If you heard the words Sabbath day or Sabbath day observance what words come to mind? How about this word, protection. Probably not one you think of but in D&C 59:9 it says that if we will observe the Sabbath day we will "remain unspotted from the world". We can have protection from the world and it's influences. Who doesn't want that for themselves as well as their children and grandchildren. So we need to take out Sabbath day observance both at church and at home very seriously.
In Exodus 31:13 and Ezekiel 20:20 it says the Sabbath is out sign to God and Christ. In a conference talk in April 1975 Elder Mark E. Peterson put it this way. " . . . let us ask ourselves how important the Lord's atonement is to us. How dear to us is the Lord Jesus Christ? How deeply are we concerned about immortality? Is the resurrection of vital interest to us? We can readily see that observance of the Sabbath day is an indication of the depth of out conversion. Our observance or non observance of the Sabbath is an unerring measure of our attitude toward the Lord personally and toward his suffering in Gethsemane, his death on the cross, and his resurrection from the dead. It is a sign of whether we are Christians in very deed or whether our conversion is so shallow that commemoration of his atoning sacrifice means little or nothing to us."
Sabbath day observance is a very personal thing. Ask yourself, what sign do I want to give God? Using Elder Oaks "Good, Better, Best" how can I improve my Sabbath day observance?
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