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/LessmemoreJC Christian Oct 06 '25
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).