Truth Lost in Easter

Last night, the day most Christians refer to as Good Friday, I was praying with two of my close friends as we welcomed in the Sabbath and I was impressed what a tragedy of lost truth there is amongst far too many Christians.  Easter is the time when many Christians find their thoughts turning to the resurrection of our Lord and this is certainly a wonder that I am grateful for.  Without the life, death, and resurrection, none of us would have the possibility of eternal life; we would be lost forever.

But in the mainstream Christian world, the focus is only on Easter Sunday. In fact, the devil has masterfully turned the day our Lord resurrected from the dead and took victory into His hands, defeating the enemy once and for all; and used it for his deceptive gain.  How many Christians say that we are to observe Sunday worship because of the resurrection, I think most.  Yet, the truth is that even in His death, Christ honored the sanctity of the true Sabbath.  No where in Scripture will you find support for the change.  It is one of the ten commands given by God on Sinai and even more important, it was created at the very beginning of our earth, right after God made us humans.

As I thought about this, I said a prayer for all the Christians who have been lead away from the truth and that those whose hearts are open to hearing the Spirit speak to them will be impressed to find the glorious truth of Sabbath, especially during this weekend of remembrance of Christ's ultimate gift to us.  The enemy knows that when we do not set aside the Sabbath day to fortify ourselves in God, we are drawn away from His awesome power to have created us and to save us and our thoughts will not be in a place of coming to that peaceful place we can enjoy when Christ abides in us.

May God bless you as you take special time this particular Sabbath day to not only thank God for the gift of salvation through Christ and His resurrection, but thank God for having Christ also give us the example of keeping Sabbath even in His death so that it was preserved for our benefit when He rose in victory.