The Sabbath

"In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Madgadlene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre."

I love the verse in 1 John 2:20 "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things." This verse is for all believers who have the Holy Spirit dwelling in them "teaching us all things(John 14:26)."  We also have the tradition of men that Christ opposed greatly because it exalts itself above the Spirit of Christ. As believers we have to agree, a big chunk of our journey has been based on tradition and not the Word of God. Why?

Let's go back a bit in the Old Testament when Yahweh instructed the children of Israel to build a tabernacle. Yahweh instructed them right down to the tee of how he wanted this tabernacle built and it's specific purpose. This was His initiation, His plan. Fast forwarding now to King David, the man after God's own heart. He wanted to build a temple for the ark, but God stated he could not because he was a man of war. However, David's son Solomon would be the one to bring this project to pass, and it came to pass. Solomon built the temple and it took him less time to do that then it did to build his own temple (just an observation), and the temple thereafter would be seized and destroyed, rebuilt, and then torn down once again with no restoration.

Using the above illustration I want to be able to bring to light the real sabbath of the scriptures. We have many well intended believers who are living under tradition of man and not scripture. Many of us (all of us) are very good at taken certain parts of scripture and building a whole concept around it. This is why the Holy Spirit is so important, He is the One who guides us into all truth. Looking at the opening scripture you can see that the sabbath was observed prior to the resurrection, it was the first day of the week that both Mary's came out to the sepulchre. No where was there any instructions for the observation of sabbath to be moved to the first day. In fact the early church continued sabbath observation throughout the whole book of Acts. It was on the sabbath that they preached and taught the Word of God, and many Gentiles would join them on this day.

Why is this important? God never, ever, instructed any of us to change the sabbath to the day of our choosing. There is only one day that He blessed and hallowed and that was the seventh day-sabbath. It was not any other day, but this one. When YAHWEH begin to establish His laws in the lives of His people He communicated to them how He wanted this day observed and the purpose for it. Now we (church), have done like David we want to add on to something that God never initiated or commanded. We see that David had the idea, but Solomon did the building, Solomon did, not God.

"Unless the Lord build the house they labor in vain who build it(Psalms 127:1). This verse implies to so many areas in our lives. We have built things and then we offer it up to God like it's pure. Our best efforts are nothing when it comes to obeying the commands and precepts of God. When He lays down a foundation, we have so many questions and objections. Then we turn around and start building our events, ministries, worship buildings, relationships, sabbaths, and then we offer it up like our way is better. Really?

If we are really desiring to see breakthrough's in our lives. If we really want to live out the abundant life Jesus came and died for, we must do it the way our God has designed. No adding to it, nor subtracting anything from it. We will never know more than our Creator, ever. If we know Truth it is because God has deemed it so. It has nothing to do with what we did, or didn't do and it never will. Whatever is revealed to us through the Holy Spirit it is our responsibility as the children of God to walk in it as the He graces us. If we are to grow and live unto Him each day we must discontinue rearranging what God has already put in place. His principles will forever be unchangeable and His Truth will never change and this does not matter how many lives come and go. Jesus the same yesterday, today and forever.

Father, we thank you for Your patience with us all as your children. We realize most of our lives has been built on tradition. You have given us Your Holy Spirit, the same Spirit that Jesus was filled with when He walked this earth, to lead and guide us into all truth. Living unto You has been and will always be counter-culture, but You still call us to walk in truth. Help us to remember O Lord, in Jesus name, that this is not about us. Not about our comforts, our rights, our way, but it is all about You. It's all about soul's that need saving, soul's that need delivering. You saved us to free us, now help us to walk in this freedom, not to change Your principles, but to live them out by the power of the Holy Spirit. In Jesus Name, Amen.

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