Sabbath Reflections with Randy Skeete

During the creation of humanity, God said "Let Us make man in our image" .In this statement, we see God's original desire for our lives-To elevate our lives into his divine likeness as much as possible. As you keep the Sabbath Holy today, remember that though we may be fallen in nature and sinful, God has not given up His original intent and desire for our lives. If only we we will co-operate with Him, He will continue to elevate every aspects of our lives beginning with our moral lives.

As humans we tend to worry about so many things. Interestingly most of the things we do worry about are beyond our power. Sabbath Keepers must always remember that God made all things in the Universe and it's His mighty hand that directs and sustains the universe. Instead of worry, why don't we commit everything into the hands of the Almighty, wholly trusting His transcendental power.

All living things are somewhat dependent on the Sun for life. Did you know that we are absolutely dependent on God as verily as the as the physical creation is depended on the Sun? Jesus is the Sun of righteousness and nothing that distances itself from Him continues to live on. Be blessed by this episode as you keep the Sabbath holy. Happy Sabbath.

Of course, God Created the heaven and the earth and everything in it in six days and rested on the seventh day. However Did you know that from the beginning of creation until now God has never rested? Yes! He has never rested from sustaining the things he created. God is constantly at work to keep the earth universe moving. Listen to this episode to learn more insights about how God upholds the universe without ever taking a rest and how that reveals his never failing love for you and I .Happy Sabbath.

Would you like to reduce your stress?Reduce your anxiety ?, possibly lower your blood pressure.? The Bible has a recommendation for you that is effective and time-tested. This episode will reveal to you a timeless Anti stress health therapy that is rooted in the Creation Story and the Sabbath Commandment.

According to Scripture, we are to work six days a week and rest on the seventh. Six days of work, one day of rest. But do you also know that the Bible requires us to rest seven days a week?Jesus tells us in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto me, all ye that labor, and a heavy laden, and I will give you rest." This kind of rest is intended to function or to be experienced seven days a week. Most of us often or occasionally take a rest from trusting in God. And in so doing, we encounter anxiety and worry and uncertainty. Jesus wants the best for us in this world of troubles so He says "Come unto me and I will give you a twenty-four-hour, seven-days-a-week kind of rest.

In the Bible God often used a perculier way to call some people who were dear to him, this style is called the doubling of names. Example is calling Abraham with a double name call, "Abraham, Abraham" Calling Moses, "Moses, Moses" Calling Samuel , "Samuel, Samuel" Other times when Jesus wanted to make a very crucial point he used double phrasing such as "Verily, Verily" . Do you know God showed this same principle in the giving of the Ten Commandments to Moses? This enlightening episode will explain how, and why the Law of God is so dear to the heart of God. Be blessed as you listen.

When things are personal to us, we value them, we treasure them, we guard them, and any threat to them elicit from us a very serious response. All Ten Commandments are extremely important to God but a detailed look shows that one of them is very personal to God. Of all the ten, this is what the Bible says about the fourth. Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days, shall thou labor and do all thy work. But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. Jesus said, "the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath'. God calls the Sabbath day in Isaiah 53, "My holy day". If the Sabbath Commandments is this personal to God, how then should we as His beloved children treasure, guard and keep it in all love?

Anytime God makes a covenant with man, He sets out the details of the covenant and man's duty is to obey the details of that covenant. We see this in the Adamic Covenant -Genesis 3:15, God's Covenant with Noah, symbolised by the giving of a rainbow (Genesis 9), the Abrahamic Covenant of Genesis 12. And God's Covenant with the world through Israel by the given of the Ten Commandments (Exodus 19 and 20). He always spells out the details and we either obey or disobey. Today God has a covenant with humanity , the Bible calls it the New Covenant. In this covenant He still gives us all of His Ten Commandments leaving out no details. He goes on to promise us His Holy Spirit who will take the ten Commandments and write them on the tablets of our hearts, enabling us to obey them through His Grace.

The Bible teaches that the Law of God is perfect just and righteous. And all the Ten Commandments are a transcript of God's loving character. However, is there any ranking among the Commandments? What was Jesus teaching when He said in Mark 12 " And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength." This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself? What lessons can we learn from this with regards to the keeping of the seventh day Sabbath as given in the fourth commandment?

The Sabbath commandment reminds us that God did not create us as selfish hermits, but rather He made us to be part of an interconnected web of humanity. Thus as we worship God , showing our love, we also need to be a blessing to those around us by showing love. So as you keep this Sabbath Holy, remember that you were made to he a blessing to those around you. May the Lord give us the strength to love abs bless others.

Everything God created was created to fulfill a particular purpose. Man was also created for a purpose: to Glorify His maker through Obedience to His will. As you observe this Sabbath day: it’s time to ask whether you are living with the purpose of your Maker.

When we obey the command to Keep the seventh day Sabbath, We honor the Special day of the Only Holy God. And since the Sabbath is a special and different day of the the days, There’s every cause for for it to be kept different as unto a Holy and Special God.

A Very simple way of knowing which day is the Sabbath day. May God give us the understanding and the will to obey His Commands.

From the very beginnings of life on earth, mankind has always been presented with choices. Choices to obey God or to disobey Him regarding matters of morality. God forces no one, He always expects willful choice to obey Him. In matters of keeping the commandments, including that of the Sabbath, We can choose to obey Him or disobey. But the more we daily choose to Obey Him, the more easier obedience becomes in subsequent situations. Let us consciously choose to obey God today in keeping His holy commandments which are ordained to life.

As Christians and Sabbath keepers, we are to always remember that we owe it a duty to God to conserve and take good care of the things He has created. The pangs of sin and the curse of the fall may be written over creation all around us but we are to remember that it’s our godly duty to take care of creation in order to avoid any controllable adverse ecological effects. Sabbath Keepers must always be leaders in ecological care.

In the Old Testament, there was a crime that God abhorred the most. A Crime of crimes you can call it- The worshiping of Created things or idolatry. God always hates it when men give His glory and the worship due Him to created things. Today, there’s a disguised form of idolatry in Christendom—Sunday worship which was instituted by Constantine in AD 321, instead of the true Seventh-day Sabbath instituted by God in commemoration of His Creator-ship. If only we will honestly accept God’s word , He will always guide our feets from all kinds of disguised idolatry.

One powerful Sabbath keeping tip to give you a deep experience with God is to specially make time for meditating and reflection on God’s wondrous acts of creation during the Sabbath hours. Delving into the creation story and gleaning lessons is a powerful way of bringing you closer to Jesus your Creator.

Many times when we think of the Moral laws we think of the commandments that forbid adultery, murder, stealing, but others like the honouring of parents and the Sabbath commandment are often not so much considered moral. But the willful breaking of the Sabbath is as much a sin and breach of morality as murder and stealing. The moral commandment that points to the Lawgiver is the fourth commandment and the keeping of the Sabbath is certainly the keeping of no least moral commandment.

God has planted His people in this world to convert the world to Himself. We Christians are supposed to be an Influence to Unbelievers. Of all the Ten Commandments, the Sabbath commandment most clearly portrays this thought. God said the sabbath must be kept with all the members of one’s family as well as the “visitors within thy gates”. This tells us that as children of God, we are to set and bear the Standards for even our unbelieving visitors, friends and other associates . We are to influence the world heavenward and not the other way round. Happy Sabbath.