W. Robert Godfrey

It's a command grounded in creation.

That's what Exodus 20 wants to emphasize.

And that's important to know.

I think it's very important for us Christians today to know because there are lots and lots of teachers who mean well who say, well, you know, the Sabbath commandment was just for the Jews.

It has nothing to do with the church.

And now that the church has come,

The church is free to worship anytime, to serve God on any day, because we are not bound to one day.

One day was just for the Jews, not for us.

Well, that's a problem when you think about it, because Exodus 20 doesn't say that God gave the Sabbath commandment to the Jews because they were Jews.

It says God gave the Sabbath commandment to all people because they were creatures.

And I think that's really important for us.

The whole history of the church has recognized that God set aside one day as a holy day.

And the history of the church has said, in the old covenant, it was the last day of the week, Saturday.

And in the new covenant, to mark Christ's resurrection from the dead, it's the first day of the week.

And John seems to teach that in Revelation 1, verse 10, where he said, I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day.

Well, what's the Lord's day?

If all days are alike in the new covenant, as some people argue, there can't be a Lord's day.

But John says there is a Lord's day.

And it's intriguing, the exact form of the Greek there, because the Greek is

It's not the day of the Lord, it's the Lord's day.