2009-09-18T10:52:39-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/sabbath+day/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus%2020:8-11&version=NIV 2009-09-18T10:52:39-05:00 As a reminder of the seventh day of creation, when God rested from His work, God instituted the Sabbath day as the one day of the week that the Israelites were to keep holy. On the Sabbath, they were to focus on God and abstain from their regular work.