Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Mark 2:23-28
by: K. Allen Geske.
One of my good Seventh Day Baptist friends would have called the Pharisees "Sabbath police." The religious leaders had turned God's gift of the Sabbath into a heavy burden. Instead of being a joy to bring rest and freedom, it enslaved them. The purpose of the law had been lost in the abuse of it. Jesus did not do away with the fourth commandment, but he clarified its purpose for our benefit.
Have you been a "Sabbath police" officer? We are commanded to keep the Sabbath holy and to do no work-but it should not become an overwhelming burden to us or to others.