Kirk Herbstreit's Football Challenge Remembers the Sabbath
Our culture often forgets the Commandment "to remember the Sabbath." Sunday is just another day to shop, mow the yard, and play a little high school football. But the Alabama High School Athletic Association told The Kirk Herbstreit Challenge, not so fast my friend. Hoover (Alabama) was scheduled to play Colerain High of Cincinnati in the marquee high school football for this year's classic. But the game was scheduled for Sunday September 2nd. The AHSAA said no. Their reasoning, Sunday is a day set aside for worship. Good for them! Someone actually says Sunday is a day that's supposed to be different from the rest of the week. So now the game has been moved to Saturday September 1st. I think the Lord is going to enjoy watching that game! These are the days my friend.
Jim "Train"
Jim "Train"
posted by Jim "Train" King at 3:59 PM
2 Comments:
Sunday is not the sabbath. the 7th day, called saturday, is the sabbath.
I think it is funny that you make a post of this nature... anonymously, way to stand for what you believe. Really however, Christian tradition has from near the time of the early church recognized Sunday as the Lords Day. No it isn't the day of rest that God instituted for the his Jewish people, but there are a few things to remember. First of all, we aren't Jewish, we a Christian. There was some confusion about what Jewish laws applied to gentile believers. This was resolved in Acts 15:24-29. If you read carefully you will see that it says nothing about the Sabbath, and indeed many modern rabbis would affirm that they feel that the Sabbath law is for Jews.
Sparing the discussion about how the Lords Day cam about, it is important to recognize that we have the Biblical freedom to worship God on any day, and most people choose Sunday to corporately worship God. Because of this I agree with the decision to move the football game to a Saturday, and think it is something healthy for the body of Christ and members therein that worship on that day.
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