Ellen G. White
THE SABBATH IS THE LORD’S DAY — NOT SUNDAY

There is a phrase in Scripture that deserves our careful attention: “MY DAY.”

God does not speak of the Sabbath as merely a Jewish tradition or a human religious custom. He claims it as His own day.

Isaiah 58:13
“If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day…”

Notice the language: “MY holy day.”

God says:

“My sabbath” — Ezekiel 20:12
“My sabbaths” — Ezekiel 20:20
“The sabbath of the LORD thy God” — Exodus 20:10
“My holy day” — Isaiah 58:13

And who is the Lord of the Sabbath?

Mark 2:28
“Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.”

Jesus did not say He was Lord of Sunday. He identified Himself as Lord of the Sabbath.

Go back even further—to Creation.

Genesis 2:2–3
“And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made… And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.”

The seventh day was blessed and sanctified before there was a Jew, before there was Moses, and before there was Mount Sinai.

Then God placed it in the heart of His moral law:

Exodus 20:8–11
“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy… But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.”

The question is therefore not simply, “What day do I prefer?”

The deeper question is:

“What day has God Himself claimed as His?”

Scripture answers: the seventh-day Sabbath.

Sunday may be widely observed by tradition, culture, or religious practice, but we must distinguish between what God commanded and what human tradition established.

Jesus warned:

Mark 7:7–9
“But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.”

The Sabbath is not presented in Scripture as something God casually gave and later abandoned. Isaiah points forward to the new earth:

Isaiah 66:22–23
“And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.”

From Creation, through the Ten Commandments, through the ministry of Christ, and into the new earth, Scripture consistently gives the seventh day a unique place.

So let us not allow tradition to speak louder than Scripture.

The Sabbath is not my day. It is not your day. It is God’s day.

“The seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God.” — Exodus 20:10

If God calls it “MY holy day,” shouldn't we be willing to honor what He has claimed?

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