Our pastor was preaching on Joshua 1:10-18 today and the title of the sermon was "Rest: Then, Now, and Forever". He talked about the Sabbath of the OT and the rest in the Promised Land. Then he went on to the rest we have in the completed work of Christ. And we look forward to the ultimate Sabbath rest: Heaven.

What I really grasped from the sermon is that looking for a list of do's and don'ts for the Lord's Day is not the right approach (although I always wanted a list so I could be sure I was following them!). He favors the view that we set aside that day to worship and focus on the Lord and our future rest. I think proper observance of the Lord's Day is 100% heart attitude. Just making a list of all the things you won't do on that day is more like the approach of the Pharisees. But if we set our hearts and mind on our Lord, then we should have no greater desire than to set aside a day where He is the primary focus of our affections.

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Janis
Christ Church ARP, NC
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved." Eph. 1:3-6 ESV