Sabbath

Jesus said, 'The Sabbath was made for man' (Mark 2:27). God didn't make the Sabbath for the earth; He made it for mankind - for you, for your neighbor, and for each person around the globe.

The fourth commandment enjoins the observance of 'the seventh day,' and all the inhabitants of our round world have a seventh day to each of their weeks. God has invited us to keep the seventh day as it comes to us and is marked off by His great time-keeper, the sun. When the sun sets on Friday night, we know that our six laboring days are past and that the Sabbath is commencing.

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When Christianity debuted in the world, the people of the day, both Jews and Greeks, had much to say about it being a new doctrine.

When Christ rebuked an evil spirit, commanding it to come out of a man, the people 'were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, 'What is this? What new doctrine is this?' (Mark 1:27). When Paul came to Athens and began to preach Christianity, the people inquired, 'May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak?' (Acts 17:19).

Various other passages could be given showing that the teachings of Christianity were considered new and strange.

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