Emphasis Preaching Journal
Which of the Ten Commandments...
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Which of the Ten Commandments do you think is the most important? You shall not
murder? You shall not steal?
Those are certainly important. But how about: Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work (vv. 8-9).
Keeping the sabbath probably seems far less important than murdering and stealing, but if we don't allow our body, mind, and spirit time to relax and restore itself each week, aren't we murdering our own good health? Aren't we stealing our own good health?
Those are certainly important. But how about: Remember the sabbath day and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work (vv. 8-9).
Keeping the sabbath probably seems far less important than murdering and stealing, but if we don't allow our body, mind, and spirit time to relax and restore itself each week, aren't we murdering our own good health? Aren't we stealing our own good health?