Sunday, February 17, 2008

• Blessings and the Christian Sabbath

  

  
  
  "God promises many blessings to those who hallow the sabbath day in soul and body.  Regarding this, consider the following two passages: 
  
  'Blessed is the man...that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it...For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep My sabbaths...even unto them will I give in Mine house and within My walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters:  I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off...every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer:  their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine alter' (Isa. 56:2, 4-7). 
  
  Consider also this passage:
  
  'If thou turn away thy foot fom the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it' (Isa. 58:13-14). 
  
  He who therefore desires all these benefits ought to hallow the sabbath - the promise being that they will be given on this day."  

  Taken from The Chistian's Reasonable Service by Wilhelmus a Brakel
  
  

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