Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Deuteronomy 5:12-15
by: Chris Galarneau.
Here in Deuteronomy’s restatement of the Sabbath command, we see that the Israelites were called to remember their deliverance from slavery in Egypt as motivation (as opposed to the reminder of creation in Exodus). We can think of the Sabbath in the same terms—seeing it as a call to remember our deliverance from slavery to sin into freedom through Jesus’ outstretched arms. We can seek rest in God because we are free from bondage. We can enjoy a Sabbath day unto God because we clearly see the grace and freedom we have been given.