that there is one day in seven that is different, that it needs to be practised in a different way to the other six. Is that the fourth commandment, you shall honour the Sabbath and keep it holy? Well, of course, that was given to Israel. That was given with the law on tablets of stone and the law has passed away. As the food laws have passed away, and the dietary laws, and the clothing laws, and even perhaps the national laws, to do with the nation and how they were to be as a nation, stoning certain crimes and what deserved death and what didn't. Well those laws have passed away, therefore the world will throw out the law. Very interesting that people who say that are quite happy to keep the other nine commandments, but we'll just park that thought, because we're going to be building up to the ten commandments, don't you worry. But supposing that, what I want to do this morning is, even if it's not true, that's faulty reasoning, faulty logic. As I've said before, and I will say, the Ten Commandments are moral laws that existed before they were given on tablets of stone. And as we see in the New Covenant, God says, I will no longer write my laws on tablets of stone, but I will write them on the heart. So actually what we see is that there's not a lessening of obedience to the Ten Commandments. In fact, there's an intensification. in the church, in the new covenants. But let's just pretend, let's just pretend that that's right. Okay, right, tablets of stone, gone. Should we keep the Sabbath? And what we see is that even if that reasoning was true, though it is not, you still find authority from Scripture to see that the Sabbath is binding on human beings. And we saw that last time, didn't we? How? because the Sabbath goes back to creation. The Sabbath goes back to man before man had even sinned. Keeping the Sabbath holy was something that was required of man as sinless, as upright. It wasn't something to do with law. No, it was something positive. It was something good. Good. In fact, we read in Romans 2 that the work of the law Ten Commandments was written on the heart at creation, at the beginning. That includes the Sabbath. And when you think about it, it makes sense. Laws are good, aren't they? It's good that there are laws in marriage, right? Can you imagine without laws within marriage about what is permitted and what isn't permitted in marriage? Marriage would be a disaster, wouldn't it? If you just say, well it doesn't matter if you commit adultery, it doesn't matter if you do those things, well there'd be no healthy relationships. There would be no homes where children are reared in a safe and secure environment. It would be absolutely chaotic, and we're getting rid of that in our society now, aren't we? Children growing up without mums or dads, without secure homes. Look, the laws that are given within marriage are there to allow human beings to flourish, aren't they? Think of a football game. Can you imagine a football game without any laws? It wouldn't be much fun, would it? You'd be miserable. Hey, you punched me. It doesn't matter. He pulled my shirt. So what? No, but there are laws, and the laws allow us to flourish. And it's the same in our relationship with God. In order to enjoy God and know God, you have to enjoy Him and know Him on His terms. And the only way for our relationship to flourish is if we walk in his commandments. Otherwise the relationship won't work. There'll be enmity between us both. And you see, here's the thing. The law is good and the law is a blessing. That's what the Bible unanimously tells us from beginning to end. Jesus said, didn't he, the Sabbath wasn't made for God. You know, we saw that, didn't we? God didn't rest because he was tired. The Lord does not grow weary. But he rested to set man an example. The Sabbath wasn't made for God. The Sabbath was made for man. In other words, we saw, didn't we, that Sabbath is a creation ordinance. There were two other creation ordinances. Do you remember what they were? Marriage. Marriage is a good gift, isn't it? If you're married, it's a wonderful gift. I've been away on my own all week, as you know. I've been very lonely. And I realise how much I take my wife for granted. Marriage is good. It's a gift. And when we go against God's ordained pattern, it leads to havoc, as we see. Work. What's the other creation orders? God, be fruitful, multiply, subdue the earth, exorcise the mean over it. Work. Friends, if you've ever been unemployed, or you've ever not been in work, it's demoralising, isn't it? And there's something about work that is good. When you work, it's better for your well-being. You feel happier because you're doing what God made you to do. Equally, honour the Sabbath day, keep it holy. The Lord blessed the seventh day and made it holy. He set it apart as unique and special. And as we observe that which God has ordained to be a blessing, it does us good. It's good for us. He made it holy. He set it apart, therefore, for special use. It's a bit like in the temple, you know? In the temple, there were certain items, weren't there? Holy items, a holy dish, a holy bowl, a holy cup. It's not that they were different to anything else, but they were set apart for special use. And God says that this day is a holy day. In other words, he attached goodness, blessing, on this day that actually you won't experience on the other days. It's not that God doesn't bless on the other days, but he really blesses on this day, the day that he has made. This is the day that the Lord has made. Clap your hands and clap some. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. It's a gift of God made for us because man shall not live by bread alone. We are not just physical, but we are spiritual beings. Now, I don't believe in aliens, they're not in the scriptures, but suppose an alien visited Earth, right? Suppose they existed, they turned up the day after tomorrow, whatever it is, Independence Day, and an alien is told by me, I meet one in the vestry, and he asks me, you know, what is the chief end of man, you see? And I say to him, well, you know, man's purpose, the reason of man's existence is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever. Man was made for the creation, but man was made for God. Man was made to enjoy God, to know Him, to love Him, to serve Him. And then supposedly he looks up the church, God's worshipping people, and he sees them tirelessly working six days to feed their bodies, living for the world. washing their clothes, doing their garden, working every hour God sends under the sun. What sort of message is he going to get? You made for God? I don't see it reflected in your doing of your time. You see, once we grasp man's chief end, it makes sense that that will be reflected in the way God expects us to order our week. That just as God is Lord over time, Him being Lord over time should be reflected in the way we use our time. Right? It's a bit like we say, for example, that all the income we have, all the money we have, is not our own, is it? And so we give back to God. Why? Because what we're doing is we're saying, although I've worked for this, it doesn't belong to me, and so by giving this bit back, I'm acknowledging that the whole earth is the Lord and the fullness thereof. And just as all time is God's, and we are his creatures and subject to him, that should be reflected in the pattern of our week. Because as we've said before, the one day is not just about the one day, it's about the other six days. Because if you're going to keep the one day special, it's going to have a massive impact on how you organise your time on the other six days. And so you're living all the other six days with that And God has blessed this day and made it special. I therefore need to govern all my affairs to be ready for that one day, to worship and to enjoy it, because God has made it for my blessing. If we ignore this day, it is debt-shooting. This is the point. Because it was made for man, If we ignore this day, it is detrimental to your physical, yes, and spiritual health. Because these are ordained rhythms God has established from creation. And if we mess up with God's established pattern, it has serious consequences for us. That's why the whole, please give me a list of what I can and can't do, just misses a point. It reveals a really crooked heart. God has given us a day where he wants to bless us. That's what he wants to do. He wants us to be taken up with him. And we want to just say, well, what can I get away with? Maybe you've heard of the French Revolution. One of the things they tried to do was get rid of the seven-day routine. Have you heard of that? They associated the seven-day week with the Christianisation of Western Europe. And obviously they were throwing out all things religion, weren't they? So they went for a ten day week. It didn't last very long. It didn't last very long. Because God ordained their creation, man shall work six and rest on one. Man can't make it to nine days, you burn out and have a breakdown. I wonder whether, as I've said before, the reason there's so much depression today and breakdown is because we're working more than God expects us to actually. And we're not honouring the day He has made holy. But you see, that's the point, isn't it? The day is given so that we could be taken off from the things that God said are very good, to be taken up with the one who is supremely good itself. But if we understand what happened at the fall, what happened at the fall, man exchanged the truth for a lie. Adam saw that the tree was good and therefore desired to In other words, I don't really like God, I don't delight in God, I'd rather delight in these things. Is it any surprise then that man would find the idea of 24 hours a week being supremely taken up with pursuing one's delight in God? I don't think so. Because for someone who does not know how good God is, pursue this God that they don't really like and it's going to be a terrible prospect. Therefore, give me a list. What can I tick off? Just so I can, not break the command, but basically, at what point can I stop doing the things I really want to do? You see the reasoning behind that? It's faulty. Sorry for that long introduction, but I won't do that every week. It's just because it was such a big gap. Some people didn't hear that thought so much. So that bit, it was began a creation. But, nevertheless, I think that settles it personally. But, you know, is there another passage of scripture before the Ten Commandments are given, before Sinai, before the tablets of stone, where you see this expectation to keep the Sabbath occur? We've read it in our hearing this morning. Exodus 16. The wilderness. Firstly, there was a problem. There was a problem in this passage. And that problem consisted of the fact that the people of Israel had a wrong focus. They had a very deep problem. They'd just been delivered from slavery. The people of Israel were in bondage. They spent seven days a week laying bricks. and building great pyramids for Pharaoh. And he treated them harshly. But God delivered them. Why did he deliver them? Well, we're told in the scriptures why he delivered them. If you just turn back Exodus 6, you get something of the heart of God to these people in bondage. Who, by the way, can't keep the Sabbath because they're in slavery. God speaks to Moses, but what's very clear in this passage is the you is plural, speaking of the whole nation. I will take you, plural, as my people, and I will be your God, and then you shall know that I am the Lord, I am, self-existent, creator of all things, your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of Egypt. What an offer! The creator of heaven and earth says, I'll be yours, and you'll be mine. I pledge to you all that I am. Think about that. I pledge to you my power. I pledge to you my wisdom. I pledge to you my faithfulness. I pledge to you my goodness. I pledge to you my love and my mercy and my forgiveness. All of these qualities, all that I am as God, will be engaged for your welfare." What a prospect! What an exciting prospect! I would have been going yippee! it's what I should be doing, it's what they should be doing. And so they're delivered, they see these great plagues come upon Egypt, the sea is parted, and they go through, Moses is leading them, and then the sea destroys the Egyptians, and they're in the wilderness for a few little while, and all of a sudden there's a big problem. They've got a problem. Their mind's on something. There's no bread. They've got the Creator on their side, and they're grumbling because they haven't got bread. I don't know if you see the juxtaposition to that, how ridiculous that sounds. You've got the Creator who spoke all things into existence, out of nothing, in the space of six days, and all very good, and they're grumbling because they haven't got bread. It's after love. But we do the same, you see. You see, their focus is on the complete, wrong things. Right now, the fact that God is their God means nothing to them. What means everything to them is their belly. But if they knew what they had in almighty God, their belly wouldn't be their concern. They would know that he's engaged for their welfare, and he's able to create bread from nothing. But they're in the wilderness, they see no hope. But if they knew who they had in God, this would not be a problem. And this is a tragedy, beyond all proportions, because they've just witnessed the glory of God. Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them, that is the Egyptian soldiers pursuing them. You in your mercy have led forth the people whom you have redeemed, you have guided them in your strength, to your holy habitation. That's their reflection upon the deliverance. And then there was also, if you were to read into the end of chapter 15, there was a miracle where God turned bitter water sweet for them. They're rumbling about the cup, they had nothing to drink. They're so preoccupied with their immediate comfort that they forget that God alone is the one who can give it. And this Clearly, the fact that God is their God means nothing to them at this stage. Why? Because they're even willing to go back to Egypt to have bread. They would rather go back into slavery to have bread than have God as their God. Tragic, isn't it? And every time we ignore God's commands, ignore the law today, what we are saying is, I'd rather that than God. Because God is offering himself on his day. That is what we're seeing here. I don't say this to beat ourselves up, I say it because God wants us to have so much more. And that's what this whole miracle is about you see. That's what this whole miracle is about. Many people would like deliverance, wouldn't they? If I say to anyone, do you want to go to hell? Everyone's going to say, I don't want to go to hell. If you were to ask any Jew at the time, do you want to be delivered from slavery? Oh, of course. But do you want God is another question, isn't it? That is another question. And many people will profess faith or say a sinister prayer in order to escape hell, but they don't want to be holy. They don't want to know God. My friends, what do you think heaven will consist of? Heaven will consist of enjoying God and knowing Him forever. And if you're not enjoying Him now, you are not going to heaven because you won't like it. And it's the same for Israel here. They were quite happy to be delivered as long as their earthly comforts were good. The moment they felt like, oh we're in a wilderness now, oh dear, it's not worked out as before, let's go back. That was the problem, but the lesson, the lesson. How would you respond if you were God? I know how I would respond. It's a good job I'm not God. I would have just shot them all dead. I have just delivered you, I've gone to great length, and I've had to put up with Moses complaining all the time about his inability to do it, and now you're grumbling about bread? What's wrong with you? I'm gonna go and get a different people. But you see, God's not like us, is he? Praise the Lord. When God sets his love on you, he sets his love on you despite you. When God chooses you and has mercy on you, he has mercy on you regardless of what you're like. And he persists with you. He never lets go of you until you see what you have in him. And he has to go through on giving, and that's what we see here in this passage. Though they have sinned and grumbled against God, because God says, they're not grumbling against Moses, they're grumbling against me. You see, God wants to do them good. And that's very interesting, because this whole passage is about God's desire to do them good, and isn't it interesting that it's also in the context of the Sabbath. See those two things are married up. God wants to bestow himself on his people, And he proves this in relation to also a command to keep the Sabbath. He's joining those two things together. That's what's going on here. It's wonderful. Wonderful. Because you see, food satisfies the belly, God satisfies the soul. And to seek, here's the thing friends, to seek God is for the good of your family. For the good of your business, yes. For the good of your work. For the good of your health. Because you are made for God. You disconnect that priority in that relationship, it all goes wrong. And we see that in this passage, don't we? Those who disregard this command, the food all rots and goes mouldy. And those who honour it, they rest. And the food lasts. You see, what is this miracle about? We can't say all the details, but what is this miracle about? In this miracle, God miraculously rains down manna from heaven. Do you know what manna is? In Hebrew it means, what? What? What is this? It was a creative work of God, out of nothing. What is this? We've never seen this before. But what God does here in this miracle is this. He gives them what they think they need to show them what they really need. That's it, I can sit down. He gives them what they think they need to show them what they really need. He provides what they think they need in such a way that they behold something more glorious than what they were seeking in the first place. And therefore he says, keep the Sabbath, you can have a whole day to pursue what you've just seen. See that? See that there? Why did he take them into the wilderness? To test them. That's what it says, verse four. I will rain down bread from heaven for you and the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day that I may test them whether or not they will walk in my law or not. In Deuteronomy chapter eight we're told that he took them into this environment so that they would get it, that it would be ingrained upon their conscience that you don't get bread, you don't get wealth, you don't get material blessing apart from God who gives it. And so he calls them to hunger so that they would see that they depend upon God for all things. Had he allowed them to prosper and have what they need, they would have thought, well, I've got all this by my own hands. That's what's going on here. But you see, what's clear is, in this miracle, God is displaying himself. Verse 10. They see the glory of the Lord. showing them the glory of the Lord. The glory of God is, the glory is the one word which describes all that God is, all his perfections and qualities. He displays something of that to them. And then you get to verse 12, and you shall know, the end of verse 12, that I am the Lord your God. I'm gonna give you bread, and in the doing so, you're gonna see who I am. You've got me with you. And so what he, for you. I could have destroyed you right now, because you broke my laws, but I love you and I want to show you mercy and I want to see that I, yes I, the one full of all glory, am your God. That's what he's doing in this miracle. So actually, in providing them what they are searching He is causing them to be dissatisfied with what they were searching for and to create a holy dissatisfaction and a longing for something far greater, namely himself, his glory. So I blame you on that point. It's absolutely important that we get it. In other words, if you've got me, what more could you want? Surely there's something more satisfying than bread. I will show you my glory, my God, and myself, and that I am your God. Then you will see there is something worth receiving. Keep the Sabbath day. Make it holy. This miracle is bringing Israel to see what they have in God's hands. God is the all-sufficient provider, therefore he is all that they need. They do not need anything else because they have the God who gives all things. That's the lesson. That's the lesson. But further the command. Further the command. Verse 23. And he said to them, this is what the Lord has said. Tomorrow is a Sabbath rest. a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil, and lay up for yourselves all that remains to be kept until morning.' So they laid it up till morning as Moses commanded, and it did not stick, nor were there any worms in it. Then Moses said, Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you will not find it in the field, Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will be none. Now it happened that some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather, but they found none. And the Lord said to Moses, how long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws? See, for the Lord has given you the Sabbath. Everyone gives you on the sixth day bread for two days. The Sabbath is a command. But its command, as we've seen, does us good when we keep it. Notice the language here. This is what the Lord has said. Part 10. He's already said it. Where? Where? Where has God already given the commandment to keep the Sabbath? Genesis 2. Creation. They've been in bondage to slavery. They haven't been able to keep the Sabbath. He's taking them back to creation. This is what you should be doing. If you know what you have in me, this would be the most exciting prospect in the world! This is what the Lord has said. And notice the link here between verse 28 and verse 29. That there is a correlation between obeying all the commandments of God and keeping the Sabbath. Why? First commandment. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not take the name of the Lord in vain. You shall not make a graven image. on the Sabbath. Here's the thing. If the Sabbath is about pursuing joy in God, delighting in God, if you don't worship God, only God, if you don't positively delight in his name, delight in who he is, if you don't delight in seeking him in the way he is to be found, well the idea of a Sabbath is going to be a horrible prospect for you. But you see, if those three that you love God, you want to worship Him, then you're going to keep the fourth commandment, aren't you? So here's the thing. Obedience to the fourth commandment is a sign. In fact, it was under the old covenant of Israel, it was a sign of the covenant. In other words, if you wanted to know whether people would love the Lord their God with all their heart, their soul, their mind or strength, ask this question. Did they keep His day? Because if they keep His day, then in their hearts, I mean, they're looking externally, What it means is that they love worshipping God, and the thought of a whole day doing that is just the most wonderful, joyful prospect. But of course, if they don't worship God only, they don't treasure his name and all that he is, then they're not going to get the day. There's a wonderful link there in the scriptures. In other words, the Sabbath is the great test of the godliness and spirituality of the people. In the Revival, as I said before, when God's the chief sins God's people are convicted of is their neglect of his day. And I don't think it's a tie, it's a coincidence that our nation and the church at large is in such a bad state that it also coincides with a neglect of the Sabbath, especially even in the evangelical reform professing church. I don't think that's a coincidence. at all. And the crazy thing is, someone comes along and says, God has called us to this, and we go, legalist, when all along it's something God has made for us to bless us. That's the tragedy of it. If, believer, if Jesus, if God is your highest treasure, you will want to keep this day. And by the way, notice, it is a whole day. This is really important, this. Many people think honouring the Lord's Day or keeping the Sabbath holy means just going to church in the morning and after that I do whatever I want. No, it's not keep the Sabbath hour. It's not keep the church service. It's keep the Sabbath holy. Keep it special. I have given you one day out of seven because I am offering you something better than you've been seeking these last six days. And when I say that, you know I'm not saying don't seek God on the other days. But inevitably, you have to be taken up with the other commands to subdue the earth, to exercise the dominion, work, provide for your families. But he's saying, I am offering you the bread of life. In fact, Jesus pointed to this miracle before he fed the 5,000, didn't he? Why? He said, look what I can give you. If I can feed 5,000 people a bit of bread, I can offer you something even more. I am the bread of life. He who eats of me will never hunger. And as I say, God's commands are good for us when we keep them. We need to get rid of this idea of I'll do it if I feel like it. Friends, if you think that believing in life consists of doing it when you feel like it, you won't do very much. God has commanded us to do certain things and it's not legalistic to say God has said this and not this. obey, you are blessed. I find that so many times, the amount of prayer meetings I've been to, or even a Lord's Day, and I'm really not in a good frame of mind, I really don't feel like it. And if I didn't go, because I didn't feel like it, I wouldn't be blessed. And then I leave thinking I was blessed. Because God gives himself on this day. He's promised to. Terrible things happen, friends. This is the thing. when you ignore the Sabbath. You ever been on holiday and a couple of weeks and there's no local church to go to? Isn't it true, if you're a true believer, this is true, it's true for me, isn't it true that though you could be having a time of your life, swimming pool, you can even have a Christian book with you. You've got your family, you're playing bat and ball, you're having a great time, but isn't it true that the absence of the Lord's people, that you feel your soul shrivel? And I can come back from a holiday physically refreshed, but spiritually utterly barren. Because God has established certain things for my good. And when I take myself out of those environments where God has promised to do me good, i.e. that by the way, on this point, if you're not a member of a local church, you should be. That's why he blessed his people. That's why, if you take yourself out of something where God has ordained to bless, you will suffer. You will suffer. And it's the same when we neglect his name. It's self-harm, friends. It's actually self-harm. That's the point of where I get to. It's self-harm. Do harm to yourself when you ignore on this day. Show me a married couple who have walked away from intimacy, who never stay in time together, who never talk to one another, and you will show me a very unhealthy married couple, no matter what they appear to on the outside. you are showing me a marriage which is suffering and it may hit a terminal crisis when the kids are brought up and left home and they really don't know what they're like. When we walk away from a God-forsaken day of our good, it's a tragedy. But fourthly and lastly, this is our last point, it's very quick, and I think this last point has been coming out as I've been speaking, but I wanted to end on it with a climax just to go, that's what I want us to go home with. It's a gift. It's a gift. Look at verse 29. See? See what? For the Lord has given you the Sabbath. Yes, keep it, obey it. But I've given it to you. That's the point, isn't it? Because here's the thing. As I said, God has delivered Israel from which he wants to give himself to them. What does that look like? It looks like one day in seven, every week of every month of every year of their lives, God gives himself to them in a special way, so that for the rest of the week, not that you don't read your Bible for the rest of the week, no, but so that you can live and enjoy God all week. It's a wonderful, wonderful gift. He gives us his glory. It's interesting, isn't it, that the Sabbath for them, It was at the end of all the deliverance they'd just seen. Why do you think that was? And the feeling of the manna. Well I think it was this. So they've got one day, they've just witnessed God provide manna from the heavens. And then they've got one day where they can be free from all distractions, just as literally taking a wing. He did that. And he's engaged for us. I can face Monday morning. He's my God. And isn't it interesting that obviously we're gonna get to why it changed from the seventh to the first day of the week, but let's just assume that for now. For us, what do we do on our Sabbath? We look back. We remember that though we were under God's wrath, God's son, the sinless one, took away our sins. He bore our punishment. And then on the first day of the week, he rose again. promising all who believe in him there is new life to be had, because he has conquered death and the grave. So we look back, but we also look forward. Because you see, when you believe in Jesus, we experience rest for our souls. And we anticipate, don't we, that future rest that awaits us in Galilee. And so the Sabbath, you know, Friends, for goodness sake, I don't have enough time to read my Bible. I never have time to read Christian books. Or maybe, friends, you need to start keeping the Sabbath. God's given you one day to read a Christian book for half an hour, 15 minutes, after lunch. I don't have time for fellowship. There's so many people in the church I really want to have deeper, meaningful relationships with, but I work every night. That's fine. God's told, work six days. Maybe, honour the Sabbath. Maybe one Sunday afternoon you have hospitality. The next Sunday afternoon, perhaps you spend time, you catch up with the devotions you've missed. And you come to the evening service, it's full of the Lord's, expectant. I don't have time to instruct my kids in the work of the Lord. You keep talking about family worship, you don't realise, I don't get home till seven o'clock, the kids have gone to bed. Well maybe you could take them to a show in the park. And as you're struggling, talk about the Lord in his faithfulness to you. Ask him, did you remember that catechism question? I've got a pounty if you can tell me the answer. No. It's glorious. God has given you a whole day. A whole day. I mean I can think of that as a lot actually myself. It's interesting, one of the things that struck me about evangelism, you know, historically a reformed church used to do a lot of evangelism on Sundays. It's interesting because Saturday was often spent with families and dealing with your daily affairs and the other five days you're working your nine to five job. And so a lot of, for example, the Mets have in Spurs this day, about five o'clock, they have shifts and rotations and you wouldn't be doing it every Sunday, but one Sunday a group of three men might go out on the track and say, come for our evening service. I don't have time for evangelism. Well maybe, the answer to that is, Because here is what it is. The Lord's Day, the Sabbath is a gift. It's actually an invitation to you. It's where God looks at you and says, oh, you child of God. Struggling, hurting, hungry, worried, anxious. You can't go on like this, my dear child. You can't. You can't spend another day looking at your bank account. You can't spend another day checking your emails and dealing with that problem. You need to spend time with me and the church. Let me give you this gift. Just one day. It's not too hard, is it? I'll give you six days to do all things. Just one day to be with me. Oh, what a gift, what a gracious, loving father. There can be no legalism when you understand it like that. There can be no ticking boxes when you understand that. Because when you understand what's on offer, the focus isn't on what we shouldn't be doing. You see that? What we shouldn't be doing is typically just a need to be taken up with what we should be doing. But when you just understand that actually the day is to be spent pursuing Christ, Christ, the Son of God, it's positive. It's only ever positive. I don't want to do that because I want to do this. I don't want to do that because I want to do this. And you don't need to worry about policing of one another. Because we're saying, We're all pursuing this one goal and it's going to look different for each of us. What about this church? Are you convinced of this? That this is something biblical? We've gone back to creation. We've gone back to before the Ten Commandments and Lord willing next time we'll look at the Ten Commandments and consider the specifics of the commands. But I don't know about you, I find this a mouthwatering prospect. As someone who puts my hand up and you know I've come from a church background where the Sabbath was not kept holy. That's all law they used to say. And I'm now learning from God's Word that, oh, I've been missing out on a gift. How many Sabbaths have I missed out on? How many opportunities to grow in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ have I forsaken? I want to enjoy my Saviour and pursue Him with all my heart. Jesus says, come to me and rest, enter into my day, taste the rest that I give, and anticipate the rest that is to come. May we all, together, figure this out and know the blessing of the 187 that God has made happen. Amen. 65 Christian hymns. This is the day the Lord has made.