What is the meaning of the word "Sabbath"?
Answer
Rest.
NOTE - Previous to the fall, God designed that man's time should be occupied with pleasant,
invigorating, but not wearisome labor. Gen. 2:15. Laborious, wearisome toll came in consequence of sin.
Gen. 3:17-19. While under the fall the Sabbath, therefore, may bring physical rest to both man and the
beasts of burden (Ex. 23:12) in a way not originally intended, physical rest was not its original and primary
design or purpose. Cessation from the ordinary labors and occupations of the week was ordained, not
because these are wrong or sinful in themselves, but that man might have an appointed time and a
frequently recurring period for the contemplation of the Creator and His works. Under the gospel, the
Sabbath is a sign of spiritual rest and freedom from sin. So we read, "For he that is entered into His rest, he
also bath ceased from his own works, as God did from His." Heb. 4:10.
What is the first and primary evidence of our acceptance with God?
1. What report did the officers bring who were sent out by the chief priests and Pharisees to take Jesus?
In symbolic language, what is represented by winds?
What is said of one who professes to know the Lord, but does not keep His commandments?
2. What did God tell Adam and Eve would he the result if they transgressed, and partook of the forbidden fruit?
What example did Christ set in Sabbath observance?
What is Spiritualism defined to be?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle