The 4th century The Fourth Commandment tells us to keep the Sabbath day holy.

And while specific dues and don'ts are not provided, over the years man-made rules have been added and treated as if they were God's word. Today on Truth for Life,

Alistair Begg helps us think through how we can make the most of the Lord's Day without

becoming legalistic or self-indulgent. Let's open our Bibles to chapter six of Luke's Gospel.

Some of you are already sitting there saying, well, you know, this is simply a matter of

personal preference.

I really don't need to be concerned or alarmed or really pay very much attention to

whatever he's about to say because he's just going to simply share his preferences with

us and that doesn't matter at all.

This is not a matter of personal preference't matter at all. This is not

a matter of personal preference in the first instance. What is it? Well, it is many things,

and I must be selective, not exhaustive, and so I'm going to say that this issue is this. Number one,

it is a doctrinal issue. Secondly, it is a biblical issue. In other words, it is a matter of biblical interpretation.

Turn to Galatians chapter 4, if you would. And verse 10. Well, verse 9, he says, you know,

you used to be slaves to those who by nature are not gods, but now that you know God or are rather

known by God, he says, now that

you've been redeemed, justified, how is it that you're turning back to those weak and miserable

principles? What are these weak and miserable principles? He says, you want to be enslaved by them

all over again? Then he iterates them. Verse 10, you are observing special days and months

and seasons and years. And then in verse 11, we have him kind of shaking his head in disgust.

He says, you know, I fear that somehow I've wasted my efforts on you. I came here and I proclaimed

to you the grace of God. He says, I told you that you could not gain acceptance with God by climbing up this ladder,

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