Reformed Doctrine Daily Devotions

Today’s devotion comes from Exodus 31:12-17.

“The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘You shall surely observe My sabbaths;  for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.  Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you.  Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.  For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD;  whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death.  So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.’  It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever;  for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”  Exodus 31:12-17.

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We tend to want to skip over what Scripture states to emphasizes our own points.  But, what does the Scripture state?

We want to only think of the Sabbath as one of the Ten Commandments.  But, what does this Scripture state?

“…  this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.  Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you.”  Verse 13.

“It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever;  for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed.”  Verse 17.

Thus, do we view the Sabbath as only a command?

Today is Friday.  Are we going to focus only on the recreation that we are going to get today and Saturday?

Or, are we going to focus on these signs in Scripture that Sunday will be a time of sanctification and refreshing for us?

“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;”  Acts 3:19.