Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.

Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment. All the Law does is bring the knowledge of sin to show us that we need a Saviour. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law, which means we can be made right with God through faith in Him alone (see Eph. 2:8,9). Believers now serve in the spirit, not the letter of the law, and the principle behind the Sabbath is this: Just as God created for six days then rested on the seventh, man is to work for six days and rest on the seventh—to cease working. Those who trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross have ceased trying to be justified through their own efforts and instead find their rest in Him. (See Heb. 4:3,10.) That is why keeping the Sabbath is a non-issue for Christians when it comes to eternal salvation. It is simply a matter of conscience. Christians have incredible liberty—no one can tell us what we must eat or drink, or what days we must observe.

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Comfort the Jewish Christian Evangelist?

Docjay487:

Comfort the Jewish Christian Evangelist?

Yes. If anyone is to talk about the Sabbath then I think this Jewish man should know what he's saying.

OLAADEGBU: Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.
Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment. All the Law does is bring the knowledge of sin to show us that we need a Savior. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law, which means we can be made right with God through faith in Him alone (see Eph. 2:8,9). Believers now serve in the spirit, not the letter of the law, and the principle behind the Sabbath is this: Just as God created for six days then rested on the seventh, man is to work for six days and rest on the seventh—to cease working. Those who trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross have ceased trying to be justified through their own efforts and instead find their rest in Him. (See Heb. 4:3,10.) That is why keeping the Sabbath is a non-issue for Christians when it comes to eternal salvation. It is simply a matter of conscience. Christians have incredible liberty—no one can tell us what we must eat or drink, or what days we must observe.
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Wonderful write up indeed!! Particularly the bolded portions. Christ fulfilled all the righteous demands of the law and has given me the gift of his own righteousness.

Galatians 5:1 KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Because

Romans 10:4 KJV
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

God bless the OP.

Candour:

Wonderful write up indeed!! Particularly the bolded portions. Christ fulfilled all the righteous demands of the law and has given me the gift of his own righteousness.

Galatians 5:1 KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Because

Romans 10:4 KJV
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

God bless the OP.

Amen. The bolded in the quote below is just as pertinent as others.

OLAADEGBU:

Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.

Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment. All the Law does is bring the knowledge of sin to show us that we need a Saviour. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law, which means we can be made right with God through faith in Him alone (see Eph. 2:8,9). Believers now serve in the spirit, not the letter of the law, and the principle behind the Sabbath is this: Just as God created for six days then rested on the seventh, man is to work for six days and rest on the seventh—to cease working. Those who trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross have ceased trying to be justified through their own efforts and instead find their rest in Him. (See Heb. 4:3,10.) That is why keeping the Sabbath is a non-issue for Christians when it comes to eternal salvation. It is simply a matter of conscience. Christians have incredible liberty—no one can tell us what we must eat or drink, or what days we must observe.

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OLAADEGBU:

Amen. The bolded in the quote below is just as pertinent as others.

You're absolutely right. Refusing to make provision for rest will not count against a Christian's eternal destination but his body will suffer the consequences.

Candour:

You're absolutely right. Refusing to make provision for rest will not count against a Christian's eternal destination but his body will suffer the consequences.

That is the reason why Jesus said "Man is not made for Sabbath but Sabbath for man". But the moral law, which is the rest the decalogue is what God is going to use to Judge us on the Judgment Day. We keep them if we allow the Spirit of Christ to write them with indelible ink upon our hearts of flesh so that we may walk in the Spirit so as not to fulfil the lust of the flesh.

OLAADEGBU:

That is the reason why Jesus said "Man is not made for Sabbath but Sabbath for man". But the moral law, which is the rest the decalogue is what God is going to use to Judge us on the Judgment Day. We keep them if we allow the Spirit of Christ to write them with indelible ink upon our hearts of flesh so that we may walk in the Spirit so as not to fulfil the lust of the flesh.

Are you talking of the other elements of the 10 commandments?

Candour:

Are you talking of the other elements of the 10 commandments?

Yes. The first to the 9th commandment.

OLAADEGBU: Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.

Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment. All the Law does is bring the knowledge of sin to show us that we need a Saviour. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law, which means we can be made right with God through faith in Him alone (see Eph. 2:8,9). Believers now serve in the spirit, not the letter of the law, and the principle behind the Sabbath is this: Just as God created for six days then rested on the seventh, man is to work for six days and rest on the seventh—to cease working. Those who trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross have ceased trying to be justified through their own efforts and instead find their rest in Him. (See Heb. 4:3,10.) That is why keeping the Sabbath is a non-issue for Christians when it comes to eternal salvation. It is simply a matter of conscience. Christians have incredible liberty—no one can tell us what we must eat or drink, or what days we must observe.

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Liar! Works of satan.

All that nonsense you just spouted is basically misinterpretation of Paul.
The sabbath is an ordinance to be observed from generation to generation.

Tell me what Isaiah is speaking of here:

Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."

Tell me what Paul is doing here:

Acts 13:42 "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath"

Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.


So Isaiah spoke of sabbath in context of the Millenial Kingdom. Paul clearly observed it. And MOST IMPORTANTLY, The Most High set it as a commandment to be observed forever.

If you interpret anything Paul says to mean the contrary, then you are foolish for following it, because that would by definition make him a false teacher.

"Ye observe days" is not talking about the sabbath. Enter this phrase into an online bible and you will see it is mentioned in old testament, The heathen had their own special days too.

Shalom

OLAADEGBU:

Yes. The first to the 9th commandment.

Did you see this part in your OP?

OLAADEGBU: Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.

Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment.

Pls what are the implications of the above quote?

JesusisLord85:

Liar! Works of satan.

All that nonsense you just spouted is basically misinterpretation of Paul.
The sabbath is an ordinance to be observed from generation to generation.

Tell me what Isaiah is speaking of here:

Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."

Tell me what Paul is doing here:

Acts 13:42 "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath"

Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.


So Isaiah spoke of sabbath in context of the Millenial Kingdom. Paul clearly observed it. And MOST IMPORTANTLY, The Most High set it as a commandment to be observed forever.

If you interpret anything Paul says to mean the contrary, then you are foolish for following it, because that would by definition make him a false teacher.

"Ye observe days" is not talking about the sabbath. Enter this phrase into an online bible and you will see it is mentioned in old testament, The heathen had their own special days too.

Shalom

Can you tell me where the 4th commandment says that Christians are to worship on the Sabbath?

Saturday comes from the Latin for "Saturn's day" which is a pagan day of worship of the planet Saturn. Did God tell you that your salvation depends on your keeping of a certain day? If so can you show us where He said so?

If God wanted Christians to keep the Sabbath day then He would have ceased on the opportunity to tell the Apostles when they gathered specifically to discuss the relationship of Christians to the decalogue (Acts 15:5-11, 24-29). All He had to do to save millions from the damnation of hell was to say "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy" and then millions of us would have kept it till date. Instead, the only commands the apostles were given was to "abstain from meats offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication."

If you don't agree with my submission, then kindly give us at least one command in the NT for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy?

Candour:

Did you see this part in your OP?



Pls what are the implications of the above quote?

Where you complicate issues is when you put the cart before the horse. It is only when we are justified by faith in Christ are we able to keep the commandments by His grace and not the other way round.

OLAADEGBU:

Can you tell me where the 4th commandment says that Christians are to worship on the Sabbath?

Saturday comes from the Latin for "Saturn's day" which is a pagan day of worship of the planet Saturn. Did God tell you that your salvation depends on your keeping of a certain day? If so can you show us where He said so?

If God wanted Christians to keep the Sabbath day then He would have ceased on the opportunity to tell the Apostles when they gathered specifically to discuss the relationship of Christians to the decalogue (Acts 15:5-11, 24-29). All He had to do to save millions from the damnation of hell was to say "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy" and then millions of us would have kept it till date. Instead, the only commands the apostles were given was to "abstain from meats offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication."

If you don't agree with my submission, then kindly give us at least one command in the NT for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy?

Keep quiet there. God only dealt with Israel (Judah, the southern kingdom, and Ephraim, head of the northern kingdom).
In your mind, the new testament is a bunch of foreigners gathering together to see how some new religion, headed by peter, would be observed.

Nonsense. Read my posts and you will understand that ye are blinded, just as the scribes and pharisees were.

1: Yahshua did not come to form a new religion
2: We Yoruba are sons of Jacob
3: Those in Israel today are the gentiles (not northern Israel, but heathen) the prophets prophecies about
4: 'Christianity', at least in the modern sense, is completely false. Teaching there are no laws.

I will give you precepts this evening. But firstly, let us even consider your daft statement
Because of faith you are justified therefore you don't need to keep the sabbath or any other law.
Those were your words I believe

So. Why don't you go kill someone. Why don't you commit adultery. Since, as you say, being justified by 'faith' means there is no more law. Of course, you choose the sabbath because it is a stumbling block to you. It is easy enough for you to not do the others.
Hypocrite.

JesusisLord85:

Keep quiet there. God only dealt with Israel (Judah, the southern kingdom, and Ephraim, head of the northern kingdom).
In your mind, the new testament is a bunch of foreigners gathering together to see how some new religion, headed by peter, would be observed.

Nonsense. Read my posts and you will understand that ye are blinded, just as the scribes and pharisees were.

1: Yahshua did not come to form a new religion
2: We Yoruba are sons of Jacob
3: Those in Israel today are the gentiles (not northern Israel, but heathen) the prophets prophecies about
4: 'Christianity', at least in the modern sense, is completely false. Teaching there are no laws.

I will give you precepts this evening. But firstly, let us even consider your daft statement
Because of faith you are justified therefore you don't need to keep the sabbath or any other law.
Those were your words I believe

So. Why don't you go kill someone. Why don't you commit adultery. Since, as you say, being justified by 'faith' means there is no more law. Of course, you choose the sabbath because it is a stumbling block to you. It is easy enough for you to not do the others.
Hypocrite.

All that foul language is not necessary. Are you a Christian to begin with?

OLAADEGBU:

Where you complicate issues is when you put the cart before the horse. It is o[b]nly when we are justified by faith in Christ are able to keep the commandments[/b] by His grace and not the other way round.

Ok. So is keeping the sabbath not a commandment. Ye are justified by faith. But somehow, this is the one law ye don't need to eat. As well as not having to distinguish between clean and unclean food. I see you eating catfish and snail and bushmeat in your churches. Abomination

Isaiah 66:17 "They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD"

Context: Endtime
Content: Keeping the law
Implication: Better be holy and righteous, even until that day.

Shalom

OLAADEGBU:

Where you complicate issues is when you put the cart before the horse. It is only when we are justified by faith in Christ are able to keep the commandments by His grace and not the other way round.

If this is your inference from the article you posted, I rest my case here. I actually inferred something different and I wouldn't like to turn this thread to another one for argument.

I was blessed by the article and for that I say thanks for sharing it.

Cheers bro.

OLAADEGBU:

All that foul language is not necessary. Are you a Christian to begin with?

Where is the foul language. I am enraged by your false teaching.

Isaiah 58:1 "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins"

I am not a Christian. Christians today are people who meet in a church on sunday and proclaim vain babblings.
I am a a son of Jacob. My ancestors were scattered all over the earth, one place being modern day west Africa.
I keep the laws of the most high, and I teach none but my people the truth. I don't bother myself with the chinese, the americans (only afro americans), and least not, the fake jews in jerusalem..Not even Ishmael's sons, the arabs.

I believe in the Messiah. In Antioch, in 60ad, yes they would have called me a Christian too. They would not call modern day christians, 'christian'. Why? Because they do not follow the Messiah. But rather, the vain philosophies of the heathen.

Shalom

JesusisLord85:

Ok. So is keeping the sabbath not a commandment. Ye are justified by faith. But somehow, this is the one law ye don't need to eat. As well as not having to distinguish between clean and unclean food. I see you eating catfish and snail and bushmeat in your churches. Abomination

Isaiah 66:17 "They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD"

Context: Endtime
Content: Keeping the law
Implication: Better be holy and righteous, even until that day.

Shalom

If you are not a Christian it will be counter productive trying to get you to answer my questions. In the meantime check this link out: www.NeedGod.com

Candour:

If this is your inference from the article you posted, I rest my case here. I actually inferred something different and I wouldn't like to turn this thread to another one for argument.

I was blessed by the article and for that I say thanks for sharing it.

Cheers bro.

Thanks for your contributions. Remain blessed.

OLAADEGBU:

If you are not a Christian it will be counter productive trying to get you to answer my questions. In the meantime check this link out: www.NeedGod.com

What is a Christian.
First, show us in the bible where the word was first used. (Hint - Antioch).
Why was it used?
Those who they called Christians, as a slur, what were they? Jews.
What are the fruits of those who supposedly follow christ?

When you answer these, you will see that, I follow the Messiah. You follow the false image. i.e. that white image of Christ Rome gave you. In truth, it was a painting of Caesar Borgia.

Shalom

JesusisLord85:

What is a Christian.
First, show us in the bible where the word was first used. (Hint - Antioch).
Why was it used?
Those who they called Christians, as a slur, what were they? Jews.
What are the fruits of those who supposedly follow christ?

When you answer these, you will see that, I follow the Messiah. You follow the false image. i.e. that white image of Christ Rome gave you. In truth, it was a painting of Caesar Borgia.

Shalom

This is all you need to know about your questions on Christianity in the Bible

"And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch" (Acts 11:26).

"Then Agrippa said to Paul, you almost persuaded me to be a Christian" (Acts 26:28).

"Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf" (1 Peter 4:16).

I still insist that you check out this link: www.NeedGod.com

OLAADEGBU:

This is all you need to know about your questions on Christianity in the Bible

"And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch" (Acts 11:26).

"Then Agrippa said to Paul, you almost persuaded me to be a Christian" (Acts 26:28).

"Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf" (1 Peter 4:16).

I still insist that you check out this link: www.NeedGod.com

Lol You want to teach me. Thank you for bringing all that. I asked you to look it up for a reason - not because I am unaware, or did I not mention Antioch.


Verse 27 & 28 again:
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Believe thou the prophets. Understand this, if the prophets did not speak of it, then it did not come from the Most High.
Proof?

Amos 3:7 "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

Ok. So now tell us where in scripture (in Paul's days, the only scripture was the law and the prophets) it tells of a coming new religion, headed by the heathen.

Waiting..

JesusisLord85:

Lol You want to teach me. Thank you for bringing all that. I asked you to look it up for a reason - not because I am unaware, or did I not mention Antioch.


Verse 27 & 28 again:
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.

Believe thou the prophets. Understand this, if the prophets did not speak of it, then it did not come from the Most High.
Proof?

Amos 3:7 "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

Ok. So now tell us where in scripture (in Paul's days, the only scripture was the law and the prophets) it tells of a coming new religion, headed by the heathen.

Waiting..

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of an holyday orof the new moon or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ" (Colossians 2:16-17).

Let me leave you with a quote from Charles Spurgeon, who said:

"I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord's Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally and good eternally".

JesusisLord85:
Liar! Works of satan.
All that nonsense you just spouted is basically misinterpretation of Paul.
The sabbath is an ordinance to be observed from generation to generation.

Tell me what Isaiah is speaking of here:

Isaiah 66:23 "And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD."

Tell me what Paul is doing here:

Acts 13:42 "And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath"

Acts 13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.


So Isaiah spoke of sabbath in context of the Millenial Kingdom. Paul clearly observed it. And MOST IMPORTANTLY, The Most High set it as a commandment to be observed forever.

If you interpret anything Paul says to mean the contrary, then you are foolish for following it, because that would by definition make him a false teacher.

"Ye observe days" is not talking about the sabbath. Enter this phrase into an online bible and you will see it is mentioned in old testament, The heathen had their own special days too.

Shalom

I agree with you that God has set it (SABBATH) forever BUT NOT the way you interpreted it.

Hope these pieces of work will help?

But first know that Paul taught also that laws are the shadow of thing to come which is consummated by Christ Jesus.

Israel’s Sabbath observance, which was modeled after God’s own Sabbath, was intended to point to a greater spiritual rest. Just as God had rested from his work of creation and entered into an eternal Sabbath, a day which continues for all eternity, believers are to rest from trying to merit their
righteousness through observing the Law and trust in Christ’s perfect righteousness. Once a believer truly trusts in the Lord Jesus he enters into God’s own Sabbath whereby he no longer has to merit his justification
since he has been given the promise of eternal life:

"Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For the Gospel came to us just as to them , but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, ‘As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest,"’ although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ‘And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.’ And again in this passage he said, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the Gospel failed to enter because of disobedience, again he appoints a certain day, ‘Today,’ saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden
your hearts.’ For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a
Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever HAS ENTERED GOD'S REST has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience." Hebrews 4:1-11

Again, since the reality has come:
"Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ ." Colossians 2:16-17

As Christ himself taught:
"And he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son
of man is lord even of the sabbath.’" Mark 2:27-28

Why would anyone want to return to
the copy or shadow of things?

OLAADEGBU:

Can you tell me where the 4th commandment says that Christians are to worship on the Sabbath?

Saturday comes from the Latin for "Saturn's day" which is a pagan day of worship of the planet Saturn. Did God tell you that your salvation depends on your keeping of a certain day? If so can you show us where He said so?

If God wanted Christians to keep the Sabbath day then He would have ceased on the opportunity to tell the Apostles when they gathered specifically to discuss the relationship of Christians to the decalogue (Acts 15:5-11, 24-29). All He had to do to save millions from the damnation of hell was to say "Remember to keep the Sabbath holy" and then millions of us would have kept it till date. Instead, the only commands the apostles were given was to "abstain from meats offered to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication."

If you don't agree with my submission, then kindly give us at least one command in the NT for Christians to keep the Sabbath holy?

show me a text in the NT where it says that you should nt call d name of God in vain

Emusan:

I agree with you that God has set it (SABBATH) forever BUT NOT the way you interpreted it.

Hope these pieces of work will help?

But first know that Paul taught also that laws are the shadow of thing to come which is consummated by Christ Jesus.

Israel’s Sabbath observance, which was modeled after God’s own Sabbath, was intended to point to a greater spiritual rest. Just as God had rested from his work of creation and entered into an eternal Sabbath, a day which continues for all eternity, believers are to rest from trying to merit their
righteousness through observing the Law and trust in Christ’s perfect righteousness. Once a believer truly trusts in the Lord Jesus he enters into God’s own Sabbath whereby he no longer has to merit his justification
since he has been given the promise of eternal life:

"Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For the Gospel came to us just as to them , but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, ‘As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter my rest,"’ although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ‘And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.’ And again in this passage he said, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’ Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the Gospel failed to enter because of disobedience, again he appoints a certain day, ‘Today,’ saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted ‘Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden
your hearts.’ For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken of another day later on. So then, there remains a
Sabbath rest for the people of God, for whoever HAS ENTERED GOD'S REST has also rested from his works as God did from his. Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience." Hebrews 4:1-11

Again, since the reality has come:
"Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink, or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath. These are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ ." Colossians 2:16-17

As Christ himself taught:
"And he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath; so the Son
of man is lord even of the sabbath.’" Mark 2:27-28

Why would anyone want to return to
the copy or shadow of things?

if u say that we can keep the spirit of d sabbath without d letter, then explain how we can keep the spirit of d commandment forbidding adultery and nt d letter

OLAADEGBU:

"Let no man therefore judge you in meat or in drink or in respect of an holyday orof the new moon or of the sabbath days: Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ" (Colossians 2:16-17).

Let me leave you with a quote from Charles Spurgeon, who said:

"I am no preacher of the old legal Sabbath. I am a preacher of the gospel. The Sabbath of the Jew is to him a task; the Lord's Day of the Christian, the first day of the week, is to him a joy, a day of rest, of peace and of thanksgiving. And if you Christian men can earnestly drive away all distractions, so that you can really rest today, it will be good for your bodies, good for your souls, good mentally, good spiritually, good temporally and good eternally".

if d sabbath is 4 d jews,marriage is also for the jews because both marriage and d sabbath came before the fall and before there was ever a jew.dats why christ said,the sabbath was made for man,he didnt say for jews.God only gave it to the jews and he also gave it to the Christians-acts13:14,15:21,17:2,18:4.if it was for d jews,it should nt have been kept by d disciples even at 70AD(mathew24:20).Spurgeon is a man and he is fallible in his understanding

OLAADEGBU:

Where you complicate issues is when you put the cart before the horse. It is only when we are justified by faith in Christ are we able to keep the commandments by His grace and not the other way round.

why cant Christ give u d same grace to keep the sabbath not to be saved but out of love.why remove d sabbath from the others.why lose one of the ten coins(luke15),why offend in one(james 2:10),why destroy d perfection of d law(ps 19:7)

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OLAADEGBU: Words of Comfort: Keeping the Sabbath.

Scripture makes it clear that no one can be justified (made right with God) by keeping the Sabbath holy, or by keeping any other Commandment. All the Law does is bring the knowledge of sin to show us that we need a Saviour. Jesus fulfilled the demands of the Law, which means we can be made right with God through faith in Him alone (see Eph. 2:8,9). Believers now serve in the spirit, not the letter of the law, and the principle behind the Sabbath is this: Just as God created for six days then rested on the seventh, man is to work for six days and rest on the seventh—to cease working. Those who trust in Christ’s finished work on the cross have ceased trying to be justified through their own efforts and instead find their rest in Him. (See Heb. 4:3,10.) That is why keeping the Sabbath is a non-issue for Christians when it comes to eternal salvation. It is simply a matter of conscience. Christians have incredible liberty—no one can tell us what we must eat or drink, or what days we must observe.

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this is just a secondary application of the sabbath and secondary application does nt refute primary application.I can also use this method to say that 'thou shall nt commit adultery' means we should nt go away from Christ which is a secondary way God applies it in his relationship with Israel but does that mean dat christians can sleep around?no. We can apply the sabbath rest to our justification by faith but it does nt cancel its original meaning.However,we dont do it to be saved but out of love for Christ(john14:15) and by d grace of his saving power.(in my ref to sabbath,i mean the seventhday sabbath of Gen 2)

Candour:

Wonderful write up indeed!! Particularly the bolded portions. Christ fulfilled all the righteous demands of the law and has given me the gift of his own righteousness.

Galatians 5:1 KJV
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Because

Romans 10:4 KJV
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.

God bless the OP.

The grace of Christ is not a passport to sin(rom 6:1-23,7:7),sin is d transgression of the law(1john3:4,rom3:20),d sabbath is part of d ten commandments(exo 20:8-11),it follows dat d grace of Christ does nt justify us breaking d sabbath.Adam did nt enter Eden by his works,God put him there by grace but he lost it through disobedience,we are nt saved by works but we can lose our salvation through disobedience-exo 32:33,2sam24:17,rev 3:5.Remember,d law will be d standard at judgement-james 2:13,rev 22:12,mathew7:21-23

OLAADEGBU:

That is the reason why Jesus said "Man is not made for Sabbath but Sabbath for man". But the moral law, which is the rest the decalogue is what God is going to use to Judge us on the Judgment Day. We keep them if we allow the Spirit of Christ to write them with indelible ink upon our hearts of flesh so that we may walk in the Spirit so as not to fulfil the lust of the flesh.

who gave u d permission to add or subtract from the law.d law of God is perfect,it needs no addition nor subtraction.any blemish in d law is a blemish on God's character.The sabbath is God's day(math 12:,we have no right to remove it