An overview of the Fourth Commandment
By Khen Lim
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When Sabbath is the topic, it’s either going to be nothing to
talk or too much to cover. On the one end, people maintain that Sabbath is
Sabbath. There is nothing to read into it. It’s an old routine and it doesn’t
mean much today. It’s merely a word but it’s not practical for today’s
lifestyle. On the other end, people are saying that Sabbath defines who we are
and the more we lose touch of it, the more we fail to understand its purpose in
our lives.
So who is right and who is wrong? Or is it a matter of how one
sees things in life? Maybe it’s a case of where one’s preferences lie in terms
of what we gain out of life. To properly understand the Sabbath is to go beyond
just skimming the surface. The Old Testament alone has enough to bury us in a
pile and adding the New Testament reveals how much there is that we need to dig
into.
