the sabbath was not given in order to honor God it was giving for man to rest. its just that simple,it was a memorial of when God rested from his work. >>Matthew 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? >>Matthew 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. >>Matthew 12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? >>Colossians 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: like the jews, ellen white and the seven day adventist cult pervert the meaning of the sabbath the sabbath was also made for man not otherwise. there's the letter of the law and there's spirit of the law. it was unlawful according to the pharisees to even do healings on sabbaths or to take food but jesus, yes that same jesus that you are supposed to follow told them that they were wrong in putting the emphasis on the letter of the law instead of the spirit of the law "justice and mercy" is what legalists like you often forget.you emphasize the justice part and relegate to almost nothing the later part