在本期视频中，魏泰德牧师和妻子南茜谈了安息日，它构成了基督复临安息日会的第20条基本信仰。

安息日在创世之初被赐下给这个完美的世界。它是为了纪念和尊荣造物主。

创世记第1章描述了上帝如何在6天内创造了这个世界和其中的一切。在创世记2:1-3，我们读到：“天地万物都造齐了。到第七日， 神造物的工已经完毕，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。 神赐福给第七日，定为圣日，因为在这日神歇了他一切创造的工，就安息了。”

现在，上帝在创造之工后休息是因为祂累了吗?不是的。“永在的神耶和华，创造地极的主，并不疲乏，也不困倦，他的智慧无法测度。”（以赛亚书40:8）祂休息是为了思考祂所完成的工作，并赐福安息日，分别成圣，成为与上帝和他人交流的一个神圣而特殊的日子。

安息日是我们敬拜上帝的中心。祂是造物主，我们是祂的创造。

基督复临安息日会第20条基本信仰宣称：“那赐福的创造主，在六日创造大功之后，第七日便安息了，并为所有的人设立了安息日，作为创造的记念。上帝那永不改变的律法的第四条诫命，要求人依从安息日的主耶稣的教训与作法，遵守这第七日的安息日，作为休息、崇拜、与服务的日子。安息日是一个与上帝及彼此交通的喜乐的日子。它是我们在基督里蒙救赎的表征，是我们成圣的记号，是我们忠诚的标记，是在上帝之国中永恒未来的预尝。安息日是上帝与祂子民之间所立永约之永恒的标记。喜乐地从晚上至晚上，从日落至日落，遵守这神圣的时刻，就是对上帝创造与救赎的庆贺。”

安息日自创世以来就存在了，但它已经被一些人遗忘了。因此，第四条诫命以“当纪念”开头。

出埃及记20:8-11“当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向耶和华你神当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女、仆婢、牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，因为六日之内，耶和华造天、地、海和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以耶和华赐福与安息日，定为圣日。”

上帝知道我们需要安息日来恢复身体、精神、社交和灵性状态。作为祂最珍贵的礼物之一，安息日使我们专注于我们与祂的联结。因此，“安息日是为人设立的，人不是为安息日设立的。”(马可福音2:27)。

上帝不仅在创造万物之后才在安息日休息，而且在完成救赎工作之后也是如此。

在耶稣升天之后，祂的追随者继续遵守安息日。使徒行传有保罗和其他信徒在安息日聚会敬拜的几个例子。

安息日将仍旧是一个重要的日子，直到世界末日。 就像安置在伊甸园的善恶知识树检验亚当和夏娃的忠诚一样，每个人对上帝的忠诚也将被置于十诫中间的安息日所检验。

在基督第二次降临之前，世界将被分为两大阵营:“敬拜兽和兽像”的人和“守 神的诫命和耶稣的真道”的人。(启示录14:9,12)。

在这段时间里，上帝的真理将在世界面前被放大，每个人都将有机会表明他们的忠诚所在。通过接受安息日的礼物，我们允许祂在我们的生活中工作，改变并使我们更接近祂。

那创造万物的大能，也就是按祂自己的样式重造新人的大能。对那些守安息日为圣的人来说，安息日即成圣的记号。而真实的成圣乃是与上帝和好，在品格上与祂合一；这必须藉着顺从那作为上帝品格之写真的原则，才能得到，故此安息日又成了顺从的表号。人若真心遵守第四条诫命，就必遵守全部律法；这样，他也就因顺从而成圣了。{6T350.1}  [4](《教会证言》卷六)

事实上，上帝已经给了我们安息日和祂的儿子这奇妙的礼物。祂创造了我们，并献出了祂的生命来救赎我们。因此，祂渴望每周都和我们一起过安息日。

让我们在这个特别的日子里体验等待我们的喜乐。

想要了解更多关于我们的第20条基本信仰————安息日，请访问网站：www.adventist.org/the-sabbath/.

In this video, Pastor Ted Wilson and his wife, Nancy, talk about the Sabbath, which constitutes the twentieth fundamental belief of the Seventh-day Adventists.

The Sabbath was given in a perfect world at the beginning of time. It commemorates Creation and honors the Creator.

Genesis 1 describes how God created this world and everything that is in it in six days. Then, in Genesis 2:1-3 (NKJV), we read: “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished. And on the seventh day, God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it because in it, He rested from all His work which God had created and made.”

Now, did God rest after His work of Creation because He was tired? No. “The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary” (Isaiah 40:28). He rested to reflect on the work He had finished and blessed and sanctified the Sabbath as a holy, special day of communion with God and fellowship with other people.

Sabbath is central to our worship of God. He is the Creator and we are His creatures.

Our twentieth fundamental belief states: “The gracious Creator, after the six days of Creation, rested on the seventh day and instituted the Sabbath for all people as a memorial of Creation. The fourth commandment of God’s unchangeable law requires the observance of this seventh-day Sabbath as the day of rest, worship, and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath. The Sabbath is a day of delightful communion with God and one another. It is a symbol of our redemption in Christ, a sign of our sanctification, a token of our allegiance, and a foretaste of our eternal future in God’s kingdom. The Sabbath is God’s perpetual sign of His eternal covenant between Him and His people. Joyful observance of this holy time from evening to evening, sunset to sunset, is a celebration of God’s creative and redemptive acts.”

The Sabbath has existed since Creation but it had become obscured and forgotten by some. As such, the fourth commandment begins with the word “remember.”

Exodus 20:8-11 says, “Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it, you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days, the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”

God knew we would need the Sabbath for physical, mental, social, and spiritual restoration. As one of His most precious gifts, it keeps us focused on our connection with Him. For this reason, “the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath” (Mark 2:27).

It was not only after His work of Creation that God rested on the Sabbath. He also did so after His work of redemption.

After His ascension to heaven, Jesus’ followers continued to observe the Sabbath. The book of Acts has several examples of Paul and other believers meeting and worshipping together on the Sabbath.

The Sabbath will continue to be an important day until the end of time. Just as Adam and Eve’s loyalty was tested by the tree of the knowledge of good and evil placed in the Garden of Eden, every human being’s loyalty to God will also be tested by the Sabbath placed in the middle of the Ten Commandments.

Before Christ’s second coming, the world will be divided into two classes: those who “worship the beast and his image” and those who “keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus” (Revelation 14:9, 12).

During this time, God’s truth will be magnified before the world and everyone will be given the opportunity to show where their loyalties lie. By accepting the gift of the Sabbath, we allow Him to work in our lives, changing and bringing us closer to Him.

“The power that created all things is the power that recreated the soul in His own likeness. To those who keep holy the Sabbath day, it is the sign of sanctification. True sanctification is harmony with God, oneness with Him in character. It is received through obedience to those principles that are the transcript of His character. And the Sabbath is the sign of obedience. He who from the heart obeys the fourth commandment will obey the whole law. He is sanctified through obedience” (Testimonies to the Church, volume 6, page 350).

Indeed, God has given us the wonderful gift of the Sabbath and His begotten Son. He created us and gave His life to redeem us. With this, He longs to spend the Sabbath with us every week.

Let us experience the joy that awaits us on God’s special day.

To learn more about our twentieth fundamental belief, the Sabbath, visit http://www.adventist.org/the-sabbath/.