Does Jesus say to remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy in the New Testament?

Answer 1

Yes.

A man once asked Jesus about "salvation."

"...Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have Eternal Life?" (Matt.19:16)

While modern professing Christianity would say, "There is nothing you can do, but only 'believe'"... Jesus told the man:

"...Why callest Me good? There is none good but One, that is, God: but IF THOU WILT ENTER INTO LIFE [that is if you will receive salvation] KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS." (verse 17)

The fourth Commandment (3rd if you're Catholic) is and has always been:

"Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it Holy. Six days shalt thou labour and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the Lord made the heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it." (Ex.20:8-11)

Not only that... but Jesus says that He is the Creator Lord God who made the Sabbath on the seventh day of creation:

"...therefore the Son of Man IS LORD also of the Sabbath." (Mark 2:28)

"All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made." (John 1:3)

Some people argue that because when the man queried Jesus as to "which Commandments" He meant, and Jesus didn't mention the Sabbath Commandment specifically... that remembering the Sabbath day is no longer required.

A perusal of Jesus' words reveals that He only mentioned the six Commandments that deal with man's relationship with his fellowman... and didn't mention the four that deal with our relationship with God.

If these rebellious folks who argue that the Sabbath day therefore is no longer required by God to be remembered on this basis... then they have to believe that the other Commandments Jesus didn't mention are also, now, okay to ignore.

We can now have any and all other gods before Him.

We may now worship all the idols we want.

And God's name is no longer sacred and holy.

No... Jesus says: "Keep the Commandments"... and "remembering the Sabbath Day" is still the fourth one.

"...Fear God, and Keep His Commandments: for this is the whole duty of man..." (Eccle.12:13).