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to relax and do what you please, or do you dislike Sunday because you cannot do m any o f the things which you want to do? God said, “ Rem ember the sabbath day, to keep it h oly.” H ow can boys and g irls keep Sunday h oly? The L ord Jesus when H e w as upon the earth kept God’s day holy by doing three things. H e spent tim e in talk in g w ith H is F ath er in Heaven. H e spent time in w orshipin g w ith others in God’s house, and He spent time in helping others who w ere about H im . Sunday is not the only day to pu t God first. Those who tru ly know the L ord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour w ill love H im so much that they w ill w an t every day to be H is d a y! O f course they cannot spend each day in church, but they can go to the places and do those things each day th at w ill show others th eir love fo r their Lord. Sunday is a day fo r honorin g God in special ways. D o your n eighbors always know th at (unless you are ill) they w ill see you leavin g fo r Sunday school every Sunday m orn in g? Or do you g o only when you don’t have company, or only i f you have finished the Sunday funnies and don’t have anyone at home to play w ith ? W e read o f God’s Son th at He w ent to God’s house “ as his custom w as.” D o you r n eighbors and friend s know th at you always go to God’s house on Sunday? W h at you do on Sunday aftern oon shows what kind o f a Chris tian you are too. I f you g o to church Sunday m orn ing then live fo r the devil Sunday aftern oon your life certain ly is n ot a testim ony fo r you r Lord. Some Christians stay at home i f the w eather is “ bad” and feel that they must go fo r an all-day ride if the w eather is good. Some Christians tell their frien d s that they always go to God’s house and never stay at home fo r com pany on Sunday. O thers always have com pany so that they can use that excuse to not go to church. O thers say th at a fte r w orkin g all week they are too tired to get up and g o to church, bu t they can w ork hard I and play hard fo r the devil all day lon g and never complain about being tired ! D o you honor God on H is da y? M ay 18, 1952 CONSERVING OUR FAMILY HERITAGE E x. 20:12; M ark 7 :9 -1 3; John 19:25-27 Pointers On The Lesson The Bible exalts the fam ily relation ship. In the beginning God established m arria ge and the subsequent home ties. In the Old T estam ent w e find m any splendid instances o f the fam ily rela tionship. The Jew s still are known fo r their stron g fam ily loyalty and devotion. In the N ew Testam ent instructions are num erous and examples are legion whicn exalt the w orth and place o f the fam ily. In this day o f looseness in m atters re latin g to the home, it is very im portant that w e re-study what the B ible has to say on these subjects.
in these days o f g ra ce the Jew ish sab bath is not to be imposed upon the church. The Jew ish sabbath harks back to the first creation, whereas the true church is the result o f the new creation, is a heavenly people seated w ith Christ in the heavenlies (E ph . 2 :5 , 6) and dom inated by different prin ciples from those govern in g God’s earthly people, Israel. H ow ever, there are certain abiding principles connected w ith the Jew ish sabbath and the Christian L ord ’s Day. Both are set ap art from other days fo r man’s blessing. Both ou gh t to be days o f rest and w orship. B oth w ere estab lished th at the ordin ary affairs o f life m ight be set aside fo r spiritu al profit. Both should m inister to m an’s holiness. The Purpose o f the Sabbath M ark 2:27, 28 The Pharisees had so m isconstrued the true m eaning o f the sabbath that they considered rubbing out a little corn w ith the hand as the w ork o f threshing and th erefore w as to be condemned (v.v. 23, 2 4 ). Our L ord in this instance sought to restore the sabbath to its righ tfu l position. It w as fo r m an’s good, a g ift to be used in noble w ays. The Pharisees had put the sabbath in the place o f the L ord o f the sabbath. They had thus lost sigh t o f its m oral and spiritual significance. Our L ord defin itely stated that the sabbath w as “ made fo r m an,” th at is, fo r his good, not fo r his hurt. It w as not established simply as a cerem onial observance. H e fu rth er stated that He “ is L ord also o f the sabbath.” Surely He had the righ t to interpret its real m eaning. This H e did upon this occasion as well as upon others (e.g. M ark 3 :1 -5 ). A nd so w ith the L ord ’s D ay, Christ has n ot placed any heartless restrictions upon its usage. In the tw o sections b efore us w e have tw o w ays in which our L ord used the sabbath day. They are su ggestive o f w ays in w hich the L ord ’s D ay m ay be used by Christians. F irst, ou r L ord ’s custom was to attend God’s house on this day (4 :1 6 ). It w ould seem needless to argue the im portance on the p a rt o f be lievers today o f doin g likew ise each first day o f the week. B y so doing w e can do honor to our risen L ord and brin g to remembrance the fa c t th at w e belong to God’s new creation. Second, w e dis cover that our L ord w as in the h abit o f doing w orks o f healing and blessing on the sabbath (1 3 :1 0 -1 7 ). Enum erate the w ays by w hich we m ay follow our L ord ’s example on the L ord ’s Day. Helps For The Children When Sunday Com es Ex. 20:8-11; Mark 2 :2 3 -3 :6 ; Luke 4:16, 13:10-17 M em ory V erse: “ Rem em ber the sabbath day, to keep it h oly” (E x . 2 0 :8 ). W h at do you do on Sunday? D o you feel th at Sunday is ju st a day fo r you U ses o f the Sabbath Luke 4 :1 6ab ; 13:10-17
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