probably none of the commandments has been so troubled by errors in both directions, errors of excess and errors of defect. Most of the commandments are broken primarily in defect, as people serve other gods or fail to do enough to preserve life, chastity, and property. But this commandment, though it is indeed frequently broken by defect, is also often broken by excessive, exaggerated attempts to keep it. The solution to both excess and defect is to understand what the commandment is saying, and what it's not saying. The solution, in other words, is to go back to the text and understand it rightly. In brief, we will see that this commandment requires us to give one full day out of every seven to God, and that it tells us to do that by resting from work and making the day holy. Again, people get all stuck on the question of what exactly that looks like, far more than they do with any of the other commandments. I honestly don't know why, though. If the Covid pandemic has taught us anything, it is that there are a multitude of opinions out there on how best to preserve life. If the great communist vs. capitalist battle called the Cold War taught us anything, it is that there are various opinions on how to preserve property. But somehow, when it comes to the Sabbath day, instead of the civil government picking a particular line on how best to keep this moral imperative and fighting with other countries about it, particular Christians take a particular line and fight with other Christians about it. The fact is that the commandment tells us to give God one whole day out of seven, and to hallow that day by resting.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
