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Originally Posted by good samaritan
The sole purpose of the Sabbath is for rest, correct?
Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested (נוּחַ) the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Lemma:
נוּח ⟺ נוּחַ
Transliteration: nûach
Pronunciation: noo'-akh
Part of Speech: Verb
Root Word (Etymology):
A primitive root
BDB Lexicon:
1. to rest
Isaiah 28:12
To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
Here in Isaiah is that word rest(nûach) again. You may not believe that there is any correlation, but it jumps out at me. |
Now, if your logic is followed on out, so that "rest" is translated into "having Jesus in your heart", in such a way as to absolve a person of moral obligation to obey the 4th Commandment, then it follows that a Christian may require his employees/servants to work 7 days a week with no rest! The Commandment doesn't just require a person to abstain from ordinary labour on the 7th day, but also prohibits having others work for you on the 7th day.
But if becoming a Christian frees you from the moral requirement to keep the Sabbath, then it is PERFECTLY RIGHT AND MORAL for a Christian to exact labour from a servant on the 7th day as well.
But in your heart you KNOW that isn't right. It would be WRONG to demand your employees work 7 days a week with no day off. You INSTINCTIVELY RECOGNIZE the moral righteousness of the Commandment. It wouldn't be LOVING YOUR NEIGHBOUR to be such a harsh taskmaster
So can you choose on your own, out of your own understanding, how to show love to your neighbour? "I'll give you every 10th day off." Or maybe every Monday off? DO WE KNOW BETTER THAN GOD how best to love both God and our neighbour? Are we smarter than God?
Proverbs 3:1-8 KJV
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: [2] For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. [3] Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: [4] So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. [5] Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. [6] In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. [7] Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. [8] It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.