Common Sense and the Sabbath.

The Sabbath as for the Old Testament is clearly stated as a day of rest in many Scriptures and falls on the last day of the week. That means Saturday.

For it is written: “Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” Exodus 20:9-11 NIV.

Our current world makes this hard to do. My wife has to work two jobs to help make ends meet currently. Does this make my wife a sinner? I don’t think so. Jesus brought some common sense to the mix (Thank God).

At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them. Matthew 12:1 NIV

Are the disciples sinners, as far as this Verse is concerned?

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath." Matthew 12:2 NIV

Well, who in the world is the Pharisees and do they have the right to question Jesus?

For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:20 NIV

In the Verse above I see that the Pharisees are pretty much the bottom of the food chain when it comes to the kingdom of God.

He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out?” Matthew 12:11 NIV and Jesus continues on “How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.” Matthew 12:12 NIV

Do you happen to see the common sense of the above Verses? The Sabbath is meant for doing GOOD. Keep the Lord in your heart and you will do good that day. For me every day is a form of the Sabbath. Take heart to the Sabbath day. If you recognize it on Saturday or Sunday I feel that it really doesn’t matter.

Also, I hear many people criticize people that work on Sundays. I hope that this opens your eyes, oh yea by the way… “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.” Matthew 7:1 NIV. That’s in there too.