Most Christians don't feel bound to keep the Sabbath, the fourth commandment, while many Jews see it as addressed only to them. The speaker argues the Ten Commandments were given for all humanity, and setting aside one day weekly to acknowledge God's creation is a universal moral principle.
Christians don't have an official response on, is a Christian obligated to observe the Sabbath, which is after all, the fourth of the Ten Commandments. It's interesting because it's obviously interesting for just that reason. Do people who believe in the Ten Commandments feel that they have to observe all of them? I don't think most Christians would know what I'm talking about if I said, well, you really believe in 9 of them. And by the way, it's not said as a criticism. I don't have any, any reason to criticize a Christian who doesn't believe that he or she is bound to observe the Sabbath. In fact, I believe a lot of religious Jews would say they're right. It's really, it's specifically addressed to Jews, and therefore a Christian who doesn't feel obligated to keep the Sabbath is hardly violating any law. My view is that the Ten Commandments are for humanity. And I think, I don't know how anybody could give reasons for Jews to keep the Sabbath that would not be applicable to non-Jews. The idea of sanctifying one day a week, of announcing every week that God created the world and not chance. I mean, these are universally applicable lessons.
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