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Yes Gen., Corin. and Deut., they all show it was established even before Exodus.
Exodus is when God wrote and gave the Ten Commandments to Moses. Answer me this, was Moses keeping any Laws observances, sacrifices, moral laws, did he pray, did he keep the Sabbath or Sunday before He received the written commandments of God? The Commandments of God existed before Moses ever received them, if not what Laws did, they live by? The Mosaic Laws mentioned hence.
The Law of Mosses had to do with the Laws coming from the first 5 books of the Hebrew Bible called the Torah.
from the 2nd through the 5th books of the Torah there are 600+ commandments and regulations "the law of Moses" this is on top of the Ten Commandments given by God. We still obey the Ten commandments because they are all moral laws, but we are no longer under all the commandments and regulations that they had to observe before Christ became our sacrificial lamb. So, it did away with the old Mosaic Laws and kept Gods Laws in affect.
Yes Gen., Corin. and Deut., they all show it was established even before Exodus.
Blessings, Danny
Genesis only says that God blessed the seventh day. It says nothing whatsoever about the ten commandments. Deuteronomy comes about 40 years after Exodus, so that would be an anachronistic argument.
Scripture doesn't tell us what Moses' practices were prior to Sinai, and speculation has no evidentiary value.
You're making a circumstantial argument rather than a fact-based argument. I'm beginning to think you're flailing because you realize your position is bereft of relevant biblical support.
Scripture doesn't tell us what Moses' practices were prior to Sinai, and speculation has no evidentiary value.
You're making a circumstantial argument rather than a fact-based argument. I'm beginning to think you're flailing because you realize your position is bereft of relevant biblical support.
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Our salvation is from the penalty of breaking the law, which is sin and carries a death sentence. 1 John 3:3 Romans 7:7 Romans 6:23
We are no longer under the penalty of the law (death) if one is keeping God's law. It's like speeding, if we are not speeding, we are not under the penalty of the law if one is keeping. God's law is no different. If we do slip and fall, Jesus who took the penalty for our sins, we can go to Him to confess and repent and when He heals He said - Go and sin no more.
Grace is not a license to sin (Break God's law) Paul makes this abundantly clear
Q. Romans 6 :1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
A. 2 Certainly not!
We are no longer under the penalty of the law (death) if one is keeping God's law. It's like speeding, if we are not speeding, we are not under the penalty of the law if one is keeping. God's law is no different. If we do slip and fall, Jesus who took the penalty for our sins, we can go to Him to confess and repent and when He heals He said - Go and sin no more.
Grace is not a license to sin (Break God's law) Paul makes this abundantly clear
Q. Romans 6 :1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?
A. 2 Certainly not!
Hello,
In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contrasted the Law of God with the law of sin and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of Life and the Law of God is not the law of sin and death. After all the Spirit is God, so it wouldn’t make sense to interpret that as saying that the Law of the Spirit has made us free from the Law of God as if a house divided against itself could stand, especially when Romans 8:4-7 contrasts those who walk in the Spirit with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Law of God. In Romans 7, Paul did not describe the law of sin and death as a law where transgressing it brings death, but he described it as a law that was working within his members to cause him not to do the good of obeying the Law of God that he wanted to do. According to Deuteronomy 28, relying on the Law of God is the way to be blessed while not relying on it is the way to be cursed, so being set free from the curse of the law is being set free from not relying on it so that we can be free to enjoy the blessing of relying on it.
All of God’s righteous laws are eternal (Psalms 119:160), so none of them will ever change. In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to add to or subtract from God’s law, so Jesus did not do that. In Exodus 20:6, God wanted His children to love Him and obey His commandments, and in Isaiah 29:13, God disdained it when His children honor Him with their lips while their hearts were far from Him, so God’s commandments have never been just about our outward acts. We are commanded not to hate our brother in Leviticus 19:17, so that wasn’t a change. Likewise, if we correctly understand what is being commanded against by the 7th and 10th Commandments against adultery and coveting in our hearts, then we won’t look at a married woman with lust in our hearts. An eye for an eye is still a good guideline for judges to help ensure fair sentencing that does not escalate out of proportion to the offense, but it was a guideline that was only intended to be used by judges and was not intended to be used in personal situations to justify taking revenge into our own hands, rather in personal situations we are instructed not to repay in kind (Proverbs 20:22, 24:29). Escalating forgiveness from 7 to 77 times is what it takes to counter Lamech’s escalating revenge of 7 to 77. Everything that Jesus taught was thoroughly rooted in the OT, after all it is God’s word and he is God’s word made flesh. The Spirit does not have the role of leading us to a higher standard than God’s word, but rather the Spirit has the role of leading us to obey God’s word (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
The Sabbath was never intended to prevent us from doing good, so that again is not a change. In Psalms 119:142, God’s law is truth, so obedience to it is the way worship God in spirit and in truth, we can’t worship in spirit and in truth by rejecting the leading of the Spirit and the truth, and what it says is to keep the 7th day holy and to work the other days. In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, we straightforwardly includes keeping God’s Sabbaths holy (Leviticus 19:2-3), and we can’t be holy as God is holy by refusing to follow His instructions for how to do that.
In Romans 7:25-8:2, Paul contrasted the Law of God with the law of sin and contrasted the Law of the Spirit of Life with the law of sin and death, so he equated the Law of God with the Law of the Spirit of Life and the Law of God is not the law of sin and death. After all the Spirit is God, so it wouldn’t make sense to interpret that as saying that the Law of the Spirit has made us free from the Law of God as if a house divided against itself could stand, especially when Romans 8:4-7 contrasts those who walk in the Spirit with those who have minds set on the flesh who are enemies of God who refuse to submit to the Law of God. In Romans 7, Paul did not describe the law of sin and death as a law where transgressing it brings death, but he described it as a law that was working within his members to cause him not to do the good of obeying the Law of God that he wanted to do. According to Deuteronomy 28, relying on the Law of God is the way to be blessed while not relying on it is the way to be cursed, so being set free from the curse of the law is being set free from not relying on it so that we can be free to enjoy the blessing of relying on it.
All of God’s righteous laws are eternal (Psalms 119:160), so none of them will ever change. In Deuteronomy 4:2, it is a sin to add to or subtract from God’s law, so Jesus did not do that. In Exodus 20:6, God wanted His children to love Him and obey His commandments, and in Isaiah 29:13, God disdained it when His children honor Him with their lips while their hearts were far from Him, so God’s commandments have never been just about our outward acts. We are commanded not to hate our brother in Leviticus 19:17, so that wasn’t a change. Likewise, if we correctly understand what is being commanded against by the 7th and 10th Commandments against adultery and coveting in our hearts, then we won’t look at a married woman with lust in our hearts. An eye for an eye is still a good guideline for judges to help ensure fair sentencing that does not escalate out of proportion to the offense, but it was a guideline that was only intended to be used by judges and was not intended to be used in personal situations to justify taking revenge into our own hands, rather in personal situations we are instructed not to repay in kind (Proverbs 20:22, 24:29). Escalating forgiveness from 7 to 77 times is what it takes to counter Lamech’s escalating revenge of 7 to 77. Everything that Jesus taught was thoroughly rooted in the OT, after all it is God’s word and he is God’s word made flesh. The Spirit does not have the role of leading us to a higher standard than God’s word, but rather the Spirit has the role of leading us to obey God’s word (Ezekiel 36:26-27)
The Sabbath was never intended to prevent us from doing good, so that again is not a change. In Psalms 119:142, God’s law is truth, so obedience to it is the way worship God in spirit and in truth, we can’t worship in spirit and in truth by rejecting the leading of the Spirit and the truth, and what it says is to keep the 7th day holy and to work the other days. In 1 Peter 1:16, we are told to be holy for God is holy, which is a quote from Leviticus where God was giving instructions for how to do that, we straightforwardly includes keeping God’s Sabbaths holy (Leviticus 19:2-3), and we can’t be holy as God is holy by refusing to follow His instructions for how to do that.
There you go with your commentary again without giving any scripture of your own.
This is the last answer you get from me without you responding with scripture of your own, like my answer or not.
Exodus 20:8-11: “Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”
Yes, Rightly Divided Scripture References:
In prophecy / covenants / law for the "lost sheep" Of earthly Israel:
Including "the sabbath" [ God's sign ] to them = Israel, under the law of Moses
Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15) From “Things That Differ!” (online):
In The Revelation Of The Mystery, For The [ Heavenly ] Body of Christ = us,
Under Grace! (Romans through Philemon), Where there are No "sabbath"
Scriptures, Excepting:
really should stop "living in the shadow [ Darkness ]", but, "live in The Light,"
And, Also stop the condemnation and judging of all the brethren
(Romans 14:4, 10-12 cp 1Co 3:8-15, 4:5; 2Co 5:10), since we all have been:
"delivered from the curse * of the law," and are not "under the law"
But we Are "Under Grace", with the following:
Paul teaches that the law’s only purpose today is to point out our sin and lead
us to Christ (Rom. 3:19-20; 4:15; 5:20-21; 7:5-6; Gal. 3:19-24; 1 Tim. 1:5-11).
Conclusion: "keeping the law, observing a day," for salvation?
Cease [ rest from ] all "working" for salvation, and then, for sanctification:
Resting in, and worshipping, The LORD Jesus Christ, 24 / 7 / 365 Every day!
God's Grace Word Is Very Clear:
Mixing Up God's Two Different programs consistently Causes Confusion, of
which:
If perchance, a dear precious reader of this has "not yet been delivered"
from "The Curse of the law", please prayerfully and Carefully review:
God's Simple Will!
Amen.
In prophecy / covenants / law for the "lost sheep" Of earthly Israel:
Exo_31:13 "Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying,
Verily My sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me
and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that
I AM The LORD that doth sanctify you."
Eze_20:12 "Moreover also I gave them My sabbaths, to be a sign
between Me and them, that they might know that I AM The LORD
that sanctify them."
Eze_20:20 "And hallow My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between
Me and you, that ye may know that I AM The LORD your God."
"Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them
from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good
statutes and commandments: And madest known unto them Thy holy
sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the
hand of Moses thy servant" (Neh 9:13-14)
+"Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, The
scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever
they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their
works: for they say, and do not." (Mat 23:1-3)
Including "the sabbath" [ God's sign ] to them = Israel, under the law of Moses
Rightly Divided (2 Timothy 2:15) From “Things That Differ!” (online):
In The Revelation Of The Mystery, For The [ Heavenly ] Body of Christ = us,
Under Grace! (Romans through Philemon), Where there are No "sabbath"
Scriptures, Excepting:
"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: Which are
a shadow of things to come; but The Body Is Of Christ. "
(Colossians 2:16-17 cp Galatians!)
The Body Of Christ, children [ "of the Day" ] Of God, By "Grace Through faith" really should stop "living in the shadow [ Darkness ]", but, "live in The Light,"
And, Also stop the condemnation and judging of all the brethren
(Romans 14:4, 10-12 cp 1Co 3:8-15, 4:5; 2Co 5:10), since we all have been:
"delivered from the curse * of the law," and are not "under the law"
But we Are "Under Grace", with the following:
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who
hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places
in Christ...In Whom we have Redemption Through His Blood, the
forgiveness of sins, According To The Riches Of His Grace"
(Ephesians 1:3...7)
Not according to our "keeping a day." Amen?
Paul teaches that the law’s only purpose today is to point out our sin and lead
us to Christ (Rom. 3:19-20; 4:15; 5:20-21; 7:5-6; Gal. 3:19-24; 1 Tim. 1:5-11).
Conclusion: "keeping the law, observing a day," for salvation?
"Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of Grace,
but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him
that Justifieth the ungodly, His faith Is Counted For Righteousness."
(Romans 4:4-5)
Cease [ rest from ] all "working" for salvation, and then, for sanctification:
Fulfill All Of His Law, In "One Word: Love thy neighbor as thyself!"
Resting in, and worshipping, The LORD Jesus Christ, 24 / 7 / 365 Every day!
God's Grace Word Is Very Clear:
"And if By Grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise
Grace is no more Grace. But if it be of works, then is it
no more Grace: otherwise work is no more work."
Which will you "cancel out"?
Conclusion2:Mixing Up God's Two Different programs consistently Causes Confusion, of
which:
"God is not the author..." (1Co 14:33)
*If perchance, a dear precious reader of this has "not yet been delivered"
from "The Curse of the law", please prayerfully and Carefully review:
God's Simple Will!
Amen.
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Thanks for the scriptures. The scriptures you referenced on the Sabbath is about Sabbath-keeping which is on the seventh day Exo 20:10
Nothing about the Sabbath resides in us and that somehow countermands God’s 4th commandment to mean something different than how He wrote or spoke it. . Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Exo 20:8.
Nothing about the Sabbath resides in us and that somehow countermands God’s 4th commandment to mean something different than how He wrote or spoke it. . Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy Exo 20:8.
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