Observe the Sabbath?

Most Jews think they can observe the Sabbath from Friday evening to Saturday evening.  The Seventh Day Adventists try their best to observe the Sabbath on Saturday, but they fall way short.   Most religionists in the South think they observe the Sabbath on Sunday, but they are all misguided and lost as a golf ball in high weeds. The Pharisees used to split hairs on the Sabbath, and they tried to condemn Jesus for doing good things for others on the Sabbath.  The Pharisees were looking their one true Sabbath right in the face, and they didn't even know Him.  You see, Sabbath means "to rest from labor."  Religion will tell you to labor and labor and labor for your Salvation. But in the New Testament, in the Gospel of the Grace of God, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself is our Sabbath.

Christ Jesus, the living God Himself, is my Sabbath right now and every day of the week, for I rest in Him, that is, in what He has accomplished for me in His sinless life, bloody death, and miraculous resurrection from the dead, and now he ever liveth to make intercession for me.  Jesus said, "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest." That Rest that Jesus offers to you is Rest from your sins, your self-righteousness and self-will.  Self will lead you to sin against God, and your sins will lead you off into Hell.  Self-righteousness will lead you to think you can satisfy God's divine justice by your own doings, and that is a devilish thought.

Now understand - The money-making religionists will always emphasize a certain day or place in order for you to worship, and the self-exalting religionist will always naturally put emphasis on "anything, anything" but the *Atoning Blood* of God Incarnate.  The religionist steers clear of the Blood because it is THE ONLY sin extinguisher and soul-saving agent.  But in the Holy Bible, Christ Jesus Himself is the one true Sabbath for the spirit and soul of the born again believer - Come unto *Him* and Rest in His Person, Words, Righteousness and Precious Blood.  *Matthew 11:28-30*

Now, if you want to truly observe the Sabbath, observe the Lord Jesus Christ Himself closely, that is, consider Him, look to Him, behold Him, acknowledge Him, believe on Him, receive Him, worship Him, obey Him, love Him, praise Him, bless Him, magnify Him, adore Him, follow Him, and ye shall find true Rest unto your soul.  The Holy Spirit shall go with you, and He will give you rest.  A poor soul can only rest at Jesus' feet; and I will take my Rest right there. To Him shall the Gentiles seek, and His Rest shall be glorious.  I also rest completely on Jesus' precious promises found in the Bible, these promises are my soul's quiet resting places.  I observe the Sabbath every day of the week, my Sabbath is a Person, the Lord Jesus Christ; He is my soul's only resting place.

Now understand - The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot until she returned to Noah into the ark. You will find no rest for your soul until you enter into Christ. You can only enter into God's Rest at the Cross; and if you want to enter, you must first cease from your own works, and trust only to Jesus' finished cross-work.  A lost man never has any rest within his heart and soul; there is no rest saith my God to the wicked.  If you die in your sin-loving state, you will perish.  Don't forget, your soul's only resting place is at Calvary's tree.  So now today, Jesus invites the sinful and ungodly to come to Him for Rest.  I have by faith rested in Jesus.

My soul is resting content on the Rock and Foundation of the Bible - His name is JESUS.  Observe the Sabbath today - come unto Jesus now by faith in His words and Blood.  *Matthew 11:28* Return unto thy Rest, O my soul for the Lord Jesus Christ hath dealt bountifully with thee.  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures.  Calvary's Lamb - He is my Rest forever, here will I dwell; for I have desired it.  Resting and trusting in who Jesus is and what He has done for me - that is all.

How can you escape the damnation of Hell, if you neglect so great a salvation that is freely offered to you by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, God manifest in the flesh?  Christ Jesus wants to save you from being a slave to your sins.  Christ rejecters who die in their sins go straight to Hell when they die and have to endure God's divine justice that is due to their sins forever and ever.  Stop laboring to try to save yourself.  You don't have to go Hell - Behold the Lamb of God, and trust only to His Blood, and you will begin to hate your sins and forsake them.  Human sin is highly flammable in Eternity; and only Jesus can remove that sin from your soul with His own blood.  Soli Autem Crucis!