone by God! Everything, even the animals, are required to rest on that day.
 You want to do other things on the Sabbath than worship God? Well, who gave you life? Who gave you the air you breath? Who placed you on this prosperous nation so you aren't drinking out of a mud hole in Africa? And who shed His blood on the cross for you, to wash away the guilt of your sins, so you don't burn in Hell forever?
Is it too much to ask that we separate on Day apart on/for Christ? Of course not! 
This is the Day of Resurrection. We have one Holy Day a week! God is very generous to us. It is saying God hasn't given us enough.

Exodus 31:12-18~"And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.  Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God."


It is a covenant for God's chosen people!
The Lord's Day is now obligated to ALL the human race.
 Keep the day focused on Christ. 

Brethren, keep in mind that you worshipping God as He has commanded  is a sign to unbelievers for your love of Christ and the faithfulness of believers and of course the faithfulness of Christ who has enables us to do so.