Why Do Christians Not Honor The Sabbath?

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Arnie Manitoba said:
Nice try.

My answer is NO ... I am not. Never have been.

What will you do now ?
LOL! Who knows. :)

Wait a minute I get it. You keep saturday and sunday as rest just like the majority of the world. Now it's become clear.
 

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williemac said:
The author of Hebrews tampered with nothing. He wrote as he was inspired of God. But I gues you never bothered to read the 3rd and 4th chapters, huh? All I did was to repeat what it said. The sabbath rest is something that is entered into by faith. It is something that is called God's rest. And He can deny one's entrance into it for thier unbelief. This is all explained by the author. So you can doubt all you want. However why don't you rather go to the letter and take some of these points and show how they mean something other than what they say? This would be more credible than to just say you doubt something.
The Sabbath rest, as I mentioned in my previous post to Axehead, refers to PHYSICAL rest. And, the Sabbath day is an actual 24-hour period that begins at Friday sundown until Saturday sundown. The 4th-command has nothing to do with these ambigous scriptures that are bandied around that few to no one understands regarding 'something' that is entered into by grace. The 'Sunday Sabbath' (even the dictionary gives it's #2 definition as Sunday being the Christian Sabbath) has become SO established within Christendom that it's certainly here to stay. Even if Christianity DOES believe that Sunday was introduced as a 'holy' day 'illegally' (and some Christians DO believe that) they are hardly going to admit this to their congregation now. So, what do they do? Well, they introduce scriptures that no one understands in support of abolition of the 7th-day Sabbath and the 'new and improved Sunday Sabbath' of the Gentiles.

williemac said:
But as well, the valued religious system that you refer to was shaken from its very foundation by the death and resurrection of Jesus. The veil was torn in two from top to bottom. The animal sacrifices were replaced, done away with...another valued religious custom. The temple was destroyed. There became a great division between those who accepted Jesus as Messiah and those who did not.

As well, one their top Pharisees of the day (Saul) was converted and went into the wilderness for 14 years to be taught by the Holy Spirit. When he returned, he certainly went into the synagogues to teach. But where else was he going to be able to witness to his countrymen? He went where they were, met where they met, and preached the gospel...which landed him in great turmoil and resistance from those who were offended. Do you think Paul was merely going to the synagogues to join with them in their old covenant of law? Really? He went into a volatile mission field, risked his life time and again, to plead with his fellow Jews to convert. Let's put this in proper perspective rather than trying to make like Paul was simply joining them in worship on the sabbath, and to fellowship with their customs.
The Sabbath remained in force for many years following the deaths of the apostles. Jesus even warned His disciples about the forthcoming fall of Jerusalem (AD70) and told them to pray that their flight from the city would not be in winter or on the Sabbath (Matthew 24:20). That event occurred some 40 years after Jesus' death and resurrection. Why did Jesus not tell his disciples then, "Oh, by the way, by then the Sabbath will have been abolished and relaced with Sunday" . . .? But, He didn't because the Sabbath command still remained in force. It was only later that early Christians chose to disassociate themselves from the Jews that a change of Sabbath occurred, later ratified by Constantine in AD 331. The RCC also decided that IT could initiate and replace 'holy days' since IT alone is the mouth-piece of God and to this day it lays claim for having changed the 7th-day Sabbath to Sunday. By the way, I don't intend to bash Catholics. I'm not into bashing any denomination. I'm merely reporting what I believe to be the facts that also include what the RCC says about itself. Catholics, as people, are okay by me.

So, Paul preached in the synagogues on the sabbath, not merely because that's where the Jews were but because it was HIS CUSTOM to do so (Acts 17:2; 16:13). He also preached to the Gentiles on the Sabbath (Acts 18:4). It doesn't seem as though Paul had any inkling that those some 2000 years into the future would be using his name to justify a change of Sabbath!

williemac said:
As for Jesus teaching on the sabbath, let's not forget that He came to them while they were under the law. His teachings were under the confines of the old covenant. Paul explained to the Galatians that faith was not yet revealed until after the death of Jesus. Therefore there was only so much that Jesus could say about what was really going to happen. For if they had known and understood His mission and identity, they would not have cruicified Him. We would still be in our sin. In the meantime, He used the law to its purpose: to convict them of their sin. This was always its purpose. Jesus would have known that. Of course they were observing the sabbath! That goes without saying.
Whatever the reasons, whatever the excuses, Christianity finishes up with a 'Sabbath' ANYWAY! All they have done is to replace one day with another!
 

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KCKID

I agree that the sabbath should be "a delight" to us .... not a religious legality

Often I take both Saturday and Sunday as my sabbath and I have "double delight"
 

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bling said:
Help me understand a few things:



  1. Is a Sabbath a Saturday or is Saturday a Sabbath
    with other days also Sabbaths like Passover and the day of Atonement and every
    day in the year of Jubilee?


  1. Are Christians today to be like the regular Jews
    of the Old Testament or are we to be like the priests of the Old Testament?


  1. Are Christians today to be that nation of
    priests (Ex. 19:6, 1 Peter 2:9) and not just a Jewish like nation?


  1. Did the Priests offer up sacrifices on the
    Sabbaths and if so were the Priests keeping the Sabbath Rest?


  1. For the Priests what is the Sabbath Rest and so
    what is the Sabbath Rest to be for Christians?


  1. Is worship to God “work” by God’s definition?


  1. We know van worship is offering up to God obedience
    to man’s commands, so could righteous worship be offering up to God obedience
    to God’s commands?


  1. If Christians are Priests, the temple of God,
    carrying the alter with them (cross), and constantly offering up themselves as
    a living sacrifice: When are Christian’s not worshipping and should they ever
    stop???


  1. Did Christ expand the Old Testament commands to
    include our thoughts and lots more actions?


  1. Some of the Jewish scholars prior to Christ
    seemed to have discussed (records are not perfect on this) that there was a
    coming “Age of Jubilee”, do you see that description fitting the Christian
    Dispensation we are part of?

I think the priests did follow the Sabbath Rest since
“worship” is not work and the priests were to worship and not work all the time
(the other Jews were to support them). By increasing the commands on Christians
and providing a constant partner (the Spirit), Christian’s today can be in
constant worship as long as what you are doing is in obedience to God’s
commands, so we are in the Sabbath Rest.
To suggest today we just “Sabbath Rest” one day a week is to suggest the
other 6 days are ours?
I would suggest that you find the answers to these questions on the Internet. My brain is already too overworked! :)

Arnie Manitoba said:
KCKID

I agree that the sabbath should be "a delight" to us .... not a religious legality

Often I take both Saturday and Sunday as my sabbath and I have "double delight"
Excellent! Sounds like you're a tad delightfully greedy, though . . . :D
 

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KCKID said:
Um, let me guess ...YOU have Spiritual eyes ...right?
Um, let me guess......Spiritual guidance? Why would anyone like yourself ever consider such non sense......... Right?
Its just what ever way you figure it aught to be.


But really, glad to see you talk about something besides homosexuality is approved by God​
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Changing the Sabbath to be kept on Sunday is something which was done by the church right from the very start. The reasons for doing so cannot be found in scripture.
Authority to change Sabbath to Sunday making it a Christian convocation readily distinguishable from the Jewish convocation comes entirely from the church.
Those who do not acknowledge the church to have any authority in their lives and who only recognise the authority of the scripture should be keeping the Sabbath on Saturday.

When I say that the church changed the Sabbath to Sunday, what I mean to say is that the 4th commandment is to be lived out on Sunday the Lord's Day instead of on the 7th day.
Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that we will get any more than the most veiled justification for this change anywhere in the scriptures.


KCKID said:
Hmmm ...I don't think that that explanation fits the purpose at all as to why God initiated the Sabbath. I doubt that the average person would follow that line of reasoning at all. I'm no slouch but even I had to say ...huh? ...what?



I said that, according to (many) mainstream Christians, the 7th-day Sabbath was done away with at the cross. "It was nailed to the cross," (many) mainstream Christians say. So, they say, Gentile Christians are no longer bound to honor the 7th-day Sabbath. Furthermore, those who DO continue to honor the 7th-day Sabbath are seen to be legalistic and burdened by the yoke of the OT law. So, what do mainstream Christians do? They come up with a substitute Sabbath instead! They replace one 24 hour day day - an OT burden - with another 24 hour day - apparently NOT a burden. So, go figure ...!

My question ...as long as Christians feel the need for a weekly Sabbath which they do .. .then why not keep the one that God asked them to keep!
Christians do not keep the OT law in the letter of bondage, they keep it in the spirit of new life and liberty. That is what the New Covenant is all about.

The sixth commandment is 'Thou shalt not murder'. So what is your take on that? Presumably as follows.

I said that, according to (many) mainstream Christians, the 6th commandment to not kill was done away with at the cross. "It was nailed to the cross," (many) mainstream Christians say. So, they say, Gentile Christians are no longer bound to 6th commandment to not kill. Furthermore, those who DO continue to keep the sixth commandment not to murder are seen to be legalistic and burdened by the yoke of the OT law. So, what do mainstream Christians do? They come up with a substitute do not kill commandment instead! They replace one commandment to not murder - with another commandment which is extended to prevent Christians even hating their brother - apparently NOT a burden. So, go figure ...!

So you see your argument is ridiculous. The Christian law to keep the Lord's Day holy is a law of liberty, nor is it legalistic or burdensome. Sadly, today it is not done. Christians have almost entirely lost the notion of any observance that they might attend to being holy. Keeping the Lord's day is a pious observance. The fact that Christians have no pious observances left makes it no surprise that many latch onto pseudo-christian sects which push the holy observance of the Sabbath and enforce piety upon them. These people are to be approved in that at least they keep one day holy to the Lord.

Far better though that Christians keep the Christian day on which our Lord rose from the dead holy, rather than the Jewish day holy.
 

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Whats wrong with keeping every day to the Lord, he certainly has no issue with it, in fact I know He loves it when we give Him everyday.

In all His Love
 

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KCKID said:

Um, let me guess ...YOU have Spiritual eyes ...right?
Actually, he does. Very good ones.

Rex said:
But really, glad to see you talk about something besides homosexuality is approved by God
In reality, I think he is only using this topic as a pretext to try to gain leverage in his pro-homo arguments. He's not interested in the truth. When the truth is spoken to him he calls it ambiguous and turns away. IMO, he's simply looking for ways to deconstruct Christianity for whatever agenda he serves.
 

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excubitor said:
Changing the Sabbath to be kept on Sunday is something which was done by the church right from the very start. The reasons for doing so cannot be found in scripture.
Authority to change Sabbath to Sunday making it a Christian convocation readily distinguishable from the Jewish convocation comes entirely from the church.
Those who do not acknowledge the church to have any authority in their lives and who only recognise the authority of the scripture should be keeping the Sabbath on Saturday.

When I say that the church changed the Sabbath to Sunday, what I mean to say is that the 4th commandment is to be lived out on Sunday the Lord's Day instead of on the 7th day.
Let's not fool ourselves into thinking that we will get any more than the most veiled justification for this change anywhere in the scriptures.



Christians do not keep the OT law in the letter of bondage, they keep it in the spirit of new life and liberty. That is what the New Covenant is all about.

The sixth commandment is 'Thou shalt not murder'. So what is your take on that? Presumably as follows.

I said that, according to (many) mainstream Christians, the 6th commandment to not kill was done away with at the cross. "It was nailed to the cross," (many) mainstream Christians say. So, they say, Gentile Christians are no longer bound to 6th commandment to not kill. Furthermore, those who DO continue to keep the sixth commandment not to murder are seen to be legalistic and burdened by the yoke of the OT law. So, what do mainstream Christians do? They come up with a substitute do not kill commandment instead! They replace one commandment to not murder - with another commandment which is extended to prevent Christians even hating their brother - apparently NOT a burden. So, go figure ...!

So you see your argument is ridiculous. The Christian law to keep the Lord's Day holy is a law of liberty, nor is it legalistic or burdensome. Sadly, today it is not done. Christians have almost entirely lost the notion of any observance that they might attend to being holy. Keeping the Lord's day is a pious observance. The fact that Christians have no pious observances left makes it no surprise that many latch onto pseudo-christian sects which push the holy observance of the Sabbath and enforce piety upon them. These people are to be approved in that at least they keep one day holy to the Lord.

Far better though that Christians keep the Christian day on which our Lord rose from the dead holy, rather than the Jewish day holy.
Hmmm . . .Christianity, eh? How come SO MANY Christians believe the Bible says what it does not? But, they do, nevertheless. They take in like a sponge what they hear but rarely do any actual STUDY for themselves. They absorb like a sponge what they hear with regard to homosexuality ;) (that was for Rex) and they do it with the Sabbath/Sunday issue. That the RCC determined that Sunday was 'the Lord's day' is immaterial. That does not make it so. The Bible never makes such a reference. Jesus Himself tells us that 'the Sabbath' is 'the Lord's day'. In Luke 6:1-11 Jesus clearly indicates that 'The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.' So ...what IS the day that Jesus is Lord of? The Sabbath! The Sabbath is 'the Lord's day'! Nothing to do with Sunday. Also, a text presented previously, Isaiah 58:13: "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath ...if you call the LORD'S holy day honorable ..." Here we have it again. The Lord's day is the Sabbath, no ifs, ands, or buts! But, what is the point of all of this? Christians will still continue to bleat that the Lord's day is Sunday with no scriptural backing whatever. <sigh>
 

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Here's a verse for you, bling. I really enjoyed your post with all those questions. :)

Matthew 12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?


There was a morning and evening sacrifice and other duties the High Priest performed every day.
 

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ChristRoseFromTheDead said:
Actually, he does. Very good ones.
VERY good ones, you say. I'm most impressed. It's nice to be patted on the back not only by yourself but by someone else who probably also has 'Spiritual eyes'.

ChristRoseFromTheDead said:
In reality, I think he is only using this topic as a pretext to try to gain leverage in his pro-homo arguments. He's not interested in the truth. When the truth is spoken to him he calls it ambiguous and turns away. IMO, he's simply looking for ways to deconstruct Christianity for whatever agenda he serves.
Actually, as a more staunch SDA than I am now I used to frequent Christian forums for years with discussions about the Sabbath, the State of the Dead, and Hell or Anihilation, the usual SDA doctrinal arguments. During that time I don't recall homosexuality coming up as a topic that much. Even if it did I probably would have agreed that it was a sin (not that I cared since I'm a sinner too) just as the majority of you do here. So, that was that. It's only in recent times that I 'put on fresh eyes' (Spiritual?) and found out the truth about the 'clobber' scriptures and realized that all is not as it seemed. You folks should do that too! As for my using this topic as a pretext to ...etc., I said in my initial post that my motives might be questionable but that the question about the Sabbath was genuine. I don't care that you think I'm not interested in the truth. I don't need to justify myself to anyone. I'm my own man. And, when I refer to something that is ambiguous it's because it IS ambiguous, if only to myself. As for my attempting to deconstruct Christianity you might have a point TO a point. Fundamentalist Christianity NEEDS to be deconstructed ASAP and replaced with the ACTUAL Gospel message of Jesus Christ. This has been lost in a fog of horrible, smug, pious, judgmental and condemning Christian Fundamentalism! Was that an honest enough agenda for you?

mjrhealth said:
Whats wrong with keeping every day to the Lord, he certainly has no issue with it, in fact I know He loves it when we give Him everyday.

In all His Love
No problem at all as far as I'm concerned. For most people, however, they can only set aside one full day of the week since work pretty well takes up the other 5 or 6 days so your suggestion isn't really practical. Not to mention, of course, that there is only ONE Sabbath per week . . .
 

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I work 5 days a week, yet everyday I give to the Lord, I rest in Him from my own works. The work I do at work is not of the Lord, and He really has no interest except that I do my best. Of Him I can do no work, if I do it it is mine and not His and is vanity, yet if He says go than it is His work and He is glorified. Faith without works is dead, but it is only when He says go, that work is done in faith, otherwise it is the flesh and vanity. Since Jesus is Lord of the sabbath and He is my Sabbath rest, than every day is the sabbath to me and Him. for He is my rest.

In all His Love
 

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KCKID said:
VERY good ones, you say. I'm most impressed. It's nice to be patted on the back not only by yourself but by someone else who probably also has 'Spiritual eyes'.

As for my attempting to deconstruct Christianity you might have a point TO a point. Fundamentalist Christianity NEEDS to be deconstructed ASAP and replaced with the ACTUAL Gospel message of Jesus Christ. This has been lost in a fog of horrible, smug, pious, judgmental and condemning Christian Fundamentalism! Was that an honest enough agenda for you?
You're not impressed at all; you're sarcastic... and spiritually blind.

You have no idea what the good news (gospel) is, so how can you be of any benefit to Christianity's redirection into its proper course? You can't. You have no power to make things right because you are not of the truth, you are of the world. All you are able to do is seek to destroy something you don't understand.
 
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ChristRoseFromTheDead said:
You're not impressed at all; you're sarcastic... and spiritually blind.
Sarcastic? Me? Nah!

If I'm spiritually blind then you might ask yourself "What Would Jesus Do" to help me see? Like too many forum Christians you would rather condemn me.

ChristRoseFromTheDead said:
You have no idea what the good news (gospel) is, so how can you be of any benefit to Christianity's redirection into its proper course? You can't. You have no power to make things right because you are not of the truth, you are of the world. All you are able to do is seek to destroy something you don't understand.
The good news (Gospel) is that Jesus came to save the sinner from God's wrath. There is no condemnation for those who believe on Jesus. All of our sins are imputed to Jesus. Repentance, yes, but that goes for ALL of us! The good news (Gospel) is NOT lashings of condemnation from Fundamentalist 'Christians' who are so wrapped up in their own piety and narcissism that they can only see the flaws in others. Jesus ignored the blemishes of those He associated with but He had lots to say about those such as yourself. What you say about me above speaks volumes about who and what you are. I see not a shred of love or understanding or 'Jesus' in your posts. Sorry to be so callous but sometimes we deserve to receive what we give to others.

mjrhealth said:
I work 5 days a week, yet everyday I give to the Lord, I rest in Him from my own works. The work I do at work is not of the Lord, and He really has no interest except that I do my best. Of Him I can do no work, if I do it it is mine and not His and is vanity, yet if He says go than it is His work and He is glorified. Faith without works is dead, but it is only when He says go, that work is done in faith, otherwise it is the flesh and vanity. Since Jesus is Lord of the sabbath and He is my Sabbath rest, than every day is the sabbath to me and Him. for He is my rest.

In all His Love
Yeah, okay. Good for you.
 

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KCKID said:

If I'm spiritually blind then you might ask yourself "What Would Jesus Do" to help me see? Like too many forum Christians you would rather condemn me.

The good news (Gospel) is that Jesus came to save the sinner from God's wrath. There is no condemnation for those who believe on Jesus. All of our sins are imputed to Jesus. Repentance, yes, but that goes for ALL of us! The good news (Gospel) is NOT lashings of condemnation from Fundamentalist 'Christians' who are so wrapped up in their own piety and narcissism that they can only see the flaws in others. Jesus ignored the blemishes of those He associated with but He had lots to say about those such as yourself. What you say about me above speaks volumes about who and what you are. I see not a shred of love or understanding or 'Jesus' in your posts. Sorry to be so callous but sometimes we deserve to receive what we give to others.
WWJD? He would ignore you or rebuke you because you justify yourself. He only helped the humble and those who had believing hearts.

You have the head knowledge, but not the heart knowledge. No one's condemning you for what you are, or even what you choose to do, but rather for your trying to normalize sin and deconstruct Christianity.
 

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Rex said:
What I have been seeing lately in the threads I've been watching is a clear distinction between those with Spiritual eyes and those without.
What I see for many years is that these sabbath debates are started by denominations who feel Saturday is the "true" sabbath

Technically they are correct but that is beside the point.

The sad point is they spend much of their Christian lives with their arse in a knot telling us how bad we Sunday people are.

Probably if we wanted to observe a day of rest and reflection on God ..... we could work from Thursday to Tuesday and take every Wednesday off to do it .... we have at least fulfilled the "intent" of the sabbath.

So the whole argument comes down to Sundays or Saturdays or Wednesdays .... as though it requires an exact day on our Gregorian calendars or something.

How long have our Gregorian calendars been around ? .... started in the 1500's and was fully accepted worldwide in the 1920's

How long since God rested on the seventh day ? ..... at least 6000 years ago

How many days on the Hebrew calendar ? .... 360 .... then they fiddle and "disappear" the "extra" 5 or so days

The Gregorian calendar uses a 365 day year but then has to add a leap year every once in a while.

If we had accurate records from God's actual seventh day of rest in Genesis .... we could probably nail down the exact day today

And for all we know it could be a Wednesday on our calendar

There goes the Saturday theory out the door
 

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Mark2:27 "And he said unto them,The sabbath was made for man,and not man for the sabbath:"

The sevenday adventists seem to be doing something right,because they have one of the highest life expectancys of any other group in america.They rest one day,and follow most of the dietary laws in the bible(most are vegetarians).

But as you can see from the above verse,the sabbath was put there for our own well being. :)
 

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Pelaides said:
Mark2:27 "And he said unto them,The sabbath was made for man,and not man for the sabbath:"

The sevenday adventists seem to be doing something right,because they have one of the highest life expectancys of any other group in america.They rest one day,and follow most of the dietary laws in the bible(most are vegetarians).

But as you can see from the above verse,the sabbath was put there for our own well being. :)


There is something to be said for a good diet...but teaching error does cut down life expectancy in the eternal aspect.
 
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Trumpeter said:
Friends, Sisters and Brothers in Christ, I am here to tell you Saturday is the Sabbath!... Not Sunday.
Now before you take offense, hear my words. They are not entirely my own... God’s Spirit fills me. Indeed, you are not wrong for worshiping on Sunday. No one can ever be wrong when worshiping The Lord and gathering together for fellowship in the name of Jesus. To worship The Lord any and all days is righteousness, but the seventh day is the day God has commanded us to remember and keep holy. So then on Saturday, do no work, but rest in The Lord, and pray and be merry. Then, when Sunday comes, worship and fellowship, if you so choose, for this is also pleasing to the Lord.
I hear some of you saying, ‘Yes, but we are no longer under the Law.’ You are partially right. We are under grace, freed from the Law’s punishment by Jesus’ death and resurrection. Has the Law also passed away? As the apostle, Paul, says, ‘God forbid.’Rather, only the laws found in ordinances were nailed to the cross of Christ, as Paul has taught us.
The Law of the Ten Commandments is now established in us and fulfilled by Jesus, who is the only One who has never transgressed, who also said, “It is easier for Heaven and earth to pass away than one letter of the Law to fail” (Matthew 5:18); and again, saying,“Whoever breaks one of these least commandments, and shall teach others to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom; but whoever teaches others to keep them, shall be called great in the Kingdom” (Matthew 5:19)... He, also being the same One who taught us the Law anew, and how to obey it. Why teach us of that which has passed away? So then, if Jesus remembered the Sabbath and the apostles remembered the Sabbath, how is it then we have forgotten it?!
The church who changed the Sabbath was wrong, but the churches who worship on Sunday are not wrong. For even the apostles wrote that they did gather together on the first day of the week, which was the day after the day they rested and kept holy. (They were Jewish Christians. They honored and kept the Law and the Holy Days, but with a much greater understanding in the knowledge that Jesus is the fulfillment of all things and their one and only best example.) Rather, we, as individuals in Christ, should keep the Sabbath as it is written. In obedience to God, in Christ, is our love made perfect.
May God’s Spirit guide you and give you understanding as you read.
Yours in Christ, now and in the Kingdom,
Trumpeter
Well stated, brother Trumpeter. Few seem able to grasp the blessed union of God's grace AND His eternal Law. You've gained a new friend and subscriber to your web site. Peace be unto you!

J.F.
 

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Jesus fulfilled the law by keeping it and going further, internalizing it. Now, not only is it forbidden to kill but also to hate since that is the same as murdering someone. When you hate someone you cut them off from your life as if they are dead. He is now become our Sabbath rest. The rest that we needed is to cease from our own works of righteousness and rest in Christ's work on the Cross and His daily work in us by His Spirit. You can only know this if you are born of the Spirit. Otherwise, everything is still outward and physical to you and you don't understand the work of the Spirit within a person.

The Sabbath rest is now Christ living in you and you abiding in Him in belief.

The Sabbath of the OT is a type of the Sabbath that we now keep in the NT. We keep abiding in Him by faith and belief.

And He keeps us. If you think it is still physical, you have missed the most important thing. All of a Christian's life today is worship unto the Lord. Whether we work or eat or anything we do everything unto the Lord. The Scriptures are clear about this.

We don't compartmentalize Christ.

Our reasonable worship is to present our bodies a living sacrifice EVERYDAY unto the Lord. So that whatever we do, we do heartily unto the Lord and not to man. Christians are to walk after the Spirit everyday and no matter how hard you are working you are to be resting in the Lord.

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