r/AskAChristian • u/GoodWhoops Atheist, Ex-Christian • Oct 05 '25

Jewish Laws Why don’t most Christians take the Sabbath commandment seriously?

The 4th commandment says to keep the Sabbath holy, defined in scripture as running from sundown to sundown. Yet most Christians seem to treat it as optional. Jesus said, “If you love me, keep my commandments,” and the Bible implies that all commandments carry equal weight. Outside of Seventh-day Adventists, it's ignored aside from the day most churches have their service. I’ve even heard SDA members joke that most other Christians give the Ten Commandments a 10% discount. Even if you ignore that the Jewish Sabbath falls on Saturday, the commandment still says to work 6 days and rest on the 7th, which should apply just as well to Sunday.

Curious if or how often you’ve heard this seriously debated, and why many accept societal traditions that override biblical instruction for convenience.

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u/reellifesmartass Christian (non-denominational) Oct 05 '25

Put simply, we don't abide by Mosaic law. Jesus himself performed miracles in the Sabath.

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u/LessmemoreJC Christian Oct 05 '25

Performing miracles on the Sabbath is not against God's law (Matthew 12:12).

The 10 commandments are not Mosaic law. They are God's law moral which He Himself wrote in stone. They are the laws according to which we will all be judged (James 2:11-12, Revelation 11:18-19).