Numbers 28:25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.
Some years ago, we forgot to pay our electric bill on time, and we only remembered afterward that the cutoff date was on the Sabbath since the final notice had gone out. Should we then pay it on the Sabbath to avoid being disconnected, knowing that if we did not, the air conditioning would not work. In addition, we would have to pay a reconnection fee? After all, I think we could also force it into the category of doing something good or well.
One passage in the Scripture goes like this: Beloved, I wish above all things that you prosper, and be in health, even as your soul prospers. Therefore, the Christian being in good health is a good thing no doubt, so, could I then book a Zumba class at L.A Fitness, with a clear conscience or can I go train at some gym before I come to church? After all, it’s something Good/Well.
Thus, if we were to paint those words, Good/ Well with a broad brush, we will encompass almost every known job on the planet, that is inherently good, or that is directly, or indirectly tethered to saving life. The question is, where will it end? Therefore, without the word of God, and the Holy Ghost to guide us, every person listening today will find an equal place under those cryptic words: It is lawful to do well on the Sabbath.
Deuteronomy 5:14 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!