Exo 20:8-11 | JFB | STEP | 8. Remember the sabbath day —implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments [ ] comprise our duties to God—the other six [ ] our duties to our fellow men; and as interpreted by Christ, they reach to the government of the heart as well as the lip ( ). "If a man do them he shall live in them" [ ]. But, ah! what an if for frail and fallen man. Whoever rests his hope upon the law stands debtor to it all; and in this view every one would be without hope were not "the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS " [ ] ( ).

Exodus 20:8-11

8. Remember the sabbath day—implying it was already known, and recognized as a season of sacred rest. The first four commandments [Ex 20:3-11] comprise our duties to God—the other six [Ex 20:12-17] our duties to our fellow men; and as interpreted by Christ, they reach to the government of the heart as well as the lip (Mt 5:17). "If a man do them he shall live in them" [Le 18:5; Ne 9:29]. But, ah! what an if for frail and fallen man. Whoever rests his hope upon the law stands debtor to it all; and in this view every one would be without hope were not "the LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS" [Jer 23:6; 33:16] (Joh 1:17).