Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The Gospel
According to Mark 2:27
All commentary
and study notes are prefaced/edited by Dr. Riktor Von Zhades
And he said to
them, The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath
Brethren:
In the Book of
Genesis (Read Genesis 2:2-3), we read how our Creator, after all of
his labors took the seventh day and took His rest. Not only did He
rest, but He blessed that day as a day of Holiness. He sanctified
that day, setting it apart from all the others so that man might
enjoy a respite from his labors, and use that day to pay extra
special attention to the things of God, and the blessings as given to
man by Him.
Indeed the day was
not designed to restrain us from all things needed to continue with
our daily needs, but as mentioned above, the day was created for us
to catch our breaths and spend time in Holy communication with ur
Creator. Also make note, that man was Created before the seventh day
and THEN God took His rest. Since we are created in His image (Read
Genesis 2:26-27; 2:7), (not so much physically, as spiritually) does
it not stand to reason that we should likewise cease from our labors,
deeming them for that week as “good” and sufficient? - Dr. RVZ
“The Sabbath is a
sacred and divine institution; but we must receive and embrace it as
a privilege and a benefit, not as a task and a drudgery. First, God
never designed it to be an imposition upon us, and therefore we must
not make it so to ourselves. Man was not made for the Sabbath, for he
was made a day before the Sabbath was instituted. Man was made for
God, and for his honour and service [and as such], man was not made
for the Sabbath, so as to be tied up by the law of it, from that
which is necessary to the support of his life.
Secondly, God did
design it to be an advantage to us, and so we must make it, and
improve it. He made if for man. He had some regard to our bodies in
the institution, that they might rest, and not be tired out with the
constant business of this world (Read Deuteronomy 5:14). He certainly
never intended it should restrain us, in a case of necessity, from
fetching in the necessary supports of the body; it must be construed
so as not to contradict itself—for edification, and not for
destruction.
He had much more
regard to our souls. The Sabbath was made a day of rest, only in
order to its being a day of holy work, a day of communion with God, a
day of praise and thanksgiving; and the rest from worldly business is
therefore necessary, that we may closely apply ourselves to this
work, and spend the whole time in it, in public and in private; but
then time is allowed us for that which is necessary to the fitting of
our bodies for the service of our souls in God’s service, and the
enabling of them to keep pace with them in that work” - Matthew
Henry - Theologian
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