An Adventist Leader Defends the Sabbath in the Sun News Media after the News Site Reported that the Sabbath was Obsolete and that Christians should not Observe it

The Sun News Media is the "premier news source for Southwest Florida," with print and online editions covering Venice, North Port, Englewood, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda, Florida. Pastor Robb Long, Ministerial Director and Evangelism Coordinator for the Indiana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, wrote an article in the Sun News Media on November 5, 2022, defending the seventh-day Sabbath after the news site stated that the Sabbath was obsolete and that Christians should not observe it.

The article written by Pastor Robb Long was titled: "Here's why you should keep the Sabbath." The article said, in part:

• "I read with interest the Oct. 15 religion page column entitled, 'Observe Sabbath Saturday on Sunday, your choice.' While upholding our freedom to choose, the article's tone seemed to suggest that keeping the Sabbath would be an unwise choice for Christians as it attempted to show the Biblical 7th day Sabbath is now obsolete."

• "In the interest of faithfulness to Scripture, I'd like to offer some Biblical reasons in favor of Christians keeping the Sabbath, so readers may make an informed choice concerning this important issue of a day of rest and worship for Christians."

• "The Sabbath was instituted at the end of creation week, and given as a gift to humanity before sin entered the world - making the Sabbath a part of God's original design for all mankind."

• "Jesus clearly said, 'the Sabbath was made for man,' not merely for the Jews. (Mark 2:27.) Then, as a weekly reminder of our origins, God included the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments, His universal moral law for all human beings."

• "The Sabbath command, like the other nine, was engraved in stone to show its permanence. And I would guess most all Christians still believe in the Ten Commandments, not just nine."

• "To keep us from forgetting God's gift of holy time, the Sabbath commandment begins with the word 'remember' (Exodus 20:8)."

• "Describing the new earth He will make, God says in Isaiah 66:23, 'from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me'."

• "Christ Himself showed us how to keep the Sabbath holy and Christians are told to walk as He walked (1 John 2:6)."

• "The Sabbath is mentioned 56 times in the gospels and another 9 times in the book of Acts, which records how the apostles acted in the New Testament era."

• "Only 8 verses in the New Testament mention the 1st day of the week - Sunday. All of them, when read in context, describe people treating the 1st day as a day of common work and activity, rather than a day of rest and worship."

• "Hebrews 4:9-10 in the New Testament says "… there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God; for whoever enters God's rest also ceases from his labors as God did from his'."

• "If ever we needed a weekly day of rest and spiritual focus on Christ, it's now. The Sabbath - try it, you'll like it!"

This is exactly what we should be doing. This is the example that leaders should set for the people. May God raise up men and women with the courage to act, to defend the faith, to never keep quiet, and to uphold His standard of truth in a time when His seventh-day Sabbath is being rendered obsolete and void.

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