I am a Christian and I need to know how I can keep the true FriSaturday, sundown to sundown, Sabbath Day holy?

Question

I don't want a bunch of people on here telling me how wrong I am about this, I just need instuction on the rituals or taboos that I should avoid on this Holy Day. I have decided to keep the True Hebrew Sabbath Day holy and to honor the Lord by keeping His Commandment. My church has not accepted this and does not practice it so I can not attend a church on this day. Can someone please tell me how to Honor My Father on this day. There is a Seventh Day Adventist Church in town but I don't want to go to another church, I want to serve God and by honoring Him this way. I trust that He will show my church the error of the Sunday Sabbath. I am aware of the rule that we should not work or allow our children to work or our servents on this Holy Day.Should i cook certain kinds of food? Can I prepare food or can I clean up messes? Can I travel or drive or go to a barbeque? Can I get on the computure or watch TV for pleasure? I need people that know really know what they are talking about.

I do not want to covert to Judism, I believe in Jesus and He was the last sacrifice that was made and no other is needed.

Answer 1

You know when I was a young man, I always pray to God especially before I go to sleep and go to church on sunday and praise God. But I failed to recognize the fact that, those were just part of being Christian and not the whole Christian faith. I can probably tell you now that everyday should be Holy and everyday you should praise God by being a true Christian and what is a true Christian? What is a true Christian?

Listen to Him:

"But to you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. To the person who strikes you on one cheek, offer the other one as well, and from the person who takes your cloak, do not withhold even your tunic. Give to everyone who asks of you, and from the one who takes what is yours do not demand it back. Do to others as you would have them do to you.

For if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. If you lend money to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit (is) that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and get back the same amount. But rather, love your enemies and do good to them, and lend expecting nothing back; then your reward will be great and you will be children of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and the wicked. Be merciful, just as (also) your Father is merciful.

"Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you." And he told them a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit?

No disciple is superior to the teacher; but when fully trained, every disciple will be like his teacher. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,' when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first; then you will see clearly to remove the splinter in your brother's eye.

"A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit. For every tree is known by its own fruit. For people do not pick figs from thornbushes, nor do they gather grapes from brambles. A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks. "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' but not do what I command?

I'm sure being Christian yourself, i don't have to teach you this, I am just sharing some refreshing thoughts.

Answer 2

You will have to go to the old testament law and read up on it. There is no cooking on the sabbath. all food is prepared beforehand.. You can only walk so far on the sabbath, I don't remember how far. You can not do any work at all. You will also have to get in touch with a Rabbi somewhere that will establish which day that the month starts on so you can calculate the sabbath day.. More in a min You need to go to Leviticus 23 as the feast days are intertwined with the sabbath and you will need to keep them. Especially the passover feast that will end on a sabbath. Here we get into the days of the months, and you need to determine those by a Rabbi. The feasts require sacrafice offerings, and not even the Jews do them today. But they are in Leviticus 23.. You will also have to deal with kosher and non kosher foods which is another issue.. But they are available and Jews do observe them, orthodox Jews..
If you are really going to observe the sabbath, you should probably go to a Jewish synagog because they are really set up to instruct you on all of these things.. An orthodox jewish synagog.
Sacrafices are not a thing to be taken lightly, this was not some BBQ in the back yard. This was serious business and before the Lord you were offering this animal for your sins, like the passover lamb.. So if you are serious, you need to study up and it won't be easy.

Answer 3

There are 39 categories that one must not do on Shabbat. Here is the list:

# Sowing
# Plowing
# Reaping
# Binding sheaves
# Threshing
# Winnowing
# Selecting
# Grinding
# Sifting
# Kneading
# Baking
# Shearing wool
# Washing wool
# Beating wool
# Dyeing wool
# Spinning
# Weaving
# Making two loops
# Weaving two threads
# Separating two threads
# Tying
# Untying
# Sewing two stitches
# Tearing
# Trapping
# Slaughtering
# Flaying
# Salting meat
# Curing hide
# Scraping hide
# Cutting hide up
# Writing two letters
# Erasing two letters
# Building
# Tearing a building down
# Extinguishing a fire
# Kindling a fire
# Hitting with a hammer
# Taking an object from the private domain to the public, or transporting an object in the public domain.

Some Jews don't turn on any lights(or they have them on the whole time). Food must be prepared the night before; it is usually left of a crock pot on a very low setting the whole time. Some kind of soup is usually made because it is easier.

But I must tell you, according to Judaism, a non-Jew must do something(however small it may be)to break the Sabbath. They feel that that Sabbath day was set aside just for them. So I would just flip a switch or something.

You can practice the Sabbath as stringently or as loosely as you would like. Some do all of the above and plus don't drive a car at all, while others dont do anything. It is up to you.

Answer 4

The last church I attended was the Worldwide Church of God, which kept the Jewish holy days and the seventh-day Sabbath. I do not know if they still do this, though. If you want to look to how to PROPERLY keep that day, you'll have to read Exodus, Deuteronomy and Leviticus, where the Mosaic laws are found. In Exo. 16:22-29, you can read about how God provided the Israelites with twice as much manna on the 6th day so they wouldn't have to gather on the 7th. Exo. 31:14 proclaims that anyone who dishonors the Sabbath was to be executed (see also Num. 15:32)--God was serious about his day of rest! Verse 16 declares it as PERPETUAL COVENANT. Perpetual means forever, so all those who say it was changed, modified, or done away with, clearly don't know their Bible very well. Reading is fundamental, kids!

There were, of course, sacrifices on that day, as on every day, so I guess God loved a good barbecue even on his "rest day." I suppose you could use that as proof that it's okay to attend a cookout. :o) As to what kinds of foods, find the laws that list clean and unclean foods to find out that God hated pork and shellfish, but said "yes" to sheep, cows, goats, poultry, and locusts. Nothing says "Sabbath dinner" like a nice big pile of fried locusts!

Another tip: Look up some websites on Jewish customs and laws. The O.T. was written by their ancestors, so they're the ones who would know best what the Sabbath is all about.

Answer 5

Those who observe the seventh day Sabbath have different opinions on how it should be kept. Orthodox Jews, for example, do not travel or do any sort of food preparation or clean up on the Sabbath. There are other Christian sabbath-keepers that have less restrictive guidelines and do allow for some travel and other activities, such as some television watching and computer use.

The Scriptures do not give us many instructions regarding how the sabbath was to be actually to be observed. There have been many lovely traditions developed by those in the Jewish faith, such as Sabbath candles, special foods and other traditions. You might look at www.myjewishlearning.com which has a lot of helpful information.

Answer 6

The Sabbath was part of the Law Covenant given to the Nation of Israel.Jesus' ransom sacrifice did away with the Law.We are not under Law.
SDA's pick and choose which parts of the Law they want to follow,because they say that the Law was divided and only part of it was done away with - this is not a Bible teaching.
Instead of putting in so much energy to doing something that God does not require of you,why don't you instead try to be the best Christian you can,by studying the Bible and thinking about what you are learning,speaking to others about your faith,living your life by Bible principles.These are the things that will make God happy

Answer 7

Some seventh day Adventists are cults... others have repented. You need to go to a church that teaches straight from the Bible. Study the Bible to see if what they teach is according to what the Word says.

If you wish to honor the Sabbath... that is ok... but as a Christian... we are not of the Mosaic law... we are under grace and every day is worthy to be praised.

However... I would check into the Messianic Jewish Synagogues. They are very very close to the Biblical interpretation that you are seeking.

Answer 8

Good for you in taking this stand. You don't have to go through a lot of ritual - just keep yourself from things unholy, pray.., perhaps fast (not necessary but not wrong either), don't watch trashy TV shows.
Read your Bible. I never thought about it before but while the computer itself is not wicked - the content on the Internet is. And if you have been to Yahoo Answers and Questions for long you know this place even gets fairly filthy with various crazies, demon possessed and demon influenced.

Pray and be your own best judge on how to treat the Sabbath as Holy. It sounds like you have enough concern about doing right - God will guide you without your having to indulge various conflicting information from well meaning know-it-alls.

In Christ - God bless.

Answer 9

Part of Christianity is that it's not legalistic. In Matthew and the other gospels, Jesus told the disciples and other followers not to do legalistic things- prayer, sacrifice, etc if they were legalistic. Your faith should be personal, seeking to honor God, not follow rules. I think that by reading the Bible and trusting in God to guide your heart, you'll do just fine. You don't need to watch the sky til its dark to know that you can get up and do something Saturday night. Jesus' death fulfilled many of the rules in the Old Testament, so the Sat sabbath, sundown to sundown thing isn't even necessary. I'm sure this is why your church isn't supporting it.

Answer 10

I find your question very interesting. I can't help think that as Christians we are often missing a lot by not being in touch with first testament ordinances. Some Christians I know enjoy the shabbat ceremony of having wine or juice and bread after lighting the candles at the set time. This is a big question, too big to deal with in detail here, but remember to enjoy the sabbath in a new covenant light, and keep a clear understanding of grace.

Answer 11

I don't believe that we should only set aside certain days with the label "holy." Everyday of the week should be lived striving to be holy and set apart from this world, in it, not of it. However, Sunday is the Lord's day, we go to church, fellowship, etc. with other believers. If not Sunday, when are you going to church? We need to be in fellowship with other believers, and it's a matter of accountability. Oh, and the Seventh Day Adventist thing, I put a link down below you should check out.