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We have to be careful about falling into the trap that the Pharisees fell into with their legalistic approach to the sabbath day. But the fundamental concept, is, “Do we honour God with the sabbath day?”
One of my favourite heroes of the faith is a man by the of Eric Henry Liddell. He was probably the fastest man on planet earth in the early 1920s. Eric ran so fast that people called him the flying Scotsman. He was best at short, fast races and the race he liked running the most was the 100 metres. During the summer of 1924, when the Olympics were hosted in the city of Paris, Eric found out that in order to participate, he had to run a 100m heat first on a Sunday at the Olympics. As a devout Christian, the thought of doing something like this on the Lord’s Day was against is conscience, and so he stood by his conviction and gave up the opportunity to win a gold medal by refusing to run on Sunday. Eric however competed in the men’s 400 metres and he not only won the race, but he broke the existing world record time. Apparently just before the race kicked off, someone handed Eric a handwritten note with the following words (from Scripture):
“Those who honour me I will honour.” – 1 Samuel 2:30
We are called to remember that this is a day that belongs to the Lord (not just an hour). The reality that the day belongs to the Lord needs to shape our whole attitude towards the day.
The Fourth Commandment
One of my favourite heroes of the faith is a man by the of Eric Henry Liddell. He was probably the fastest man on planet earth in the early 1920s. Eric ran so fast that people called him the flying Scotsman. He was best at short, fast races and the race he liked running the most was the 100 metres. During the summer of 1924, when the Olympics were hosted in the city of Paris, Eric found out that in order to participate, he had to run a 100m heat first on a Sunday at the Olympics. As a devout Christian, the thought of doing something like this on the Lord’s Day was against is conscience, and so he stood by his conviction and gave up the opportunity to win a gold medal by refusing to run on Sunday. Eric however competed in the men’s 400 metres and he not only won the race, but he broke the existing world record time. Apparently just before the race kicked off, someone handed Eric a handwritten note with the following words (from Scripture):
“Those who honour me I will honour.” – 1 Samuel 2:30
We are called to remember that this is a day that belongs to the Lord (not just an hour). The reality that the day belongs to the Lord needs to shape our whole attitude towards the day.
The Fourth Commandment
