Sabbath and Special Days

About this episode

Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones discusses the significance of the Sabbath and the debate over which day should be observed as the Sabbath.

In this sermon on Romans 14:1–6 titled “Sabbath and Special Days,” Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones offers that Paul is not addressing the importance of observation of the Sabbath since that has been established in Scripture for all time. He provides Scriptural support for this and offers up a question that has been discussed in Christian circles often since the early church: what day of the week is supposed to be set aside for the Sabbath – Saturday or Sunday? He references Biblical evidence for the day of the week that Christians used to meet on, as well as historical evidences from writings that are outside of Scripture. How do Christians today make the right choice about the day to meet? To answer this, Dr. Lloyd-Jones reminds that the early church would not have changed the day of the Sabbath from Saturday to Sunday arbitrarily— he argues that they must have received a revelation that it was good to change it. However, he also states that it is not an issue over which Christians should divide. He addresses extreme Sabbatarianism, a view that is very literal about how the Sabbath day should be observed, and provides helpful points to consider when thinking through it. In echoing Paul…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Topics covered

• Sabbath
• Christianity
• Observation of special days
• Early church practices
• Scriptural interpretation

Keywords

• Sabbath
• Romans 14
• Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• Christian practices
• early church
• Sabbatarianism
• Scripture

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sabbath and Special Days, Romans 14:1–6

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