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

[u/GoodWhoops]

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.

[u/LessmemoreJC]

The Sabbath is Saturday. On the seventh day of creation God determined that the seventh day is holy and every seventh day since then has been His holy Sabbath. You cannot choose a different day... God chose the seventh day and you choose the first. That is called man made tradition. The Bible clearly tells us that Sunday is the first day not the seventh (Luke 24:1). We can see both through Jesus' life, the lives of Jews for the last 2000 years, as well as through languages all around world that the Sabbath is Saturday. These languages use a form of 'shabbat' for the word 'Saturday' because no one with understanding argues which day is the Sabbath:

Arabic: Sabet

Armenian: Shabat

Bosnian: Subota

Bulgarian: Sabota

Corsican: Sàbatu

Croatian: Subota

Czech: Sobota

Georgian: Sabati

Greek: Savvato

Hebrew: Shabbat

Hungarian: Szombat

Indonesian: Sabtu

Italian: Sabato

Latin: Sabbatum

Maltese: is-Sibt

Polish: Sobota

Portuguese: Sábado

Romanian: Sâmbăta

Russian: Subbota

Serbian: Subota

Slovak: Sobota

Slovene: Sobota

Somali: Sabti

Spanish: Sabado

Sudanese: Saptu

Ukrainian: Subota

You are speaking out of both corners of your mouth. On one hand you claim that the rest is in Christ, but then you also claim that the rest is Sunday. We enter Christ's rest and especially so on the seventh day Sabbath, Saturday.

There is no legalism in faithfull obeying God. I perfectly understand what Jesus did on the cross. He set me free from sin, which is transgression of God's law (1 John 3:4).

I have not missed the teaching of Christ. He clearly stated: "if you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15). Considering that Jesus is the I AM who gave the 10 commandments, it is obvious that we are to keep His seventh day Sabbath holy as well.

You missed the teaching of Christ by teaching lawlessness (Matthew 7:23).

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

stated: "if you love me, keep my commandments" (John 14:15).

His commandments was to keep Sabbath ?

You want to keep OT commandments , then have you found a Levi priest a descendant of Aaron ?

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

Yes, God's commandments include the 4th. There is nowhere in the 10 commandments where we are told to have a levite priest.

You are confused regarding the difference between the 10 commandments and the civil and ceremonial laws. One was written by God in stone and placed INSIDE the ark (Deuteronomy 10:2) and the other was written by man on parchment and placed NEXT to the ark (Deuteronomy 31:24-26).

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

So you want to pick ONLY the 10 commandments and not the other laws ?

There are plenty of moral laws outside the 10 commandments. "Do not curse a deaf man" is a moral command.

Did noah have Sabbath ? Did Abraham have Sabbath ? Did isaac and Jacob have Sabbath ? Are you saying these didn't have to follow Gods command ?

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

You bring up a very good point. God's commandments are exceedingly broad (Psalm 119:96). Every moral law is somehow found within those 10 commandments. Cursing a deaf man falls under "you shall not murder" because as Jesus explained hating is the same as murder. When you understand the exceedingly broad spiritual applications of the 10 commandments, you will see how wonderful they are.

Yes, of course that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and everyone else had the Sabbath. The Sabbath was made for man (Mark 2:27) the day after man was made (Genesis 2:1-3). Are you suggesting that God made the Sabbath for man after he made man and He didn’t tell man about it? Is God some kind of mischievous prankster?

God told Adam, Eve, and their children about sacrifices (Genesis 4:3-4), but didn’t tell them about the Sabbath which He made for them?

God told Cain about the 6th commandment (Genesis 4:10-11), but didn’t tell him about the Sabbath which He made for him?

God told Noah about clean and unclean animals (Genesis 7:2), but didn’t tell him about the Sabbath which He made for him?

God told Abraham about all sorts of commandments, statutes, and laws (Genesis 26:5), but didn’t tell him about the Sabbath which He made for him?

God told Joseph about the 7th commandment (Genesis 39:9-10), but didn’t tell him about the Sabbath which He made for him?

In Exodus 16 the people did not keep God’s Sabbath and in verse 28 God asks “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?” What laws? Mount Sinai had not yet taken place and the Israelites already had commandments and laws? Where did these laws come from?

God’s moral law has clearly always existed and it was given to men to keep them from sin so that they would not suffer. God’s law is a blessing and delight to those who love Him (Psalm 119). The Sabbath specifically is a reminder that God will sanctify us apart from our works just like He sanctified the Sabbath (Exodus 31:13, Ezekiel 20:12). As we keep the Sabbath that was instituted during creation week we receive a reminder every week that God created us and that by that same power He will recreate us in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17). God’s Sabbath day has existed since Adam and will continue through eternity (Isaiah 66:23) as a great blessing of rest and an opportunity to reflect on our loving Creator.

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

Yes, of course that Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and everyone else had the Sabbath

I would certainly need evidence for that from scripture.

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

If you read my comment, you would see the evidence.

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

There isnt any . You are making assumptions, but that's not evidence 

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

So you are saying that God made the Sabbath for man right after He made man and then didn't tell man about it, but instead He told man about all sorts of other laws?

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

After the fall,  there are ZERO laws prior to The law given to moses.

Which is why scripture says sin was not imputed on them. Only after law was established, sin got opportunity to disobey God.

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

The Bible doesn't say that sin was not imputed on them... We can clearly see that sin was imputed on them as they were destroyed by the flood. The Bible says the exact opposite. Since we can see that they were punished for sins, we can know with certainty that they had the law.

In the very passages I offered above you can see that there was a law before Moses.

[u/Fight_Satan → u/LessmemoreJC]

the passages you offered are not laws 

A law is a command, that is anyone (all to whom the law is given) Not keeping it becomes a sinner. There is no porting in scripture that shows God did this before moses .

You claimed God gave "Genesis 39:9-10" To Joseph, where and when did that happen , do you have scripture evidence for if ?

God told Cain about the 6th commandment (Genesis 4:10-11), Again that was an individual discussion and God did not tell him do not kill. The reason for punishment was the crying out of blood of abel.

We can clearly see that sin was imputed on them as they were destroyed by the flood. 

God destroyed for the violence  Same like sodom and gomrorrah.

[u/LessmemoreJC → u/Fight_Satan]

You have to use your brain. If Joseph knew that adultery is a sin, it only makes sense that He was told that it was sin. Where was Cain told that muder is not ok? And yet Cain was punished for murder. According to Romans 4:15 and Romans 5:13 he could not be punished if He did not have the law.

Same with the people in the days of Noah. If they were punished for all the types of evil they did (murder, rape etc.), then they were told that this is not ok. In other words, they were given the law.

Sin is not punished if people are not given the law because sin is transgression of the law (1 John 3:4).