Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Matthew 12:9-14
by: Dale Rood.
Too often, we think of all the things we should not do on Sabbath. I prefer to think of the things we should do on Sabbath. I have developed five positive principles for keeping Sabbath: 1) Make it special for God (Exodus 20:1); 2) Rest (Exodus 20:9-11); 3) Gather for worship (Leviticus 23:3); 4) Make it a delight (Isaiah 58:13-14); and 5) Make it a day for doing good. We find that last principle here in Matthew 9:12. This is the distinctively New Testament principle for keeping Sabbath. How can you use this day in a special way for doing good you would not ordinarily have time to do?