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The sabbath was given at creation not just the Jews
The law of moses--- the 10 were given by God, therefore the law of God. Paul does not say the law is against the promise, or done away with.
Gal needs to be read in context and compared to other verses.
The laws were there to point to Christ, And most of them serve no purpose today because Christ fulfilled them. But is it ok for me to steal or kill? Is it ok for me to take the Lords name in vain?
are Jewdaizing because you believe in these laws?
The law of moses--- the 10 were given by God, therefore the law of God. Paul does not say the law is against the promise, or done away with.
Gal needs to be read in context and compared to other verses.
The laws were there to point to Christ, And most of them serve no purpose today because Christ fulfilled them. But is it ok for me to steal or kill? Is it ok for me to take the Lords name in vain?
are Jewdaizing because you believe in these laws?
May the Lord help keep your mind resting in Him on the sabbath day as He helps you rest in Him every day, because you are not justified by keeping the sabbath day commandment. When you acknowledge that, then you are obeying Him by believing in Him for that sabbath day too over the former commandment to keep the sabbath day holy, otherwise you are not resting in Him on the sabbath day. You are still "working" "for" Him to keep the sabbath day holy to be justified in keeping it.
Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.[SUP] 2 [/SUP]For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.[SUP] 3 [/SUP]For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.[SUP] 4 [/SUP]For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.[SUP] 5 [/SUP]And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.[SUP] 6 [/SUP]Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:[SUP] 7 [/SUP]Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.[SUP]8 [/SUP]For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.[SUP]9 [/SUP]There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.[SUP]10 [/SUP]For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.[SUP]11 [/SUP]Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
So if you rest in Him on the sabbath day too, then you do so because you do not have to obey the commandment to keep the sabbath day holy when you honor Him that day.
Any one that seeks to obey the commandment of keeping the sabbath day holy so as to not to sin, are not really honoring Him nor resting in Him on that sabbath day when He is Lord of the sabbath.
Hebrews 4:1Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.[SUP] 2 [/SUP]For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.[SUP] 3 [/SUP]For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.[SUP] 4 [/SUP]For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.[SUP] 5 [/SUP]And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.[SUP] 6 [/SUP]Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:[SUP] 7 [/SUP]Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.[SUP]8 [/SUP]For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.[SUP]9 [/SUP]There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.[SUP]10 [/SUP]For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.[SUP]11 [/SUP]Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
So if you rest in Him on the sabbath day too, then you do so because you do not have to obey the commandment to keep the sabbath day holy when you honor Him that day.
Any one that seeks to obey the commandment of keeping the sabbath day holy so as to not to sin, are not really honoring Him nor resting in Him on that sabbath day when He is Lord of the sabbath.
The Sabbath rest speaks of Christ Himself from creation to the Sabbath as outlined in the Old Testament. We do not exchange Christ Himself for the Old Testament way of doing things.
There is no such thing as separating out the 10 commandments from the law of Moses. That's simply a man-made religious practice that nullifies the work of Christ.
The 10 commandments are part of the Law. Paul himself said it was unless 'coveting" got kicked out of the 10 for getting caught "coveting."
Romans 7:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
How do we live now in the New Covenant if the Christian has died to the law of Moses, been released from the law and not under the law but under grace now?
We don't need to live by the moral code in the law of Moses which says in Lev. 18:23 to not have sex with a animal. The law of Christ Himself , the law of love, the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus will stop this.
People often say to those that speak of the grace of God and that they are not under the law of Moses including the 10 commandments anymore that they believe they are without "laws" now.
Does that mean we can now kill people? Does that mean we can now steal?
The word "law" means "principle, rule, instruction".
We do have laws in the New Covenant.
They are exciting laws that bring life and wholeness to us all - because these are all Christ Himself in us. Jesus fulfilled the law.
The law ( which the 10 commandments were a part of ) was a mere shadow of the real thing which was Jesus.
Read the law to see Jesus in it and to know that Jesus did that for us and His life in us now leads us in all things. Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
We now live by:
1) The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. ( Romans 8:2 )
2) The law of love ( Romans 13:10 James 2:8 )
3) The law of faith ( Romans 3:27 and the law of Moses is NOT of faith - Gal. 3:12 )
4) The law of liberty in Christ Jesus ( James 1:25 )
5) The law of Christ - which is Christ Himself in us. ( Gal. 6:2 )
We can trust the Holy Spirit and the life of Christ Himself in us to lead us in all affairs of life. We don't go back to the law of Moses that were a shadow of the real thing which is Christ in us.. Jesus is more then enough.
Yes...we glory in the laws that we have in the New Covenant because they are all Christ Himself living in and through us. ( Gal.2:20 and Col. 3:3 )
Get this wrong and we create a religion which really nullifies the grace of God from operating in our lives like it was meant to.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NASB)
[SUP]22 [/SUP] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
[SUP]23 [/SUP] gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
There is no such thing as separating out the 10 commandments from the law of Moses. That's simply a man-made religious practice that nullifies the work of Christ.
The 10 commandments are part of the Law. Paul himself said it was unless 'coveting" got kicked out of the 10 for getting caught "coveting."
Romans 7:7 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET."
How do we live now in the New Covenant if the Christian has died to the law of Moses, been released from the law and not under the law but under grace now?
We don't need to live by the moral code in the law of Moses which says in Lev. 18:23 to not have sex with a animal. The law of Christ Himself , the law of love, the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus will stop this.
People often say to those that speak of the grace of God and that they are not under the law of Moses including the 10 commandments anymore that they believe they are without "laws" now.
Does that mean we can now kill people? Does that mean we can now steal?
The word "law" means "principle, rule, instruction".
We do have laws in the New Covenant.
They are exciting laws that bring life and wholeness to us all - because these are all Christ Himself in us. Jesus fulfilled the law.
The law ( which the 10 commandments were a part of ) was a mere shadow of the real thing which was Jesus.
Read the law to see Jesus in it and to know that Jesus did that for us and His life in us now leads us in all things. Those who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God.
We now live by:
1) The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus. ( Romans 8:2 )
2) The law of love ( Romans 13:10 James 2:8 )
3) The law of faith ( Romans 3:27 and the law of Moses is NOT of faith - Gal. 3:12 )
4) The law of liberty in Christ Jesus ( James 1:25 )
5) The law of Christ - which is Christ Himself in us. ( Gal. 6:2 )
We can trust the Holy Spirit and the life of Christ Himself in us to lead us in all affairs of life. We don't go back to the law of Moses that were a shadow of the real thing which is Christ in us.. Jesus is more then enough.
Yes...we glory in the laws that we have in the New Covenant because they are all Christ Himself living in and through us. ( Gal.2:20 and Col. 3:3 )
Get this wrong and we create a religion which really nullifies the grace of God from operating in our lives like it was meant to.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NASB)
[SUP]22 [/SUP] But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
[SUP]23 [/SUP] gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
When Jesus Christ invites us all to come to Him to rest, the reference is to rest in His teaching.......read it in Matthew.
When the law is applied with mrcy, faith, and justice, we know the Sabbath is good, and we may enjoy being with God in a special manner on that day. This has nothing to do with going to an assembly, it is a gift from God from the beginning.
I do not know how so many miss out on this truth, but it seems all who do are misquoting and misunderstanding Pau's letters not to mention that reference to peace from Jesus in Matthew.
While reading entering into God's peace, have you read all of it? Have you read wehre we must labor to enter into that rest?
Do you have any idea of what labor is in the sight of God? It surely is not obeeying hIM SINCE hE IS OUR fATHER AND WHAT hE SAYS ALWAYS GOES FOR US AND WE OBEY bcause of His love for us first and our love returned,.
You are more of a legalist than those you pretend to instruct because you pretend to understand the law, but not with mercy, faith and justice. You understand it with doctrines of man passed on as the Word frm God......
When the law is applied with mrcy, faith, and justice, we know the Sabbath is good, and we may enjoy being with God in a special manner on that day. This has nothing to do with going to an assembly, it is a gift from God from the beginning.
I do not know how so many miss out on this truth, but it seems all who do are misquoting and misunderstanding Pau's letters not to mention that reference to peace from Jesus in Matthew.
While reading entering into God's peace, have you read all of it? Have you read wehre we must labor to enter into that rest?
Do you have any idea of what labor is in the sight of God? It surely is not obeeying hIM SINCE hE IS OUR fATHER AND WHAT hE SAYS ALWAYS GOES FOR US AND WE OBEY bcause of His love for us first and our love returned,.
You are more of a legalist than those you pretend to instruct because you pretend to understand the law, but not with mercy, faith and justice. You understand it with doctrines of man passed on as the Word frm God......
The Old Covenant with the giving of the 10 commandments were given by God to Moses in Mount Sinai. This includes the carnal or fleshly "observing" of the Sabbath day as outlined in that covenant. Christians live in the New Covenant.
The Old Covenant is passed away and is obsolete. Get this wrong and we create a religion that nullifies the very grace of God that is in Christ from operating in our lives like it is meant to.
Hebrews 8:7-9 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD.
Christians live in the New Covenant which is all about Christ and His finished work on the cross.
The Old Covenant is passed away and is obsolete. Get this wrong and we create a religion that nullifies the very grace of God that is in Christ from operating in our lives like it is meant to.
Hebrews 8:7-9 (NASB)
[SUP]7 [/SUP] For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second.
[SUP]8 [/SUP] For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH;
[SUP]9 [/SUP] NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD.
Christians live in the New Covenant which is all about Christ and His finished work on the cross.
It is important to always keep in mind Jesus Christ walked the earth as a descendant of Abraham (honored father of nations). Alos keep in mind He was of the tribe of Judah (Praiser of Yah.)
He made all who believe to be of the faith of Abraham, we are to learn from Him, and we are to follow His example.
If none of this moves aperson, that person is immovable, and needs a crowbar to get into the Wayi with Jesus.
He made all who believe to be of the faith of Abraham, we are to learn from Him, and we are to follow His example.
If none of this moves aperson, that person is immovable, and needs a crowbar to get into the Wayi with Jesus.
Jam2.10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. note
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. note
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Please explain Hebrews 4:1-11 about those who have entered into that rest has ceased from their own works as God did His. How can any one work by keeping the sabbath day holy for their justification so as to not to sin against God if God wants us to cease from all work in resting in Him for our justification alone?
Keeping the sabbath day commandment is a commandment unlike all others... because all others are about what the Jews were NOT TO DO, and yet keeping the sabbath day holy is what the Jews had YET to do as it is weekly. There is a rest to believers in Jesus Christ of Jewish backgrounds to rest in Him EVERYDAY of the week including the sabbath day.
When the pre trib rapture event comes... no one esteeming the sabbath day should be saying to the Lord.."Wait... I have yet to keep the next sabbath day holy, Lord." You are ready to go now. That is the whole point. You are justified NOW.
It is His righteousness APART FROM THE LAW that is bringing you Home.
Love Him for what He has done for you. Do not seek to love Him by obeying commandments to gain justification apart from what He has done for you.
You can love Him by esteeming the sabbath day as unto the Lord, but if you think His righteousness is not enough that you consider it sin not to keep the sabbath day holy, then you are still working and not resting in Him on that sabbath day.
Is it still a sin not to keep the sabbath day holy? In according to the Old Covenant, yes. It is. BUT to believers in Jesus Christ, it is BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in us and is with us is WHY we are blameless for NOT keeping the sabbath day holy.
That is why you can rest in Him on the sabbath day because you are not keeping it holy in seeking to be justified by Him when it is by believing in Him, you are justified as in saved.
Those seeking to be justified by their efforts are not resting in Him by believing in Him that He had justified us & are saved.
Keeping the sabbath day commandment is a commandment unlike all others... because all others are about what the Jews were NOT TO DO, and yet keeping the sabbath day holy is what the Jews had YET to do as it is weekly. There is a rest to believers in Jesus Christ of Jewish backgrounds to rest in Him EVERYDAY of the week including the sabbath day.
When the pre trib rapture event comes... no one esteeming the sabbath day should be saying to the Lord.."Wait... I have yet to keep the next sabbath day holy, Lord." You are ready to go now. That is the whole point. You are justified NOW.
It is His righteousness APART FROM THE LAW that is bringing you Home.
Love Him for what He has done for you. Do not seek to love Him by obeying commandments to gain justification apart from what He has done for you.
You can love Him by esteeming the sabbath day as unto the Lord, but if you think His righteousness is not enough that you consider it sin not to keep the sabbath day holy, then you are still working and not resting in Him on that sabbath day.
Is it still a sin not to keep the sabbath day holy? In according to the Old Covenant, yes. It is. BUT to believers in Jesus Christ, it is BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in us and is with us is WHY we are blameless for NOT keeping the sabbath day holy.
That is why you can rest in Him on the sabbath day because you are not keeping it holy in seeking to be justified by Him when it is by believing in Him, you are justified as in saved.
Those seeking to be justified by their efforts are not resting in Him by believing in Him that He had justified us & are saved.
Please explain Hebrews 4:1-11 about those who have entered into that rest has ceased from their own works as God did His. How can any one work by keeping the sabbath day holy for their justification so as to not to sin against God if God wants us to cease from all work in resting in Him for our justification alone?
Keeping the sabbath day commandment is a commandment unlike all others... because all others are about what the Jews were NOT TO DO, and yet keeping the sabbath day holy is what the Jews had YET to do as it is weekly. There is a rest to believers in Jesus Christ of Jewish backgrounds to rest in Him EVERYDAY of the week including the sabbath day.
When the pre trib rapture event comes... no one esteeming the sabbath day should be saying to the Lord.."Wait... I have yet to keep the next sabbath day holy, Lord." You are ready to go now. That is the whole point. You are justified NOW.
It is His righteousness APART FROM THE LAW that is bringing you Home.
Love Him for what He has done for you. Do not seek to love Him by obeying commandments to gain justification apart from what He has done for you.
You can love Him by esteeming the sabbath day as unto the Lord, but if you think His righteousness is not enough that you consider it sin not to keep the sabbath day holy, then you are still working and not resting in Him on that sabbath day.
Is it still a sin not to keep the sabbath day holy? In according to the Old Covenant, yes. It is. BUT to believers in Jesus Christ, it is BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in us and is with us is WHY we are blameless for NOT keeping the sabbath day holy.
That is why you can rest in Him on the sabbath day because you are not keeping it holy in seeking to be justified by Him when it is by believing in Him, you are justified as in saved.
Those seeking to be justified by their efforts are not resting in Him by believing in Him that He had justified us & are saved.
Keeping the sabbath day commandment is a commandment unlike all others... because all others are about what the Jews were NOT TO DO, and yet keeping the sabbath day holy is what the Jews had YET to do as it is weekly. There is a rest to believers in Jesus Christ of Jewish backgrounds to rest in Him EVERYDAY of the week including the sabbath day.
When the pre trib rapture event comes... no one esteeming the sabbath day should be saying to the Lord.."Wait... I have yet to keep the next sabbath day holy, Lord." You are ready to go now. That is the whole point. You are justified NOW.
It is His righteousness APART FROM THE LAW that is bringing you Home.
Love Him for what He has done for you. Do not seek to love Him by obeying commandments to gain justification apart from what He has done for you.
You can love Him by esteeming the sabbath day as unto the Lord, but if you think His righteousness is not enough that you consider it sin not to keep the sabbath day holy, then you are still working and not resting in Him on that sabbath day.
Is it still a sin not to keep the sabbath day holy? In according to the Old Covenant, yes. It is. BUT to believers in Jesus Christ, it is BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in us and is with us is WHY we are blameless for NOT keeping the sabbath day holy.
That is why you can rest in Him on the sabbath day because you are not keeping it holy in seeking to be justified by Him when it is by believing in Him, you are justified as in saved.
Those seeking to be justified by their efforts are not resting in Him by believing in Him that He had justified us & are saved.
Romans 10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.[SUP] 2 [/SUP]For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.[SUP] 3 [/SUP]For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.[SUP] 4 [/SUP]For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.[SUP]5 [/SUP]For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
Romans 3:[SUP]19 [/SUP]Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.[SUP] 20 [/SUP]Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.[SUP]21 [/SUP]But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;[SUP] 22 [/SUP]Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:[SUP] 23 [/SUP]For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [SUP]24 [/SUP]Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; [SUP]26 [/SUP]To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. [SUP]27 [/SUP]Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. [SUP]28 [/SUP]Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
You can honor the Lord on the sabbath day. You can regard the day or esteem the day, but do not seek to keep that sabbath day to avoid sinning when it is because Jesus Christ is in you and is with you always is why you are blameless for profaning the sabbath day as it is His righteousness alone that brings you Home.
No flesh shall glory in His Presence as a sabbath day keeper, so do not exalt yourself over others as if you are not sinning by keeping the sabbath day holy, because non sabbath day keepers are blameless for profaning the sabbath day when Jesus Christ is able to make them stand apart from the deeds of the law.
So stop thinking that you HAVE to keep the sabbath day or else you are sinning, because that is like denying Him as able to make you stand apart from the deeds of the law of keeping the sabbath day holy. That is why Jesus is Lord of the sabbath.
Yes it is a sin to not keep the sabbath day holy ... under the Old Covenant, BUT BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in you is why you are blameless for profaning the sabbath day. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit... if those saints that had profaned the sabbath day in the O.T. were blameless because they were in the temple, then that is why you are blameless now.
1 Corinthians 6:[SUP]19 [/SUP]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?[SUP]20 [/SUP]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
2 Corinthians 13:[SUP]5 [/SUP]Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
So rest in Him today and thank Him that He is able to make you stand even when you are profaning the sabbath day.
Romans 3:[SUP]19 [/SUP]Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.[SUP] 20 [/SUP]Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.[SUP]21 [/SUP]But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;[SUP] 22 [/SUP]Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:[SUP] 23 [/SUP]For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; [SUP]24 [/SUP]Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; [SUP]26 [/SUP]To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. [SUP]27 [/SUP]Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. [SUP]28 [/SUP]Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
You can honor the Lord on the sabbath day. You can regard the day or esteem the day, but do not seek to keep that sabbath day to avoid sinning when it is because Jesus Christ is in you and is with you always is why you are blameless for profaning the sabbath day as it is His righteousness alone that brings you Home.
No flesh shall glory in His Presence as a sabbath day keeper, so do not exalt yourself over others as if you are not sinning by keeping the sabbath day holy, because non sabbath day keepers are blameless for profaning the sabbath day when Jesus Christ is able to make them stand apart from the deeds of the law.
So stop thinking that you HAVE to keep the sabbath day or else you are sinning, because that is like denying Him as able to make you stand apart from the deeds of the law of keeping the sabbath day holy. That is why Jesus is Lord of the sabbath.
Yes it is a sin to not keep the sabbath day holy ... under the Old Covenant, BUT BECAUSE Jesus Christ is in you is why you are blameless for profaning the sabbath day. Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit... if those saints that had profaned the sabbath day in the O.T. were blameless because they were in the temple, then that is why you are blameless now.
1 Corinthians 6:[SUP]19 [/SUP]What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?[SUP]20 [/SUP]For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
2 Corinthians 13:[SUP]5 [/SUP]Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
So rest in Him today and thank Him that He is able to make you stand even when you are profaning the sabbath day.
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You are presuming much on many.............
You have accusations contained in your alleged teaching.
Learn from Jesus christ what it is to live in grace while obeying the law according to His teaching.
When I understand from you that you are truly learning of Jesus chrsit, then perhaps we may have a truthful dialogue.
Until the accusations stop....we cannot.
You have accusations contained in your alleged teaching.
Learn from Jesus christ what it is to live in grace while obeying the law according to His teaching.
When I understand from you that you are truly learning of Jesus chrsit, then perhaps we may have a truthful dialogue.
Until the accusations stop....we cannot.
People against the SAbbath of the Lord,
Understand this, to obey Gos, especially the Ten Commandments, is not being uner the law,
it is honoring the Father of all who believe Jesus Christ.
No one who truly knows mercy and grace would ever entertain the though of being disobedient, so
please do not teach to be so, it is anti-Christ, anti-mercy, anti-grace and anti-obedience.
All who believe Jesus Christ, hear Him and do as He did, and what He teaches.
Your teacvhing is too heavey, cumbersome, and leads to nothing but self-doubt, and faith loathing.
Understand this, to obey Gos, especially the Ten Commandments, is not being uner the law,
it is honoring the Father of all who believe Jesus Christ.
No one who truly knows mercy and grace would ever entertain the though of being disobedient, so
please do not teach to be so, it is anti-Christ, anti-mercy, anti-grace and anti-obedience.
All who believe Jesus Christ, hear Him and do as He did, and what He teaches.
Your teacvhing is too heavey, cumbersome, and leads to nothing but self-doubt, and faith loathing.
The proper teaching of Christ and what He has already done and who He Himself is - is the only faith building and grace giving life. It is not in the keeping of carnal commandments. Get this backwards and we create another religion.
We live in the New Covenant and Christ Himself is our life and His life in and through us fulfills all the intent of the law of Moses.
That is why Jesus elevated the law of Moses by saying "You have heard it said - you shall not commit adultery - but "I say" to you - if you have lust , you have committed adultery already."
Observe days and weeks and festivals as you desire but they are not for "obeying the Lord or people are sinning if they don't follow the Old Covenant way of doing things". If people "observe" things because of their tradition to see Christ in them - great.
Go for it and learn from the Lord but let's not pervert the gospel by saying we must do them as outlined in the Old Testament way which is a mere shadow of the real substance - which is Christ Himself.
We live in the New Covenant and Christ Himself is our life and His life in and through us fulfills all the intent of the law of Moses.
That is why Jesus elevated the law of Moses by saying "You have heard it said - you shall not commit adultery - but "I say" to you - if you have lust , you have committed adultery already."
Observe days and weeks and festivals as you desire but they are not for "obeying the Lord or people are sinning if they don't follow the Old Covenant way of doing things". If people "observe" things because of their tradition to see Christ in them - great.
Go for it and learn from the Lord but let's not pervert the gospel by saying we must do them as outlined in the Old Testament way which is a mere shadow of the real substance - which is Christ Himself.
I have learned in order to avoid confusion becausethe word Sabbath is not a time sensitive word. Changing the meaning of a word can change the authors intent .Because he rested on the 7th day does not change the meanng from rest to Saturaday or the phrase last day of the week . The word Sabbath has nothing to do with the word week, a time senitive word
The moment we try to squeeze the rest term into a time senitive word we have lost its purpose. It is a ceremony law used in ceremonies to begin with. Not a moral law. Worshipping shadows is forbidden and adding another meaning to a word is to violate the law.
It is a ceremonial law that that is designed for us to work to bring the gospel into the world, a day set apart from the 6 days of servile work needed to care for one self. And not a day set aside to not move and expect "well done"to be heard on high . The ceremonial fast is related to the work of bringing the gospel, the food of salvation to the lost. The kind of fast that can drive out the demons as lying spirits which the disciples could not cast out because they did not understanding the working of the gospel or the fast .
The moment we try to squeeze the rest term into a time senitive word we have lost its purpose. It is a ceremony law used in ceremonies to begin with. Not a moral law. Worshipping shadows is forbidden and adding another meaning to a word is to violate the law.
It is a ceremonial law that that is designed for us to work to bring the gospel into the world, a day set apart from the 6 days of servile work needed to care for one self. And not a day set aside to not move and expect "well done"to be heard on high . The ceremonial fast is related to the work of bringing the gospel, the food of salvation to the lost. The kind of fast that can drive out the demons as lying spirits which the disciples could not cast out because they did not understanding the working of the gospel or the fast .
The truth being stressted here by those whom many have dubbed under the law is simple.
God created all that we know that is in six days.
The Seventh Day, He rested from His labors and invited all who believe Him to join Him on that day. We are to keep it separate fro the days of work.
Now the point is God designated the Seventh day, not man.
God has never changed the order of creation to suite the whims of misguided, totally errant men.
As obedient children, we recognized the Sovereiny of God, not of man over His Word.
The point being made now is God designated the Seventh Day.
It was the early church that changed the order of the times, and th order of thinsg created, and the order of teh prophecy of our true rest to come, after those six days of labor.
If you do not understand this, I am sorry for you. I do know that recognizing the authority of God over that of man is never incorrect, however placing traditions of man over the Word of God is not correct. You decide what it is.
I am not "u8nder the law" because I choose to hear God before I hear you folks tell me something He has not.
God created all that we know that is in six days.
The Seventh Day, He rested from His labors and invited all who believe Him to join Him on that day. We are to keep it separate fro the days of work.
Now the point is God designated the Seventh day, not man.
God has never changed the order of creation to suite the whims of misguided, totally errant men.
As obedient children, we recognized the Sovereiny of God, not of man over His Word.
The point being made now is God designated the Seventh Day.
It was the early church that changed the order of the times, and th order of thinsg created, and the order of teh prophecy of our true rest to come, after those six days of labor.
If you do not understand this, I am sorry for you. I do know that recognizing the authority of God over that of man is never incorrect, however placing traditions of man over the Word of God is not correct. You decide what it is.
I am not "u8nder the law" because I choose to hear God before I hear you folks tell me something He has not.
Jesus teaches we must apply the law never forgetting the three most important points of the law, mercy, faith and justicce.
For all of you would-be prosecuters out there who know so much about the law, this may rock, ev en sink your boat.
I can do anything on the Seventh Day as long as it is with a clear conscience in the sight of my father.
Because He gave this as a gift tome, I have deemed by faith tht it is a holy day to Him and for me, separated from the rest.
Because I believe this, I know what the Sabbath is, and legalists cannot know this, especially those in prosecution who put allwho believe the Seventh Day is the day of the Lord because the Lord said so.
I have even worked on the Sabbath, because I was obliged to do so, yet, that day was and is holy to me.
Now I am retired, and I may stop all on the Sabath, but if there is some good work to do, for myself in the sight of God, it is just fine, but usually it is put off until one of the six days.
Do not tell me I am under the law because I believe god and not men. Where is the mercy, and faith.....where is the justice in that? Perhaps it makes you feel like you are a better believer, but it does not. It only emphasizes the need for some to be approved by men.
Do not judge people by what you perceive, or shall I say, misconceive, judge with right judgement., And even so, do not judge to condemnation, the King has yet to return, and you would be reigning without hI PRESENCE...
yOU MAY GOTO CHURCH ON ANY DAY YOU PLEASE, AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOIG IT with a good conscience, I see no wrong with your habits, but do not bar others from ding what they believe in the sight of god. Who are you ?
For all of you would-be prosecuters out there who know so much about the law, this may rock, ev en sink your boat.
I can do anything on the Seventh Day as long as it is with a clear conscience in the sight of my father.
Because He gave this as a gift tome, I have deemed by faith tht it is a holy day to Him and for me, separated from the rest.
Because I believe this, I know what the Sabbath is, and legalists cannot know this, especially those in prosecution who put allwho believe the Seventh Day is the day of the Lord because the Lord said so.
I have even worked on the Sabbath, because I was obliged to do so, yet, that day was and is holy to me.
Now I am retired, and I may stop all on the Sabath, but if there is some good work to do, for myself in the sight of God, it is just fine, but usually it is put off until one of the six days.
Do not tell me I am under the law because I believe god and not men. Where is the mercy, and faith.....where is the justice in that? Perhaps it makes you feel like you are a better believer, but it does not. It only emphasizes the need for some to be approved by men.
Do not judge people by what you perceive, or shall I say, misconceive, judge with right judgement., And even so, do not judge to condemnation, the King has yet to return, and you would be reigning without hI PRESENCE...
yOU MAY GOTO CHURCH ON ANY DAY YOU PLEASE, AND AS LONG AS YOU ARE DOIG IT with a good conscience, I see no wrong with your habits, but do not bar others from ding what they believe in the sight of god. Who are you ?
