tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post1606689806805808345..comments2024-03-28T17:07:27.195-07:00Comments on The Refiner's Fire Blog: Galatians 3:19 … one of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible!Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998146626031186940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post-91421113210485593932023-07-27T10:25:42.109-07:002023-07-27T10:25:42.109-07:00Sorry, but I just recently saw your post. That...Sorry, but I just recently saw your post. That's a hard question to answer because of the field you've chosen. But since you asked, here is my OPINION on this issue. What you do, is totally up to you, of course.<br /><br />First of all, playing basketball is not a career that could be viewed as "an emergency" on Shabbat - such as the medical field where people work to heal and save lives. It’s okay to “do good” on Shabbat, but that doesn’t include earning money or committing commerce, or seeking glory or “gaining recognition” for yourself. <br /><br />Furthermore, a basketball court is not a good medium to practice your faith because if you do, then (1) you're really only thinking about yourself, as you will be concentrating on "being seen" on Shabbat, which totally takes the glory away from God; and (2) if you start it, then all the other players could start practicing their faith on the court, as well - and how would that serve YHWH/Yeshua, in the end? All it will serve to do is to confuse people who are truly seeking God.<br /><br />Here's something that may help you make this decision - and while it's talking specifically about a "High Shabbbat/Holy Day" and not the regular weekly Shabbat, it serves to show how precarious it is to take lightly YHWH's commanded Day of Rest:<br /><br />Surely you are familiar with the name Sandy Koufax, a left-handed pitcher for the Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Sandy was a brilliant pitcher... He was actually forced to retire because of damage he sustained due to the severe strain he would put on his left arm to pitch. Doctors said he might lose the arm if he continued pitching another season!<br /><br />Although he was Jewish, he was not a particularly religious Jew, nor especially cognizant of or observant of his faith. But it happened that in 1965, The Dodgers reached the World Series and Sandy was scheduled to pitch the opening game. Bottom line is, he refused to play - because the opening game of the 1965 World Series fell on Yom Kippur. was a HUGE deal for Sandy! In other words, he had enough respect for, and fear of ADONAI to keep from ignoring His command to keep His Shabbats holy.<br /><br />So, as I said before, you are free to do as you wish, but I cannot, in all good conscience, tell you that YHWH would be happy to see you earning money and seeking glory for yourself on His Shabbats that are a "sign" between Him and His people:<br /><br />Exodus 20: 8 "Remember the day, Shabbat, to set it apart for God. 9 You have six days to labor and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Shabbat for ADONAI your God. On it, you are not to do any kind of work -not you, your son or your daughter, not your male or female slave, not your livestock, and not the foreigner staying with you inside the gates to your property. 11 For in six days, ADONAI made heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them; but on the seventh day he rested. This is why ADONAI blessed the day, Shabbat, and separated it for himself.<br /><br />Isaiah 58: 13 If you hold back your foot on Shabbat from pursuing your own interests on my holy day; if you call Shabbat a delight, ADONAI'S holy day, worth honoring; then honor it by not doing your usual things or pursuing your interests or speaking about them. If you do, you will find delight in ADONAI - I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your ancestor Ya'akov, for the mouth of ADONAI has spoken."<br /><br />Also, please see Exodus 31:16-17; Ezekiel 20:11-12; Isaiah 56: 2-7; Isaiah 66: 23 and Jeremiah 17: 21-24.<br /><br />Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998146626031186940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post-89146717000585623522023-03-11T15:27:52.796-08:002023-03-11T15:27:52.796-08:00I have a question, it's not related to this, b...I have a question, it's not related to this, but I have to ask it. I want to become a NBA Player and In order to do that I need to Gain Recognition. Tournaments are on the weekend and I want to keep the Sabbath but I want to Gain Recognition. my mini solution was to make it about God and not about winning or myself. I also want to use it as a opportunity to minister on a platform. If I used it as a advantage to Sere God, would I still be breaking the Sabbath?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com