February 5 Sermon: When We Worship

As we come to the fourth commandment this morning, there are many different angles that we could consider and different angles that we could take. Specifically, what I'm thinking of is we've been looking at the Ten Commandments. I've been pointing out that there are these two tables of the law, that there is our duty to God in the first four Commandments, and then our duty to man in Commandments 5 through 10. Well, as we think about this, we come to them and we might be wondering, Okay, is there any overlay on this in how they benefit us? Obviously, it's a good benefit to keep God's law. There's always a benefit to keeping the law of God. But as we think about this command, the fourth commandment, to remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. Yes, it is a duty to God, but there is a significant benefit to man, isn't there? We honor God on this day. We worship God on the sabbath. We do this, but we also receive from this the benefit of rest.