Legalism?

But what about legalism? “You’re trying to make us keep the Sabbath. Are you turning into some kind of a 7^th Day Adventist? Are you converting to Judaism?”

No, no, and no. You don’t have to keep a Sabbath if you don’t want to. If you decide to try and keep a Sabbath and you end up doing some work on that day, it is not a sin. I’m not telling you that you have to do anything, but I am telling your that God is telling us that we need to learn how to rest. We need our rest.

Let’s review this basic concept once again. When the principle of the Sabbath was laid down at the creation, and when it was repeated in the ten commandments, the Sabbath wasn’t a day for attending religious services. There were no daily religious services to attend (unless you lived very close to the temple, and most Jews didn’t). The Sabbath was for resting. It was for taking it easy.

The commandment tells us that we need to remind ourselves to rest, that we need to plan our rest. Why are we so stressed out? Could it be partly do to the fact that we aren’t getting our rest?