What Did Jesus Say About Sabbath Is It Still a Practice for Christians of Today?
1) Direct Answer
Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath, and that He is Lord of the Sabbath. For Christians today, the true Sabbath is fulfilled in Christ—resting from our own works by the Holy Spirit. We are not under a legal command to keep a certain day, but we should gladly gather to worship and do good, without judging one another over days.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- Jesus’ words:
- “The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath… the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath” (Mark 2:27-28).
- He defended His disciples plucking grain and healed on the Sabbath, showing “it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days” (Matthew 12:1-13).
- Christ gives the real rest:
- “Come unto Me… and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28-29).
- “There remaineth therefore a rest [sabbatismos] to the people of God… he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works” (Hebrews 4:9-10).
- Not bound to sabbath days as law:
- “Let no man therefore judge you… in respect of… sabbath days: which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ” (Colossians 2:16-17).
- “One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind” (Romans 14:5-6).
- Believers still assemble:
- They gathered on the first day (Acts 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2), and we are told not to forsake assembling (Hebrews 10:25)—but this is worship, not bondage to a legal Sabbath.
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- Now notice: Jesus didn’t cancel mercy to protect a ritual. He revealed the purpose—Sabbath was made to bless man, not bind him.
- You see, the weekly Sabbath under the Law was a shadow. Christ is the substance. When He gives you the Holy Spirit, you enter God’s rest—Sabbath life every day, not just one day.
- If righteousness came by a calendar, why did Scripture say not to let anyone judge you in sabbath days? And why did Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath, place doing good above strict observance?
- Therefore, Christians are free from the yoke of a legal Sabbath. We honor God by resting in Christ, walking in the Spirit daily, assembling with believers, and doing good any day.
4) Reinforcing Statement
It’s not about a day holding you; it’s about the Lord holding you. Enter His rest, live holy every day, gather with the saints, and let no one bring you back under shadows when the Light Himself has come.
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His unfailing words of promise
64-0120 §9
And some people try to support their doctrine upon that, that people will still be living in the Sabbath hours, keeping the Sabbath days, when He comes. Well, if the coming is universal, you couldn't be keeping the Sabbath; for one side, it's the Sabbath day, and the next day is a day past the Sabbath. See, so it isn't... The Sabbath-keeping was for a people in the wilderness, not for the universal church, see. And all these different things, they take those Scriptures without having the Holy Spirit to divide them...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
62-0718 §72
Notice. Now, Jesus said in St. Luke that, "As it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be in the coming of the Son of man." As it was. Now watch this prophet. Now let's see. Let's see what kind of a day Lot had. Now, there was your unbelievers---Sodomites; lukewarm, denominational Christians---Lot; and Abraham, the elected church, called out. It wasn't in Sodom. They were out of Sodom. They wasn't in Sodom to begin with. So they were having things a little rough, but they were still out of Sodom. That's one good thin...
Hebrews, Chapter 2, part 3
57-0828 §1
...the seventh, and eighth, and ninth, tenth chapter, from there in, oh, my. Have your pencil and paper and everything ready, for I believe the Lord is going to give us a great time. Now, Paul is exalting and placing positionally, the Lord Jesus. Now, if we get through this tonight, Sunday morning... Which the most of this is going to blend right in with Sunday morning's message, because it's separating the sabbath. That's a great question amongst Sabbatarians today. And I would invite you all to come for Sunday mo...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
63-0604 §69
They found him packing his bed on the Sabbath day. He was called in. It'd be the same thing tonight. If a man, tonight (God bless you brother, to receive it.) ... if a man tonight was healed and could prove it, that he was healed, knowing within himself that he was healed of prostate trouble, what do you think would take place tomorrow? Some of you'd be saying, "I know somebody sits on the corner. I know where there's a crippled person. I know where this is, or that is. Go heal them." See, that's that same devil. J...
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever
55-0806 §60
...he dirt like that, and turned and walked away. So, that night in the meeting where five hundred thousand gathered: There was the Prime Minister, there was the Mayor of the city, all of them sitting out there in that amphitheater. I said, "Now, gentlemen of the religions of the world, today was your day. But this is God's time. Amen. You said, 'Let me see Jesus return and do the things that He said He would do, and we'd believe He raised from the dead.' Do you still believe it?" I said, "I'll make a challenge. If He...