What if you taught at a University. One of the responsibilities of a University professor is to advise students about their academic situation, tell them what courses they should be taking. Another thing about a University is that it is a huge organization. Thus, things my catch you by surprise and when things do, there's not much you can do to change them.

All of the sudden you realize that you are scheduled to advise incoming students on Sunday. This is a problem for you because you try to do as little business as possible (and certainly avoid working for pay) on the Lord's day. However, these students have been promised an advising session, and to stand them up would not only be rude, but bordering on devastating and disorienting to them.

So you have two options. "Keep the Sabbath" and don't show or "Do unto others..." and advise them.

So which is the most important command to keep?

I think there are more dilemmas like this than we can count. Do you obey the Bible's command to feed and shelter the poor or do you Golden Rule them with tough love because you know that will be better for them in the long run?

This is a very relevant issue for me right now, and I don't think it will fade into the background any time soon, seeing the direction my career is heading at the moment.