Observing the sabbath???

[MessengerofTruth]

And the only one not repeated in the NT

With all due respect, I believe it actually was.
Matt. 12:12
Matt. 24:20 - referring to a time after the LORD's ascension.
Mk.2:12 & 28
Acts 13:14, 27, 42, 44; 15:21, 16:13; 17:2; 18:4
Notice that the Apostles and the gentile congregants were all keeping the Sabbath after the ascension of the LORD.
Also, that at the Church they referred the new converts to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath to hear the Law of Moses read to get a better understanding of what they had just spoken to them.

 

[Cameron143]

I don't believe Jesus changed the law so everyone is free to sin.
But many people do believe this.
I believe Jesus lived perfectly and kept the law without fault. So that He can pay for our transgression of the law.
By saying Jesus changed the moral law, it allows people to break it and feel that they do not sin. But paul makes it clear...
Rom 3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

He kept the law perfectly that He might provide us a perfect righteousness. Only shedding blood on our behalf would free us from the penalty of sin, but not accrue to us the righteousness necessary to stand before God.
Both are necessary. This is prefigured for us in the garden as God shed animal blood as well as provided a covering.

 

[Magenta]

With all due respect, I believe it actually was.
Matt. 12:12
Matt. 24:20 - referring to a time after the LORD's ascension.
Mk.2:12 & 28
Acts 13:14, 27, 42, 44; 15:21, 16:13; 17:2; 18:4
Notice that the Apostles and the gentile congregants were all keeping the Sabbath after the ascension of the LORD.
Also, that at the Church they referred the new converts to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath to hear the Law of Moses read to get a better understanding of what they had just spoken to them.

Really, anyone can do a search for "Sabbath" in the NT and find the word there.

That was not the point. NONE (zero, nada, zilch) of the verses you supplied give the commandment to keep the Sabbath.

One did not even mention the word

My point stands

 

[Cameron143]

Really, anyone can do a search for "Sabbath" in the NT and find the word there.

That was not the point. NONE (zero, nada, zilch) of the verses you supplied give the commandment to keep the Sabbath.

One did not even mention the word

My point stands

The early church clearly met on the first day of the week...Acts 20:9 and other places. Also, a better translation of Matt 28:1 in my opinion would see the end of the 7th day sabbath and worship moving to the first day of the week.
But Paul recinds any arguments when he allows for worship on any day.

 

[MessengerofTruth]

Really, anyone can do a search for "Sabbath" in the NT and find the word there.

That was not the point. NONE (zero, nada, zilch) of the verses you supplied give the commandment to keep the Sabbath.

One did not even mention the word

My point stands

Did you look up the verses?

 

[Magenta]

Did you look up the verses?

I checked each and every one.

No commandment to keep the Sabbath was in any of them.

It is simply not in the NT at all... which is what I originally said.

 

[Cameron143]

Did you look up the verses?

She always checks. If you keep going she will add math as well. Don't say later you weren't warned.

 

[Magenta]

She always checks. If you keep going she will add math as well. Don't say later you weren't warned.

*Ahem* I am more likely to add an image, perhaps one of my own designs

Math is not a strong suit for me

Romans 13:10 ~ Love fulfills the law

 

[Cameron143]

*Ahem* I am more likely to add an image, perhaps one of my own designs

Math is not a strong suit for me

Romans 13:10

A thousand pardons. I forgot what divas artists are.

 

[Magenta]

A thousand pardons. I forgot what divas artists are.

I did find this page, though, and it kinda sort of maybe has some math on it.

I mean, look at all those numbers!!! And Sabbath keeping is nowhere to be found...

THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS
I. REPENTANCE

1. "Repent" Matt. 4:17; Rev. 2:5
2. "Come unto Me" Matt. 11:28
3. "Seek first God and His righteousness" Matt. 6:33
4. "Forgive if ye have ought against any" Mark 11:25
5. "Deny Yourself" Matt. 16:24
6. "Ask…seek…knock" Matt. 7:7
7. "Strive to enter in at the strait gate" Luke 13:24

II. BELIEF

1. "Believe the Gospel" Mark. 1:15
2. "Ye believe in God, believe also in Me" John 14:1
3. "Believe on Him who He (God) hath sent" John 6:28-29
4. "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me" John 14:11
5. "Believe the works…I do" John 10:37-38
6. "While ye have light believe in the light" John 12:36
7. "Believe that ye receive" Mark 11:24

III. THE NEW BIRTH

1. "Ye must be born again" John 3:7
2. "Cleanse first that which is within" Matt. 23:26
3. "Make the tree good, and his fruit good" Matt. 12:33
4. "Abide in Me and I in you" John 15:4
5. "Have salt in yourselves" Mark 9:50
6. "Labor…for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life" John 6:27
7. "Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven" Luke 10:20

IV. RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. "Receive ye the Holy Ghost" John 20:23
2. "Let the children first be filled" Mark 7:27
3. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink" John 7:37-39
4. "Keep my commandments and…the Father…shall give you another Comforter" John 14:15-17
5. "Ask…with importunity" John 16:24; Luke11:5-13
6. "Tarry…until ye be endued with power from on high" Luke 24:49
7. "When the Comforter is come…He shall testify of Me: and ye also shall bear witness" John 15:26-27

V. FOLLOWING JESUS

1. "Follow Me" John 12:26
2. "Be baptized" Matt. 3:13-15; Matt. 28:19
3. "Take this…(communion) in remembrance of Me" Luke 22:17-19
4. "Ye also ought to wash one another’s feet" John 13:14-15
5. "If any man will come after Me…let him take up his cross daily" Luke 9:23
6. "Learn of Me" Matt. 11:29
7. "Continue ye in My love" John 15:9

VI. PRAYER

1. "Pray always" Luke 21:36
2. "Pray that ye enter not into temptation" Luke 22:40, 46
3. "Pray…the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth labourers" Luke 10:2
4. "Pray for them which despitefully use you" Luke 6:28
5. "Pray to the Father…in my name" Matt. 6:6; John16:24,26
6. "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven…" Matt. 6:9-13
7. "When ye pray, use not vain repetitions" Matt. 6:7-8

VII. FAITH

1. "Have faith in God" Mark 11:22
2. "Be not faithless" John 20:27
3. "Neither be ye of doubtful mind" Luke 12:29
4. "Take no thought for your life" Matt. 6:25-34
5. "Let not your heart be troubled" John 14:1,27
6. "Be of good cheer" Matt. 14:27
7. "Be not afraid" Mark 5:36: Luke 12:4-7

VIII. SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES

1. "Search the scriptures" John 5:39
2. "Remember the word that I said" John 15:20
3. "Let these sayings sink down into your ears" Luke 9:44
4. "Take heed therefore how ye hear" Luke 8:18
5. "Take heed what ye hear" Mark 4:24
6. "Beware of the leaven (doctrine) of the Pharisees" Matt.16:6, 12
7. "Beware of false prophets" Matt. 7:15-17

IX. LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE

1. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works" Matt. 5:16
2. "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness" Luke 11:35
3. "Go and bring forth fruit, and …bear much fruit" John 15:16, 8
4. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father" Luke 6:36
5. "Tell…how great things the Lord hath done for thee" Mark 5:19
6. "Lift up you eyes, and look on the fields" John 4:35
7. "Walk while you have the light" John 12:35

X. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

1. "Hold fast till I come" Rev. 2:25; Rev. 3:2-3
2. "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh" Luke 12:40
3. "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord" Luke 12:35-36
4. "Take heed…lest…your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life" Luke 21:34
5. "Remember Lot’s wife" Luke 17:31-32
6. "Take heed that ye be not deceived" Luke 21:8; Mark 13:5-6
7. "Watch" Mark 13:34-37

XI. SUPREME LOVE TO GOD

1. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart…soul…mind…strength" Mark 12:30
2. "God, and Him only shalt thou serve" Matt. 4:10
3. "Worship the Father in spirit and in truth" John 4:23-24
4. "Call no man your father upon the Earth" Matt. 23:9
5. "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" Matt. 4:7
6. "Fear Him (God) which…hath power to cast into hell" Luke 12:5
7. "All men should honor the Son" John 5:22-23

Con't in next post

 

[Magenta]

XII. OUR DUTY TO GOD AND MAN

1. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s" Mark 12:17
2. "Swear not at all" Matt.5:34-37; Mark 4:22
3. "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" Matt. 19:5-6
4. "Agree with thine adversary quickly" Matt. 5:25
5. "We saw one casting out devils in thy name…Forbid him not" Mark 9:38-40
6. "Eat such things as are set before you" Luke 10:8
7. "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" John 6:12

XIII. OUR DUTY TO OUR NEIGHBOR

1. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" Matt.19:17-19
2. "Thou shalt do no murder" Matt. 19:18
3. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" Matt. 19:18
4. "Thou shalt not steal" Matt. 19:18
5. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" Matt. 19:18
6. "Honor thy father and thy mother" Matt. 19:19
7. "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise" Luke 6:31

XIV. COVETOUSNESS

1. "Take heed and beware of covetousness" Luke 12:15
2. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth… but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven" Matt. 6:19-20
3. "Ye pay tithe…and not leave (them) undone" Matt.23:23
4. "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away" Matt. 5:42
5. "Give alms of such things as ye have" Luke 11:41
6. "When thou makest a dinner..call not thy friends, nor thy brethren…but….call the poor" Luke 14:12-13
7. "Make yourselves friends of the mammon…" Luke 16:9

XV. HYPOCRISY

1. "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy" Luke 12:1
2. "Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes" Luke 20:46-47
3. "Do not ye after their works" Matt. 23:2-3
4. "Make not My Father’s house an house of merchandise" John 2:16
5. "Do not your alms before men, to be seen of them" Matt.6:1-4
6. "When thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites… to be seen of men…enter into thy closet and pray..in secret" Matt. 6:5-6
7. "When thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast" Matt. 6:16-18

XVI. MEEKNESS

1. "Take my yoke upon you…for I am meek and lowly in heart" Matt. 11:29
2. "The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them… but it shall not be so among you" Matt. 20:25-26
3. "Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all" Mark 10:43-44
4. "Be not ye called Rabbi" Matt. 23:8
5. "Sit not down in the highest room" Luke 14:8-11
6. "Rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you" Luke 10:20
7. "Say, we are unprofitable servants" Luke 17:10

XVII. OUR LOVE TO THE BRETHREN

1. "Love one another as I have loved you" John 15:12
2. "Despise not one of these little ones" Matt. 18:10-14
3. "Have peace one with another … and be reconciled to thy brother" Mark 9:50; Matt. 5:23-24
4. "If thy brother…trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone" Matt. 18:15-17
5. "If thy brother trespass against thee seven times a day… thou shalt forgive him" Luke 17:3-4; Matt. 18:21-22
6. "Judge not according to appearance… first cast the beam out of thine own eye" John 7:24; Matt. 7:1-5
7. "Condemn not" Luke 6:37

XVIII. PERFECT LOVE

1. "Be ye therefore perfect" Matt. 5:48
2. "Sell that ye have and give alms" Matt. 19:21; Luke 12:32-33
3. "Love your enemies" Matt. 5:44; Matt. 26:52
4. "Do good to them which hate you" Luke 6:27-28
5. "Lend, hoping for nothing again" Luke 6:35
6. "Resist not evil" Matt. 5:39-41
7. "In your patience posses ye your souls" Luke 21:19

XIX. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

1. "Be thou faithful unto death" Rev. 2:10
2. "Hold that fast which thou hast" Rev. 3:11
3. "When men shall revile you, and persecute you,…rejoice, and be exceeding glad" Matt. 5:11-12; Luke 6:23
4. "When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another" Matt. 10:23
5. "When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak" Matt. 10:19
6. "Murmur not among yourselves" John 6:41-43
7. "Look up and lift up your hands" Luke 21:28

XX. PREACHING THE GOSPEL

1. "Preach the gospel to every creature" Mark. 16:15; Matt.10:7
2. "Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His (Christ’s) name" Luke 24:46-47
3. "Baptize disciples, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost" Matt. 28:19
4. "Teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded" Matt. 28:20
5. "What I tell you … that speak" Matt. 10:27; Mark 4:22
6. "Feed my sheep" John 21:15-17
7. "Heal the sick" Matt. 10:8

XXI. WISDOM

1. "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" Matt. 10:16
2. "Beware of men" Matt. 10:17
3. "Let (the blind leaders) alone" Matt. 15:12-14
4. "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine" Matt. 7:6
5. "Consider the lilies… how they grow" Matt. 6:28
6. "Whatsoever city … ye shall enter, inquire who is worthy; and there abide … Go not from house to house" Matt. 10:11-13; Luke 10:5-7
7. "Whosoever will not receive you … shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them" Luke 9:5; Luke 10:10-11
8. "IF A MAN LOVE ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORDS." John 14:23 source

 

[Cameron143]

XII. OUR DUTY TO GOD AND MAN

1. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s" Mark 12:17
2. "Swear not at all" Matt.5:34-37; Mark 4:22
3. "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder" Matt. 19:5-6
4. "Agree with thine adversary quickly" Matt. 5:25
5. "We saw one casting out devils in thy name…Forbid him not" Mark 9:38-40
6. "Eat such things as are set before you" Luke 10:8
7. "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost" John 6:12

XIII. OUR DUTY TO OUR NEIGHBOR

1. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" Matt.19:17-19
2. "Thou shalt do no murder" Matt. 19:18
3. "Thou shalt not commit adultery" Matt. 19:18
4. "Thou shalt not steal" Matt. 19:18
5. "Thou shalt not bear false witness" Matt. 19:18
6. "Honor thy father and thy mother" Matt. 19:19
7. "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise" Luke 6:31

XIV. COVETOUSNESS

1. "Take heed and beware of covetousness" Luke 12:15
2. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth… but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven" Matt. 6:19-20
3. "Ye pay tithe…and not leave (them) undone" Matt.23:23
4. "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away" Matt. 5:42
5. "Give alms of such things as ye have" Luke 11:41
6. "When thou makest a dinner..call not thy friends, nor thy brethren…but….call the poor" Luke 14:12-13
7. "Make yourselves friends of the mammon…" Luke 16:9

XV. HYPOCRISY

1. "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy" Luke 12:1
2. "Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes" Luke 20:46-47
3. "Do not ye after their works" Matt. 23:2-3
4. "Make not My Father’s house an house of merchandise" John 2:16
5. "Do not your alms before men, to be seen of them" Matt.6:1-4
6. "When thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites… to be seen of men…enter into thy closet and pray..in secret" Matt. 6:5-6
7. "When thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast" Matt. 6:16-18

XVI. MEEKNESS

1. "Take my yoke upon you…for I am meek and lowly in heart" Matt. 11:29
2. "The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them… but it shall not be so among you" Matt. 20:25-26
3. "Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all" Mark 10:43-44
4. "Be not ye called Rabbi" Matt. 23:8
5. "Sit not down in the highest room" Luke 14:8-11
6. "Rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you" Luke 10:20
7. "Say, we are unprofitable servants" Luke 17:10

XVII. OUR LOVE TO THE BRETHREN

1. "Love one another as I have loved you" John 15:12
2. "Despise not one of these little ones" Matt. 18:10-14
3. "Have peace one with another … and be reconciled to thy brother" Mark 9:50; Matt. 5:23-24
4. "If thy brother…trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone" Matt. 18:15-17
5. "If thy brother trespass against thee seven times a day… thou shalt forgive him" Luke 17:3-4; Matt. 18:21-22
6. "Judge not according to appearance… first cast the beam out of thine own eye" John 7:24; Matt. 7:1-5
7. "Condemn not" Luke 6:37

XVIII. PERFECT LOVE

1. "Be ye therefore perfect" Matt. 5:48
2. "Sell that ye have and give alms" Matt. 19:21; Luke 12:32-33
3. "Love your enemies" Matt. 5:44; Matt. 26:52
4. "Do good to them which hate you" Luke 6:27-28
5. "Lend, hoping for nothing again" Luke 6:35
6. "Resist not evil" Matt. 5:39-41
7. "In your patience posses ye your souls" Luke 21:19

XIX. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

1. "Be thou faithful unto death" Rev. 2:10
2. "Hold that fast which thou hast" Rev. 3:11
3. "When men shall revile you, and persecute you,…rejoice, and be exceeding glad" Matt. 5:11-12; Luke 6:23
4. "When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another" Matt. 10:23
5. "When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak" Matt. 10:19
6. "Murmur not among yourselves" John 6:41-43
7. "Look up and lift up your hands" Luke 21:28

XX. PREACHING THE GOSPEL

1. "Preach the gospel to every creature" Mark. 16:15; Matt.10:7
2. "Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His (Christ’s) name" Luke 24:46-47
3. "Baptize disciples, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost" Matt. 28:19
4. "Teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded" Matt. 28:20
5. "What I tell you … that speak" Matt. 10:27; Mark 4:22
6. "Feed my sheep" John 21:15-17
7. "Heal the sick" Matt. 10:8

XXI. WISDOM

1. "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves" Matt. 10:16
2. "Beware of men" Matt. 10:17
3. "Let (the blind leaders) alone" Matt. 15:12-14
4. "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine" Matt. 7:6
5. "Consider the lilies… how they grow" Matt. 6:28
6. "Whatsoever city … ye shall enter, inquire who is worthy; and there abide … Go not from house to house" Matt. 10:11-13; Luke 10:5-7
7. "Whosoever will not receive you … shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them" Luke 9:5; Luke 10:10-11
8. "IF A MAN LOVE ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORDS." John 14:23 source

Wow...look at all those numbers. I knew they were coming though you refused to own up.

 

[MessengerofTruth]

I understand now what you mean. You've done an exhaustive job.
I don't mean to exasperate you but, I wonder why we have record of the early Christians keeping Sabbath and a remnant even to this day. As referenced also in the scriptures I shared?
Is there a command from Jesus not to make a graven image? Just wondering? I couldn't think of one or find one...

 

[Magenta]

I understand now what you mean. You've done an exhaustive job.
I don't mean to exasperate you but, I wonder why we have record of the early Christians keeping
Sabbath and a remnant even to this day. As referenced also in the scriptures I shared?

One of the Scriptures you referenced did not even have the word.

All of it is beside the point, which you seem loathe to admit.

Sabbath keeping is not given as a command in the NT. Period!

Need I say it? Not even by Jesus And that is the point.

Not whether or not the word is mentioned, and/or how many times.

= 146 Bible results for “Sabbath” from King James Version, NT

None as a command

 

[Magenta]

Oops, that should be 146 Bible results for “Sabbath” from King James Version.

OT = 91.

NT = 55 - None as a command.

 

[Cameron143]

Oops, that should be 146 Bible results for “Sabbath” from King James Version.

OT = 91.

NT = 55 - None as a command.

Smh...so many numbers you can't even keep them straight. A veritable number tsunami.
Someone is in denial.

 

[Nehemiah6]

I honestly want to know what your understanding is of 1 John3:3-6 and 2 Tim 3:16? and why does Paul refer to the Law to teach a point in 1Cor. 14:34?... These are a few more that are perplexing to me with what is often taught in the mainstream churches. Rom.7:12-16 and vs.21 and 25. and Rom. 3:31.

There is no need to be perplexed since Scripture is always consistent. So let's take these passages and see what they say:

GOD EXPECTS HIS CHILDREN TO PURIFY THEMSELVES
And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

TO SIN MEANS TO VIOLATE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.

CHRIST -- THE SINLESS ONE -- TOOK AWAY OUR SINS AT THE CROSS
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.

THOSE WHO ABIDE IN CHRIST DO NOT PERSIST IN SINFUL BEHAVIOR OR THOUGHTS
Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

THE BIBLE IS SUFFICIENT FOR ALL OUR NEEDS
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:

THE OLD TESTAMENT -- CALLED "THE LAW" -- TEACHES WOMEN TO BE "UNDER OBEDIENCE"
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ARE HOLY, JUST AND GOOD
Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.

FAITH IN CHRIST DOES NOT NULLIFY THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.

1. We need to understand that in Scripture "the Law" means different things in different contexts.

2. In Romans "the Law" refers to the Ten Commandments.

3. No sinner can be justified by trying to obey the Ten Commandments.

4. Those who believe on Christ have those commandments written in their hearts and minds.

5. The Law of Christ incorporates those commandment into the Law of Love. So love becomes the fulfilling of the Law (the Ten Commandments). See Romans 13.

 

[Grandpa]

Putting it simply.... the law is not made void in the new testament. We are saved by faith in Christs righteousness, and Christ kept the law perfectly. His death did not change the law, He paid the price for transgressing it, freeing us from the law.

Free from the curse if we repent and believe.
Not free to continue in sin.

The moral law has not changed but we can know by faith that the price is paid in full.

If I'm guilty of speeding and get a fine (according to the law). Jesus wants to help me so He.....
.....changes the law so everyone is free to speed.
.....pays the fine for me.

Jesus didn't change the moral law.

Nowhere in the bible is the Law referred to as the "moral" Law. That is a word made up by Pharisees to lock in their circular reasoning and try to trap people into the same silly philosophy.

If the law were, in fact, a moral law then much of the New Testament and words of the Lord are non-sensical.

Colossians 2:16-17
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ.


If the law is a moral law then there is no escaping Judaism and all its laws. The law absolutely judges those who are under it. You are not moral if you don't follow a moral law. Resting on saturdays was written on stone. How could it be said to let no man judge you on it if it is a "moral" law??