
The text is one you memorized in kindergarten. It’s one of the Ten Commandments. However, what we just heard from the lips of Jesus is his own unique interpretation: “Keep holy the Sabbath day ... The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.” That text refers to the day you and I observe as Sunday. And so, I am asking, “What’s A Sunday For?” It is of great interest to me how many Christians think the Sabbath Commandment is about work, while others think it is about rest. What is of even greater interest to me is that God gave no commandment to work, while he gave a unique and compelling commandment to rest. The Sabbath Commandment is God’s recognition of your and my absolute need for rest. Someone said that God worked six days to create us and rested on the seventh. Now we tak…