This past Sunday my pastor, Chad Graves, continued with his series on the Ten Commandments. This week we covered the 4th commdment: from the passage of Exodus Chapter 20: 8 -11.
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 manservant, 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.
The one phrase that stuck in my head from the message this Sunday was a resounding of the messge from last week: "Who I am determines what I do". Since confirming the need for establishing and maintaining my identity in Christ it was an awesome reminder that my identity should translate into my actions. I do not go to church to be a Christian.
I do not feel that attending church is a chore. It is a welcomed blessing each week to spend time worshiping with my family at Pauline. It was a great confirmation to hear the message as Chad presented it Sunday to know and solidify that the 4th Commandment is not meant to be a difficult command. It is meant to free us from binds of this earth.
God, in his infinite knowledge knew and made provision for us to take some time from everything in the world and come to his house for worship and revival. He knew we needed rest!
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