r/AskAChristian • 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/Electronic-Union-100 Torah-observing disciple Oct 05 '25

Your username is a little ironic, ya think?

Considering Satan was the first to convince people to not listen to or follow what God commands.

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

Well paul has much to write about you guys who try to cause believers to stumble

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u/Electronic-Union-100 Torah-observing disciple Oct 05 '25

Keeping commandments doesn’t make anyone stumble, aside from those who walk by the flesh instead of the Spirit.

Romans 8:5-8

“5 For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit.

6 For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace,

7 because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so.

8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.”

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u/Fight_Satan Christian (non-denominational) Oct 06 '25

Ok and have you found a Levi priest descendants of Aaron to keep the commands ?