The Ten Commandments are the Covenant, did you know?

[Undergrace1]

You people are unbelievable. You assume that everyone sins, especially those who try to teach you the Commandments. .

If we(John includes himself in the we) claim(present tense) to be without sin we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us 1John1:8

Yes, everyone sins where the letter of the TC is concerned. People who may not believe they do have serious problems in their faith,

 

[Dino246]

Jesus told us to live by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God Mat4:4 faith comes by hearing the word of God Rom10:17 His word is to be the light to our path Psa119:105 going outside is danger Isa8:20 do not lean on our own understanding but trust in the LORD Pro3:5-6 don’t be just hearers of His word deceiving ourself James1:22

I think we need to get out of the mindset that trusting God what He wrote out for us that is perfect for converting our souls Psa19:7 is holy, just and good Rom7:12 is not how we are to live but instead relying on what feels right to us, which will deceive us every time Pro14:12 Jer17:9

Good fruit is peace, righteousness Isa 48:18 Mat 19:17, Psa119:165, 1John3:7

Bad fruit is sin, rebellion, unbelief and disobedience used interchangeably Heb3:7-19

Your lists are cherry-picked. Good fruit of trusting God at His word in the new testament is peace and confidence. Bad fruit of living under the law is fear, unwarranted caution, and self-righteousness.

 

[SabbathBlessing]

Your lists are cherry-picked. Good fruit of trusting God at His word in the new testament is peace and confidence. Bad fruit of living under the law is fear, unwarranted caution, and self-righteousness.

Why would you think obeying God’s commandments is living under fear instead of living by faith and love John14:15 1John5:3. Faith does not void the law of God Rom3:31

 

[GWH]

You keep looking to Paul as the corrector of God when he is highly misunderstood that came with a serious warning 2Peter3:16 instead of looking to Christ as His example we are to follow. 1John2:6 and obey Acts 5:29 Heb5:9 The verses you quoted are all out of context as Paul would never teach against disobeying one of the commandments of God, he taught keeping them is what matters 1Cor7:19 which includes the 4th commandment.

Salvation and sin is not up to you. Unbelief, rebellion, sin and disobedience is used interchangeably in Scriptures Heb3:7-19

Sin is breaking the law of God 1John3:4 James2:11 Mat5:19-30 believing in Him is doing what He asks us to through faith. Unblief is rebellion, disobedience and sin.

Why this is one of the last verses in the Bible…


Revelation 22:14 Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city. 15 But outside are dogs and sorcerers (Breaking commandment #1 Exodus 20:3) and sexually immoral (breaking commandment #7 Exodus 20:14) and murderers (breaking commandment #6 Exodus 20:13) and idolaters (breaking commandment #2 Exodus 20:4-6), and whoever loves and practices a lie (breaking # 9 Exodus 20:16 or any of the commandments 1 John 2:4) Breaking one we break them all James 2:11-12 Exo 20:1-17 .

The Ten Commandments is God’s personal Testimony Exo 31:18 why its under His mercy seat revealed in heaven Rev 11:19 where one day soon justice and mercy will come together and what did He promise right in the Ten Commandments

Exo 20: 6 but showing mercy to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Actually, I view Paul as inspired by Jesus and view the teachings of both as truth to follow.
Both taught that the OC salvation via obeying the law is superseded by the NC salvation via faith in the Gospel of Christ.
I urge you to interpret the OT in light of their NT teachings rather than the reverse. Again, they teach that moral laws
were/are meant to lead us to faith in the atonement/righteousness of Christ and indicate the Sabbath Law is Levitical.

 

[Undergrace1]

Think some people post without thinking of what they are writing. Someone wrote, and I quote:

''''It’s a grave misunderstanding to call the Ten Commandments the letter that kills, the condemnation etc because the law itself is holy, just and good and perfect for converting our souls Psa19:7 written by our perfect Creator and Redeemer Exo31:18 , the letter that kills is breaking them'''

I would agree entirely with the emboldened. Perfectly obey the letter of the TC or they are the letter that kills, the ministry of death and condemnation, because you are transgressing them

 

[SabbathBlessing]

Actually, I view Paul as inspired by Jesus and view the teachings of both as truth to follow.
Both taught that the OC salvation via obeying the law is superseded by the NC salvation via faith in the Gospel of Christ.
I urge you to interpret the OT in light of their NT teachings rather than the reverse. Again, they teach that moral laws
were/are meant to lead us to faith in the atonement/righteousness of Christ and indicate the Sabbath Law is Levitical.

I never once said Paul’s writings are not inspired, but in the inspired word of God we were told plainly what people would do to his writings as they do with the rest of Scripture, such as trying to make Paul the corrector of God, when he himself said he was his servant.


God said His Sabbath started at Creation Exo20:11 before a Levitical priest, before a Jew, when there was just man and God. Jesus said He made the Sabbath for mankind and He has Lordship over the Sabbath Mat2:27-28. Paul was never in rebellion to God so he also faithfully kept every every Sabbath decades and decades after the Cross Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 13:16 Acts 17:2 Acts 18:4 Acts 15:21 just as Jesus indicated for His faithful Isa 56:6-7 Mat24:20

You may wish to forfeit your blessings God is trying to give man and thats your choice, but you can’t impose God to do so, for His faithful.

Isa 56:1 Thus says the Lord:

“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who lays hold on it;
Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Doing what is jutice and righteousness is the foundation of God’s Throne Psa 89:14

What God blesses man cannot reverse no matter how much they wish to or disagree with God

Num 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.


Isa 56:6 Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [a]them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.
6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—

God invites all to join themselves to Him, sadly many reject for their own sanctification Isa 66:17 and righteousness (right-doing)

God will sort all of this out soon enough. He calls us to worship the God of Creation Rev14:7 Exo20:11 thats where my faith is going to remain.

 

[vassal]

Actually, I view Paul as inspired by Jesus and view the teachings of both as truth to follow.
Both taught that the OC salvation via obeying the law is superseded by the NC salvation via faith in the Gospel of Christ.
I urge you to interpret the OT in light of their NT teachings rather than the reverse. Again, they teach that moral laws
were/are meant to lead us to faith in the atonement/righteousness of Christ and indicate the Sabbath Law is Levitical.

Jesus never taught that salvation under the Old Covenant was by law alone. That idea is not found in the OT or in Jesus’ words. From the beginning, God saved by faith that obeys. Abraham believed and obeyed. Israel was redeemed first, then called to walk in God’s ways. Jesus said the same thing, “If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17, ASV). He did not say, “The law failed, so forget it.”

Jesus also never said the moral law or the Sabbath was temporary or merely Levitical. He kept the Sabbath, taught on it, and called Himself Lord of it (Mark 2:27–28). He said plainly, “Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets… till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law” (Matthew 5:17–18, ASV). Heaven and earth are still here.
Faith in Christ does not replace obedience. It produces it. Jesus said, “If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (John 14:15, ASV). And He warned that many who claim faith but do not do the Father’s will will be rejected (Matthew 7:21–23).
Interpreting the OT through Jesus is right. But interpreting Jesus through later theology that contradicts His own words is not. Jesus is the standard. His words will judge us.

 

[Qt]

So, the law of Moses under the OLD Covenant was not the end destination that the Lord desired for man. The NEW Covenant is the desired end destination God desires for man which is for His people to be born again abiding In the Body Christ with the Holy Spirit abiding in them. The New Covenant is based on better promises than the old covenant was. (Hebrews 8:6)

Maybe just stick to posting on the topics and leave your comments about people out of it?

This section of your post is a good start; however, it is an incomplete thought. You mentioned in Hebrews where it speaks of better promises yet failed to show what the promises were that Hebrews 8 shares.


He found fault with them. They continued not in God's covenant when they PROMISED they would. They broke the covenant.

The New Covenant's better promises is, God promises. He says He will put His Laws into our hearts and in our minds write them.

As you know Jeremiah prophesied that in chapter 31. What you probably don't know is, it was mentioned before in Deut. 30:10-14. But in different verbiage. These text are paraphrased in Romans 10:6-8.

In Deut. 30:10-14 it says God has placed His word, His commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law in our hearts and minds. Take note in verse 10 that it doesn't mention the judgements. Just the statutes and commandments.

In Romans 10:6-8 it says, the word is in our hearts and mouths, that is the faith in which we preach. But in Deut 30 it says, the word is in our hearts and mouths that we do it. In retrospect that is exactly what we would do if we have that changed heart in which Faith is from. We would be doing as our heart is. That is why Romans 3 tells us that Faith establishes the Law.

What Law one might ask?

The commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law as Deut 30 brings out and Romans 10 alludes to when it paraphrases it.

 

[Undergrace1]

What Law one might ask?

The commandments and statutes contained in the Book of the Law as Deut 30 brings out and Romans 10 alludes to when it paraphrases it.

did the council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 give gentiles a licence to sin by only asking them to observe four of the laws of Moses?

 

[Qt]

Why are you so reluctant to plainly say which law you believe the believer is to follow? In my view, you would be better off just plainly stating what you believe, because people will only keep on asking, and they may wonder why you are so hesitant to answer

I'm not. The text were shown you.

 

[Qt]

So did the council of Jerusalem in Acts 15 give gentiles a licence to sin by only asking them to observe four of the laws of Moses?

So you think asking this question invalidates what was shown to you in the post that you responded to?

I will play that game.

Just those 4 laws is all we have to follow huh?

 

[SabbathBlessing]

I am not sure why people miss that the council of the Gentiles included Sabbath-keeping just as Jesus Himself indicated Isa 56:6-7 Mat2:27-28

Acts 15:21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

It’s how the Gentiles were learning about the word of God, not that they had to keep 4 things only

Acts 13:42 [n]So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

Acts 18:4 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

God’s predictions always come true.

 

[Undergrace1]

So you think asking this question invalidates what was shown to you in the post that you responded to?

I will play that game.

Just those 4 laws is all we have to follow huh?

Only the laws of Moses were being discussed, what Paul termed disputable matters in Rom14:1 There was much debate, there wouldnt have been if murder, adultery and stealing were being discussed, huh?

 

[SabbathBlessing]

So now the Testimony of God written by the Holy Spirit Exo31:18 that is in the Most Holy of God’s Temple under the mercy/atonement seat of Christ Exo25:21 Rev15:5 Rev11:19 is doubtful disputation. No wonder we have this serious warning of what people would do to Paul’s writings 2Peter3:16

 

[vassal]

I am not sure why people miss that the council of the Gentiles included Sabbath-keeping just as Jesus Himself indicated Isa 56:6-7 Mat2:27-28

Acts 15:21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

It’s how the Gentiles were learning about the word of God, not that they had to keep 4 things only

Acts 13:42 [n]So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

Acts 18:4 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks.

God’s predictions always come true.

The 12 already preached the ten commandments including the sabbath that Jesus explained, and taught. the jesusalem council just added 4 more from the OT because at that time everywhere where gentiles, these sins were prevalent. as you know many of the laws of mosed CANNOT and SHOULD not be followed today like preisthood and sacrificial, atonement laws.... the jesuralem council did not want to turn the gentiles into little pharisees, certainly not. they could listen in, but were told what to do by the disciples, they followed the disciples instructions, as we must do so today.

Blessings

 

[Qt]

I am not sure why people miss that the council of the Gentiles included Sabbath-keeping just as Jesus Himself indicated Isa 56:6-7 Mat2:27-28

Acts 15:21 For Moses has had throughout many generations those who preach him in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

It’s how the Gentiles were learning about the word of God, not that they had to keep 4 things only

Acts 13:42 [n]So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.
44 On the next Sabbath almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God.

God’s predictions always come true.

Amen! Happy preparation day Sabbathblessings!

And let us not get caught as to think we can discern their hearts as to why they don't see. To many here play like they have the all seeing eye that only God has.

Something else that is missed by many is the fact that verse 21 starts with the word "for" .
As we know the word "for" assigns a reason for what was previously stated.

So why just the four laws? Because Moses is read every Sabbath. In other words they will be fed in due time, no sense in overwhelming them as we were. You seen how that worked.

What many failed to realize is upon hearing the word of God at Sinia they jumped the gun in that they could not endure the voice of God entering their heart but cried out due to their stiff neck and hard hearts asked for Him who sustains all to stop speaking and have Moses, a man tell them what it is He wanted.

We seen how that worked huh?

So did God. That is why God said that He had a New Covenant for them Prior to them entering into the Promised Land in Deut 29:1. Not like tha one at Horeb, Mt Sinia. Then in verse 30:14 He says what that is. He says that He has placed His Word in their hearts and mouths that they do it. So, we see that that that better promise that Heb 8 speaks of was available back than also.

 

[Dino246]

Why would you think obeying God’s commandments is living under fear instead of living by faith and love John14:15 1John5:3. Faith does not void the law of God Rom3:31

I didn’t say that obeying God’s commandments is living under fear.

If you’re going to misrepresent my words and thereby bear false witness, I’m going to question your integrity.

 

[GWH]

I never once said Paul’s writings are not inspired, but in the inspired word of God we were told plainly what people would do to his writings as they do with the rest of Scripture, such as trying to make Paul the corrector of God, when he himself said he was his servant.


God said His Sabbath started at Creation Exo20:11 before a Levitical priest, before a Jew, when there was just man and God. Jesus said He made the Sabbath for mankind and He has Lordship over the Sabbath Mat2:27-28. Paul was never in rebellion to God so he also faithfully kept every every Sabbath decades and decades after the Cross Acts 13:42 Acts 13:44 Acts 13:16 Acts 17:2 Acts 18:4 Acts 15:21 just as Jesus indicated for His faithful Isa 56:6-7 Mat24:20

You may wish to forfeit your blessings God is trying to give man and thats your choice, but you can’t impose God to do so, for His faithful.

Isa 56:1 Thus says the Lord:

“Keep justice, and do righteousness,
For My salvation is about to come,
And My righteousness to be revealed.
2 Blessed is the man who does this,
And the son of man who lays hold on it;
Who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

Doing what is jutice and righteousness is the foundation of God’s Throne Psa 89:14

What God blesses man cannot reverse no matter how much they wish to or disagree with God

Num 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.


Isa 56:6 Better than that of sons and daughters;
I will give [a]them an everlasting name
That shall not be cut off.
6 “Also the sons of the foreigner
Who join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him,
And to love the name of the Lord, to be His servants—
Everyone who keeps from defiling the Sabbath,
And holds fast My covenant—

God invites all to join themselves to Him, sadly many reject for their own sanctification Isa 66:17 and righteousness (right-doing)

God will sort all of this out soon enough. He calls us to worship the God of Creation Rev14:7 Exo20:11 thats where my faith is going to remain.

Paul warned Christians to beware of Judaizers, who revert to teaching justification by observing the law (Gal. 4:8-5:12), which includes the Sabbath Law (SL). In Phil. 3:1-9 Paul cited "mutilators of the flesh" for not affirming spiritual circumcision (cf. Rom. 2:29), and he said that as a Pharisee he had more reasons to put confidence in salvation via obeying the law than anyone, because regarding legalistic righteousness he was faultless, but he went on to say that whatever was to his profit (such as obeying the SL) he now considered loss or rubbish for the sake of Christ, that he might be found in Him, "not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–that comes from God and is by faith.”

However, some people (such as yourself) focus on OT statements about obedience to the law rather than on NT teachings about faith in Christ being what is essential for salvation, apparently oblivious to the truth that the revelation of the Gospel transitioned from OT beliefs to NT doctrines, which never command SL (or water baptism or speaking in tongues) as essential for salvation. The transition can be seen as occurring in Acts 16:31-34, where Paul told the jailer to believe in the Lord Jesus in order to be saved, NOT to obey the SL in order to be saved. Then in Acts 17:30-34 Paul told the Athenians to repent, but he did not tell them to obey the SL. Then in Acts 26:16-18, when Paul recounted his calling to King Agrippa, he quoted Jesus as saying, “I am sending you to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” He did NOT say "who are sanctified because of obeying the SL, which continued to be the case in Paul’s epistles.

The foundation cited in 1Corinthisans 3:11 is Christ, referring to faith in Christ’s atonement (Rom. 3:12-5:1). The elementary teachings about Christ mentioned in Hebrews 6:2 does not include SL. By the last of Paul’s epistles, SL came to be understood as a good but non-essential work, like the rest of Levitical laws. We can see this indicated by Hebrews 7:11-8:13, which says the new covenant supersedes or makes obsolete the old covenant, including the Levitical laws. This truth was not fully understood by Isaiah and other OT writers, who thought Gentiles would be saved by obeying the Jewish laws.

 

[GWH]

Jesus never taught that salvation under the Old Covenant was by law alone. That idea is not found in the OT or in Jesus’ words. From the beginning, God saved by faith that obeys. Abraham believed and obeyed. Israel was redeemed first, then called to walk in God’s ways. Jesus said the same thing, “If thou wouldest enter into life, keep the commandments” (Matthew 19:17, ASV). He did not say, “The law failed, so forget it.”

Jesus also never said the moral law or the Sabbath was temporary or merely Levitical. He kept the Sabbath, taught on it, and called Himself Lord of it (Mark 2:27–28). He said plainly, “Think not that I came to destroy the law or the prophets… till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass away from the law” (Matthew 5:17–18, ASV). Heaven and earth are still here.
Faith in Christ does not replace obedience. It produces it. Jesus said, “If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments” (John 14:15, ASV). And He warned that many who claim faith but do not do the Father’s will will be rejected (Matthew 7:21–23).
Interpreting the OT through Jesus is right. But interpreting Jesus through later theology that contradicts His own words is not. Jesus is the standard. His words will judge us.

Regarding the Sabbath Law, one needs to discern the correct doctrine for Christians by considering the following: 1. The first reference to the Sabbath in the OT is found in Gen. 2:2-3, “God rested from His work and rested on the seventh day and made it holy.” 2. Moses promulgated the Sabbath law as the 4th of the Ten Commandments in Exo. 20:8-11, cf. Lev. 19:3&30, Deut. 5:12-15. 3. Other OT references to the Sabbath include 2Chron. 2:4, Isa. 56:2-6, Jer. 17:21-27 and Ezek. 20:12.

In the NT we find the following regarding the Sabbath: 1. Jesus declared that he is Lord of the Sabbath and it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath (in Matt. 12:1-12), healing a crippled woman on the Sabbath (in Luke 13:10-16). 2. If Jesus thought keeping the Sabbath was an important law, he would have affirmed it on these two occasions, but he did not specifically nullify it either, which jibes/harmonizes perfectly with Paul. 3. Paul taught that a person may rest on the Sabbath or not (in Col. 2:16, Gal. 4:9-11 & Rom. 14:5). 4. Paul taught that Christ’s crucifixion abolished the law and commandments that separated the Jews and Gentiles (Eph. 2:13-16). 5. Paul taught that the law was powerless to save because of humanity’s sinful nature, so God sent His Son and the Holy Spirit to save believers in Christ (Rom. 8:1-17). 6. Hebrews encourages Christians to enter God’s Sabbath rest by persevering faith in Christ’s atonement (Heb. 2:14-4:11).

The primary sin per the NT is ignoring/disbelieving GRFS (Gal. 3:1-14, 1:6-9), and secondary sins are transgression of Christ’s moral law of love (John 13:34), which summarizes the OT moral laws (Matt. 22:37-40) affirmed by the NT (Matt. 5:17-48) and calls them the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), which does NOT include all 613 laws of Moses, such as those pertaining to mildew and infectious disease in Leviticus 14 or to the Sabbath day (per Col. 2:16-17). Again, the only damning sin is rejection of God’s Messiah/Gospel (Gal. 1:6-9).

Paul may also have written Hebrews, which warns against not entering God’s Sabbath rest by not holding firmly until the end the confidence/faith in Christ (Heb. 3:14, 4:2). Heb. 7:11-10:1 begins as follows: “If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood, why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also… The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless, for the law made nothing perfect, and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God. Such a high priest truly meets our need… the Son, who has been made perfect forever, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven… The ministry of Jesus has received is superior to the old one [of Moses], since the NC is established on better promises… God said, ‘The days are coming when I will make a new covenant’ [Jer. 31:31-34]. It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts… By calling this covenant ‘new’, he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.”

In this passage the Lord says that the OC including the Sabbath Law is obsolete/superseded by the Gospel of Christ. Other Scriptures where Sabbath law is viewed as Levitical rather than moral (because Jesus worked by doing healing) include: Matt. 5:17-20, 12:1-8 & 12-14, Luke 13:10-17, 14:1-6, John 5:1-18 & 9:1-34. These Scriptures indicate that the main reason Jesus was crucified was for the crime of breaking Sabbath law and claiming to be from God. We see that Jesus never taught anyone to keep the 4th commandment and never hinted that it was an eternal moral law, but instead indicated that it is merely Levitical tradition, and so Paul wrote “Do not let anyone judge you… with regard to a Sabbath day” (Col. 2:16). Need GW say more?

 

[SabbathBlessing]

Paul warned Christians to beware of Judaizers, who revert to teaching justification by observing the law (Gal. 4:8-5:12), which includes the Sabbath Law (SL). In Phil. 3:1-9 Paul cited "mutilators of the flesh" for not affirming spiritual circumcision (cf. Rom. 2:29), and he said that as a Pharisee he had more reasons to put confidence in salvation via obeying the law than anyone, because regarding legalistic righteousness he was faultless, but he went on to say that whatever was to his profit (such as obeying the SL) he now considered loss or rubbish for the sake of Christ, that he might be found in Him, "not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ–that comes from God and is by faith.”

However, some people (such as yourself) focus on OT statements about obedience to the law rather than on NT teachings about faith in Christ being what is essential for salvation, apparently oblivious to the truth that the revelation of the Gospel transitioned from OT beliefs to NT doctrines, which never command SL (or water baptism or speaking in tongues) as essential for salvation. The transition can be seen as occurring in Acts 16:31-34, where Paul told the jailer to believe in the Lord Jesus in order to be saved, NOT to obey the SL in order to be saved. Then in Acts 17:30-34 Paul told the Athenians to repent, but he did not tell them to obey the SL. Then in Acts 26:16-18, when Paul recounted his calling to King Agrippa, he quoted Jesus as saying, “I am sending you to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.” He did NOT say "who are sanctified because of obeying the SL, which continued to be the case in Paul’s epistles.

The foundation cited in 1Corinthisans 3:11 is Christ, referring to faith in Christ’s atonement (Rom. 3:12-5:1). The elementary teachings about Christ mentioned in Hebrews 6:2 does not include SL. By the last of Paul’s epistles, SL came to be understood as a good but non-essential work, like the rest of Levitical laws. We can see this indicated by Hebrews 7:11-8:13, which says the new covenant supersedes or makes obsolete the old covenant, including the Levitical laws. This truth was not fully understood by Isaiah and other OT writers, who thought Gentiles would be saved by obeying the Jewish laws.

You’re understanding of God’s Sabbath and who He made it for is really an argument with Him. Exo20:11 Isa 56:2 Mark2:27


Sadly, just plain misunderstandings of Paul as we are warned- not even Paul can take away the Blessings and Sanctification of God. Jesus would literally have to die again all over to make your theology work because He ratified His covenant at His cross, nothing can be added or changed. I know we can’t reason together all will get sorted out in God’s time soon enough.