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Sunday is a Holy day not a holiday

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Sunday is a Holy day not a holiday

Exodus 20: 8-11 is the middle of the Ten Commandments and clearly gives our Lord’s command concerning a certain day in the week.

“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man servant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.” (KJV)

During the many centuries since this commandment was given to Moses from God concerning a special day in the week, major changes have been made to this commandment by the attitude of the people. The first most notable change is that today the commandment about the day is mostly ignored. As this commandment has been changed, the transfer of all the observances of this commandment were made by Christians to the Lord’s Day, which is Sunday the first day of the week.

In America, we started down a slippery slope away from observing Sunday as a special day of worship and rest following World War II. As the changes in thought regarding this day spread quickly in the minds of most people, it became a part of the “weekend.” However, Sunday is the first day of the week, not part of the weekend. The point is argued immediately that since it is not a workday for many, it is part of the weekend and therefore is to be treated as a day for the people and not for God. As this day has become a day for the people, it is treated as a holiday and not a Holy day.

That change having taken place, it is no surprise that we now have business as usual in the shops, malls, restaurants and grocery stores in our country. Owners of entertainment and leisure activities plan on Sunday being their busy day, and the day for the most profit. Members of churches even make their plans for family, vacations and other leisure gatherings as if Sunday is their day to do as they please. It comes as no surprise that for the majority of our states, liquor is available as much on the Lord’s Day as in the other six days of the week.

As we continue to be faced with choices and decisions concerning the use of Sunday, we must stop to reclaim the fact that Sunday is a Holy day, and not a holiday for us to do as we please. We must return Sunday to the place and status placed upon it by God in the Ten Commandments.

Ray Newman

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