The Simple Reason: God Asks Me to Keep the Sabbath
The simple reason for me to keep the seventh-day (Saturday) Sabbath is that it’s one of God’s Ten Commandments found in the Christian (and Jewish) Scriptures, the Bible. Why do I choose to believe and obey the Bible and the God of the Bible? That’s another topic, but I believe the reasons for that are also compelling!

The Sabbath commandment is the only commandment to start with the word “Remember” – implying that it might easily be forgotten. The fourth commandment (Ex 20:8-11) makes it very clear which day is meant: i.e., the seventh day of the week.

Christians (and even non-Christians) around the world still affirm the importance of the Ten Commandments (see http://www.tencommandmentsday.com/). Jesus and many of the New Testament writers also affirmed the keeping of the Ten Commandments.

OK, so I’ve given the simple reason, but that probably wouldn’t satisfy everybody, so I’m going to go into more detail here. As you can see, I’m basing my belief and practice on the Bible as my authority, informed (and also limited) by my understanding of it until now. I don’t profess to have complete understanding of everything in the Bible; so this discussion is not intended to be ‘the final word’ and I’m always happy to learn more.

Note: I reference Bible texts throughout, on the assumption that the reader will check their own Bible (or an online one – e.g. http://www.biblegateway.com) to see and decide for themselves (cf Acts 17:11).