Isaiah 58:13-14
A vital observance of the Christian sabbath is the means to promote piety in our lives.
1. Special Blessings (vs 14)
The first blessing is delight in the Lord (to have Him as an exquisite treasure). The second blessing is victory. (Deu. 33:29) A third blessing is the experiential enjoyment of who and what you are. It is possible to have an inheritance and not enjoy the blessings of it. Who and what you are in Jesus is our inheritance (Justification, Adoption, Sanctification). The enjoyment of these things is feeding on our inheritance. No three things better promised to Christians than these.
Sabbath commemorates two things:
Creation - reminder that creator God is our God.
Redemption - God's great love for sinners.
The Sabbath is a means of strength, grace. The church is in the place she is today because of the rejection of God's Holy Day.
2. Relates Blessing to Sabbath (vs. 13)
Conditional Promises (if. . .then)
The Sabbath is holy to the Lord. God kept the Sabbath. He declared it full, perfection of creation. Contemplated it, took joy in it. Declaring a promise to us.
It is a day to take delight in the Lord, to prepare to eternal rest.
What does it mean when God blesses a thing? He is 'wiring' them to do the thing He created it to do.
There is two element to the law of God. There is the moral law of God - eternally, perpetually binding - and the positive law of God - His will as He governs His people.
You should desist from your own ways. Outside of things necessary, avoid one's work and causing others to work. It is a privilege to deny ourselves for Christ's sake.
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