that that Charlotte asked the question why positive? And I think last week Charlotte brought up a good question. I wanted to address that tonight. When we look at the fourth commandment, it has both a moral aspect and a ceremonial or positive law. Moral law says one day out of seven, the creature must worship God. The ceremonial or the positive is conditioned by the covenant that one is in. So again, in the old covenant, it was Saturday. In the new covenant, it's Sunday. How do we know that? Because Christ rested from his labors on the first day of the week. That was signified by his resurrection from the dead and all of the blessings that attend that. But that Charlotte asked the question, why positive? When when we hear that that that statement positive law, does that mean I'm going to give you a law that's really positive? No. It has a long, you know, I felt like an idiot looking at chat GPT, but here it is. Positive law refers to laws that are formerly enacted by a proper authority such as a government or legislature. These laws are written, codified, and enforced by institutions, and they are distinguished from natural law, which is based on moral principles or inherent human rights. Positive law is called positive not because it's good or affirmative, but because it is posited, meaning it is laid down or established by a legitimate authority such as a government or legislature. Positive law is positive because it is posited or put in place by human or we could say divine chap gpt wasn't going to go there by human authority not because of any value judgment about its content. I mentioned that the Sabbath is moral in in its character. It is foundational to human existence. We know that God is we know that he is to be feared. We know that he is to be worshiped. We know that he is to be glorified. But positive law tells us by virtue of the covenant that we're in which day it is that we worship him on. So in the old covenant it was Saturday, it was sat uh seventh day and in the new covenant it is the first day. So that's positive law there for you,
